Dinner
This is a dish that Robby our son made several months ago but for some reason it did not make the blog back then and when we got home from out NY trip Robby asked me to make it again as it’s so good. Well, long story short neither one of us could find the recipe! After some serious searching Robby found the recipe and needless to say I’m getting it posted ASAP as this recipe is a keeper. It’s so full of flavor and you can change up the veggies to what’s fresh in your garden or market! We ALL loved this dish. I served it over rice.
INGREDIENTS
1 Tablespoon coconut oil
1 pound uncooked shrimp. Peeled, deveined with the tails removed. (Thawed, if bought frozen)
1 can full fat coconut milk
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon ginger, minced
1/2 cup fresh cilantro
1 lime
1 Visalia onion, or white onion, chopped
2-3 veggies of your choice, I used broccoli, carrots and yellow squash
2 teaspoons tamari
2 Tablespoon green curry paste
1 teaspoon sriracha
Pinch of salt
Pinch of pepper
Rice for serving, I used jasmine rice.
DIRECTIONS
Prep all of your veggies first as this dish comes together quick.
Mince garlic and ginger.
Prep shrimp, thaw if needed, cut tails off.
Chop onion and veggies to bite size piece’s.
Chop cilantro.
Set them all aside and turn a large non stick skillet onto medium heat and add a heaping Tablespoon of coconut oil into the pan
Add chopped onion to the pan coating it with the oil, when the onion is soft add 1/2 the amount of ginger and garlic and stir. Add a pinch of salt and pepper and continue to cook for a few minutes stirring often.
Add your chopped veggies to the pan and stir well. Cook 5 minutes or until veggies are softened.
Add the can of coconut milk and stir well. Add the curry paste and stir well again. Add the sriracha and 1 teaspoon of the tamari, add juice from 1/2 the lime, stir. Turn heat to low and simmer 5-7 minutes. Add the cilantro near the end of the simmering.
While the sauce is simmering, heat 1 Tablespoon coconut oil into a large non stick pan on medium heat. Add the shrimp when the oil is hot. Add a pinch of salt and pepper, add the remaining ginger and garlic. Sauté until the shrimp turn pink. Add the remaining Tamari and the juice of the other half of the lime.
When the shrimp are pink and everything is mixed add this to the pan with your veggies and stir to combine.
Serve warm over rice.
Enjoy!
I have mentioned in earlier posts how much Robby has been wanting chicken and rice, well I have made it a million different ways but came across this recipe on Pinterest and knew he would love it. It’s SPICY and he loves anything spicy. This was the perfect recipe for him to have over rice and that’s exactly what he did! This recipe reminds me of a Nashville hot chicken.
INGREDIENTS
1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons packed brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon Gluten Free Flour or regular
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
Pinch of salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 pound chicken breast cut into bite size pieces.
Cooked rice for serving.
DIRECTIONS
In a small dish stir together cayenne, brown sugar, flour, paprika, chili powder, salt and garlic powder.
Place the cut up chicken pieces into a large zip lock bag and add the spice mixture, seal the bag and shake the bag until the chicken is coated with all of the spices.
Add the oil to a large skillet over medium high heat. When the oil is hot add the chicken pieces to the pan trying not to over crowd the pan. Stir the chicken coating them in the oil. Cook the chicken 7-10 minutes stirring every couple of minutes. When the chicken is cooked through and browned on the outside remove from the heat and serve with cooked rice.
Enjoy!
This was so simple to put together with everything I had on hand. Jim was in the mood for pasta and because
I was making another dish for Robby I wanted something quick and easy and this was it! It’s almost a cousin to pasta Alfredo, not quite has heavy though. We enjoyed this dish and will be making it again!
INGREDIENTS
1/2 – 1 cup of Parmesan, grated
3 Tablespoons butter
3 cloves of fresh garlic, minced
2 cups chicken broth
1 cup milk, I used whole milk
8 ounces of pasta, I used spaghetti
Pinch of salt
Pinch of paper
Pinch of nutmeg
DIRECTIONS
Melt 3 Tablespoons of butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the minced garlic and cook for a couple minutes stirring occasionally.
Add the chicken broth, slowly add the milk, add the salt, pepper and nutmeg. Stir and bring to a boil.
Add the pasta, you can break in half to make it easer. Once up to a boil reduce heat to simmer and cook pasta u til desired doneness. Add desired amount of Parmesan cheese, I added close to one cup. Let the cheese melt into the pasta and remove from heat and serve warm.
Enjoy!
We are always looking for something different to grill when we are traveling in the motorhome so for this trip to Bar Harbor Maine I decided on grilled pork chops with grilled apples and an apple cider sauce. I made the rub (minus the olive oil. I added that when it was time to cook)and sauce before we left the house making this super quick to pull together for dinner! The sauce is just that….it’s not a glaze the sauce is much thinner. I made this with Honey Crisp apples but Jim thought he would like the tart from a Granny Smith apple so next time I will be using both types of apples. We always have our meat thermometer with us as that’s the easiest way to keeping the meat moist. We really enjoyed this dish. We grilled the apples at the end of the cooking time for the pork chops so they did not get over cooked and kept a little bite to them. will be adding grilled apples to more of our dinners this summer!
INGREDIENTS
4 bone in pork chops
2 Apples, sliced. Can use Honey crisp or Granny Smith or both.
FOR THE RUB
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 Tablespoon olive oil
FOR THE APPLE CIDER SAUCE
3/4 cup apple cider
4 Tablespoons Maple Syrup, the real stuff
1/2 Tablespoon Dijon mustard
Dash of red pepper flakes
Pinch of salt
DIRECTIONS
Light your grill to medium high heat.
In a small sauce pan prepare the sauce by combining the apple cider, maple syrup, Dijon, red pepper flakes and salt in a saucepan and bring to a simmer. While the cider comes to a simmer (simmer for about ten minutes then remove from heat) prepare your rub. In a small bowl combine the brown sugar, chili powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Mix the rub though with a fork. Add the oil to the spice mixture forming a paste. Pat the pork chops dry then cover the pork chops with the paste on both sides.
Place the spice covered pork chops on the heated grill and throughly brush with the cider sauce. Grill chops for about six minutes, flip chops , brush with sauce and grill for another couple minutes, flip and brush again. Repeat until the chops reach 145 degrees internal temperature. Add the sliced apple pieces to he grill and also brush with the sauce. Once you have grill makes on your apples you can remove them. Serve warm with your pork chops.
Enjoy!
I have been buying Ken’s Apple Cider Vinaigrette for a couple years now, it’s one of my favorite salad dressing to have on salads or with vegetables but I recently went on their website to see if the dressing was gluten free and found it is gluten free and they had a recipe for these meatballs so I knew I wanted to try them. These meatballs are sweet from the vinaigrette and spicy from the sriracha and cayenne. Jim and I both really liked these meatballs. They are simple to make and can be made into smaller meatballs for an appetizer or larger for dinner. These would also be easy to make and put in the crockpot for entertaining.
INGREDIENTS
For the meatballs-
2 pounds ground Turkey
2 cloves minced garlic
1 cup breadcrumbs (I used crushed corn chips to keep it gluten free)
1 small onion finely diced
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 cup Ken’s Apple cider Vinaigrette
Pinch of salt
Pinch of pepper
To make the glaze-
1 cup Ken’s Apple Cider Vinaigrette
1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
3 teaspoons grated ginger
6 Tablespoons packed brown sugar
2 Tablespoons sriracha
3 teaspoons cornstarch
DIRECTIONS
Pre heat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with tin foil and set aside. Add all of the meatball ingredients into a large bowl and mix well to combine. Roll into 1 inch balls. Place the balls on the baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes.
Mix the apple cider glaze ingredients except for the cornstarch into a large skillet and mix well to combine and bring to a boil. Once to a boil mix the cornstarch with 1 tablespoon of water then add to the sauce mixture. Stir until slightly thickened then turn the heat down to medium. When the meatballs are ready take them out from the oven and add them to the sauce to finish cooking. Once cooked through remove from heat and serve warm.
Enjoy!
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