Main Dish
I’m still working with Tatse of Home magazine submitting and reviewing recipes and actually they featured me as their Community Cook of the month this month, I am thrilled to have been chosen. All of the community cooks are in a private facebook group and one of the other members posted this recipe and mentioned how much her family enjoyed it. I thought I would give it a try! I did change one thing by adding a full bottle of BBQ sauce instead of half as we like extra sauce for the rice. We really liked the spice you get from the red pepper flakes and horseradish. Easy dish with a little zip to it. I served it with jasmine rice.
Serves 6
INGREDIENTS
2 pounds smoked kielbasa-sausage halved lengthwise and cut into 1/4 inch slices
1/4 cup finely diced onion
3 bacon strips, chopped small
3/4 cup or more honey BBQ sauce
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon crushed red peppers
1 Tablespoons prepared horseradish
Hot cooked rice for serving.
DIRECTIONS
In a Dutch oven sauté the bacon pieces until almost all the way cooked through, add the kielbasa and onion and sauté until the onion is tender. Add the BBQ sauce, brown sugar, horseradish, garlic and red pepper flakes. Bring to a boil and mix to combine. Cook for 2-3 more minutes and remove from heat.
Serve warm over cooked rice.
Enjoy!
Anne
Walking taco’s have been around for a long time but somehow I have not posted any of the many choices to make them. This recipe I made into a casserole but the original walking taco’s were made in individual chip bags using Fritos, Doritos or tortilla chips. You slightly crush the chips up and add your cooked taco meat, cheese and your favorite toppings and dig in! Easy and portable, the kids always love these!
I made this into an 8×8 casserole dish and to show you how versatile this dish is, all I had on hand was the BBQ frito chips so I used those and let everyone add whatever toppings they liked. The picture does not do the dinner justice , trust me it was very good!
INGREDIENTS
1 pound ground beef
1 cup of diced onion (I used half of a large onion)
3 ounces cream cheese
1 packet taco seasoning-I used gluten free
1 can diced green chilis, I used mild
2-3 cups lightly crushed corn chips, Doritos or tortilla chips
1 cup shredded cheese, Mexican blend or Monterey Jack
1 Roma tomato, chopped-for serving
Shredded lettuce-for serving
Salsa-for serving
Sour cream-for serving
DIRECTIONS
Pre heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray an 8×8 casserole dish with non stick spray and set aside.
In a large skillet over medium high heat add the ground beef and cook crumbling it as it browns. Drain the fat from the pan and add the onions and the seasoning packet following the directions on the back. Once the beef is cooked through add the diced green chili sand cream cheese to the skillet and sauté til the cream cheese mixture is incorporated and combined in the beef mixture. Pour this mixture into your prepared pan and top with crushed chips and cheese.
Bake for 15 minutes, remove from oven and serve with diced tomato, salsa, shredded lettuce and sour cream if desired.
Enjoy!
Anne
We love Chicken Pad Thai! We order it out often but I decided a while ago I wanted to make it at home, I had no idea how easy it was to make! This dish comes together really fast so I always slice my veggies and make the sauce before anything goes into the pan! There is usually bell pepper in this dish but because robby does not like bell peppers I omit it. This is a family favorite that I make often!
INGREDIENTS
4 ounces of flat rice noodles, I have used the skinny rice noodles if my store is out of the flat noodles.
2 Tablespoons olive oil, divided
1/2 pound chicken (I use cooked chicken from a rotisserie, shredded)
1/2 red bell pepper thinly sliced
3/4 cup shredded carrots
2 cloves of garlic, minced
2 eggs, beaten
2 scallions, diced
2 Tablespoons of cilantro -optional
INGREDIENTS FOR THE SAUCE
4 Tablespoons packed brown sugar
2 Tablespoons Tamari
2 Tablespoons fish sauce
2 Tablespoon lime juice
2 Tablespoons rice vinegar
2 Tablespoons smooth peanut butter
1 1/2 Tablespoons sriracha
Pinch of pepper
DIRECTIONS
Prepare rice noodles according to the package directions. Rinse noodles in cold water , drain and toss in 1 Tablespoon of olive oil. Set aside.
Add all of the sauce ingredients into a medium mixing bowl and whisk to combine. Set aside.
Slice and cut your veggies and set aside. Shred cooked chicken from a rotisserie and set aside.
Heat 1 tablespoon of oil into a large skillet and heat over medium-high heat. Add the bell pepper, carrots and garlic and sauté for 2-3 minutes. Reduce heat to medium and slide the veggies to the side of the pan and add the beaten eggs to the open side of the pan and cook the eggs until cooked through stirring them often. Mix the eggs in with the veggies.
Add the sauce, noodles and the shredded chicken into the pan and toss to combine all of the ingredients, cook for just a couple more minutes to warm everything through.
Remove from heat and serve warm.
Enjoy!
Anne
I have made this recipe a number of times now. Robby and my Dad really enjoy this dish so it makes it on my menu planning often. I also love that it comes together quickly. Once the veggies are cut up it’s done in no time! This is perfect on a snowy winter day! I make this with gluten free flour for Robby but all purpose flour works just fine!
Note- if the soups thickens a little more than you want simply add more chicken stock.
INGREDIENTS
1/3 cup unsalted butter, I used Earth Balance but any butter is fine
1 onion, diced
1 cup of carrots peeled and diced
1/2 cup diced celery
3 cups peeled and diced potatoes
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 1/2 cups cooked ham, diced
1/3 cup gluten free all purpose flour ( or any all purpose flour)
2 cups low sodium chicken stock or broth
2 teaspoons chicken bouillon such as better than bouillon
3 cups milk, I used whole fair-life milk
Pinch of salt
Pinch of pepper
DIRECTIONS
Heat the butter in a pot over medium heat. Sauté the onions, carrots and celery until they begin to soften about 4-5 minutes.
Add the ham and potatoes, cook for 2 minutes then add the garlic and sauté until fragrant for less than one minute.
Add the flour and mix through to combine. Let cook for 2 minutes. Stir in the stock and bouillon and mix all of the ingredients together. Increase the heat and bring to a boil until the potatoes are fork tender about 10-12 minutes.
Reduce heat to medium-low and add the milk. Stir over the heat until the soup is thickened about another 5 minutes or until your desired thickness. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat and serve warm.
Enjoy!
Anne
If you like really spicy flavors this recipe is for you, to my non spicy loving friends I don’t recommend this dish for you. This dish is spicy enough to make you sweat! It’s super simple to make you can make it with or without shrimp. Jim enjoyed it with the shrimp!
INGREDIENTS
1/2 pound of spaghetti
3 Tablespoons of prepared chili crisp (I purchased it online)
1 1/2 cups freshly grated Pecorino Romano
2 Tablespoons unsalted butter
Pinch of salt
Desired amount of shrimp peeled and deveined with tails off.
1 Tablespoon of olive oil
1/2 cup reserved pasta water
DIRECTIONS
Bring water to a boil and cook spaghetti until desired consistency, we prefer ours on the firmer side.
Meanwhile heat a sauté pan over medium heat add the oil and the shrimp and cook until the shrimp are pink. Remove the shrimp and add the chili crisp into the same pan and cook for just a minute stirring continuously.
Drain the pasta reserving a 1/2 cup of pasta water. add your shrimp, chili crisp and 1/2 cup of pasta water, butter and cheese stir constantly and vigorously to incorporate all of the ingredients and to keep them from clipping together.
Serve warm,
Enjoy!
Anne
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