My Favorite Recipes and Restaurants

Categories: Dinner

• Pasta with Fresh Tomatoes and Pine Nuts

  Pasta with Fresh Tomatoes and Pine Nuts
  From:
  Everyday Food
  Prep: 5 minutes
  Total: 15 minutes
  Ingredients
  Serves 4
  * Coarse salt and ground pepper
  * 2 medium tomatoes, diced
  * 1 garlic clove, minced
  * 2 tablespoons olive oil
  * 8 ounces angel-hair pasta
  * 2 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted if desired
  Directions
  1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Meanwhile, combine tomatoes, garlic, [...]

• Mediterranean Chicken

  Mediterranean Chicken
  Ingredients
  2 boneless, skinless breasts of chicken
  2 cloves minced garlic
  3/4 cup thawed, drained frozen spinach
  1/4 cup white wine
  4 ounces. Feta cheese, cut into 4 pieces
  3 tablespoons Olive oil
  1 can chopped drained Tomatoes,
  1/2 cup finely chopped onion
  1 teaspoon.dried basil
  Directions
  Cut a two inch pocket into the thickest part of each chicken breast.
  Stuff each pocket with spinach and [...]

• Campbell’s Beef Taco Salad

  Campbell’s Beef Taco Salad
  From: Campbell’s Kitchen
  Prep/Cook Time: 15 minutes
  Serves: 4
  Ingredients:
  1 lb. ground beef
  2 tbsp. chili powder
  1 can (10 3/4 oz.) Campbell’s® Condensed Tomato Soup
  8 cups salad greens torn in bite-size pieces
  2 cups tortilla chips
  chopped tomato
  Sliced green onion
  Shredded Cheddar cheese
  Sliced pitted ripe olives
  Directions:
  COOK beef and chili powder in skillet until browned. Pour off fat. ADD soup [...]

• Suzanne’s Salmon Sauté with Pine Nut Couscous

  My inspiration for this recipe came from my husbands favorite chicken dish. The story behind this recipe is that hubby and I were on a business trip staying in a hotel with a kitchenette.    The kitchenette is very small so we do not have an oven to bake in.  We do have a cook top [...]

• Mediterranean Quinoa Salad

  Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes Ready In: 35 Minutes Servings: 8 "Chicken breast cubes, feta cheese, and kalamata olives combine with quinoa in this salad that is equally good warm or cold." [...]

• Thai Barbecued Salmon

     The other day I was looking for a different way to make salmon.   We have plenty recipes that I use regularly for salmon.   My husband stumbled across the recipe for Thai Barbecued Salmon.   For the benefit of those who do not subscribe to the magazine I will post the recipe here as well.   It [...]

• Papous Greek Cuisine

  Last night my hubby and I were lucky enough to try Papou’s.   The place has been downtown for a number of years.  We just never got around to going there.   I have to say that the food was very good and I will be going  back there.    I has heard good things about the place [...]

• Braised Sirloin Tips

  Braised sirloin tips

  Ingredients
  2 tablespoons shortening
  2 lbs. beef tips cut into 1 inch cubes
  1 10-1/2 oz. can beef consomme
  1/2 cup burgundy (or cranberry juice)
  2 tablespoons soy sauce
  1 clove garlic, chopped finely
  1/4 teaspoon pepper
  1/4 teaspoon onion salt
  2 tablespoons cornstarch
  1/4 cup water
  4 cups cooked rice

  Preparation
  Melt shortening and brown meat in a large skillet. Stir in consomme, [...]

• Beef Pasta and Mushroom Soup

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  Beef Pasta and Mushroom Soup
  Prep Time:35 min
  Start to Finish:35 min
  Makes:6 servings
  Ingredients
  1 lb lean (at least 80%) ground beef
  1 medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
  6 cups hot water
  1 box Hamburger Helper® beef pasta
  1/2 teaspoon dried basil leaves, crushed
  1/2 teaspoon salt [...]

• Tuscan Chicken Simmer

  Found this recipe over at Kraft.com
  4 small boneless skinless chicken breast halves (1 lb.)
  4 oz.  (1/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, cubed
  1/4 cup water
  1/4 cup  pesto
  2 cups grape or cherry tomatoes
  1 cup  KRAFT Finely Shredded Italian* Five Cheese Blend
  HEAT large nonstick skillet sprayed with cooking spray on medium-high heat. Add chicken; cover skillet with [...]