quick and easy meals for 1 or 2
Chicken soup, a little quick and easy comfort food
1carton (26-ounce) reduced-sodium chicken stock or broth
1cup water
2 carrots, peeled and thinly sliced
2 stalks celery, sliced
1med. size onion, chopped
about 2 cups cooked, shredded (or chopped up) chicken. You can get a roasted chicken in the supermarket and put the extra in the fridge for something tomorrow night or maybe lunch at work or school.
¼-1/3 pound(s) egg noodles
1 TBSP. dried parsley
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. black pepper
¼ cup white wine (optional)
In a 4 or 5 qt. pot, bring stock, water, carrots, celery, and onion to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Stir in chicken, noodles and parsley; cover pot and continue to simmer 7 minutes, or until noodles are just tender, stirring occasionally. Add salt and pepper. Ladle into bowls.
SERVE IT UP!!! With some good crusty bread, maybe some salad and maybe the rest of that white wine!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
quick and easy meals for 1 or 2
Garlic Bread
Tip of the day: Make your garlic bread ahead of time. Buy 2 large loaves of French or Italian bread. Cut into slices about ¾ inches thick.
2 ¼ lb. sticks of butter room temp. or do them in the microwave in 10 second zaps until soft but not mushy
5 or 6 cloves of garlic
1 ½ Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
1 Tbsp. dried basil
If you have a food processor put everything (not the bread) in and pulse until blended. If no processor, chop up the garlic then mash it with the side of the knife until minced. The smaller the better. On the cutting board blend the garlic with the other ingredients using the knife as a spatula.
Get out a cookie sheet or baking pan. Spread the butter mixture on one side of the bread slices. Not thick. Spread it out. Put the slices you are going to use tonight aside and put the rest on the cookie sheet and put it in the freezer for about 15 min. Then put them into a large zip lock bag and store them in the freezer for other nights. If you have extra garlic mixture, save it in the freezer in a small zip lock for the next garlic bread making night.
Put today’s slices in the toaster oven on toast setting until you get the degree of toasted that suits you.
Garlic Bread
This isn't a meal just something we do in our house so we can have good homemade garlic bread whenever we want it.
Tip of the day: Make your garlic bread ahead of time. Buy 2 large loaves of French or Italian bread. Cut into slices about ¾ inches thick.
2 ¼ lb. sticks of butter room temp. or do them in the microwave in 10 second zaps until soft but not mushy
5 or 6 cloves of garlic
1 ½ Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
1 Tbsp. dried basil
If you have a food processor put everything (not the bread) in and pulse until blended. If no processor, chop up the garlic then mash it with the side of the knife until minced. The smaller the better. On the cutting board blend the garlic with the other ingredients using the knife as a spatula.
Get out a cookie sheet or baking pan. Spread the butter mixture on one side of the bread slices. Not thick. Spread it out. Put the slices you are going to use tonight aside and put the rest on the cookie sheet and put it in the freezer for about 15 min. Then put them into a large zip lock bag and store them in the freezer for other nights. If you have extra garlic mixture, save it in the freezer in a small zip lock for the next garlic bread making night.
Put today’s slices in the toaster oven on toast setting until you get the degree of toasted that suits you.
quick and easy meals for 1 or 2
Salsa catfish (or Tilapia or whatever)
2 med. size skinned catfish fillets. If you can’t get catfish in your area you could use tilapia and reduce the cooking time to about 5 min. Sea bass or red fish about 8-10 min.
1 ½ - 2 cups picante sauce. Any good salsa of your choice will work. Hardez makes some good ones.
2 cups cooked rice. Or any other carb that you like. More often than not I fry up some thin sliced potatoes and onions in a pan with some olive oil while the fish is cooking.
Heat up a frying pan that is big enough to hold the fish. Add about 1 Tbsp. of olive oil. Add the fillets. Pour Picante Sauce (or salsa) over the filets. Simmer catfish on low flame for about 20-30 minutes. Reduce the cooking time for other kinds of fish.
Do up your rice or potatoes and the salad while the fish is cooking. Uncle Ben’s or some other kind of prepared rice will be done in time.
SERVE IT UP!! Your good! Don’t forget some good bread, some olive oil for dippin’ and some wine!
Salsa catfish (or Tilapia or whatever)
2 med. size skinned catfish fillets. If you can’t get catfish in your area you could use tilapia and reduce the cooking time to about 5 min. Sea bass or red fish about 8-10 min.
1 ½ - 2 cups picante sauce. Any good salsa of your choice will work. Hardez makes some good ones.
2 cups cooked rice. Or any other carb that you like. More often than not I fry up some thin sliced potatoes and onions in a pan with some olive oil while the fish is cooking.
Heat up a frying pan that is big enough to hold the fish. Add about 1 Tbsp. of olive oil. Add the fillets. Pour Picante Sauce (or salsa) over the filets. Simmer catfish on low flame for about 20-30 minutes. Reduce the cooking time for other kinds of fish.
Do up your rice or potatoes and the salad while the fish is cooking. Uncle Ben’s or some other kind of prepared rice will be done in time.
SERVE IT UP!! Your good! Don’t forget some good bread, some olive oil for dippin’ and some wine!
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