A Very Minor Collection of Recipes (by lil ol' me)

Steak

·         Steak

·         Stuffed Tomatoes

·         Fajitas

Chicken

·         Chicken & Rice

·         Cordon Bleu Wrap

·         Chicken Noodle Soup

Ground Beef

·         Chili

Pork

·         Sweet Mustard Pork Chops

Vegetarian

·         Black Bean Burgers

·         Fake French Onion Soup

Appetizers

·         Hummus

·         Jalapeño Peppers

·         Baked Brie

Dessert

·         Rice Pudding

STEAK

Steak

Ingredients

Kosher salt

Saffron or peanut oil

Cast iron skillet

Recipe

Turn the heat up high on the skillet and preheat oven to 500F.

Salt each side of the meat, about 1tsp per side.

Put a little oil on each side of the meat.

Place into hot skillet.

Leave for 30seconds.

Flip.

Leave for 30 seconds.

Flip.

Place cast iron skillet into oven for 2minutes.  Flip and leave for 2 more minutes.

Let meat rest for 3minutes.

Enjoy!

Stuffed Tomatoes

Ingredients

Large Beefsteak Tomatoes

1c Leftover or cooked rice (white for more cohesive texture or brown for a little healthier version)

Salt & Pepper

2tbs Dill

1tsp Basil

.5lb chopped meat or cubed leftover steak or lamb

Recipe

Season cooked rice with dill, basil, salt, and pepper.  Taste.  Season to taste.

Cut the top off of each tomato.

Gut with spoon the inside of each tomato.  (You can save this to make into a red sauce.)

Brown chopped meat in pan and then drain the extra fat.  Season the chopped meat with salt and pepper.

Or if you’re using leftovers, chop the Leftover red meat.  Heat in pan, but don’t re-cook the meat because you don’t want it tough.

Add meat to rice.  Stir in.

Spoon in rice mixture into tomato.

Put the top onto tomato.

Place tomatoes into a roasting pan.  Add about ¼ inch of water to the pan.

Bake in a 350F oven for about 1/2hour.

Serve.

Fajitas

Ingredients

Leftover steak or chicken

Bell peppers (red or green)

Yellow onion

1tbs Olive oil

Flour tortillas

Sour cream

Cheese

Salsa

Guacamole

Recipe

Deseed peppers.  Slice length wise and then in half.

Slice yellow onion.

Add olive oil to pan.  Coat the bottom of the pan.  Bring to medium heat.  Sauté vegetables until onion is slightly translucent.

Place in bowl and cover with damp cloth.

In same pan bring heat in pan up to medium.

Add steak.  Heat, but don’t “cook. (About 2minutes per side)

Cover tortillas in dry cloth, microwave for 15seconds.

Slice steak.

Serve.

CHICKEN

Chicken & Rice

Ingredients

Leftover chicken

White rice (Leftover or cooked)

1.5c Milk

Parmesan

Recipe

Shred chicken.  Can use fork or hands.

In pot add cooked white rice.

Add milk.

Heat to 6/10.

Bring to boil.

Add chicken.

Season to taste.

Stir occasionally.

Cook for 15minutes or until rice is creamy.

Add parmesan.

Serve.

Cordon Bleu Wrap

Ingredients

Leftover chicken

Ham

Swiss cheese

Mushrooms

.5c White wine

Tortilla, spinach, or tomato wraps

Recipe

Heat sauté pan to medium heat

Sauté mushrooms

Add wine

Cook until there is no extra moisture in pan

Set aside

Chop ham (can use cold-cuts)

Shred chicken

Dice cheese

Heat pan to medium heat.  Add a little butter to pan and coat pan.

Add chicken and ham.  Cook for 3minutes.

Add cheese.  Cook 2minutes.

Take off heat. 

Add mushrooms into chicken mixture.  Stir.

Put into wrap and enjoy.

Chicken Noodle Soup

Ingredients

Left over chicken (can include bones)

1/2lb Pasta

3Cloves of Garlic

1Large Onion

Vegetables (your favorite)

1bullion cube

Italian seasoning (basil, thyme, oregano)

Salt & Pepper

Olive oil

Water

Parmesan

Recipe

Dice the onion

Mince the garlic cloves

Dice your favorite vegetables if they need to be diced

Coat the bottom of a large pot with olive oil

Bring to medium heat

Add the garlic and sweat it

Add the onions

When the onions are beginning to become translucent add your other vegetables

Sauté

Take off heat

Add the chicken

Put water into pot (probably about 1/2 gallon)

Bring pot to a boil

Season with salt, pepper, and Italian seasonings

Let boil for 10 minutes

Add bullion cube

Bring heat down to medium-low and cover the pot

Cook for 1hour

Re-season to taste

Add pasta

Cook 10minutes

Serve with parmesan on top

GROUND BEEF

Chili

Makes 4servings.

Ingredients

1whole yellow onion

2small (or 1large) jalapeño

1red pepper

1green pepper

1large tomato

2cloves garlic

2 cans of red beans

1lb ground beef

2tbs olive oil

Cumin

Chili powder

Red pepper flakes

Hot sauce (I like Tapatio)

Salt & pepper

1tbs Tomato paste or .5c tomato sauce

Sour cream

Shredded cheese

Recipe

Deseed all of your peppers

Dice pepper

Dice onion

Mince garlic

In large pot, bring heat up to medium.  Coat the pan with olive oil. 

Sauté peppers, garlic, and onion.  Stirring so not to brown them.

When onions are translucent add 1lb of ground beef.

Brown the beef.

(If feeling “healthy” brown the beef, drain most of the fat, and then sauté vegetables.)

Season with cumin, salt, pepper, chili powder, red pepper flakes, and hot sauce – season to taste and smell.

When brown, add both cans of red beans – including sauce from can.

Fill one can up with water, add to pot.

Turn the heat to high, boil.

Let boils on high for 10minutes then lower heat to medium. 

Dice tomatoes and add to pot.

Add tomato paste or sauce.  Stir.

Cook for 1hour.   After an hour lower heat and let simmer covered for 10minutes.  Taste, re-season if necessary.

Let rest overnight or at least 1hour before serving.

Serve with sour cream, hot sauce, and shredded cheese.

PORK

Sweet Mustard Pork Chops

Ingredients

1tbs Spicy mustard

1tbs Honey

Salt & Pepper

Pork Chops

Recipe

In a small ramekin or bowl add equal parts mustard and honey.  Mix with whisk or fork until smooth in color.

Lightly season pork chops with salt & pepper.

Glaze each side of chop with mustard mixture.

Bring a medium pan to medium heat.

Place each chop into pan.  Let cook on each side about 6minutes on each side.

Let rest for about 2minutes.

Serve.

VEGETARIAN

Black Bean Burgers

Ingredients

2cans black beans

1c Crushed croutons or bread crumbs

Vegetables of your choice (anything from corn to peppers or any combo)

1egg

Buns

Recipe

Open black beans and drain both cans.

Pour one can into a bowl.  Mash the beans with a fork.

Add other can of beans.  Mix.

Dice any vegetables that need to be diced (peppers, mushrooms, etc.).

Add bread crumbs or crushed croutons.

Add 1whole egg.

In pan, add a little oil to coat the bottom of the pan.  Bring to medium-high heat.

Mix with hand or wooden spoon.  Should be a bit sticky.

Make patties.

Place each patty into hot pan.  Sear.

Flip – this is difficult.  Treat it like an egg – be quick and rough.

Sear.

Serve on toasted buns with any condiments (I like hot sauce and mayo).

Fake French Onion Soup

Makes 2 servings

Ingredients

2Slices Bread

2Eggs

1tbs Milk

Salt & Pepper

4c Chicken Broth (about 2cans)

1large yellow onion

4slices of favorite cheese (I like jack)

Recipe

Make an egg wash.  Beat eggs with milk and season with salt & pepper.

Take bread.  Toast it.  Slice into cubes.

Soak toast-cubes in egg wash.

In a medium heat pan, cook the toast-cubes.  Stir so that the cubes cook evenly.

Slice the onion.  Add to pot.  Bring pot to medium heat.  Sauté onions.

When onions are slightly translucent, add chicken broth.

Bring to a boil.

Let boil for 10minutes.

Place toast-cubes into microwave save bowl. 

Pour onion soup into bowl.

Put two pieces of cheese over each bowl – should cover top of bowl.

Microwave for 15seconds or until cheese is melty.

Serve.

APPETIZERS

Hummus

Ingredients

1can chick peas

.5c olive oil

1small clove garlic

Splash of Lemon juice

Paprika

Salt & pepper

Recipe

Open can of chick peas.  Drain.

Add peas to blender with half of the olive oil and garlic.

Pulse and add oil as necessary.

Add a splash of lemon juice.

Pulse until smooth.

Serve with a little paprika on top.

Jalapeño Poppers

Ingredients

Jalapeños

Cream cheese

Bacon

Recipe

Cut the tops off of each jalapeño.  

Deseed, but keep the integrity of the jalapeno.

Rinse all of the seeds off and out.

Shake off excess water.

Use a teaspoon to stuff each jalapeno with cream cheese. 

Take a slice of bacon and wrap it around the jalapeño.  Repeat for each jalapeño.  

Place on cookie sheet.  In a 450F oven, place sheet in oven.  Cook for .5hour.

If bacon is not crispy, broil for 5minutes, but watch very carefully.  Alternatively, take out sheet and place jalapeños in a pan.  Heat the pan and crisp the bacon.

Serve.

Baked Brie

1brie round

Pastry dough

Honey

Walnuts

1Egg

Wrap the brie round in the pastry dough.  Lay dough flat and place round in center.  Fold the dough up onto round.  Turn over.

Make an egg wash.  Beat the egg with a little water. 

Lightly brush the egg wash onto the pastry dough.

Put onto cooking sheet.

Bake at 350F for .5hour.

Take out. 

Drizzle honey onto pastry and sprinkle walnuts on top.

Cut into brie and serve warm.

DESSERT

Rice pudding

Ingredients

1c Leftover or cooked white rice

.5c Raisins

1/3c White Sugar

1tbs Cinnamon

1c Milk

1tsp Vanilla extract

1egg

Pinch of salt

Recipe

In a saucepan add milk, sugar, and a pinch of salt.  Bring to medium heat.  Stir.

Add rice.  Stir.

Add raisins.  Stir.  Cook about 15minutes or until creamy and thick.

Beat egg.  Add egg into pot slowly and while stirring the rice mixture.  You don’t want to cook the egg.

Add cinnamon.  Stir.

Cook another minute to cook egg into pudding. 

Take pot off heat and add vanilla extract.  Stir in.

Serve hot.