I really wanted to have something interesting to say this evening but that’s not how my day worked out. So I am posting a few recipes and hoping for a better day tomorrow for myself and all of you. None of these are gourmet recipes, just common meals for a lot of us but they sounded comforting and none of them have sugar. I first posted 4 sweety recipes and realized how many of us can’t/shouldn’t/don’t use sugar so I replaced them with these.
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Creamy mushies and chicken
INGREDIENTS
2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast
16 oz baby Bella mushrooms
4 Tbsp unsalted butter
half of a small onion
3 cloves garlic minced
salt and pepper to taste
1 Tbsp fresh rosemary
1 Tbsp fresh thyme
1 Tbsp fresh parsley
1 Tbsp fresh chives
3 cups (24 oz) heavy cream
2 oz grated parmesan cheese
CHICKEN SEASONING
1 tsp lemon pepper
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 Tbls oil and 1 Tbls butter to pan. Heat well, sear chicken. Cook 6-8 mins, put aside, cover with foil.
Saute mushies in same pan, add a little more butter. They will quickly brown. Add a little more butter and onions, cook until translucent and add a little salt.
Add garlic and a little more butter, don’t burn garlic.
Add herbs.
Lower heat, add cream. Do not boil, just simmer. Add parm cheese and let melt into sauce. Salt and pepper to taste.
Add chicken to pan, cover with sauce, simmer til heated through.
Serve on pasta. Salt water, cook pasta, add parm, lemon juice, butter, pasta water and parsley. Mix well. Put chicken on top, serve.
Creamy Broccoli and Cheese Casserole
prep: 15 mins cook: 45 mins total: 1 hr Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 2 pounds fresh broccoli, coarsely chopped
- 1 large onion, coarsely chopped
- ½ cup water
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 (14 ounce) can evaporated milk, divided
- 1 pinch salt to taste
- 1 cup cubed sharp Cheddar cheese
- 2 tablespoons dry bread crumbs, or to taste
- 1 tablespoon butter, or to taste
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x12-inch baking dish.
Place broccoli and onion into a saucepan, pour in water, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook until broccoli turns bright green and starts to become tender, 8 to 10 minutes.
Whisk flour and 1/4 cup evaporated milk together in a bowl until smooth. Stir remaining evaporated milk and salt into broccoli. Gently stir flour mixture into broccoli mixture and bring to a simmer; cook until thickened, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in sharp Cheddar cheese, mixing until cheese has melted into the sauce.
Cook and stir bread crumbs with butter in a small skillet over medium heat until butter has melted and crumbs begin to give a toasted fragrance, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
Transfer broccoli mixture into the prepared baking dish and sprinkle crumbs atop casserole.
Bake in the preheated oven until bubbling and browned, about 30 minutes.
Garlic Butter Pasta (Spicy)
Olive oil
Garlic
Butter
chili flakes
soy sauce
oyster sauce
green onion
parmesan cheese topping
reserved boiled water
spaghetti noodles
Garlic oil:
1. put garlic slices into cold oil
2. heat up and remove from pan when garlic edge turning brown
Cook pasta
Sauce:
1. heat up butter, finely chopped garlic, chilly flakes
2. add soy sauce and oyster sauce
Mix pasta, sauce, grated cheese
add a little garlic oil, spring onions, more cheese
Done
Cheezy Bacon Potatoes
Cubed potatoes
Melted Butter
Onion Flakes
Dried Parsley Flakes
Salt/Pepper
Ranch Dressing
Cooked, chopped bacon
Shredded Cheddar
Put potatoes in baking pan. Drizzle with butter, add onion and parsley flakes and stir to mix. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Cover with foil and bake at 400 for ½ hr. Remove foil, and return to oven for 15 min. Stir and continue to bake 15 min more or until potatoes are fork tender.
Drizzle with ranch dressing, sprinkle with bacon and cheddar and return to oven for 5 min for cheese to melt.
EAT!