Diana's Chicken Soup

This is a great twist on chicken soup and I have to give a big thank you to my wonderful friend Diana. She introduced this to me at a Book Club meeting. Again this is one of those that you can make your own and it does not get easier. The biggest most difficult thing is buying to the rotisserie chicken and deciding what veggies to use.

1 Rotisserie Chicken (picked off the bone & skin removed)
2 cup diced butternut squash
1/2 diced onion
4 cups low sodium chicken stock
6 cups fresh spinach
1tbsp butter
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp garlic powder or fresh garlic (2 cloves)
pinch kosher salt
crushed red pepper to taste
white pepper to taste
1/2 tsp curry (if you do not like this simply leave it out)

Saute squash and onion until just beginning to soften, add picked chicken and chicken stock. Stir in all spices (feel free to add more of less depending on your own tastes) bring soup to simmer for 15 to 20 minutes. Just before serving add the spinach, simmer an additional 5 minutes.

If you wish you can serve with fresh bread.

Stuffed Peppers

If you love peppers you should love this one. Most people use rice in their peppers but I just feel like such a pig eating all that rice so I use only meat and vegges in mine. the beauty is this is one of those recipes you can totally make your own, below are the ingredients I used this time around. But feel free to use any types of meat and veggies you like. 

5 Peppers 

1lb. lean ground beef

Broccoli

Asparagus

Butternut Squash

Canned Tomatoes (I used the kind with jalapenos)

Rosemary-garlic Roast Beef & Potatoes w/ Horseradish

3/8/2012

Rosemary-garlic Roast Beef & Potatoes w/ Horseradish

If you like Roast Beef you must try this one. It is easy to make and very tasty. Instead of regular potatoes I opted to use baby ones, they are smaller cook faster and I think they just look nicer on the plate. The skin was just a tiny crispy so when you bite into them there is a nice contrast in the texture.

:Pork Kebabs w/ roasted squash and greens

3/6/2012
The other white meat! When I say easy I mean easy. this took my literally 15 minutes to prep. I let it marinate for several hours to make sure i got tons of flavor in both the meat and the squash. It bakes up in no time and we loved it.

Honey Mustard Chicken

3/3/2012
So I of course am running behind with my posting. So today I will updating for the last few meals I have made.

Honey Mustard Chicken
(photo to come)

My family like many others eats our fair share of chicken and I like all moms have to issue of what to do next. so I decided to try my hand at Honey Mustard Chicken. I am not normally a fan of honey mustard but this was actually good and really easy. Check out the recipe I think you and your families will enjoy this one very much.

Well March is upon us and I am sticking to my menu. I did make my Enchiladas and they were yummy. I did not post a picture because everyone knows what those are and well they were not super pretty. Last night was our weekly seafood dinner night. I have never made this but it actually came out really good. The sprouts had such wonderful flavor and yes the fish was good too.

Garlic Roasted salmon with Brussels Sprouts