Does anyone have really good recipes...?!
I would like to have one for...
Chicken + mushrooms
Stuffed mushrooms
pasta
Just anything you can think of I want to make a good surprise meal for my parents...
I am a pretty good cook but I want to suprise them with something different... (reasonable price please)*>>>
Answers: I don't really want anything creamy...
I would like to have one for...
Chicken + mushrooms
Stuffed mushrooms
pasta
Just anything you can think of I want to make a good surprise meal for my parents...
I am a pretty good cook but I want to suprise them with something different... (reasonable price please)*>>>
Stuffed Mushrooms are my husbands favorite, and I have to wonderful recipes that I have used over and over. I actually got them from the AllRecipes.com cookbook a few years ago, and they are a never fail. I don't like mushrooms, but I will even eat these two versions.
Here are the recipes & links :)
'Mouth Watering Stuffed Mushrooms'
INGREDIENTS
12 whole fresh mushrooms
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray. Clean mushrooms with a damp paper towel. Carefully break off stems. Chop stems extremely fine, discarding tough end of stems.
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and chopped mushroom stems to the skillet. Fry until any moisture has disappeared, taking care not to burn garlic. Set aside to cool.
When garlic and mushroom mixture is no longer hot, stir in cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, black pepper, onion powder and cayenne pepper. Mixture should be very thick. Using a little spoon, fill each mushroom cap with a generous amount of stuffing. Arrange the mushroom caps on prepared cookie sheet.
Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the mushrooms are piping hot and liquid starts to form under caps.
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'Bacon & Cheddar Stuffed Mushrooms'
INGREDIENTS
3 slices bacon
8 crimini mushrooms
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon chopped onion
3/4 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
DIRECTIONS
Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, dice and set aside.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Remove mushroom stems. Set aside caps. Chop the stems.
In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter. Slowly cook and stir the chopped stems and onion until the onion is soft. Remove from heat.
In a medium bowl, stir together the mushroom stem mixture, bacon and 1/2 cup Cheddar. Mix well and scoop the mixture into the mushroom caps.
Bake in the preheated oven 15 minutes, or until the cheese has melted.
Remove the mushrooms from the oven, and sprinkle with the remaining cheese
Pasties:- Cornish
5 Baking potatoes, peeled and sliced
1 Onion, chopped
1C Rutabaga, chopped (turnip as a substitute)
1lb finely chopped pork.
1/4C Butter.
Salt and pepper to taste.
2 cloves of garlic, crushed (optional)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200C).
Roll dough into four thin circles. Arrange potatoes, onion, rutabaga, and pork over 1/2 of each dough circle. Dot with butter and season with salt and pepper to taste. Add crushed garlic if desired. Fold dough over the filling; pinch and roll along the edges. Poke a few holes in the top with a fork, and place on a lined baking tray.
Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until the top is golden brown.
i don't know any, but you can go to recipebazaar.com/
Make some chicken and broccoli
Buy some thawed skinless boneless chicken breast
and a head of broccoli
oyester sauce
soy sauce
rice
rinse broccoli and then cut from main stem to seperate pieces then add to a skillet with about a half cup of water and put a lid on. Steam for about 10 minutes... you want it still a lil crispy.
Cut chicken breast into sliced bite sized pieces and coat in flour...
add to med high heat pan with olive oil and cook until brown
add 1/4 cup water, 2 tbs oyester sauce, 1 tbs soy sauce and bring to boil if sauce isnt thick enough than add some water mixed with a lil bit of flour slowly until desired thickness. then add broccoli.. serve over warm rice.
These are all high rated recipes that would be great for a family dinner..I've tried a few of these and they were delish..hope I could help :)
Aussie Chicken: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Aussie-Chic...
Cajun Chicken Pasta: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Cajun-Chick...
Stuffed Mushrooms : http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Mouth-Water...
Italian Pasta: http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/recipes/rec...
How about Chicken Cacciatore? http://www.recipezaar.com/41685
Serve it over hot buttered pasta.
Search the net for other Chicken Cacciatore recipes if you don't like this one.
Here's one for stuffed mushrooms: http://www.recipezaar.com/57228
allrecipes.com is a great site
Does your mom have a crock pot/slow cooker?
If so,
Chicken and Dumplings
INGREDIENTS
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
2 tablespoons butter
2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of chicken soup
1 onion, finely diced
2 (10 ounce) packages refrigerated biscuit dough, torn into pieces
DIRECTIONS
Place the chicken, butter, soup, and onion in a slow cooker, and fill with enough water to cover.
Cover, and cook for 5 to 6 hours on High. About 30 minutes before serving, place the torn biscuit dough in the slow cooker. Cook until the dough is no longer raw in the center.
I use Chicken Broth instead of water, and sometimes I use 1 can of cream of chicken and 1 can of cream of celery.
Do it yourself Pasta:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup durum semolina flour (can sub CREAM OF WHEAT IN A PINCH)
5 eggs
ice water (as close to 32 degrees as possible, and strain out the ice)
Procedure:
Sift the all-purpose flour onto a dough board, mounding it up as you go. Add durum flour to sifter, mounding it on top of white flour. with fist, make depression in the center of flour. Crack eggs in center. Using fork and working from center out, incorporate eggs into flour. add enough water to make workable ball of dough. Knead and roll to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut dough into ribbons or run through pasta press. Use immediately, or dry for later use.
Garden Pasta Sauce
2 quarts fresh tomatoes, blanched and peeled
1 cup grated squash/zucchini
1 cup grated carrot
1 cup mushrooms
1 large Bermuda onion, chopped
2-5 cloves garlic (to taste, I like a lot of garlic :)
1 tsp dried oregano
1 bay leaf
Add all ingredients, heat to boil and reduce heat to simmer. Reduce to desired consistency. Serve warm over pasta...
Makes for a nice alfresco dish. I've experimented with this by adding cream, different stocks, pepperoni/chorizo, eggplant, and other add ins. really basic sauce, and you can basically add any other spices you deem necessary... REMOVE BAY LEAF AND DISCARD before serving...
Season your chicken well with S&P dust with flour....heat 4 T oil over med heat quickly brown both side of chicken,then remove to casserole dish with lid.....in same hot pan add 1 T butter,when melted add 1 C sliced mushrooms,1 C sliced onions.saute for 2 mins ....slowly add 1 C chicken broth..de glazing the pan....bring to a boil then pour over chicken.... bake covered for 1 hour for dark meat 35 mins for breast.....
stuffed mushrooms
toss together
4 cup bread crumbs
1 cup parm
1 t sage
1 t salt
set aside
melt 1 cup butter in pan add 1 cup finely onions,and 2 ribs of celery thinly sliced....cook until onions are just slightly browned.add bread crumb and combine.stuff each mushroom..place on buttered baking dish...bake for 30 mins at 325 or until tops are nicely browned.
How about Cornish Game Hens.Served on a bed of wilted spinach with garlic.Homemade bread or buy a good rustic loaf.Homemade soup....maybe cheese soup....
Stuffed portabella for each,as an appetizer.Stuff with a mixture of mixture of fried chopped bacon,cream cheese and onion.Top this with lots of cheddar cheese and bake at 350 covered for about 1/2 hour.Uncover the last 15 mins.
Strawberry Shaum Tortes for dessert or angel food cake with strawberries...