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Chicken & Basil Stir Fry

I was cooking again. I am low key on a health kick so I have been trying to make everything from scratch and limit the use of preservatives etc. Came across this recipe in my inbox from Everyday Food. I absolutely love these recipes because they are healthy, require few ingredients and are really quick to make.

I made a few remixes but if you like to stick to the script here is the original recipe

Started off roughly chopping one medium onion and one red bell pepper although the recipe called for two bell peppers *shrugs* The recipe also called for six fresh cloves of garlic but I somehow forgot to pick up fresh garlic when I was at the store so I cheated.

Once the chopping was done I added a TBS of cornstarch to the chicken

So listen. The recipe said to only season with salt and pepper. Seeing that I shouldn’t have salt with my BP issues I threw in a little salt free seasoning ~~and some real salt~~ for good measure. You have to watch these recipes, I’m sorry sometimes regular old salt and pepper is not going to get it.

With my chicken all seasoned up. I poured some olive oil in the pan. I think the recipe called for 6 teaspoons of vegetable oil. I eyeballed mine. You govern yourself as you see fit.

When the oil was good and hot I started cooking my chicken. Not fully cooking but browning on each side. I ended up having to do two batches and per the recipe that was fine.

Removed the chicken once it was done and then added in my chopped vegetables, scooped my garlic out of the jar and added it in. Smelled.So.Good.

Added in 2 TBS of Rice Vinegar and low sodium Soy Sauce.

Added the chicken back in and topped with fresh Basil and served over rice

So the children were a little suspect but I am determined they will learn to eat well. So the baby had a mini melt down hollering about she doesn’t want to eat the tree leaves and my son goes into a long drawn out speech about how he doesn’t like red carrots. WHATEVER. Needless to say they ended up eating chicken and rice but they ate.

Total cook time was about 35 minutes.

Have you tried a new recipe lately? Do share!

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Mustard Roasted Potatoes

I love potatoes. I low key blame my obsession on my mother who was the master of making potatoes. In the past I have tried to master making roasted potatoes but they always came out bland. One Saturday morning I was watching Barefoot Contessa and she was whipping up Mustard Roasted Potatoes. I knew I had to give this recipe a whirl. You will be proud of me. I stayed on task for the most part…only substitution I made was I used red potatoes instead of Yukon Gold.

I chopped up one onion into small slivers and quartered about 10 red potatoes

I then tossed the potatoes and onions in 3 TBS of olive oil, 2 TBS of whole grain mustard and a pinch of Kosher salt..Okay a little more than a pinch because I love Kosher salt.

Baked at 425 for about 45 minutes. Make sure to toss often to keep the skins from sticking to the pan.

OMGahhhhhhh the mustard and the kosher salt gave just the right amount of kick to the potatoes which turned out really crunchy on the edges and just right in the middle. This was super easy. Took about 10 minutes to do all of the chopping and mixing. Whole dish took about an hour. We like that!

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Garlic Chicken with Yellow Rice

I think it is safe to say we are all extremely busy and by the end of the day the last thing we really want to do is spend a lot of time in the kitchen cooking up a meal. I have been trying out a ton of recipes lately and moving forward I plan on sharing the really good ones with you.

This particular recipe I adapted from Martha Stewart’s Everyday Food collection of recipes. The original recipe was Slow Cooker Garlic Chicken with Couscous. Y’all know I am good for remixing a recipe. Seeing that I didn’t have couscous on hand and didn’t get it in the slow cooker in time I instead put mine in the oven and substituted the wine with chicken broth and it came out delicious. Next time I will stick to the recipe…maybe!

Lightly seasoned chicken breasts

While the chicken was browning on the stove top in a bit of olive oil, I coarsely chopped up about a half an onion and 3 cloves of garlic and mixed with 2 teaspoons of ground Thyme

Placed the onions, garlic and Thyme in the bottom of a deep casserole dish and placed the browned breasts on top.

Then mixed 1/3 cup of flour with one cup of chicken broth

Poured the mixture over the chicken and then added an additional cup of chicken broth. Per the recipe the additional cup of chicken broth is not needed if cooked in a slow cooker

Cover

Cook at 450 for about 40 minutes

The flour and the broth made this amazing gravy sauce. I put it all over some yellow rice that I cooked in my rice cooker. From start to plating this recipe took about an hour. We like that!

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Sunday Sweets – Cheddar Crusted Apple Pie

If you’ve been around these parts long enough you know that I am not a true natural when it comes to the kitchen. I can whip up a few things here and there but it takes time and the outcome and taste are often up in the air.

In a past post, I wrote about trying to create memories for my children like my mother did for me regarding cooking and the like. I want them to be proud to say their mother could rock a pair of skinny jeans and stilettos and bake a mean cake.

Without practice we never get better so I’ve decided to attempt to try my hand at baking something new every Sunday and share it with you, since I love to bake and I would like to get better at it. I’ll never get better at it if I don’t try. Right?

First up…Martha Stewart’s Cheddar Crusted Apple Pie. Not sure why I would start this challenge with a Martha Stewart recipe but…..

You can find the recipe here

I started off making the dough for the crust from scratch. You know it is never smooth sailing with me. I had to pulse the flour, cheese, salt, and butter together. Well my $5 caught on a deal processor was too small for this to happen in one batch so I had to do two…I keep telling y’all you have to be quick on your feet.

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