Simple Directions To My Meals

• I buy the Costco chicken because it is the best price for the most meat. And it's the yummiest. Of course. I also buy the asiago cheese bagels there and the two combined makes for a delicious sandwich. I put a little bit of freshly ground sea salt on the sliced chicken, some dijon, green leaf lettuce and there you have it. Oh, don't for get to toast the bagels, if you like!
• Yosida's Chicken is self explanatory. Marinate chicken over night in Yoshida's, grill, and sprinkle sesame seeds before serving. I have found that if you pound the chicken thinner before marinating it grills faster and holds the juice better. If you have never grilled fresh Pineapple, do it! We had this at this Brazilian Steak House in SAlt City. You just 'peel' the pineapple and grill all sides. Yummy. Of course. Everything I make is yummy. I soooo use instant brown rice. But hey.
• Spaghetti. Prego Roasted GArlic and Parmesan spaghetti sauce. Add to browned and seasoned meat. (garlic salt, season salt, italian seasoning) Boil noodles. And there you have it. Fresh express caesar salad kit. Garlic toast, simple and easy. My mother in law actually introduced this style to me. I use this sliced sourdough bread I found in the bread aisles. Spread melted butter (I use smart balance) seasoned with garlic salt, (yes, more garlic and salt. You will notice that these two things are my best friends as well) Sprinkle with fresh parmesan cheese, and broil until desired doneness. (Noah is pulling all of my freshly folded laundry of the couch as I type. Thats just rich.)
• Halibut recipe to come. It has a honey ginger glaze, I am pretty sure it is going to ROCK! Have to try it first. Roasted baby reds; quarter toss in olive oil, garlic salt, of course, and rosemary. Bake at 425 until desired doneness. I do my green salad with romaine, thinly sliced sweet onion, avocado, seasoned salad almonds, marinated artichoke hearts and good season's Italian dressing.
• Lime Garlic Chicken and Bean salad recipe posted tomorrow. I pulled both these recipes at different times and saw their potential as a pair. Of course I was right to assume so and it makes a really refreshing summer meal. (Niko just dumped half a bottle of sunscreen in our kiddie pool. After I just refilled it with sparkling clean water. I wonder if it will protect them form the sun.....)
• Vegan Tacos; Morning Star Veggie crumbles with taco seas. Serve with fresh salsa (recipe at right) and whatever other toppings you like. The fresh salsa really does the trick, I think.
• The sausages I get from Safeway. They are sun dried tomato parmesan. Fry em up, mash your potatoes and sauté or steam your asparagus. A yummy way to sauté asparagus is chopped up, in olive oil and a little bit of Montreal steak seas. believe it or not. That stuff is the best.
• MArinate Tri Tip in teriyaki sauce over night, grill. Grill corn as well
• Pork Tenderloin I buy is pre-marinated, they usually have three flavors. It's small roll and it varies anywhere form $7.99-9.99. Oven Fried Potato recipe is a rally good one, I made up, will be posted tomorrow with the other recipes. Spinach Salad; Spinach Girad's Rasp. Vin., dried cherries and frosted almonds. Super Yum. It's a good thing I only do this twice a week. I think my children are changeling children today. I wonder when my real children will be returned. You know the perfect ones.
• I am racing against the clock here, I have to go start my dinner.....
• Ooooooooh! This Salmon recipe is the bomb! Fillet of Salmon, fresh is best. Costco actually has some pretty good wild salmon right now. Recipe tomorrow...do I have to keep saying that? Or have you all realized that you aren't getting any recipes out of me today? I actually buy the steamer bags in the fresh produce section of the broccoli and baby carrots. I steam them and then add some smart balance, lemon juice, garlic salt and dill. Wow. So good. Kids like em too, extra points! Wild Rice....a roni.
• Avocado sandwiches. Good however you like them. I toast whole wheat bread, mayo and dijon, sliced avocado sprinkled with season salt, sprouts, sweet onions and green leaf lettuce. I am not a HUGE tomato fan, so I usually skip on that, but they are good just the same. Herbed pasta, simple. Boil desired noodles, olive oil, freshly ground salt and pepper a little bit of smart balance for flavor and Italian seas. I realize their are no measurements on the 'recipes' I am listing. This is because they are my own creations and I do everything to taste. I have made these things so often it just come naturally. I wing it a lot, I get that from my mom. Sometimes it's awesome, sometimes it's alright, other times Matt just looks at me like, "what were you thinking?"
• I just discovered an awesome frozen burger patties that beats all others. I use them mostly, but I do have a GREAT burger recipe I will share with you once I get the go ahead from Grandma Barb. Old family recipe gotta make sure I won't have any of those Kentucky hill cousins pounding on my door with their rifles for spreading the family secret. Oh, got lost in imagining them with their missing teethe and smell of moonshine on their breath...the frozen patties are Harris Ranch. It's grass fed beef, I think that may be why they are so delicious. A little spendy. I think I spent $12 on nine patties. But that is two meals for us...for now.
• No I DO NOT make homemade alfredo. I always say I am going to, then start reading the directions and ingredients and fizzle out. So I just either buy a white shell pasta mix, or buy pre-made sauce, like in the jar, and boil the noodles. I slice the chicken and cook it in a pan on the stove. With olive oil, and other fav. seasonings. So good, so easy, so happy.

MADE IT!!!!! Kids seem relatively happy swimming in their sunscreen filmy pool. Noah is of course inside with a pink pacifier in his mouth pushing Genevieve's pink baby stroller. Matt would die. Time to go brave my own kitchen.

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