Archive for May 2014
Pork Chops with sweet and sour peppers
Chicken Chasseur
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| Chicken Chasseur |
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Chicken Parmesan
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| Chicken Parmesan |
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Southern Fried Chicken
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| Southern Fried Chicken |
Jerk Chicken
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| Jerk Chicken |
Jerk is a style of cooking native to Jamaica in which meat is dry-rubbed or wet marinated with a very hot spice mixture called Jamaican jerk spice. The term jerk is said to come from the word charqui, a Spanish term of Quechua origin for jerked or dried meat, which eventually became jerky in English. traditionally this is to be cooked over a coal fire, we’re going to adapt this to a regular kitchen, its spicy and yummy and I’m sure you’re going to love it.
Baked Herbed Chicken
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| Baked Herbed Chicken |
Veggie Burger
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| Veggie Burger |
This flavor packed veggie burger is quite fantastic, its healthy, tasty and frankly I wouldn’t mind having this once in a while instead of the beef burger. There are so many recipes on the internet but I have designed this burger with flavors that I like, hope you like this recipe, enjoy!
Chicken Burger
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| Chicken Burger |
This recipe is for the health conscious folks who want to steer clear from red meat or that don’t eat red meat, I’m using low fat mayo, whole wheat buns to make it lower in calories. The trick is to keep the burger tender, normally chicken burgers are tough, and you want to pack in as much as flavor as possible as chicken takes on flavors very well. Hope you like this recipe, enjoy!
Veggie Pot Pie
This recipe is very similar to the Chicken Pot Pie with one main difference, there’s no chicken in this dish, however I have added quite a few textures and flavors to take this dish up a notch. It’s a meal by itself, I would recommend having this with a light green salad that’s crunchy with a tangy Italian vinaigrette and maybe a nice dry Chenin Blanc to wash down the palette. Hope you like this recipe, enjoy!
Chicken Pot Pie
This is yet another comfort food that I love to make at home. It’s quite simple and easy as long as you have pre-made/store bought shortcrust pastry and puff pastry, this is a walk in the park. A complete meal by itself, personally I prefer to start off with a light leafy salad like a Greek Salad or Panzanella without the chickpea, you don’t want to fill up to much and yet get your daily quota of greens. Hope you like this recipe, enjoy!
Shortcrust Pastry
Shortcrust pastry is a type of pastry often used for the base of a tart, quiche or pie. It does not puff up during baking because it usually contains no leavening agent. It is possible to make shortcrust pastry with self-raising flour, however. Shortcrust pastry can be used to make both sweet and savory pies such as apple pie, quiche, lemon meringue or chicken pie. It is based on a "half-fat-to-flour" ratio (by weight). Fat (lard, shortening, butter or full-fat margarine) is rubbed into plain flour to create a loose mixture that is then bound using a small amount of ice water, rolled out, then shaped and placed to create the top or bottom of a flan or pie. You can also make it using 1:2 i.e. Fat:Flour as given in this recipe. Source: Wikipedia
Beef Pot Pie
This has to be my favorite pie in the world, I mean who doesn’t love pie! It’s a whole meal by itself, great if you’re running low on energy and especially great if you have a hankering for something delicious, then you’ve come to the right place. This recipe involves making a short crust pastry, most people are afraid of doing that, hence restaurants charge you large sums of money for making simple things. Hope you try this recipe, enjoy!
Shepherds Pie
The Shepherds Pie or Cottage Pie is basically a pie made with leftover meat covered with mash potatoes. Historically it was made with mash potato as the shell, leftover roasted meat and the top covered with mash again. Where’s the fun in that? This recipe is a typical English version of its Irish counterpart, I make it regularly at home, my wife loves it to bits. Its a great family meal served with country bread and green salad, you can make these in ramekins too for individual portions for a small dinner party. Hope you like this recipe, enjoy!