Our culinary tour through Asia continues with this dish. Easy enough for a weeknight meal, there was more than enough left for lunch the next day. Ingredients: 1 lb Flank steak diagonally cut (we used flat iron steak because the local grocery was out of flank) For the marinade: 1/4 cup Soy sauce 2 tablespoons Dry … Continue reading Chinese Pepper Steak
Beef Stroganov
While this isn't my most favorite dish, it is one of J's most favorite dishes and he's been searching for a good recipe for a while. He found this one from Big Oven ending the search. Extremely filling and comforting, with a few tweaks this is hands down the best Beef Stroganov recipe. Originally fearful … Continue reading Beef Stroganov
Best Sweet and Sour Chicken
We've been eating a home a lot more lately. Which means, when we're craving specialty food, we have to make it ourselves, while trying to use up the left overs.We had left over onions and green peppers from grilling and decided to try our hand at sweet and sour chicken adapted from this recipe. It … Continue reading Best Sweet and Sour Chicken
Crockpot Chicken Cacciatore with Spaghetti Squash
Like everyone else the two days before the holidays are hectic. Putting finishing touches on things, wrapping up at the office, there are a million things vying for our attention the last two weeks of the year. Which is why I've turned to the trusty crockpot to make our dinners this past week. After a … Continue reading Crockpot Chicken Cacciatore with Spaghetti Squash
Pumpkin Soup (Round 2) and Gruyère Toast
We wound up with a couple of cans of left over pumpkin and in the quest for the perfect pumpkin soup, wanted to try a different version. This one is modified from the Mayo Clinic. Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 small onion, chopped 1 can (8 ounces) pumpkin puree 1 and 1/2 cups chicken … Continue reading Pumpkin Soup (Round 2) and Gruyère Toast