Eating Dinner With My Family

Much like the souffle, gnocchi has a reputation for being easy to mess up.  This was my first gnocchi and I was a little nervous.  The dish does take a while, mostly because there is an hour of baking before you even begin to make the dough.  Also annoying,  I discovered as I was making it, it was a big sticky mess, and I was kind of hoping it would be the colossal failure I was worried it could be because it was so laborious and messy.  No such luck.  It was unbelievable!!!  The light fluffy pillows of pasta in a nutty, herby sauce.  They didn't look like much but they were yummy!  Another thing I liked about this recipe is that the recipe made enough to freeze half of the gnocchi for a future use.  After I ate some, I realized I could have made the entire recipe and we would probably would have eaten it all.  We may have felt ill after but it just might have been worth it.  If you make the entire recipe and eat...

Well another meh for the week of $50 for dinner.  The issue began as soon as I opened the can of salmon.  One would assume that canned salmon was boneless and skinless.  WRONG!  On the can is a teeny tiny asterisk with the note that soft bones and skin are completely edible and a great source of omega -3's  Now, while that is true Chicken of the Sea, I would appreciate that your company put that in larger letters in the future.  At least the can was full of fillets that had been pressed in to a tube shape.  I was able to remove the skin and most of the bones including a rather large spine!  Ewww.  I think I wasted about 1/3 of each can. Ok that being said, the salmon cake was probably the tastiest thing in the recipe.  I love beet greens and these were not so good.  Orzo was ok but pretty bland. I reheated the beets from last night and they were good.  I love roasted beets, but I also think they could have u...

This was so AMAZINGLY tasty.  I can't recommend enough trying this dish.  I plan on making and freezing the sauce just to have it on hand.  I can see it working with all kinds of proteins.  I know Indian food can be daunting, but this one is not only easy, but doesn't require lots of hard to find ingredients.  We ate it with naan and broccoli.  I can't stop thinking about it! I plan on giving some of the jars of sauce as a gift. Best Ever Chicken Balti  4 Servings 4    -6 boneless skinless chicken breasts 1 t  chili powder 1 1/2 t  garam masala 1 t  minced garlic 3 T  tomato puree (I used a very plain jarred tomato sauce I had in the fridge) 2 T  Greek yogurt (10% milk fat!  Heck ya!) 2 T  chopped fresh coriander (that is cilantro to us in the US!) 2 T  mango chutney (I used major grey's mild) 1 t  salt 1/2 t  sugar 4 T  oil 2    green chilies,chopped (...

I love this recipe.  The best part for me is that I make two dinners at once.  The Arrabbiata sauce is awesome and can be just used by itself on pasta.  So I made this recipe (all four of us ate and we had leftovers)  but split the shells between two baking dishes.  One I cooked tonight, the other is in my freezer for a future dinner.  To increase the veggie content, we had a salad with "Outback" honey mustard dressing.  The recipe came from one of those secret restaurant recipe cookbooks.  Its pretty close and very tasty. Turkey And Artichoke Stuffed Shells With Arrabbiata Sauce 1    (12-ounce) box jumbo pasta shells (recommended,Barilla) 3 T  extra-virgin olive oil 1/2    large yellow onion,chopped (about 1 cup) 3 ea garlic,chopped 1 lb ground turkey 1/2 t  kosher salt,plus 1/2 teaspoon 1/4 t  freshly ground black pepper plus 1/4 teaspoon 1    (8 to 10-ounce) package f...