Category: Main Dishes

  • Steak Tacos with Lime Mayo from Cooking Light

    Steak Tacos with Lime Mayo from Cooking Light

    I’m on a taco roll. The spicy shrimp tacos were so good that I wanted to try the steak tacos with lime mayo. The current issue of Cooking Light is full of tacos! I don’t know if I’ll make my way through all ten recipes but these first two are definitely repeats. Tacos work well…

  • Burrito Bowl: Chicken, Rice, Beans and More

    Burrito Bowl: Chicken, Rice, Beans and More

    I gather Chipotle made burrito bowl a common term for those who wanted to cut a few carbs out of a burrito.  Wherever the idea came from, it’s a good flexible meal and leftovers work well too, for packing up a lunch or eating a late dinner.  With my oldest living back at home but…

  • Buttermilk Ranch Dressing From America’s Test Kitchen

    Buttermilk Ranch Dressing From America’s Test Kitchen

    We all tend to like the Ranch dressings in restaurants but then when I buy a commercial Ranch dressing we are disappointed.  It just never has quite the taste we like.  I went back to a homemade version to go on a steak salad I was making for dinner with the last of the Montreal…

  • Grilled Tri Tip Roast with Montreal Steak Seasoning

    Grilled Tri Tip Roast with Montreal Steak Seasoning

    This is yet another of the few mixes I really like.  I buy it at Costco at a price that is hard to beat but if you want to make your own I found this recipe online. I’ve used it on chicken and steak as well as fried potatoes and grilled asparagus. Last night I…

  • Chicken Curry Sandwich with Mango Chutney

    Chicken Curry Sandwich with Mango Chutney

    Earlier I made this great grilled Greek chicken for dinner and purposely cooked an extra chicken breast because we can always find a good use for good cooked chicken in our lunches. Today I made this curried chicken sandwich and it was really good. First I mixed up some plain chicken salad with it, so…