Our Sunday dinner last night was based on the easy chili verde recipe I’d promised to make for my youngest. I also made a skillet upside down cake with fresh cranberries. All the leftover chili went home with my kids for their lunches. I had the rice and beans with salsa and cheese wrapped up…
Rice
Ginger, Lemon and Turmeric Rice
This goes great with Indian food, which is why it’s shown with the salmon tikka, salmon rubbed with tandoori paste and then quickly cooked in a skillet. The recipe is from Jamie’s Food Revolution: Rediscover How to Cook Simple, Delicious, Affordable Meals (affiliate link), one of my favorite cookbooks. When I cook Indian food, it’s…
Lidia’s Zucchini and Rice Tart
My niece is coming for dinner tonight and I thought it would be fun to have something to nibble on while I’m fixing dinner. I saw this zucchini and rice tart and thought it sounded good and would taste fine the next day so I made it last night. I roughly halved the original recipe…
Fried Rice with Steak, Asparagus and Carrots
Fried rice is one of my oldest’s favorite dinners yet somehow it’s been ages since I made it. It’s a great way to use up bits of vegetables and meat, in this case some leftover steak and a handful of raw asparagus. It works best with leftover rice but in a pinch I’ve made it…
Rice Cooker Red Beans and Coconut Rice
For a change, I made these Rice Cooker Red Beans and Coconut Rice rather than making it on the stove. I was making a shrimp dish that had coconut milk in it as well so I measured out what I needed for the shrimp, then used the rest of the can in the rice dish,…