Monday, June 20, 2011

An simple yet delicious Salmon dinner

Cucumber Dill Sauce for Salmon
Ingredients:
1/3 cup finely chopped cucumber
1/3 cup sour cream
1/3 cup plain yogurt
2 teaspoons chopped fresh dillweed
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

To make the cucumber-dill sauce: In a medium bowl, mix together the cucumber, sour cream, yogurt, dillweed, and mustard.
To serve, place the cooked fillets on individual plates. Spoon the sauce evenly over the fillets.

Pan Steamed Salmon
 In a medium sized pan place the salmon fillets over medium heat add ¼ cup water  cover with lid and cook for about 7-10 minutes per side (if frozen). Cook until fish flakes.

Balsamic  Sautéed Mushrooms
In a shallow pan put in cut up mushrooms, cover bottom of pan with Balsamic Vinegar (about 1/8 cup) cook over medium heat until mushrooms are done (about 3-5 minutes)

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Vegetable packets




This is a very simple yet delicious way to prepare vegetables...1st I preheat my bar-b-que, while it is heating up I start creating my vegetable packets...I usually cut up some small sweet or yellow onions and dice up some fresh potatos then I put in my favorite frozen or fresh vegetalbes. season with salt and pepper  or your favorite seasonings. I put in 1 teaspoon of butter and 1 tablespoon of water (for flavor and to help create steam)..seal up the alluminum foil (I double wrap the packets) folding in the edges...then place the packets on your upper rack of your bbq if you have on or you can place it dirrectly on the coals if you so desire...let bake for approximatly 45 minutes at about 350 degrees.
These can be made up before a party or each individual can put in there own ingredients...

Some of things I like to put in my packet are...corn, peas, mushrooms, potatos, onion, brocholi, carrots, snap peas...but you can customize your packet to your taste

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Orange - Honey - Glazed Chicken


Ingredients:
½ tsp. orange rind shredded
½ c orange juice
2 T. honey
1 T. soy sauce
2 tsp. cornstarch
2 to 2 ½ lbs. boneless skinless chicken breast

For sauce: In a 2 cup microwave-safe measure combine all ingredients except chicken. Micro cook uncovered, on high for 2-3 minutes or until mixture is thickened and bubbly, stirring every minute. Set aside.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Place chicken 9x13 baking pan. Brush chicken with sauce bake for 1 hour turning over after 15 minutes and brushing other side of chicken keep this up for the entire hour.
Serve with your choice of vegetable,  or rice or both.

Makes 4 servings
Per serving: 269 calories, 33 grams protein, 14 grams carbohydrates, 8 grams fat, 356 milligrams sodium