Tonight's creation is sweet, salty, savory, and delicious. Paired with greens or with stir fry veggies and rice, it's sure to make your taste buds react. Here's how:
Ingredients:
1 lb fresh Tilapia filets (about 4-5 filets)
2 Tbs olive oil
1 Tbs light brown sugar
1 Tbs soy sauce
1 Tbs chopped fresh ginger
1 Tbs sesame oil
1 Tbs honey
1 Tbs hoisin sauce
1 Tbs sweet chili sauce
2 tsp minced garlic
Juice of 1 fresh lime
Directions:
Mix all ingredients in a small dish that can accommodate all of the fish filets. Marinate fish in mixture for 1 hour maximum.
Remove fish from marinade, broil on high for 5-6 minutes or until no longer opaque.
Boil the remainder of the marinade rapidly until thickened and reduced by half.
Serve the fish over the bed of greens and/or rice and drizzle the sauce over the fish.
You can strain the sauce prior to reducing if you don't like all of the "chunks" floating in it. I happen to like them so I left them in. Enjoy!
Whew! It's been a few weeks since I've had the chance to stop and cook dinner, which you must know stresses me out. However, after this rainy, droopy day, I was in the mood for comfort food! I just threw this together out of items I had laying around and it turned out well. Use caution if you don't like spicy food.
Ingredients
- 3/4 box of ziti pasta (reserve 1 cup cooking liquid)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 2 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 Boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1/4 Cup grated fresh Parmesan cheese
Preparation
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain in a colander over a bowl, reserving 1 cup cooking liquid. Cut chicken into bite sized pieces.
- While pasta cooks, heat a large nonstick skillet coated with olive oil over medium-high heat. Add garlic; sauté 2 minutes. Add crushed red pepper; sauté 1 minute. Add chicken pieces, and sautee until browned.
- Add reserved pasta cooking liquid to pan; bring to a boil. Stir in salt, black pepper, chicken, and balsamic vinegar; bring to a boil. Stir in pasta, and cook 1 for minute or until thoroughly heated. Sprinkle with cheese.
Note: Sauce will thicken if you let it cool for a few minutes - delicious!
Football is here! That means it's time to break out my favorite series of fall snacks, so I can share them with a house full of people crowded around my TV. This is my all time favorite game day snack: sausage balls. Simple, cheap, and easy.
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground pork sausage
- 2 cups biscuit baking mix
- 1 pound sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- In a large bowl, combine sausage, biscuit baking mix and cheese. Form into walnut size balls and place on baking sheets.
- Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until golden brown and sausage is cooked through.
