Amish Pot Roast

Chili Rellano

Seven Layer Taco Dip

Chicken Marengo

Chicken Marengo












Ingredients:

4 Boneless Chicken Breast Slices

1 Onion, thinly sliced

1/2 Cup Olive Oil (8 Tbsp.)

1/2 Cup Vinegar

2 Garlic Cloves, Crushed

1/2 Cup Fresh Parsley, Chopped

1 Can (14-16 oz) Tomato Sauce

1 Cup Water

4 Servings of Rice

Variation:

Use Chicken Stock instead of Water. Add herbs such as 1/2 Tsp. Thyme and 1 Bay Leaf to the simmering frying pan.

Directions:

In large frying pan, saute Chicken in Olive Oil with Onion. Add Vinegar, Garlic, Parsley, Tomato Sauce and Salt and Pepper to taste.

Cover and simmer about 1 hour, until ingredients are tender. Remove meat. Strain the sauce and return the strained sauce to the frying pan. Reduce 5 minutes.

Place rice in a serving dish, and pour the sauce over it. Serve with rice.

Beef and Broccoli

Beef and Broccoli

Ingredients:

1 Lb. Steak Tips, (bite size pieces)

1/2 Cup Soy Sauce

4 Tsp. Cornstarch

1 Tsp. Sugar

2 Tbsp. Olive Oil

1 Medium Onion, Thinly Sliced

1 Cup Broccoli, Fresh

Variation:

Use Pea Pods instead of Broccoli. Use Steak Strips, usually packaged for stir-fry instead of Steak Tips.

Use Frozen Broccoli instead of Fresh, but cook for only 2-3 minutes after adding, instead of 10.

Directions:

In a large bowl, marinate the Steak Tips for 10 minutes in Soy Sauce, Cornstarch and Sugar. Remove the Steak Tips from bowl and reserve the sauce mixture.

Place the Steak Tips in a large frying pan, and brown in Olive Oil. Add Onion and cook until onion is tender, but crisp. Stir in Broccoli. Cook 10 minutes.

Stir in reserved marinade.

Serve over rice.

American Chop Suey

American Chop Suey




Ingredients:

Tomato Sauce:

1 Can (14-16 oz) Crushed Tomatos

1 Tbsp. Parsley, Dried

1 Tsp. Basil, Dried

1/2 Lb. Macaroni or Penne Pasta

1 Lb. Ground Beef

1 Small to Medium Onion, Chopped

Variation: Use shallot instead of onion.


Directions:

Make the Tomato Sauce first. In a large sauce pan, mix all of the Sauce ingredients. Cook for 1.5 hours until grease forms on top of sauce.

Cook Macaroni or Penne Pasta as directed on package.

Brown Ground Beef and Onion. Drain off grease, returning Ground Beef to frying pan.

Add Tomato Sauce and Pasta to the Ground Beef.

Cook over medium heat until heated throughout.

Broccoli & Mushroom Pilaf

Broccoli & Mushroom Pilaf

This dish is another instance of how the colorful vegetable blends perfectly with mushrooms and rice. The result is a flavorful combination that can stand on its own as a main course, besides being used as a side dish. In addition to being low on calories, it requires little preparation time and is a blessing for vegetarians. In fact, I am a vegetarian for two days of the week for religious reasons, and this pilaf is often my lunch!

Ingredients:

3 cups cooked rice

4 large cloves garlic, minced fine

1 lb. chopped broccoli/ broccoli cuts/ broccoli florets

1/2 lb. sliced mushrooms

1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon

1 tsp. salt or to taste

Cilantro/coriander leaves

1 tbsp. oil

Method:

Heat oil in a heavy bottomed saucepan and fry the garlic for a minute, then add mushrooms,

broccoli, ground cinnamon, cilantro/coriander leaves and salt. Cover with the lid and cook on medium low heat for ten minutes. Add cooked rice just before turning off the heat. Let stand for five minutes. Garnish with cilantro/coriander leaves.