Most of what I've fixed has been repeats of favorites, chicken, pasta and the sort. And of course I am always hungry when cooking so I haven't gotten any pictures except these.
I saw a video of someone making a huuuge pot of jambalaya then went looking for the ingredients. Hot diggity I had everything but the shrimp! I had three of the smoked sausages left from doing the 'Ronto Wraps' so a cut those up, had bell pepper and onion and cut up two chicken breasts. I followed a recipe exactly but honestly I don't like that much cayenne.
I also had to scale down the recipe for only two people.
Jambalaya For Two
2 tbl olive oil (for cooking)
1/2 medium onion chopped
1/2 bell pepper chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
3 smoked sausage (authentic calls for andouille)
1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 'bite size pieces'
14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
1 c long grain white rice uncooked
2 cups chicken broth/boullion
1 tsp dried oregano
1tsp smoked paprika
1/2 tsp cayenne (I suggest 1/4 if you don't like a lot of heat)
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1/2 lb lg shrimp cleaned/deveined
2 green onions chopped (for 'garnish')
In dutch oven heat oil until shimmer, add in the bell pepper, onion and garlic. Cook until fragrant and softened (about 7 or 8 minutes? I never time things). Add in the sausage and chicken, cook until browned. (Okay, here's the deal, if you want it browned, put it in first not after the vegetables). Add in the remaining ingredients (except the shrimp) and spices. Stir thoroughly and bring to a boil, cover and reduce heat to low, add lid and cook for 20-25 minutes until rice has completely absorbed the liquid (I cut the time short and there were still a few crunchy rice kernels). Add in the shrimp and cook until shrimp is pink and completely cooked. Somewhere in there it says to add salt and pepper to taste. It could definitely use some salt, maybe pepper but being able to taste is another thing. After I cut up the chicken I added salt and pepper, mixed it up then covered and put it in the fridge while other things were getting ready.
Serve while hot and enjoy a taste of Louisiana!
I am finding a lot of recipe videos on the net and unfortunately have to copy/paste it from the 'comments' section so I get that specific recipe. Like Garlic Parmesan Chicken Skewers, watched it, looked delicious and then they put it in the air fryer which I don't have. Oven will have to do. Another one was Chile Lime Chipotle Chicken that they cut into pieces layered and crammed into a loaf pan and baked in the oven. Well that's something new.
Tonight I fixed meatloaf. Except I don't have any eggs... wing it! I have never been a fan of ketchup on meatloaf and we didn't have any to boot. I suggested barbecue sauce, teriyaki sauce and the brown gravy and that's what we went with.
2 lbs hamburger
1/2 onion chopped
Salt, pepper
1 packet Brown Gravy mix
1/2 c Italian seasoned Bread Crumbs
1/4 c milk.
1 tsp Italian Seasoning
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
The only thing missing was garlic because I was a doofus. I used garlic powder because my hands were all gummed up from mixing the meat.
Oh and using nitrile gloves to mix the meat is a stroke of genius.
Preheat oven to 375-400
Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl, spray oil in two average size loaf pans, divide meat to fit. Sprinkle W sauce down the middle of the loaves, bake in oven for 30 minutes, rotate pans, bake for another 20-30 minutes (I didn't trust my timing so I had to cut into the middle to make sure they were done.) I would add in the W sauce during mixing next time.
(Sorry for the phone shadow)
Serve with mashed potatoes and gravy made from the other packet of mix. It was delicious! Not all fluffy and light like you'd get using an egg but it was still good. I flattened the loves a bit and kind of mushed a channel in the middle to reduce the meat thickness so it would cook more evenly. I added a few things into the gravy for a bit of extra flavor.
Will be restocking the kitchen this coming week and hopefully will be making a meal plan calendar. I found an app that was supposed to do that but technically wanted you to enter meals from their list so I had to hand enter what I thought we were going to eat. Three weeks of meals and only about four change ups.
Chicken, shrimp, more international flavors coming next month!
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