Saturday, November 12, 2011

Recipe Chain Blog

I remember my freshman year of college with me and my roommates would each take a night cooking dinner that way we would have a great home-cooked meals. It was so fun and we got to try everyone's best meals! I propose we do a Recipe Chain Blog. I will go first with a few of my go-to meal and I can't wait to see the fabulous meals from others!

               Chicken-Pineapple Fajitas
  Ingredients
  • 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into strips
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • each medium green, sweet red and yellow pepper, julienned
  • 1 medium onion, cut into thin wedges
  • 2 tablespoons fajita seasoning mix
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 tablespoon dried parsley flakes
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened pineapple chunks, drained
  • 8 tortillas (10 inches), warmed

Directions

  • In a large nonstick skillet, cook chicken in oil for 4-5 minutes. Add peppers and onion; cook and stir 4-5 minutes longer.
  • In a small bowl, combine seasoning mix and water; stir in the honey, parsley, garlic powder and salt. Stir into skillet. Add pineapple. Cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink and vegetables are tender.
  • Place chicken mixture on one side of each tortilla; fold tortillas over filling





Quinoa and Black Beans


INGREDIENTS:
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
3/4 cup uncooked quinoa
1 1/2 cups vegetable broth
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup frozen corn kernels
1 (15 ounce) cans black beans, rinsed
and drained
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro


DIRECTIONS:
1.      Mix quinoa into the saucepan and cover with vegetable broth. Season
with cumin, cayenne pepper, salt, and pepper. Bring the mixture to a
boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes,
2.      Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the
onion and garlic, and saute until lightly browned.
3.      Stir frozen corn into the saucepan, and continue to simmer about 5
minutes until heated through. Mix in the black beans and cilantro.