I catered a dinner party for 15 people yesterday....food was divine, weather was perfect....

Sea Scallops wrapped in Prosciutto:

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I really do enjoy the themes. I don't always get around to using the theme ingredient during the contest period. So I had a thought, and this is just a thought to throw out there. Maybe when we pick the theme, we can look not only at ingredients, but also at ways to cook? Like the theme could be stir fry or sauteed or pastry or something along that ( Read more... )

I wanted to make a nice family dinner tonight so I made a pork roast, anna potatoes, and green beans

Pork Roast

1 pork tenderloin
2 cups of apple juice
salt (to tase)
pepper (to taste)
2 tsp caraway seeds
2 tsp garlic

place tenderloin in dutch oven and put in 1 1/2 cups of apple juice, cover tenderloin in spices, cook for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Take pork out ( Read more... )

The other day we had homemade taco salads for dinner - even the tortilla bowls were homemade, but it was still an unbelievably easy meal. It was also really quite healthy since we used baked low carb, low fat whole wheat tortillas instead of fried corn ones, really lean beef, and tons of veggies.


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I do not have pictures but I am posting my favorite chicken recipe.

Chicken Cacciatore

1 tbsp. olive oil
1/2 lb. skinned, chicken pieces (I use a whoele cut up roaster)
1/2 c. onion, cut into quarters
1 clove garlic, minced
1 (26 oz.) can whole tomatoes, undrained & chopped
1 c. sliced, fresh mushrooms
1/2 c. fresh parsley, chopped
2-3 potatoes peeled and ( Read more... )

I made a chicken tortilla casserole the other night. It came out great! I was a bit surprised considering it had a lot salsa in it. Its pretty fattening so make it for a special occasion unless you arent watching your weight.
I'm going to put the recipe & pictures behind the cut.
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Wow, so its me again huh?

For the sake of making this whole thing more appealing to people, I'm gonna choose a really common but really versatile ingredient: CHICKEN. I don't think there are any vegetarians in here (not that I remember, anyway) so I know just about everyone here cooks with it in one way or another, and does so fairly often. Its ( Read more... )

It was 79 degrees in Scottsdale today and I hauled out the old grill to get it ready for the spring/summer....lucky for me, I live in Arizona...and the weather is gorgeous....meaning lots of time to practice on my grilling technique. People rave about my ribs....I feel the trick is in baking them for at least an hour (on 350):


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Mini Taco Salads from Yahoo!

Don't they look yummo?