Easy Creamy Chicken Marsala

I’m a very busy woman and believe me when I say sometimes I don’t have time for the fancy stuff. Besides a clutch stir-fry, the next easiest go-to dish is a pasta. All you have to do is figure out the sauce situation. This is something that can be done and over with in 30 mins if you are about your hustle. So last night I cut some MAJOR corners but was the pasta amazing? Um yeah!

Ingredients:

4 lbs of chicken breast

8 oz of sliced baby bella mushrooms

2 packs of linguine noodles

1/2 cup of Marsala cooking wine

1/2 cup of chicken broth

2 cans of Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom soup

fresh parsley chopped

oregano

4 cloves of garlic chopped

sea salt and pepper to taste

On high heat in a stock pot, bring water, a tablespoon of olive oil and a teaspoon of salt to a boil. Reduce heat to medium. Then break the linguine in half and drop it in. Cut on a timer for 9 mins. I do this because when I multitask I don’t want to ruin the noodles by forgetting about them. It’s happened way too many times. LOL. Once the noodles are ready, drain them and run cold water through them to make sure they aren’t sticking together.

Rinse the chicken and pound each breast with a tenderizer. Slice the breasts into strips. On medium heat, saute them in a little olive oil, salt, pepper, oregano until fully cooked. Then set them aside. Lastly on medium heat: combine chicken broth, cream of mushroom soup, marsala wine, garlic, bella mushrooms in a pan and cook for about 7 minutes. It is going to thin out so don’t worry. Stir and keep an eye on it so that the sauce does not stick to the bottom of the pan. Toss back in the chicken strips and let simmer another 5 minutes. Season with salt, pepper and more oregano to taste.

Garnish on top with fresh chopped parsley and serve over the linguine noodles.

June 15, 2018 0

Tuna Poke Bowl

Ingredients:

2 lbs of frozen Ahi Tuna

1/2 of a shallot chopped

olive oil

1/2 a large red onion chopped

1/2 a bundle of green onions chopped

3 cloves of garlic chopped

*1 serrano pepper finely chopped (optional for more heat)

2 tablespoons sesame seeds

Sauce:

1 tablespoon of Mirin

1 tablespoon of honey

3 tablespoon sesame oil

1/2 cup of soy sauce

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 teaspoon Sriracha

sea salt

Veggies:

1 thinly sliced cucumber

rice vinegar

1 tablespoon of Mirin

edamame

1 mango sliced

matchstick carrots

avocado sliced

*Serve with rice

In olive oil, saute your chopped shallot with a little sea salt and black pepper until browned. Drain and set aside.

After your tuna has thawed out slice into 1 inch or smaller cubes. Place in a large bowl.

Whisk together soy sauce, sesame oil, Mirin, honey, a little Sriracha, lemon juice and a little sea salt in a small bowl. Then pour on top of tuna and thoroughly toss. Add scallions, red onions, green onions, serrano peppers, sesame seeds, garlic and toss. Place in refrigerator for at least 2 hours to marinade.

*I did a quick marinade for my cucumbers in a rice vinegar and a tablespoon of Mirin. Place in the refrigerator.

To make my tuna poke bowl, add rice at the bottom of the bowl. Tuna on top and garnish around it with vegetables.

June 3, 2018 1

Easy Beef Stir Fry

Ingredients:

2 lbs of beef

mixed vegetables (whatever kind you want)

2 tablespoons of butter to saute

*sesame seeds as a garnish

Sauce:

1/2 cup of soy sauce

2 tablespoons of flour for thickening

1/2 cup of water

2 tablespoons of mirin

2 tablespoon of grated ginger

1 tablespoon of brown sugar

4 cloves of finely chopped garlic

salt and pepper to taste

2 tablespoons of butter

Combine all your sauce ingredients into a sauce pan.

**Sorry but this is my oldie but goodie one. Thus the scratches….

On medium heat stir the mixture and let it cook for 5 minutes. Don’t allow the flour to clump, a whisk might be easier than a spoon. Make sure the butter is mixing well. If you don’t it will make like a ring around the edges. It’s only 5 mins so pay attention to it. Then turn it down to low heat.

Thinly slice your beef and set aside.

In a wok on medium heat with butter, salt, pepper, and a little water start your veggies.

Add the beef and toss, brown it but not all the way cooked through.

Add the sauce and toss so that everything is covered in the sauce. Add more salt and pepper to taste. Let it simmer until meat is cooked through. about 15-20 mins or so. Check on it periodically and toss some more.

Serve with rice and garnish with sesame seeds!

May 30, 2018 1

My Recharge meal is Chicken Livers! 😭

Now my hobby of hiking can be very strenuous. Yesterday I left later than I was supposed to because my son Troy was super distracting with his jokes. I didn’t get to the trail until like 10:30 and by then it was nuclear winter hot. Like in the 90s strong. I did a 3 mile hike and after I made it home I was drained. I could feel my body screaming to me “I NEED NUTRIENTS NOW!!! I was laid up weak and was brainstorming what do I need to feed myself? What is the most nutritionally dense food so I can recharge my body? Then it came to me… chicken livers!

Lol… now chicken livers are an acquired taste. People are never on the fence about them. It’s pretty much love or hate. Cut and dry. I love them personally and they are so good for you. I provided a link to show what I mean when I say they are a nutritional powerhouse!!!

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/poultry-products/667/2

With that said I didn’t deep fry them this time. Let’s Go!

Ingredients:

1 lb of chicken livers

1 cup of cilantro chopped

1 small container of mushrooms

1/2 red bell pepper sliced

1 onion chopped

juice from 1 lime

3 cloves of garlic chopped

1/2 can of chicken broth

1 teaspoon of cumin

1 tablespoon of soy sauce

1 tablespoon of tumeric

1 tablespoon of grated ginger

steak seasoning

sea salt

2 tablespoons of butter

1 teaspoon of sugar

Rinse off the livers and make sure there is no gall bladder attached to them. It’s a green weird looking thing. If you see it cut it off and surrounding flesh thats appears green. If not it is going to taste horrible. Bile is inside of the gall bladder and tastes VERY bitter!

*FYI: If you have ever had a rough hangover and barfed until there is no end that vile taste is bile.

Season the liver with cumin, soy sauce, ginger, sugar, lime juice, tumeric, garlic and steak seasoning.

On medium heat with butter and a little sea salt, start your vegetables.

Then add the livers and the chicken broth. Stir and let simmer for 20 mins.

Add the cilantro. and stir. Give it about 5 more minutes. Once the livers are soft and can be split with just a spoon. Cut the larger ones in half for smaller bites.

Serve with Rice! Watch the magic of how your body loves all the nutrients. I literally felt revived. Energized!

May 28, 2018 0

Swai Fish with Tomato Sauce

Ingredients:

Swai Fish:

1 32 oz pack of Swai Fillets

Sea salt

black pepper

garlic powder

1 lemon

1 tablespoon of Mirin

1 tablespoon of olive oil

Tomato Sauce:

1/2 of scallion chopped

4 cloves of garlic chopped

1 can of stewed tomatoes

1 tablespon of Mirin or white wine

1/4 stick of butter

1 teaspoon of cumin

Sea salt and black pepper to taste

1/2 cup of chicken broth

Sauteed Spinach and Mushrooms:

2 bundles of fresh spinach (chop off the stems)

1/4 cup of Mirin

3/4 a small pack of mushrooms

4 cloves of garlic

olive oil

1/2 stick of butter

1/2 cup of chicken broth

sea salt and black pepper to taste

Preheat your oven 350 degrees. Squeeze juice from one lemon in a small cup and mix with olive oil and mirin. Drizzle on top of the fish. Season the top of the fish with the sea salt, garlic powder, and black pepper. Bake for 20 minutes. Then change over the oven to Warm while you are getting the rest of the meal together.

*Use a non-stick pan

Next for the sauce in a small pot combine olive oil, Mirin, and chicken broth. Begin cooking the scallions and garlic. Brown them.

Next add the stewed tomatoes and begin crushing the larger ones up. Let the sauce simmer about 15 mins and stir occasionally. Add cumin, butter and salt and pepper to taste. Stir and once the butter has melted/mixed with the sauce turn down heat to low.

On medium heat, in a large wok saute first the chopped garlic in a little olive oil, Mirin, butter and chicken broth. Let them brown. Then add spinach and chopped mushrooms. Don’t stir it yet. Just let it cook down.

When the spinach gets soft then start stirring the vegetables. Add sea salt and pepper to taste. Make sure the veggies are evenly tossed in the juices to get the flavor distributed. Then allow it to simmer about 5 minutes more. Turn the heat down to low and now you can plate it.

Put a little sauce on a piece of fish or more lol. This is the finished meal.

May 23, 2018 0