Tags: Easy Peasy

• Roasted Zucchini w/ Thyme

  Prep: 10 minutes
  Total: 40 minutes

  Ingredients
  Serves 4

  3 zucchini (1 1/2 pounds)
  1 onion
  2 tablespoons olive oil
  1 teaspoon dried thyme
  1/2 teaspoon salt
  1/8 teaspoon pepper

  Directions

  Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Quarter and cut zucchini into 1 1/2-inch chunks. Thinly slice onion.
  On a rimmed baking sheet, toss zucchini and onion with oil, thyme, salt, and pepper. Roast 30 minutes, tossing halfway through. Serve.

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• Baked Plum Tomatoes

  Prep: 10 minutes
  Total: 30 minutes

  Ingredients
  Serves 4

  4 plum tomatoes, halved
  1/4 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese
  2 tablespoons plain breadcrumbs
  1/2 teaspoon mixed dried herbs, such as thyme, marjoram, oregano, and basil
  1 tablespoon olive oil
  1/4 teaspoon salt
  1/8 teaspoon pepper

  Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Halve 4 plum tomatoes lengthwise; slice off a sliver from the skin side so that the halves lie flat in a baking dish.
  In a small bowl, toss together 1/4 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese, 2 tablespoons plain breadcrumbs, 1/2 teaspoon mixed [...]

• Honey Glazed Carrots

  Prep: 10 minutes
  Total: 30 minutes

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• Chicken Cacciatore (Paula Deen)

   
  Ingredients
  2 teaspoons salt
  2 teaspoons ground black pepper
  2-3 lbs chicken breast, cut into large chunks
  3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  2 onions, chopped
  2 chopped green bell peppers
  2 chopped red bell peppers
  1 (8-ounce) package quartered baby bella mushrooms
  4 cloves garlic, minced
  1 cup dry red wine
  3 (14-ounce) can tomatoes, diced or stewed
  2 teaspoons dried oregano
  2 teaspoons dried basil
  1 teaspoon dried crushed rosemary
  2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
  crushed red pepper to tate
  Hot cooked pasta
  Instructions

  In a large Dutch oven, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook, [...]

• Fresh tomato and herb no-cook sauce w/ Feta

  1 lb. fresh vine-ripened tomatoes, chopped (about 2 cups chopped tomatoes)
  1/2 cup thinly sliced green onion
  1/4 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
  1/4 cup chopped or thinly-sliced basil
  2 tsp. finely chopped fresh oregano
  (You could vary the fresh herbs, depending on what you have. The original recipe used dill, which I tried, but I preferred it with basil. Mint also might be good.)
  1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil (use a good quality olive oil for this recipe)
  2 tsp. fresh-squeezed lemon juice
  3 oz. crumbled Feta Cheese [...]

• Stuffed Zucchini

  4 zucchini
  1 1/2 chopped cooked chicken or turkey
  1 cup chopped steamed veggies – sweet pepper, eggplant, etc
  1/2 c chopped tomato
  6 tbsp parm
  1 tsp mediterranean seasoning blend
  Slice zucchini in half lengthwise and remove seeds.  Mix chicken, veggies, seasoning and tomato together, then stuff into zucchini “boats.”  Top with parm cheese.  Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.  ???

• Parm Summer Squash

• Flax Muffins

  Recipe for the microwave 1 minute muffin:
  In a tea cup,
  Melt 1 or 2 tsp of butter
  Mix in 1/4 cup of flaxseed meal (and/or mix with almond meal, protein powder)
  1/4 tsp of baking powder
  1 tsp cinnamon
  1 egg
  Sweetener to taste (i.e., 1-2 packets of Splenda or honey)
  Microwave on high for 1 minute*
  Turn out and let cool
  To make 4 servings baked
  4-8 tsp butter
  1 c flax meal
  2 tsp baking powder
  4 eggs
  4 tsp cinn
  sweetener to taste
  Preheat oven to 350.
  Distribute mix in either a greased muffin [...]

• Kielbasa and Cabbage

  This recipe is almost identical to my Skillet Cabbage except with the addition of caraway seed, red pepper flakes and of course Kielbasa.
  As with my Skillet Cabbage – I will be using a bag of coleslaw.  What can I say, it’s my version of “fast food.”  In the recipe, they suggest the addition of potatoes, but for obvious reasons that won’t be happening.  Perhaps turnip?  Or radishes if I ever get brave enough.

  Ingredients

  2 slices bacon (the original recipe called for [...]

• Scotch Eggs

  Tell me these don’t look yummy!
  Wrap a boiled egg in sausage and bake – 350 for about 20 minutes.