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DAILY RECIPE: FETTUCCINE W/ CREAMY CHICKEN FLORENTINE

BigBites — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:19:31 +0000

Before I met my wife I almost never ate pasta. This is one of the first dishes she made for me. I figure how bad can chicken, spinach, milk and cream cheese be! So lets take a look at the recipe:

Ingredients
1 package Fettuccine
Vegetable cooking spray
3.4 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts – cut into strips of 1/4 inch
1 – 10 oz package pf frozen creamed spinach- thawed
1 Cup Milk
4 oz (1/2 of a typical block) Cream Cheese – Cubed into 1 inch sections
Salt
2 tbsp Parmesan cheese

Instructions:
Cook pasta & drain. Spray large skillet w/ cooking spray, heat over medium heat.
Add chicken- cook 3-5 minutes or until no longer pink.
Add spinach, milk, cream cheese cubes, and salt: Heat to a boil
Reduce heat- simmer for 5 minutes
Toss Pasta & Sauce

Put into your serving dish and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese

Should make 4-6 servings- depending on your families size

Personal Note- grab some fresh italian bread and when no one is looking use it like a sponge on the skillet and you can get all of the creamy spinach left overs!

Enjoy!

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BigBites — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:44:47 +0000

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VIDEO RECIPE: HAMBURGER PIE

BigBites — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:25:13 +0000

As Promised, here is my Mom’s world famous – ok I made that up- my family loves it! If you only watch to see how my wonderful children act around us in the kitchen, it may be worth the price of admission.

VIDEO RECIPE: HAMBURGER PIE from Creative Bond Media on Vimeo.

Daily Recipe: Hamburger Pie (VIDEO COMING SOON)

BigBites — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:42:37 +0000

Crisp Cheese over tomoates, ground beef & biscuits- topped with some oregano!

Last week I mentioned to my wife- i know it is hot out, but I am craving my Mom’s famous Hamburger Pie. As you will both read and see (video coming shortly), this is easy to make and tastes great! Imagine a hamburger in a pie dish topped with cheese and tomatoes- BINGO! Yummy!

Here we go:

8-16oz shredded Mozzarella ( depends on how much you like your cheese )
1 Medium Tomato
Baking Dish at least 9 inch
Biscuits ( I love Pillsbury Grands)
Oregano

Brown beef and drain
While that is cooking, remove biscuits and line dish. Typically there is one extra biscuit ( it is ok to eat the dough) flatten out with fingers to create a dough shell in the bowl.
Slice tomatoes thinly
You can pre-heat the over to 350 at this point.

Once ground beef is ready – add to baking dish with dough shell
Top with Tomatoes
Top with a healthy amount of Cheese
Sprinkle with Oregano

Place in over top shelf until cheese is Golden brown

Remove- slice and serve

Daily Recipe: One Pot Veggie Couscous

BigBites — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:35:37 +0000

This one was submitted by my wife’s friend Keri. I have never tried couscous- I was hoping to post this and get peoples feedback. I am a bit scared to try it. I am your typically steak and potatoes type guy. So couscous really does scare me. It sounds yummy as a meal- but I need some encouragement if I am going to try to make it and then eat it. Check out and tell me what you think?

This is Cous Cous

2 Tbsp. olive oil
1 small onion, finely chopped
4 Cups baby spinach
1 (15 oz.) can of white beans, drained and rinsed
1 Cup cherry tomatoes, each cut in half
1 shallot, finely chopped
2 1/4 cups low sodium chicken broth
1 (10 oz.) box of Couscous (I like the Whole Wheat kind, it’s better for you and doesn’t taste any different)
Salt and Pepper
1/3 cup of grated Parmesan

1. Warm olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add chopped onion and cook for about 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
2. Add the spinach, white beans, cherry tomatoes and shallot. Stir constantly for about 2 minutes until the spinach is wilted.
3. Add chicken broth and 1/2 teaspoon of salt and bring mixture to a boil.
4. Stir in the box of Couscous, Cover the pot and remove it from the heat. Let stand for 5 minutes.
5. Stir in the Parmesan cheese and pepper and serve.

Varieties:
Use veggie broth instead of chicken.
Stir in cooked meat
Use different beans

If you like it- tell me- it is your job to convince me to make this.

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BigBites — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:30:27 +0000

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Daily Recipe: Stuffed Italian Bread

BigBites — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:19:16 +0000

Not too long ago i asked my friends on Facebook to send family recipes that were easy and fun (which is like saying- everyone liked them). This one came from an olf friend Katey. She explained this is loosely based on something her husband enjoyed while in a pizza shop in Pittsburg. We tried it and loved – I hope you will to.

Stuffed Bread

Ingredients:
1 bag of raw spinach
1-2 cloves of garlic
1 roll of pizza crust (I prefer Pillsbury thin crust)
1 bag of shredded mozzarella
1/2 pound of Italian sausage (I use sweet)
2 T olive oil

Preheat oven to 325 (Doublecheck the pizza crust package).

1. Crumble and fry sausage until no longer pink. Drain.
2. Heat olive oil over medium heat. Saute garlic in olive oil. Gradually add spinach and saute until all spinach is wilted.
3. Unroll pizza crust on a baking sheet. Spread spinach on crust. Sprinkle sausage over spinach. Sprinkle cheese over sausage.
4. Roll pizza crust lengthwise. Fold ends under. Place roll foldside down on pan and make some slits in the top.
5. Bake for 15 minutes.
6. Serve in slices. If you like, serve with marinara sauce as a dip.

As always – hope you enjoy- please comment if you have tried this – would love to hear what you thought.

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