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Asian Zoodles with Chicken

1 lb. rotisserie chicken cut into bite sized pieces

oil

1 small onion, diced

4 cups shredded cabbage

2 cloves garlic, minced or pressed

2 teaspoons fresh ginger, grated, I used Gourmet Garden Ginger Paste

1/3 cup low sodium soy sauce

1 tablespoon sesame oil

2 medium zucchini, spiralized

Heat a large skillet on medium high heat.  Add oil.  Add onion, cabbage, and zoodles; cook for 5 minutes.  Add chicken.

In a small bowl, mix together garlic, ginger, soy sauce, and sesame oil.  Pour into skillet and cook for 5 minutes.

5 servings

Right after I took the picture, I realized there was no way to toss and stir that panful of goodness and had to switch to a larger pan.

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Busy Hands

Baby sweater update and Amy is "winning".

All she had left to finish yesterday was to seam the underarm of the sleeves.  There was 29 grams of yarn left on the ball so....

enough to whip up an ickle baby hat! Still 7 grams of yarn left when the hat was finished.  It will be interesting to see how the yarn works out for me.

I am behind, as usual, and have 11 inches to go.  Just straight knitting for the body of the sweater.  I hope to have enough for a wee hat as well.

Sleeves finished

However, I did whip this up because I needed some machine time and this is a great little project.

The Open Wide Pouch

Chunky Chicken Salad - Hellman’s/Best Foods

• 1/4 cup Hellmann's® or Best Foods® Real Mayonnaise

• 1/4 cup Wish-Bone® Italian Dressing

• 4 cups cut-up cooked chicken or turkey

• 2 Tbsp. chopped red onion

• 2 Tbsp. chopped red and/or yellow bell pepper

• 2 Tbsp. chopped celery

Combine mayo and Italian dressing then pour over remaining ingredients.  Chill.

A new recipe we tried and really liked using rotisserie chicken.

Grilling

This week I picked up 1/8 of an organically-grass fed steer.  65 pounds.  Two years of meat, at least.  We grilled up the first package tonight.  Oh boy was it good.

mine

Amy's

We also tried a new recipe with corn we got from the farm.  A hit as well!

Mexican Street Corn Salad

Oil

5 ears of fresh corn

3/4 teaspoon ground cumin

3/4 teaspoon chili powder

4 1/2 tablespoons sour cream

1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

4 tablespoons crumbled Cojita cheese

Heat oil in a large skillet to medium high.  Cut corn from cobs, add to pan and sauté until tender and lightly browned, stirring occasionally, 5-7 minutes.  Add chili powder and cumin, cook 2 minutes more or until fragrant.

Remove skillet from heat and stir in sour cream and lime juice.  Sprinkle with cheese.  Serve warm or at room temperature.  Makes 10 side servings

(If you like cilantro, chop and stir in with sour cream)

Very gusty breezes tonight!

Simple Spaghetti Sauce

Periodically we try different spaghetti sauce recipes but here is our most recent iteration and it is what I think of as classic:

SImple Spaghetti Sauce

1 large sweet onion, chopped

1 large red bell pepper, chopped

1 medium green bell pepper, chopped

3 cloves of garlic, minced or pressed

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 teaspoon Italian seasoning

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

1 lb. ground beef

1 14-oz. can diced tomatoes

1 8-oz.can tomato sauce

1 6-oz. can tomato paste

1 cup water

Sauté onion and peppers in oil until beginning to get tender, add garlic and stir until fragrant.  Remove from pan and set aside.

Brown beef, breaking apart as it cooks.  Drain.  Add tomatoes, tomato sauce and paste, stir to combine add as much water as needed.  I usually fill the tomato sauce can with water. 

Add vegetables back to pot and simmer until tender, 30-45 minutes.  Check seasonings and serve.  We enjoy this over zoodles.  4-6 servings.

My zucchini plant only yielded 4 zucchinis but fortunately I get at least 3 from the farm each week.

A new alpaca baby!