Cooking - for a new lifestyle (Our Test Kitchen)

Ingredients: 1/2 cup Renée's® Caesar Dressing 1 tbsp vegetable oil 1 Onion, chopped 2 cloves Garlic, chopped 1/2 bag of mini carrots, diced 3 Boneless, skinless chicken pieces, chopped 1/2 tsp Each salt and pepper 2 tbsp All-purpose flour 1 cup Milk 2 cups cauliflower and broccoli florets 1 cup Chopped roasted red pepper 1/2 cup frozen Peas 1 tbsp Finely grated lemon zest 1 1/2 cups Fresh breadcrumbs 3/4 cup Grated Parmesan cheese 2 tbsp Finely chopped green onion 2 tbsp Butter, melted YUMMY!! Instructions: Preheat the oven to 400°F. Heat the oil in a large, nonstick skillet set over medium heat.  Add the onion and garlic and carrots; cook for 3 minutes or until softened.  Add the chicken, salt and pepper.  Cook for 5 to 7 minutes or until browned. Pour the milk into the used frying pan scraping the sides and bottom. Add flour gently then add caesar dressing and stir until wel...

If I never eat raviolli again, I will remember this meal forever. This is what I did. Artichoke dip. 1/2 brick of cream cheese 1/2 cup of Hellman's mayo 1/4 cup shredded cheese (I used marble) 1/2 package of SUNSET GOURMET Creamy Parmesan Artichoke Dip Mix (2 packages to each box) Mix well and refrigerate. I used 1 package of frozen meat raviolli Bring water to a rapid boil. Drop frozen raviolli in. Bring back to boil stirring constantly. ***DO NOT over-boil or they will be mushy, which is what most people complain about when eating premade frozen raviolli. Drain and set aside for a moment. Adjust amounts by how much sauce/pasta you will need. Ok, so now you have: artichoke dip, cooked raviolli all you need now is a small amount of pasta sauce (1/2 cup). In the hot pot you just boiled the pasta in: drop artichoke dip and pasta sauce into pot and stir. ***Remember to stir from bottom as it is cheese and will burn. Turn off burner. Ret...

When it becomes summer I start over cooking the amounts of items I am making, so prep for another meal is only half the work. We made homemade mac and cheese this week AND a macaronni salad AND this recipe out of 1 900g bag of elbows. Pre cooking the macaronni was a great help. Ingredients 3-4 cups cooked elbow macaronni 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 1/2 cups diced chicken (I used leftover frozen shredded turkey) 1/2 cup diced green onion 2 stalks of celery diced small 1 clove garlic, minced 3 diced tomatoes and 1 cup tomato juice or 1 can of diced tomato with juice 1 cup shredded marble cheese 1 tsp italian seasoning 1 crown broccoli cut into small pieces 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 1 cup chicken boullion 1 tub of shredded asiago cheese or whatever you prefer 1 cup bread crumbs 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese 2 tablespoon butter melted Directions Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Put the olive oil in a medium saute pan over medium heat. Add ...

1 250ml container of cottage cheese (or ricotta if that is your preference) 1 jar of alfredo sauce (I used a no name version) 1/2 jar of 1/2 and 1/2 cream (I use the jar for measurement and get all the sauce that way) 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese 1 crown of broccolli cut small 3 green onions diced 1 tub of cherry tomatoes each sliced in half 1 tsp italian seasoning 1/2 tsp minced garlic Optional: green peppers, mushrooms Mix and heat on low in a crockpot. We added 1 bag of cleaned and peeled shrimp (mine were precooked). But diced chicken would work too. Pan fry to heat up and throw into sauce. I NEVER trust fish or chicken raw in a sauce. I left my sauce to heat for 1 hour in the crock pot on low. I served it over tri color spiral pasta with warm bread. A salad of spring greens or spinach would be very nice, with a light dressing to counter how heavy this sauce was. "Bon Appetit!"

3/4 tsp sage 1 tsp minced garlic 1 tsp thyme 1/2 tsp ground all spice 1/2 tsp paprika 2/3 cup cranberry sauce 1 tbsp soya sauce 2 small pork tenderloin  cut into 3 large pieces (or pork chops) In a large ziploc bag, mix first 7 items well then place pork in bag and rub into spices well. Seal and let sit for 2 hours. Rub down again (in bag) and let sit for another 2 hours. I did not keep refrigerated but would have if it was summer time. 2-4 left over apples or about 1 1/2 cups apple sauce 1/2 tsp cinnamon (optional) 5 stalks of green onions In a greased baking dish slice 2 apples and lay on bottom of dish. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Place meat onto apples. Garnish with green onions and more apple. Add 3/4 cup of water and bake uncovered. Bake 40-50 minutes. Serve chunky veggies and rice! We added vegetable egg rolls as an appetizer. "Bon Appetit!" This was the moistest meat I have had in forever. 

1/2 cup olive oil 1 large onion diced 1-2 pounds of asparagus  (I use the stalks after using the tips in other recipes) 5 cups chicken stock 1 cup heavy cream 1tbsp butter 1 tbsp flour salt and pepper crab meat or fresh diced bacon bits f desired Trim ends off and cut stalks of asparagus into 1/2-inch or smaller pieces. Cook diced onion in 2 tablespoons olive oil  in a large pot over medium heat, stirring, until softened. Add asparagus pieces and salt and pepper to taste,  then cook, stirring often for 5 minutes. Add 5 cups broth and simmer, covered, until asparagus is very tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Purée soup in batches in a blender until smooth, transferring to a bowl (use caution when blending hot liquids), and return to pan. THIS IS WHEN I refrigerated it, to continue making when I wanted to eat it. It would freeze well at this point too. Just bring back to a boil and continue from here if you choose to do the sam...

So easy and tasty and inexpensive when you get it on sale. If this is the first time your child has had them..... Grandpa used to call them little trees. Asparagus does not store well so plan to use it as soon as you can. and store the way you found them in the store! 1 package of asparagus. (the slimmer the stalks the better) (usually 12 to a bunch) 24-36 slices of thinly sliced ham or prosciutto 6 full size slices of cheese ( your favourite.... I have used Kraft slices. Swiss, Havarti) 3 cups of already cooked rice (or pasta al dente) *** note that you can add onions or celery or green peppers or shredded carrot or mushrooms to this. In a rectangular greased baking pan, lay down the precooked rice or pasta. Trim your stalks of asparagus to 6-8" long. Set aside base of stalks for soup if desired. Lay out 2-3 thin slices of ham on the counter. Place 1/2 slice of cheese on top. Place 2 asparagus tips on the cheese and roll. Lay this wrap on the rice....