Lemon Chicken with Capers and Mushrooms

Lemon Chicken with Capers and Mushrooms
2-3lbs Chicken Breast, salt and peppered
1/2 container mushrooms
2 T capers
2-3 T lemon juice
olive oil

Saute chicken. Add mushrooms and capers, deglaze with lemon juice. Broccoli with hollandaise adds a nice lemony counter point.

Minestrone

Minestrone Soup
4-6 mild italian sausage, sliced
1 onion, diced
4 cloves, garlic minced
3 whole carrots, sliced
1 jar tomato juice
1 container chicken stock
12 tomatoes, chopped
2 cups spinach, rinsed
2 cups red kidney beans, cooked

Cook sausage 3 mins, add onion 1 min, add garlic and carrots 2 min. Add tomato juice, chicken stock, and chopped tomatoes- stew 30-45min. Add water as necessary. Add spinach and cooked kidney beans 20 min before serving.

Veggie Quiche

Veggie Quiche
3 small tomatoes, sliced
12 grape tomatoes, halved
broccoli slaw
italian seasoning
salt and pepper
4 T mayonaise
3 eggs
4 oz goat cheese
pie crust

Sprinkle pie crust with italian seasoning, place sliced tomatoes on top. Mix slaw with cheese, mayo, and eggs, add to pie. Top with grape tomatoes. Cook 350F 20-35min.

Cream Shrimp

This is a family recipe.

Cream Shrimp
celery, chopped
green pepper, chopped
onion, chopped
1/2 lb shrimp/person, peeled and deveined
flour
milk
butter
sweet basil

Sautee vegetables in butter. Add flour and milk to form sauce. Season with salt, pepper, and basil. Add shrimp, cook until just pink.
Serve over rice.

Greek Burgers

Greek Burgers
1 lb ground beef
1 lb ground lamb
1/2 c grated onion
1 t oregano
1/2 t salt
1/8 t fresh ground pepper

*Optionally add small cube to center of each patty. Makes 10 small burgers.

Southwestern Stuffed Patty Pan

Southwestern Stuffed Patty Pan
1 patty pan squash per person
1 lb ground beef
1/2 onion chopped
6 tomatillos, halved
2 poblanos, halved
1 c bean salsa
chedder cheese

Cut plug out of top of squash, chop plug and set aside. Scoop out squash, fill with water, place on cookie sheet with lip. Set tomatillos and poblanos on cookie sheet cut side down, bake all at 350F for 10-15min. Brown ground beef, add chopped squash and onion, sautee until done. Add bean salsa cook off extra liquid. Remove pan from oven, add tomatillos and poblanos to meat mixture.
Empty water out of squash fill with meat mixture top with cheese, put in oven until cheese melts.

Bean Salsa Recipe

Bean Salsa Recipe
2 c black beans, cooked
2 c chickpeas, cooked
2 c corn kernels, frozen
1 c olive oil
1 c cider vinegar
1/4 c sugar
3 c salsa
optional: cilantro

I reduced the sugar from 1 c to 1/4c, 1 c was waaay too sweet. Maked ahead so flavors can meld. This is also good cold as a bean salad.