Recipes

UPDATE:

This recipe compilation is OLD — before I converted to a Paleo style of eating.  Please use the menu above, or visit “Food” to see my new favorite recipes.  This recipe collection will remain, but will not be maintained.

MAIN COURSE / DINNER

Meat

Note: many of the ground beef recipes can be substituted with ground chicken or turkey.

• Beef with Broccoli
• Tacos/Taco Salad with Catalina Dressing
• Homemade Burgers w/onion soup mix
• RR’s Super Sloppy Joes
• Cooking Light’s Classic Beef Pot Roast
• Williams-Sonoma’s Pot Roast
• Beef Shish-Kabobs in Butter Barbecue Boats — a camping favorite
• Spaghetti with Ground Beef Spaghetti Sauce

To Try:

• Five Spice Turkey (or Gr. Beef) Lettuce Wraps
• Asian Steak Salad with Mango and Red Pepper

Pork

• Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Barbecue
• Lasagna with sausage
• Ribs
• Patio Daddio Souvlaki

To Try:

• Peking Pork Chops
• Sweet Mustard Pork Roast
• Crock Pot Chile Verde
• Asian Shredded Beef (or Pork)
• Crock Pot Barbecue Ribs
• Slow-Cooker Asian Pork with Snow Peas, Red Peppers, and Soba Noodles

Poultry

• Chicken Fajitas (via Tasty Kitchen)
• Cashew Chicken Stir Fry
• High Pockets Chicken Pasta
• PW’s Tequila Lime Chicken
• Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken — super basic, just dump chicken breasts in slow cooker, then shred and add bbq sauce
• Spicy Chicken
• DIY Chicken Stir Fry (aka Stir Fry for Dummies) <- can be done with beef, seafood, tofu, etc.
• Texas Two Step Chicken Picante
• Rookie Cookie’s Chicken Enchiladas
• Southern Living Chicken Enchiladas <- labor/time intense but sooo good!
• Mike’s Chicken Enchilada Pie
• 1985 Chicken Pot Pie with Biscuit Crust
• Grilled Spicy Turkey and Black Bean Salsa — we usually sub chicken breasts — pound them thin
• Tutti Fruity Chicken Kabobs
• Garlic Thyme Crockpot Chicken
• Patio Daddio Souvlaki (made with chicken)
• Roasted Whole Chicken
• Indian Roasted Chicken

To Try:

• Oven Baked Crispy Chicken

Seafood

• Sweet Pea’s Mom’s Oh So Good Tilapia
• Rookie Cookie’s Shrimp Tacos — found it here
• Shrimp Tacos with Cilantro-Lime Sour Cream
• Grilled Tilapia with Mango Salsa
• Curried Rice with Shrimp
• Shrimp Scampi #1 — with white wine, another white wine version
• Shrimp Scampi #2 — with lemon juice & Worcestershire
• Asian Fish Packets
• Lemon Dill Fish Foil Packets

To Try:

• Five Spice Tilapia
• Shrimp & Avocado Salad with Crispy Tortilla Strips
• Seviche Style Shrimp and Avocado Tacos
• Lemon Pepper Shrimp Scampi
• Broiled Scallops

Vegetarian / Salads / Sides

• Black Beans & Rice  — served on a tortilla with cheese and salsa
• Black Bean “Falafel”
• RR’s Black Bean & Corn Salad/Salsa
• PW’s Not Your Granny’s Mac ‘n Cheese
• RR’s Chop Chop Salad
• PW/JO’s Asian Noodle Salad
• RR’s Spiced Stewed Zucchini – I serve this over pasta
• Lemon Pasta Salad with Tomatoes and Feta — I use some of the dressing to marinade chicken in and serve it with the salad.
• Greek Salad
• Strawberry Salad — Option 1, Option 2
• Avocado Quinoa Salad
• Broccoli Salad
• PBC Salad
• Old Fashioned Deviled Eggs
• Summer Squash Tomato Bake

To Try:

• Vegetable Crepes
• Summer Squash and Bean Saute
• Black Bean Quesadillas
• Shrimp & Avocado Salad with Crispy Tortilla Strips
• Broccoli Slaw
• Cabbage Corn Slaw
• PW’s Taco Pizza
• Couscous Salad with Grapes
• Asian Steak Salad with Mango and Red Pepper
• Mandarin Cashew Couscous
• Cilantro Lime Rice (aka Chipotle Rice!)

Salad Dressings

• Catalina Dressing — great on taco salad
• Buttermilk Ranch

Soups / Stews / Sandwiches

• White Bean Chicken Chili
• Grandma’s Autumn Soup
• Emeril’s Simple Chicken Noodle Soup
• Amy’s Triple Decker BLT Sandwich
• Black Bean “Falafel”

SIDE DISHES/APPETIZERS

• PW’s Pico de Gallo and Guacamole
• PW’s Mashed Potatoes
• RR’s Black Bean & Corn Salad/Salsa
• Restaurant Style Salsa

To Try:

• Red Potato Bundles

Breads

• “Crack Bread” aka Honey Oatmeal Bread

DESSERT

• PW’s Chocolate Sheet Cake
• Congo Bars
• Blond Brownies
• English Toffee
• Apple Crisp

BREAKFAST / BRUNCH

• Mocha Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins
• Alton Brown’s Banana Bread
• French Toast
• Monkey Bread
• Rainey’s French Toast Casserole
• Quiche
• Homemade Whole-Grain Buttermilk Pancakes Waffles — add 1 Tbsp oil per cup of mix to make waffles
• Cinnamon Rolls
• Overnight Coffee Cake

SOURCES

Here’s a few of the places I hunt for recipes.  I also posted a big honkin list of food sites, compiled from a bunch of people.

Cooking Sites:

• All Recipes
• Epicurious
• My Recipes
• Tasty Kitchen

Blogs:

• The Pioneer Woman Cooks
• Rookie Cookie
• Sweet Peas & Pumpkins
• Smitten Kitchen
• Baker’s Banter – wonderful baking stuff from the folks at King Arthur Flour
• Org Junkie’s Recipe Collection – big list of links to individual’s recipe collections