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:
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:
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:
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:
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
I’m going to give the shrimp tacos you listed a try this week. I love the Pioneer Woman blog as well. Tried her Drip Beef recipe the other day. Yummy.
Am going to try the slow cooker pulled pork tomorrow. Will let you know how it goes!