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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Chunky Vegetables and Beef Italian Spaghetti Sauce


This great "Chunky Vegetables and Beef Italian Spaghetti Sauce" is one of our family's best kept secrets. Nothing brings good times and good friends together like delicious food made with love. The recipe can be used as a base sauce for a number of Italian recipes.

Ingredients


3 pounds 80% lean ground beef
2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
1 (28 ounce) cans tomato puree
2 (28 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes
4 garlic cloves, crushed
1 large yellow onion, chopped

1 large bell pepper (red, green or yellow), chopped
1 package of Portabella mushroom
3 1/2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 1/2 tablespoons white sugar
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary leaves
1 cup dry red wine
2 1/2 cups water  

Directions


In a large skillet on low-med heat add your olive oil and saute your onions, bell peppers, mushrooms for about 6 minutes,then add your crushed garlic,cook for 2 minutes longer. 

Combine with all the ingredients in a large crock pot.

Make sure you mix everything very well.

Cover and cook on medium heat for 6 to 8 hours.

Serve over pasta.

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Sunday, July 14, 2013

Parmesan Crusted Chicken


Parmesan Crusted Chicken transforms your chicken into a juicier, crispier, more delicious meal.



Ingredients

1 1/2 to 2 pounds red skin baby potatoes
1 small red bell pepper, seeded and cut into thin strips
1 Italian mild green pepper, cubanelle, seeded and thinly sliced
1 medium yellow skinned onion, thinly sliced
4 large cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 cup tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
Coarse salt and pepper
2 cups shredded Parmesan
4 (6 to 8-ounce) boneless, skinless chicken breasts
4 plum Roma tomatoes or small, vine ripe tomatoes, seeded and chopped
15 to 20 leaves fresh basil, chiffonade

Directions

Preheat oven to 500 degrees F.

Cut red potatoes into halves or quarters, depending on thickness of fingerlings -- thin, small red potatoes may also be left hole, larger potatoes should be quartered to speed cooking process. 

Cover a large cookie sheet with foil. Place potatoes on cookie sheet. Combine with peppers and onions, garlic and crushed red pepper flakes. Coat the potatoes, peppers and onions with extra-virgin olive oil just enough to coat vegetables in a thin layer, 2 to 3 tablespoons. Season liberally with salt and pepper. Place potatoes in the oven and roast 20 to 22 minutes, until potatoes are just tender and peppers and onions are crisp at edges. Toss mixture with tongs, turning the potatoes after 15 minutes. When the potatoes are cooked, transfer them to a serving dish and peel the foil off the cookie sheet and discard for super-quick clean up!

While potatoes cook, prepare chicken. Roll out a 2-foot piece of waxed paper or foil near the stove top. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat -- your pan must be very hot when the chicken is added. Pile the shredded cheese on the work surface created with the waxed paper or foil. Season your chicken breasts with black pepper but no salt; the cheese will add enough salt to the taste of the dish. Press the breasts firmly into the cheese. Coat both sides of breasts with as much cheese as possible. Add 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil to the skillet, 1 turn of the pan. Set breasts into the skillet and cook 7 minutes on each side, until cheese forms an even, golden casing around the tender chicken breasts.

While chicken cooks, combine chopped tomatoes with basil in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper, to your taste.

Drain off any excess oil from chicken as you remove it from the skillet. Top chicken with big spoonfuls of raw sauce and serve with potatoes, peppers and onions