Chicken in Tomato and Zucchini sauce

Daddy finally picked a dish to add into our virtual cookbook. We all liked this recipe. I think the key to this one is my two buck chuck.

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves minced garlic
2 tablespoons scallions
1 lb.skinned, boned chicken breast cut into strips
1 teaspoon fresh basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 cup chopped tomatoes
1/2 cup tomato juice
1/2 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup white wine
salt to taste
2 medium zucchini, sliced
2 tablespoon parmesan cheese
1/2 cup grated cheese

Directions:

1) Heat oil. Saute garlic & scallions. Add chicken, basil & oregano and saute 7 minutes or until
chicken is done. Remove chicken from skillet and set aside.
2) Add tomatoes and next 4 ingredients. Bring to a boil. Add Zucchini and Chicken.
3) Add parmesan cheese when zucchini is done. Don't overcook zucchini.
4) Serve on top of Penne pasta.

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Gnocchi Alla Sorrentina

Up for a very quick Italian meal?
I grabbed a couple packages of Gnocchi Alla Sorrentina with Tomato Sauce & Mozzarella Cheese at Trader Joe's today and it indeed saved me a lot of time and money. It's yummy too!

Gnocchi is made from dehydrated potatoes and wheat starch.

1 package is 1 lb. (only $2.99) and serves 3. But I bought a couple and 3 of us ate it all. I just add a couple tbsp of water and stir gently for 7 minutes on stove. Serve with salad and garlic bread.

Definitely worth a try.

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Pork and Tomatoes

It's tomato season again! We're trying to use up all those tomatoes from Papa's garden so tonight I made this simple recipe. Pork Loin and Tomatoes. Quick, Simple, and Tomatoeeeeeeee. And the Daddy liked it a lot!

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons olive oil
4 boneless pork loin chops
1 small onion, sliced
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon dried oregano
6 Fresh tomatoes
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1) Season pork chops with salt and pepper. Grill.
2) Saute onions with oil. Mix in the sugar, chili powder, red pepper flakes, and oregano.
3) Stir in the tomatoes and bring to a boil. Uncover and reduce heat to let some water evaporate. Add salt and pepper to taste.
4) Serve Pork chops with sauce on top.

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Garlic Roasted Chicken Legs

Heres one of my yummiest (if you Love Garlic!) and easiest recipe. Just put 'em all together and the oven will do the work for you.

Ingredients:

6 Chicken Legs
6 unpeeled Garlic Cloves
6 peeled or unpeeled Potatoes (cut in cubes)
3 peeled Carrots (cut in cubes)
1/4 cup Honey
Salt and Pepper


Directions:

1) Grease Pan
2) Combine Chicken Legs, Garlic Cloves, Carrots & Potatoes. Sprinkle with Salt & Pepper.
3) Bake at 400F for 40 mins. Add Honey and bake for another 20 mins.

Serves 3

Herb Rubbed Sirloin Tip Roast

Here's Tonight's Dinner. Easy to prepare and makes a delicious meal.

This is the 1st time I've done this recipe and everyone loved it's taste. Very good mixture of spices. Though I used fresh onions and garlic instead of powder.

Ingredients

1 1/4 tblsp paprika
1 tblsp salt
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp ground cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp dried thyme
2 tblsp olive oil
1 (3 pound) sirloin tip roast

Directions

1) Mix all the ingredients except for meat. Let the mixture to sit about 15 mins.

2) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

3) Place the roast in baking dish, and cover on all sides with the spice mixture.

4) Roast 1 hr.

5) Let sit 15 minutes before slicing.

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Korean BBQ

On Mother's Day, I wanted to try something new for dinner. We went to a Korean Restaurant called Shik Do Rak Korean BBQ

It was definitely a unique experience for us. I never thought I would ever like Korean food until yesterday. We ordered BBQ chicken & beef. They gave us 10 different side dishes and I liked all of them except for one. We also ordered a bottle of YIPSEJOO Rice Wine. It was good. It's got 20% alcohol.
Price is about $20-$25 per person. Not bad for a special mother's day meal.

If you'd like to try this restaurant, here's their locations and phone numbers.

Garden Grove, CA (714)534-7668
Los Angeles, CA (213)384-4148
Irvine, CA (949)653-7668

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Turon (Banana Wraps)

One of my favorite Filipino snack. Very simple recipe and it's yummy!

Ingredients:

10 pcs. cooking Bananas
1/4 cup Jackfruit (strips)- optional
1 package of Spring Roll wrapper (50pcs)
1/2 cup Brown sugar
Cooking oil

Directions:

1. Peel bananas, cut vertically in quarters or smaller.
2. Wrap cut banana's and jackfruit strips individually with spring roll wrapper.
3. Heat cooking oil, add brown sugar, deep fry wrapped bananas w/jackfruit strips. Do not overcook wraps. They should be done in 5 minutes or less.

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Shrimp De Jonghe

Created at de Jonghe's Restaurant in Chicago. This is one of my favorite Shrimp recipes from The Gourmet Cookbook (from my bff, Ireen Vallery, in 2005 for my Bday).

Ingredients:
1.5 lbs Large Shrimp (peeled and deveined)
2 Medium garlic cloves
Salt
1 Stick melted Butter (I use half the stick)
2 Tbsp Medium-dry Sherry
1/2 cup dry Bread Crumbs (I use soft wheat bread)
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh parsley
1/4 cup sliced almonds (I'm always missing this ingredient)


Directions:
1. Blanch Shrimp in boiling water, drain, pat dry, and arrange in baking dish.
2. Mince and mash garlic, add a pinch of salt, stir together w/ Butter and Sherry in a bowl. Add
Bread Crumbs, parsley, & salt&pepper to taste.
3. Dot Shrimp with crumb mixture and sprinkle w/almonds.
4. Bake for 15 mins. at 400 degrees F.

Serve with lemon wedges, rice and veggies. Baked potato is also good instead of rice.

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Greek Easter Pita

Spinakopita Recipe from my Mother-in-law. I love Easter because I get to eat this!

Ingredients:

2 small or 1 large pkg. of Spinach (washed, dried, cut)
1 16 oz container Cottage Cheese
1 lb. Feta Cheese (crumbled)
8-10 Eggs (scrambled)
1 tblsp finely chopped Onion
1 pkg Phyllo Dough (room temperature)
3/4 lb. Butter (melted) -- I use only 2 sticks
11 x 14 Pan or Large Pita Pan buttered

Directions:

1. Mix first 5 ingredients together.
2. Butter pan, Lay down approximately 6-8 layers of Phyllo Dough buttering in between.
3. Add Spinach mixture- then more Phyllo Dough...

You should have enough filling for three Spinach layers. Keep approximately 6-8 Phyllo layers for your topping, always buttering in between each layer.

4. Roll and Tuck edges. Butter the edges and top layer.
5. Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees F.

*We usually have boiled dyed eggs, Greek Bread + Plain Yogurt, Lamb, Greek Salad + Greek Olives + Feta Cheese, & Rice Pudding, to complete the Pita meal.

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Ground Beef and Veggies

Here's a recipe that I learned from my childhood best friend, Jasmin. It's been years since I saw her last, but I always think of her whenever I make this meal.

Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef
1 cup carrots (chopped)
1 cup potatoes (cut in cubes)
1 cup celery (cut)
1/4 cup onions or scallions (chopped)
2tsp Maggie Savor (optional) you can substitute soy sauce
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
1. Brown beef then add onions.
2. Sprinkle salt & pepper and add Maggie savor or soy sauce.
3. Add Veggies
4. Turn off stove when veggies are done. Add more salt if needed. Serve with white rice.

Serves 4

Note: This is the original recipe from my friend. Although, you can use your own favorite veggies. For our supper tonight I used Mushrooms, Celery, & Yellow pepper. It was good!

About PoksFood

Today I thought of creating this Blog to provide you with some quick & easy recipes, unique and delicious meals, healthy snacks for everyone, drinks & desserts, and all the good things that happen in my kitchen. At the same time I will be creating my own ecookbook as I continue to post in this site. I can't tell you how many times I have wished I brought my cookbook or that piece of paper where I wrote that yummy recipe, when I'm away from home and wanted to make food for other people. I thought this maybe a good way to bring my favorite cookbook with me where ever I go. Not to mention, it's weightless.

Hope you continue to follow me as I try to create and find the best recipes out there.

Cheers!