New Recipes

I have been trying a lot more new recipes lately. I wanted to eat things with more vegetables and try new recipes and try to be the cute good chief of a wife I always wanted to be. And it helps that I have the most amazing husband who'll eat anything (accept mushrooms) and try anything I throw at him and be SO grateful for it. It makes me feel to appreciated and so I want to cook more for him!! I am sharing some of the recipes I've tried lately. I really like the Mediterranean and Thai foods. So I hope you try some and like them too!! And food network is my new best friend. I can just type in an ingredient I have in my fridge that I want to use and it pulls up things and you can sort them by their ratings, and how easy they are. I find that the ratings are SUPER helpful. And you can find lots of substitutes for the wines in the recipes, just type in google what they suggest and I get things like chicken broth, or a vinegar or oil instead of the wine. I also have been trying to clump my meals together that have similar ingredients, like cilantro, to make sure I use all of it.

Moroccan Lamb Kabobs:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/dave-lieberman/moroccan-lamb-kabobs-recipe/index.html

We ate these with lots of onion, green peppers, and zucchini on the kabobs and I just put salt and peper on them and they absorbed the flavor of the lamb, which was absolutely amazing.




Moraccan White Bean Sliders:
1/2 red bell pepper
3 scallions
1/2 cup cilantro
1 clove garlic
1 tsp coriander
1 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp harissa (receipt below if you can't find the paste in the grocery store)
2 cups white beans or 1 15.5 oz can rinsed and drained
3/4 cup panko breadcrumbs
1 large egg
3 tablesppon olive oil
8 small pita breads
1/2 cup mayonnaise and 1 Tbl harissaa, mixed
Lettuce leaves and sliced tomatoes

In a food processor, pulse red bell peper, scallions, cilantro, garlic, coriander, cumin, harissa and salt until finely chopped. Add beans and pulse until coarsely mashed.

Transfer misture to a bowl and add breadcrumbs and egg. Mix with hands and shape into burgers (can place on wax paper and refrigerate 30 minutes to help solidify). Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add sliders and cook 3-4 min on each side or until golden brown. Spread harissa and mayonnaise into pitas, line with lettuce leaf, tomato and a slider.

Harissa Recipe link:

http://www.whats4eats.com/sauces/harissa-recipe




Sriracha spread Alaska salmon

1 cup cilantro leaves
2 Tbl Sriracha souce (Thai chili sauce)
1 1/2 Tbl fresh lime juice
1 Tbl peanut oil
4 Alaska Salmon steaks or fillets
Sea salt to taste

Heat oven to 350 F. IN a food processor mis first 4 ingredients together. Rince salmon under cold water and pat dry with paper towel. Place salmon on a spray-coated baking pan; eason with sea salt. Spread mixture over salmon. Cook salmon until opaue throughout (10-15 min for fresh, 15-20 for frozen)

I put the fish on vegetables like asparagus or red and green peppers to add some flavor to the vegetables as well.


Here are two more that we actually like to eat together to get some vegetables in:

Asian Green Bean Salad:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/asian-green-bean-salad-recipe/index.html

For this one I recommend using half of the olive oil. We have also had it with feta cheese to give it a different flavor.



Chicken Satay with Spicy Peanut Sauce

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/chicken-satay-with-spicy-peanut-sauce-and-cucumber-relish-recipe/index.html

This one is Dustin's favorite from what he last told me. We have had it on skewers and cooked on broil or just cooked in a pan and on the skewers made it taste SO much better!!



I hope you enjoy these!! They have been fun!!