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Question

any quick reciepies that are inexpensive to buy the prep food and dont take 3 hours to make?

I am not a vegitarian, and Something with beef, chicken, things like that THANKS

Answer 1

Meat Dishes and Recipes

Fantastic Stir Fry Recipe

If not Vegetarian add about ½ a pound of flank steak sliced into thin morsels that you marinate for a while in soy sauce or 1-2 chicken breasts also cut in cubes and let marinate in soy sauce

1 teaspoon of sesame oil or sunflower oil
1 yellow onion (chopped in large pieces)
3 cloves of garlic (minced)
I head of Broccoli
Snow Peas
2 Carrots cut in small pieces
1 package of bean sprouts
Mushrooms (White, cremini, oyster, shitake whatever is your fancy)
1 teaspoon of black bean sauce
2-3 tablespoon of Soya sauce
You can add any other vegetable to your liking (Peppers, eggplant…)
cooked over either a bed of rice or Chinese noodles

Add the oil to your wok or pan, raise the burner to high heat and add the garlic onions carrots and broccoli.
With a wooden spatula continuously stir so as to not let the vegetables burn.
Add the 1 teaspoon of black bean sauce
Lower the heat to medium
If you are making a beef or chicken stir fry, add the meat with the sauce it has been marinating in.
If you are using mushrooms, snowpeas or peppers add them at this point. It takes longer for Broccoli and carrots to cook through than mushrooms and peppers and you don’t want any of your veggies to be soggy
Once you see all is cooking well add your soy sauce and bean sprouts- it takes very little time to cook those suckers.
Once you see that they have wilted, your stirfry is cooked
Serve it either on top of a bed of rice or if you are making noodles (rice or egg noodles) have them pre cooked ahead of time and add them to your wok and toss everything together.


Marinated Chicken Breast

Sick and tired of plain chicken breasts - too boring and bland- Here are a few marinade recipes that are real easy and will spice them up.

Honey Balsamic Recipe

2 tablespoons of honey
1 tablespoon of Balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon of oil
juice of half a lemon
1 clove of garlic (minced)
½ teaspoon salt

In a bowl mix all these ingredients together and add your chicken- Marinate the full breasts or cubes (if you decide to cut them) for at least an hour- preferably longer-
Cook them in a skillet with the remainder of the marinade- it will create a thick tasty sauce to accompany your chicken
White wine/lemon marinade recipe

Juice of half a lemon
½ cup of white wine (preferably dry)
1 teaspoon of Dijon mustard
1 clove of garlic (minced)
1 teaspoon of oil
oregano and thyme
salt and pepper

Combine all of your ingredients together and add your chicken (full breast or diced). Let marinate for at least an hour. Heat your skillet and cook chicken at high heat until the outside is brown and lower the heat so the insides cook. Add the remaining marinade so as to create a sauce for your dish.
If you want to thicken your sauce- you can add some cream to your sauce at the last minute. Whisk it in (about 3-4 tablespoons) and bring to a boil and then simmer for a couple of minutes. Gives a great taste.
You can serve this with rice or any veggie.
Lemon Ginger Chicken Recipe

2 chicken breasts cut in cubes or thin strips
Juice of a lemon ½ cup
1 ½ teaspoon of Ginger minced
2 cloves of garlic minced
1 teaspoon of oil
1 tablespoon of brown sugar ( or as much as you want to get the desired sweetness- usually between ½ to 1 tablespoon is right)
¾-1 teaspoon of cornstarch

Cook the chicken in a skillet with a little oil. When chicken is almost cooked remove it from the skillet. Add the ginger and garlic and sauté until lightly brown. Add the lemon juice and the brown sugar and mix well. Let boil.
In a little water dilute the cornstarch so that it does not clump. Add this mixture to the skillet. Add the chicken and stir until the sauce thickens to the desired consistency. If you see it is still too liquidy add some more cornstarch.
Serve over a bed of rice
Serves 2-3 people
You can actually prepare the same recipe but substitute orange juice for the lemon juice. If you decide to do this do not add the brown sugar because the orange juice is already naturally sweetened.
Greek Roasted Chicken Recipe

This dish is not only fabulous to eat, the smell is overwhelming and really creates much salivation to your awaiting tastebuds. This recipe is so easy and such a treat. The only patience you need is 1 ½ to cook. Preparation time is minimal and you usually make enough to last 3 meals. The beauty of this dish is the more you reheat it, the more succulent it is. Here goes

3 chicken legs (Leave the skin on)
3 chicken thighs (Leave the skin on)
8-10 small white potatoes
2 large red tomatoes
3-4 cloves of garlic
1 lemon
2 tablespoons of olive oil or sunflower oil
thyme
salt and pepper

Peel your potatoes and cut in small chunks.
Dice your tomatoes and mince your garlic.
Mix all of these ingredients together and squeeze half a lemon on them.
Add a tablespoon of oil, salt and pepper and thyme.
In another bowl you are going to marinate your chicken with the other half of lemon (you can only use ¼ of a lemon if you wish) the other tablespoon of oil, salt and pepper and thyme.
You want to have both your vegetables and chicken marinating for an hour’s time so as to absorb all the lemon juice.
When ready to put in the oven, place your vegetables and chicken in preferably a baking pan (ceramic) or else aluminum should do.
Place in the oven at 350 for 1 ½ . Every forty minutes take the dish out and mix it all up.
You will know when it is ready by tasting the potatoes.
The reason for leaving the skin on whilst cooking is to trap the moisture in the chicken so that it does not dry out. Otherwise you will have very dry chicken which is quite unappetizing.



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Pasta Dishes

Leek Broccoli Penne Pasta in a vegetable stock reduction (Very Tasty and very healthy)

Serves 3

Ingredients

Leeks- sliced and washed
I head of broccoli- diced into small pieces
2 cloves of garlic
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
1 red or green pepper diced thinly
Penne Pasta
1 vegetable stock cube- makes about 2 cups (or if you have the energy and time homemade vegetable stock is better) buy it as cubes in the supermarket

In a pan, at medium heat, add the oil and minced garlic- followed by all the vegetables- lower the heat and sauté until crisp- set aside
In a small saucepan boil the vegetable stock for a good 15 minutes until the majority of the water has evaporated- you only want a ¼ cup of liquid left. Reduce the liquid until it becomes thicker
Boil your water for your Penne
Reheat your vegetables pouring the vegetable reduction over it, letting it continue to cook until the vegetables are cooked to your liking (some people like mushy/ others like them crisper). If you want you can add some cream to thicken the sauce. Makes it richer and is not necessary.
Toss Pasta with vegetables when Pasta is al dente. Sprinkle some parmigiano and black Pepper. Kick Back and enjoy


Linguine Pasta with chicken in a tomato garlic sauce

1 tablespoon of oil
2 Chicken Breasts cut in small cubes
½ lemon
thyme and basil
2-3 ripe tomatoes
4 cloves of garlic
¼ cup brie cheese without rind
salt and pepper

Marinate the chicken in lemon juice, 1 teaspoon of oil, the thyme and basil for at least ½ an hour
In a pan, heat the oil and cook the 4 cloves of garlic (minced) with the diced tomatoes on a low heat for approximately 10-15 minutes- or until the consistency you want for the sauce.
Add salt and pepper and the additional basil and thyme left over
In another skillet, cook the chicken chunks and when ¾ cooked add them to your sauce.
When you see that your linguine is almost done (al dente) add the pieces of brie to your simmering sauce.
Let them melt for a couple of minutes at medium heat and make sure the chicken is cooked through (no one wants salmonella).
You can make this recipe without the brie. The Brie really adds a great yet subtle taste to the sauce, also thickening it somewhat. Serve it atop the linguine and Dig in.


Make your own Pesto- Sundried Tomato and Basil

You probably think I am mad- but it is so easy, so fast and so delicious. And make enough to store.

4 sprouts of fresh basil
8-10 sundried tomatoes drenched in oil
2 cloves of garlic
½ cup of pine nuts
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
1 heaping tablespoon of parmesan
salt and pepper
¼ -½ cup oil (preferably the oil of Sun Dried Tomatoes- use as much as you deem necessary)

Wash your basil well and cut into small pieces. Do the same with your sundried tomatoes. Keep the oil that they were stored in.
In a frying pan, sauté your garlic and add your pine nuts to the pan and toast them for 1-2 minutes until they turn a little brown. This adds a great taste.
Now the easy part. Take your basil, your sundried tomatoes, pine nuts, lemon juice, garlic and parmesan and blend it all in a cuisinart or a hand blender. Add the oil, until you get the desired thickness or runniness.
So easy and so delicious. Can be stored in the fridge for about a week. If you don’t think you will use all of it within the week freeze it
It goes great with any type of pasta. You can add any vegetables and chicken.
Pizza Crust

You might think this is a crazy thing to make but this is a promise, it is easy, fast and so delicious once it comes out of the oven

Here Goes

1 cup warm water
1 package active dry yeast (8) Buy Fleischmann’s Yeast at any Grocery Store
2 ½ to 3 cups unbleached all purpose flour
2 tablespoons of oil
½ teaspoon of sugar
½ teaspoon of salt

Combine the water, yeast, sugar and salt together. Add the oil. Slowly add the flour to the mixture, mixing well with a wooden spatula.
Knead the dough until you feel it is quite supple. If you feel it sticking add some more flour.
Transfer the dough to a lightly oiled bowl and let it sit with a cloth over top for about an hour; leaving the dough enough time to rise and almost double.
When ready to make the pizza, roll the dough out so it is not too thick. Add flour to the bottom of your pizza pan so that the dough does not stick when cooking.
Garnish the dough to your liking and place it in the oven for 20-25 minutes at 325. Be ready to have a restaurant quality pizza.
You can freeze whatever dough you have not used


Fantastic Stir Fry Recipe

1 teaspoon of sesame oil or sunflower oil
1 yellow onion (chopped in large pieces)
3 cloves of garlic (minced)
I head of Broccoli
Snow Peas
2 Carrots cut in small pieces
1 package of bean sprouts
Mushrooms (White, cremini, oyster, shitake whatever is your fancy)
1 teaspoon of black bean sauce
2-3 tablespoon of Soya sauce
You can add any other vegetable to your liking (Peppers, eggplant…)
cooked over either a bed of rice or Chinese noodles

Add the oil to your wok or pan, raise the burner to high heat and add the garlic onions carrots and broccoli.
With a wooden spatula continuously stir so as to not let the vegetables burn.
Add the 1 teaspoon of black bean sauce
Lower the heat to medium
If you are using mushrooms, snowpeas or peppers add them at this point. It takes longer for Broccoli and carrots to cook through than mushrooms and peppers and you don’t want any of your veggies to be soggy
Once you see all is cooking well add your soy sauce and bean sprouts- it takes very little time to cook those suckers.
Once you see that they have wilted, your stirfry is cooked
Serve it either on top of a bed of rice or if you are making noodles (rice or egg noodles) have them pre cooked ahead of time and add them to your wok and toss the everything together.
Frittata Recipe

Want to have some friends over for a Sunday brunch after a great night of partying. This omelet recipe is hearty, filling and delicious and quite easy to make. You can really fill it with whatever ingredients you fancy. Here is a great combination. Tomato, onion, avocado, green onions and cheddar

4 eggs minimum
I tomato ) (diced)
½ to 1 whole avocado
¼ cup of diced white or Spanish onion
1 bunch of green onions cut into small pieces
Grated cheddar ( ¼ cup)
Salt and pepper

Mix your eggs well in a bowl- Season with salt and pepper. A good trick is to add just a little milk to your eggs (gives it a great taste).
In a pan- add a little butter so that the frittata does not stick when you dishing it out. Add your onions and sauté until soft, Add your diced tomatoes and when you see that they are also softening add your eggs. Keep the heat at a medium temperature so that it is hot enough for the eggs to set.
When you see that the top portion of the frittata is starting to cook well- this is the time to add your avocado and your cheddar. Be careful- you want to wait until the eggs are almost fully cooked to do this because you do not want the avocado to cook- only to warm up.
When you see that the cheese is melting you know the Frittata is cooked.
The beauty of a frittata is that it is served open face- so you won’t have to agonize over it breaking while rolling it into a perfect omelet shape.
P.S A great vegetable to use is potatoes cut them sliver thin and add them before pouring the eggs and make sure that the potatoes are cooked when ready to pour the eggs to cook your frittata.
Roasted Vegetables Recipe

This is an amazing accompaniement to any dish- or can just be eaten on its own. It is an easy recipe to make except it takes some time since you have to chop and peal a lot of the vegetables. Here is a list of one of the vegetable combinations that you might want to use- but in this recipe anything goes so improvise

3-4 medium sized potatoes
1 red pepper
1 yellow or green pepper
1 eggplant
2 tomatoes
2 zuchinis
1 red onion or 2 small yellow onions
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cloves garlic

This is so incredibly simple. Dice and chop all your vegetables and marinate in a little oil and lemon juice for about half an hour. Put them all in a roasting pan and let cook at 350F for about 1 hour and a half. Every half hour take them out and mix them up. You can continue to add some lemon juice and salt and pepper. It tastes wonderful once cooked.

Answer 2

Special Pork Chops
Submitted by: PaulaAnn18
Category: Pork Cutlets, Chops & Roasts
Rating:

Total Time: 1 hr 10 min
Makes: 6 servings



Ingredients:
6 pork chops
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon sage
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1-1/2 tablespoons cold water

Preparation:
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Place pork chops in a long, shallow pan. Do not stack or overlap. Do not brown chops.

Mix all other ingredients together in a bowl to make a paste. Spread paste over chops evenly.

Bake, uncovered, for 1 hour at 300 degrees. After they have baked 45 minutes, turn chops once. Spoon some of the mixture in the bottom of the pan over each chop and finish baking.

Answer 3

Meatloaf is one of the most inexpensive and cheapest food to make. It takes 30 minutes to an hour to make it. It's one of the most flexible dishes you can make because you can put all sorts of things into it.
From the source below, look for the Rachel Ray's 30 minute cooking, or Paula's Home Cooking shows and type in "meatloaf" in the search engine, you'll get a few great recipes.

When I make meatloaf, I usually make a salad as a side dish; fresh green lettuce, cucumbers- diced, tomatoes- diced, avocado- diced, cilantro- chopped, one stem of green onion- chopped, one boiled egg- sliced. I use the boiled eggs' yoke to make my own dressing, or you can use ranch dressing. My homemade dressing consists of minced garlic, soy sauce or fish sauce- whichever one is fine, olive oil, salt and pepper, and lime/lemon juice- either one is good. mix them all into a bowl, smash in the boiled eggs' yoke and right before you eat, dress your salad. If you're just prepping until you eat later, I suggest you put it into the fridge to cool.

Answer 4

Quiche

2 frozen pie shells
1 c mayo
1 c milk
6 eggs
2 c cheese
1 T flour
+ crab, olives, etc...whatever else you want to add.

Mix all the ingedients together, put in shells, back at 325*F for 45-50 minutes.

There are so many options!

--Spaghetti
--Lasagna
--Grilled Cheese
--Hamburgers
--Tacos
--Sloppy Joe's

Trust me the possibilities are endless!

Answer 5

Could you be a BIT more specific about the sort of thing you'd like? Pasta, Indian, Chinese? Otherwise you'll just get advised to make cheese on toast.

Answer 6

Your to vague. Try Rachel Rays 30minute meals
cookbook.

Answer 7

Chef Boyardee meal in a box Lasagna
it's good I make it every so often

Answer 8

Most recipes on my site are very easy, cheap and made with what's in a normal kitchen cupboard...

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