Innie or Outie

This “hungry man’s” meal from a new eatery in the area that offers Tex-Mex influenced dishes included red rice, refried beans, tortilla-wrapped shredded chicken and a large bean-stuffed tortilla (both smothered with melted cheese), and a shredded-beef soft shell taco.

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This is another of hubby’s delish meals, Papa’s Wine-Sauce Fish Dinner:

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For the meal, hubby sautéed frozen bell pepper strips and frozen mustard greens in sesame oil, then added chopped cherry tomatoes; sautéed cod in butter and smothered it with a white wine, white pepper, chopped fresh parsley, chopped fresh chives, and sour cream sauce; and completed the meal with rice.

Here’s another original homemade meal that’s full of flavor, Pepper-Shrimp Wrap Dinner:

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For this meal, flour tortillas were toasted and sliced in half; stuffed with a frozen shrimp, frozen julienned bell pepper, and sliced white onion mixture that had been sautéed in sesame oil with minced garlic paste, powdered coriander, white pepper, and black sesame seeds added; cherry tomato slices were placed on a bed of julienned iceberg lettuce in a flower pattern; topped with Spanish olive slices, snipped fresh basil, dried oregano flakes, grated parmesan cheese, and a fresh basil sprig; and drizzled with olive oil; and leftover rice was combined with the remaining leftover crockpot curry; reheated in a microwave; molded; and garnished with spiced, dried seaweed slices and Spanish olive pimento pinches.

This homemade meal is hubby version of a Western classic, Papa’s Chicken-Fried Pork Cutlet Dinner:

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For this meal, hubby included flour-dipped pork cutlet sautéed in vegetable oil smothered in a sake, mirin, tonkatsu sauce, garlic chive, white pepper, and flour sauce; frozen mixed veggies sautéed in sesame oil and balsamic vinegar and minced garlic paste; and steamed rice,

Here’s another of hubby twists on a local favorite, Papa’s Shrimp Curry Dinner:

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For this meal hubby used frozen shrimp, chopped frozen asparagus, dried curry powder, chopped garlic chives, sliced white onion, sour cream, vegetable oil, chicken bouillon granules, and rice.

Here’s another of hubby’s stir-fried meals, Papa’s Chicken-Veggie Rice Dinner:

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This meal consisted of chopped chicken, bell pepper, carrot, white onion, scallions, and bamboo shoots sautéed in sesame oil with chicken bouillon granules, white pepper, minced garlic paste, and minced ginger paste on a bed of rice garnished with cracked black sesame seeds.

Here’s another simple, yet quick and tasty, put-together meal, Foil-Wrapped BBQ Fish Dinner:

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For this barbecue, hubby wrapped red fish fillets with minced ginger paste, minced garlic paste, olive oil, butter, fresh parsley, white pepper, and leek greens in a foil packet; in a separate foil packet, I added sliced bell pepper, fresh mushrooms, chopped leek whites, white pepper, powdered tarragon, sesame oil, and cracked black sesame seeds; and a third foil packet had spicy pork sausage with soy sauce and whole grain mustard. To complete the meal were a small salad of iceberg lettuce, arugula, sliced cherry tomatoes, chopped scallions, herb-croutons, and bacon bits; as well as, a rice cup of leftover precooked rice, turmeric, butter, milk, chopped shrimp sautéed in olive oil and minced garlic paste, chopped cherry tomato, chopped fresh parsley, and spiced seaweed sheets.

When time is in short supply, here’s a super quick home cooked meal that can be put together in minutes, Under 10 Chicken & Rice:

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Simply remove some basic crockpot chicken base from the freezer; heat in microwave on high for at least 5 -6 minutes; remove from microwave and place in serving plate; at the same time, reheat precooked rice in microwave; remove rice and combine with chicken; sprinkle with dried thyme flakes; serve.

We had a brief reprieve in the weather the other day and decided to throw together an outdoor meal, Spur-of-the-Moment Chicken BBQ:

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The meal consisted of chicken mini-drumsticks marinated in sesame oil, whole grain mustard, honey, dried thyme flakes, white pepper; and minced garlic paste; pork sausage, foil-wrapped sweet corn-on-the-cob with butter, soy sauce, and dried parsley flakes; leek; a salad of iceberg lettuce, arugula, cherry tomatoes, cucumber; and dried oregano flakes drizzled with a creamy cheese salad dressing; and a Chinese-style fried rice (from a local supermarket) with nori cup.

Here’s a simple and tasty meal for those semi-busy days, Tarragon-Pork Dinner:

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The meal consisted of pork roast marinaded in sesame oil, minced garlic, white pepper, balsamic vinegar, and dried tarragon flakes; then sautéed in the marinade with cracked black sesame seeds and white onion slices added; sliced then placed on a bed leftover rice with turmeric, butter, dried parsley flakes, and sour cream added; surrounded by canned button mushroom slices and chopped frozen asparagus sautéed in olive oil with white pepper and soy sauce added.