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Ratatouille Pan-Simmered Steak

By on May 1, 2012 in Complete Family Dinner, Recipes

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Ratatouille Pan-Simmered Steak with Brown Rice

Ratatouille Pan-Simmered Steak with Brown Rice

Ingredients

  • beef top round steak - 3-4 lbs
  • zucchini - (1) sliced
  • eggplant - (1) small, peeled and diced into medium-sized chunks
  • stored sliced red and green bell peppers
  • beef broth - (1) 15oz. can
  • crushed tomatoes - (1) 28oz. can
  • brown rice - 1½ cups
  • chicken broth - (1) 15oz. can
  • STAPLES
  • olive oil – 3 tablespoons
  • minced garlic - 1 tablespoon
  • water- 1 cup

Instructions

    Steak
  1. Heat olive oil and garlic in large deep skillet or Dutch oven over medium-high heat
  2. Sear steak in olive oil, flipping once, until brown on both sides, approximately 2 minutes each side
  3. Place zucchini, eggplant and bell peppers over the steak
  4. Cover vegetables and steak with tomatoes and beef broth
  5. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer until steak is cooked through and tender, approximately 1 hour (the longer it cooks, the more tender the steak will be)
    6. Rice
  6. Bring rice, chicken broth and water to boil in saucepan over medium-high heat
  7. Once boiling, cover and reduce heat to low to simmer until liquid is absorbed, approximately 15 minutes
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Spaghetti Bolognese

By on May 1, 2012 in Entrees Recipe, Recipes

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Spaghetti Bolognese

Spaghetti Bolognese

Ingredients

  • ground beef - 1 lb (if cooking extra ground beef to store for dinner later in the week like Weekly Meal Plan use 4-5 lbs.)
  • onion, white or yellow - 1, minced
  • crushed tomatoes - 1 28oz. can
  • spaghetti pasta - 1 lb
  • fresh Italian parsley -1 bundle, chopped
  • Parmesan cheese - 4 oz.
    • Staples
  • olive oil- 3 tbspns
  • salt
  • crushed red pepper (optional)

Instructions

    Sauce:
  1. Brown ground beef in olive oil over medium-high heat while seasoning with salt to taste and crushed red pepper (optional)
  2. Add onion and sauté with ground beef until tender, approximately 3 minutes
  3. If you're cooking more ground beef to store for dinner later in the week like Weekly Meal Plan, once beef is brown, scoop out extra cooked beef and store in refrigerator
  4. Add crushed tomatoes and parsley to cooked beef in the skillet and bring to boil
  5. Once boiling, reduce heat and let simmer for at least 5 minutes
    6. Pasta:
  6. Cook spaghetti in salted boiling water until tender
  7. Drain pasta reserving some (about ½ cup) of the cooking water in pan; return pasta to warm pan and water; toss
  8. Serve sauce over pasta or tossed in pasta
  9. Garnish with Parmesan cheese
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Spring Penne

By on April 30, 2012 in Entrees Recipe, Recipes

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Spring Penne

Spring Penne

Ingredients

  • penne pasta- 1lb
  • asparagus- 1lb, trimmed and diced into 1-inch pieces
  • mushrooms, sliced- 8 oz.
  • sundried tomatoes- 1 small 7 oz. jar
  • marscapone cheese, 8 oz.
  • pecorino cheese- 8oz. (you can also Parmesan)

Instructions

  1. Boil pasta in salted water until tender
  2. Heat a few tablespoons oil in large sauté pan over medium-high heat (or, if your sundried tomatoes are in oil, use that)
  3. Add diced asparagus,mushrooms and sundried tomatoes and sauté until tender
  4. Add both Marscapone and Pecorino cheese; stir until melted
  5. Drain pasta, reserving 1/2 cup of pasta cooking water, and transfer to a serving bowl (you can dip a glass measuring cup into cooking pasta water before draining to reserve)
  6. Add pasta water back to pasta in serving bowl
  7. Pour cheese and vegetable mixture over pasta
  8. Toss
    9. For a more robust meal, serve with a side of gourmet Italian-Mozzarella Sausage broiled in oven
https://tonispilsbury.com/spring-penne/

 

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Easy Dinner Idea

By on April 23, 2012 in Making Dinner

Easy Dinner Ideas

Our Easy Dinner Idea of The Week is our Sauteed Steak with Spinach, Tomatoes & Avocados.  This meal looks so gourmet, nobody will know this recipe took just a few minutes to prepare!

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Day 4: Sauteed Steak with Spinach, Tomatoes & Avocado

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