Peanut Chicken with Soba Noodles

Hey there y’all! So tonight I thought I would make something “out of the box”. A little Asian style food to warm the soul. Funny story, I was watching The Food Network, The Pioneer Woman, and my hubby, who hates most out-of-the-box foods says “I wanna try that chicken thing”! He was referring to the peanut chicken she was making, so here it is!

Ingredients:

For the marinade:

½ C water

¼ C veg. Oil

1/8 C soy sauce

¼ tsp ground ginger

1Tbsp chili garlic sauce

pinch of pepper

4 chicken breasts or 6-8 chicken tenders

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For the peanut sauce:

½ C peanut butter

4 Tbsp soy sauce

pinch of lime zest

pinch of ground ginger

1tsp rice vinegar

¼ tsp garlic powder

Hot water.

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For the Sauce ( for soba noodles)

½ Cup water

1/8 Cup soy sauce

1 tsp Chili garlic sauce

1 tsp rice vinegar

½ tsp brown sugar

¼ cup water

2tsp corn starch

1 pkg Soba noodles.

what to do:

Combine all marinade ingredients. Cut breasts into ½ inch strips or leave tenders whole and marinate in a gallon size ziplock for 1 hr. Grill or Bake at 350F for about 20 min or meat is completely cooked.

For the Sauce: In a blender combine all ingredients except the water. Blend and add hot water a little at a time until you have the desired consistency. Drizzle over cooked hot chicken.

For the Soba Noodles: sauce: Combine 1^st set of water, soy sauce, chili sauce, vinegar, and brown sugar. Bring to a boil. Combine ¼ cup water and the corn starch. Add to the boiling sauce and stir until thick. Remove from heat. Noodles: put in a pot of boiling water until they come apart. Drain and transfer to a hot pan and add as much sauce as you like. Cook sauce into noodles, about 5-7 min.

ENJOY!!!

Baked Salmon Bowl

Hey there! Another rainy day here in Oregon. So today I wanted decided to make something a little more healthy. My friend Ashley loves this kind of food and she was more than happy to be the taste tester on this one! Luckily my little man (5 month old son) was in a good mood and let me get thru this pain free! Anyways, this will leave you feeling full AND satisfied. If you don't care for salmon you can always use chicken or no meat at all!

Here is what you need:

For the bowl

1 Cup Rice: (I used minute rice, although you can use jasmine rice, brown rice or quinoa)

1 Cup water

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1 Salmon fillet

1 tsp chili garlic sauce

1 Tbsp soy sauce

3 Tbsp water

pinch pepper

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5 stalks of Asparagus

½ Avocado sliced

½ red bell pepper, cut in thin strips

1 egg

Green onion for garnish

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For the Sauce:

½ Cup water

1/8 Cup soy sauce

1 tsp Chili garlic sauce

1 tsp rice vinegar

½ tsp brown sugar

¼ cup water

2tsp corn starch

Here's what to do:

In a small pot, add water and bring to a boil, then turn off heat and stir in rice. Cover and let sit.

In a bowl combine chili sauce, soy sauce, and water. Pour over salmon fillet and bake at 350 F for about 15 min or until fish is firm.

In a pot of simmering water blanch asparagus and red bell peppers for about 2 min. Take out and set aside.

For the sauce, combine 1^st set of water, soy sauce, chili sauce, vinegar, and brown sugar. Bring to a boil. Combine ¼ cup water and the corn starch. Add to the boiling sauce and stir until thick. Remove from heat.

For the egg, cook in a fry pan sunny side up style.

To Build the dish put a generous amount of rice in the bowl. Top with the salmon, asparagus, bell peppers, avocado, and egg.

Sprinkle with pepper and garnish with green onion. ENJOY!!!

Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash

Hungry? you will be after you read this one! i have made a delicious easy breakfast dish sure to please... most everyone! I made this dish this morning for breakfast and was left completely satisfied!

Here is what you'll need:

•  1/2 Small Sweet Potato
• 1/2 Small Yam
• Handful of mushrooms
• 1 green onion
• 1 egg
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 1/2 avocado
• 1 Tbsp paprika
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp pepper
•  1 tsp vinegar
  

 What you need to do: 

 Dice up both potatoes and microwave for 4-5 min until tender. Add butter to pan and melt Then add mushrooms, cooked potatoes and spices to hot pan. Cook until potatoes have gained a good golden color. In a separate pot, simmer water and add vinegar. Poach egg for 3 or so minutes or until it has reached desired done-ness. plate potatoes and mushrooms, top with poached egg and garnish with green onion and a sprinkle of paprika.  

ENJOY!

Chocolate Naked Cake

Hello there all! Hope you all had a wonderful thanksgiving! So i thought for this post i wanted to do a little something different and do a naked cake. In the middle of laundry, taking care of my 4 month old, house cleaning and doggy care, i decided to do something new for me and i think you will like it. this recipe can be used for a normal cake as well! I have use this cake recipe for about 6 years now.

Here is what you will need...

Cake:   

• 2 C Flour
• 2 C Sugar 
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 Tbsp baking soda
• 3/4 Cocoa powder
• 1 C milk
• 1 C water
• 1/2 C oil
• 2 eggs

Frosting:

• 1 Stick softened unsalted Butter
• 1 8oz Package softened Cream cheese
• 3/4 C powder sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla

What To Do: 

For the cake: pre-heat to 350 F 

Combine all the dry ingredients in a large bowl. In a separate bowl combine the wet ingredients. Combine and whisk well so you don't have lumps of flour or cocoa powder. Pour into a greased sheet pan and bake T 350 F for about 30 min or until a tooth pick is inserted and comes out clean. Cake will have a spongy feel. Cool and cut out into size circles you prefer.

For the Frosting: 

Combine the cream cheese and butter and whip until fluffy about 2 min. Scrape sides and add powder sugar and vanilla. Mix another 2 min. 

 

Decorate how you please. use your imagination and be creative!
 ENJOY!!!

 

Hello there from rainy Oregon! its this girls first blog post ever! So excited to share my love and passion of food with you all! For my first post I am going to share my French apple tart. Simple ingredients and a few short steps and you will have a dessert for the holidays to impress all your friends and family.

Here is what you will need! 

French Apple Tart

1 Roll of pre made pie crust

2 tsp butter (melted)

1/4 C sugar

1/2 tsp cinnamon

3-4 medium size apples

2 1/2 tbsp. honey

1/2 tsp vanilla

 

Directions

• Pre-heat oven to 425 F
•  combine cinnamon and sugar. 
• Roll out dough on a slightly floured surface and place in a pan sprayed tart pan. brush the melted butter and sprinkle 2 tsp of the sugar mixture onto dough.
• Thinly slice the apples. Based on preference,  peel the apples first. I did not peel as I like the texture contrast.
• Combine rest of sugar mixture with sliced apples and toss. place apples in a layered patter.
• Bake at 425 for about 30 min.
•  combine the honey and vanilla and drizzle it over the warm tart.
• serve warm

 

Hope you all enjoy this as much as I did!