Miso Salad Dressing

http://www.traderjoes.com/recipes/recipe/295
Miso Salad Dressing

This is my new favorite dressing. I love it. It is slightly sweet, but not too sweet for David. I love the sweet since it makes me want to eat more salad! I followed the recipe exactly. I did not measure the honey however--it may have been a little less than 1 tsp. Also, I don't think this needs extra salt. I did add a little pepper though.

This is my first time using miso. I used the trader joes brand. I am interested in finding other uses.

Chicken Tikka Masala

https://web.archive.org/web/20110314002246/http://traceysculinaryadventures.blogspot.com/2011/03/chicken-tikka-masala.html

This was a bit runny, but had a great flavor. I used diced tomatoes instead of crushed, and that probably made it too runny. We ate it with warm homemade flatbread. This is a new favorite of mine.


Update:
I made this again and used crushed tomatoes. The consistency was perfect and it tasted delicious. I recommend just baking or boiling the chicken, and forgetting about all the steps/ingredients to do with chicken preparation. My broiler doesn't really work, but maybe the recipe would work fine if the broiler worked! Anyway, I think putting the chicken coating spices in the sauce works fine, or just putting them on the chicken and baking it works too.

Cottage Cheese Bread

This is an old favorite of mine.

1/4 cup butter

1/4 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 cup small curd cottage cheese

1/2 cup raisins

2 cup flour

4 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1 tsp caroway seeds

1/2 cup milk (3 oz if microwaving)

Mix all. Grease and flour an 8-in round cake pan.

Bake at 375 for 10 minutes. Then reduce heat to 350 and bake for another 40 minutes.

Cool 10 minutes in the pan, then take it out and let finish cooling on a rack.

Chicken Posole

http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/easy-chicken-posole/Detail.aspx

This was so good. I love chicken posole! I altered the recipe by leaving out the water and only adding 2 quarts of chicken broth. I added a chopped green bell pepper which was a fantastic addition. Also, I put in 6 raw, skinless chicken legs at the beginning instead of shredded chicken breast. I used two cans of hominy.

Removing the skin beforehand is important so it doesn't get too greasy. This would work well with chicken thighs as well.

For next time:

I think for 2 quarts of broth, using 10 chicken legs would be better. Putting in extra garlic, two onions, two bell peppers, and a third can of hominy would be great.

Full Recipe:

2 quarts broth
10 chicken legs (skin removed)
2 onions
2 cans hominy (drained)
two bell peppers
4 T chili powder
2 t salt
1 t oregano
3 cloves garlic

saute chopped onions/garlic. Add everything except hominy and bell pepper. Simmer for 60-90 minutes. Add hominy and chopped bell pepper and cook another 15-30 minutes.

Variation:

I made half a recipe tonight. I used 1 qt broth, 1 can hominy, and halved the rest of the recipe. I put in 4 chicken legs with the skin removed. No green pepper. I had shredded green cabbage that we put into the soup as we ate it. It added a nice crunch and added some nutrition. I really liked the raw cabbage.

Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies

This is the recipe on the back of the Safeway Quick Oats container. Super good!

Oatmeal cookies are my favorite EVER. Which is why I make only half a recipe since I want to eat them all. (really I should make even less, but then there is the Egg Issue to worry about).

1/2 lb (2 sticks) butter, softened

1.5 cups packed brown sugar

2 t vanilla extract

2 large eggs

2 cups quick oats

1.5 cups flour

1 t baking powder

1 t ground cinnamon

1/2 t ground nutmeg

1/2 t salt

1 cup chopped walnuts

1 cup raisins

Preheat oven to 350. Mix everything together. Drop batter onto cookie sheet (greased or lined) by heaping tablespoons 1.5 inches apart. Bake 10-13 minutes or until golden brown. Cookies will feel soft but will furm up as they cool. Let stand on baking sheets 2 minutes before transferring to racks to cool. Makes about 45 cookies.