Mon: Ant-ee Sara and James over for dinner. Take meal to Potoshnik family…
(bold items include recipes below)
Chips and salsa/Taco Bar/Cilantro Corn Salad
Tue: Family holiday retreat at the Westin Bellevue
Wed: Family holiday retreat at the Westin Bellevue
Thur: Family holiday retreat at the Westin Bellevue/’A’s birthday. Special dinner out
Fri: Skillet Yellow Rice and Chicken/ Tomato Soup
Sat: Christmas at Dad’s house/ Bring Broccoli Salad
Sun: Crockpot Vegetables with Pasta, fruit salad
Cilantro Corn Salad (we eyeball the amount for the ingredients)
Frozen corn
Onion
Tomato
Cilantro
Vegetable oil
Red wine vinegar
Salt
Skillet Yellow Rice and Chicken
1T. olive oil
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2c. chop bell pepper
1lb. blsl chicken thighs, cut one inch
1c. white rice
1t. ground tumeric
1t. ground cumin
2c. chicken broth
1T. capers, drained
10 pimento stuffed olives, halved crosswise
1/2t. salt
1/2t. pepper
1/4c. chop fresh parsley
Heat oil in non stick skillet over med high heat. Add garlic, onion, and bell pepper; cook 2 minutes. Add the chicken and cool 2 minutes longer. Stir in rice, tumeric, and cumin; cook 1 minute. Add broth, olives, capers, salt, and black pepper; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer until broth has disappeared, about 17 minutes. Remove form hear and stir in parsley.
Broccoli Salad
1 head fresh broccoli, cut into bite size pieces
1/2 cup raisins
1/4 cup red onion, chopped
2 tablespoons white sugar
3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup sunflower seeds
10 slices bacon
Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Crumble and set aside.
In a salad bowl, toss together broccoli, raisins and red onions. In a separate bowl, whisk together the white sugar, vinegar and mayonnaise. Pour over broccoli mixture and toss to coat. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
Before serving, sprinkle with sunflower seeds and crumbled bacon. Toss and serve.
Crockpot Vegetables with Pasta
2c. chop zucchini
1/2c. cherry tomatoes, cut in half
half green pepper, sliced
half med. onion, sliced
1/2c. fresh mushrooms, sliced
4 cloves garlic, minced
1T. olive oil
1T. Italian seasoning
8oz. can tomato sauce
All ingredients in crockpot. Cook on low 6 hours.
Serve over favorite pasta with grated parmesan.