Cheddar-Crusted Trout with Bacon Coleslaw

The family is going to love this cheesy, crusted trout recipe—use your fave cheddar crackers for a quick meal.

Ingredient List:
4 (6-ounce) trout fillets
1 cup finely crushed cheddar crackers of choice
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cups grated green cabbage
½ cup grated carrots
¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
3 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
1/3 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
1 tablespoon sugar
Sea salt and black pepper, to taste

Directions:
1) Coat trout fillets in crushed crackers to coat, pressing crumbs to adhere to fish.

2) Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Add trout and cook until browned on both sides, turning once, about 8 minutes total.

3) Meanwhile, combine cabbage, carrots, parsley, and bacon in a large bowl. Whisk together mayonnaise, vinegar, sugar, salt, and pepper; pour over vegetables and toss well.

4) To serve, place trout on plates; top with slaw.

Source: Trout Recipes.

Having a taco night at home? Make sure you’ve got a killer Mexican-inspired rice pilaf to complete the meal.

Ingredient List:
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup diced onion
3 cups long-grain white rice
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground cumin
4 cups water
1 (15-ounce) can diced tomatoes, in juice

Method:
1) Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium. Add onion and cook until translucent, stirring occasionally, about 4 minutes. Add rice, garlic, salt, and cumin; cook until fragrant and rice is toasty, about 3 minutes, stirring.

2) Add water and tomatoes to saucepan; bring to a boil over high heat. Lower to a simmer and cook until rice is soft and liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat, fluff rice with a fork, and allow to stand 5 minutes, covered. Serve warm.

Source: Rice Recipes.

Baked Ziti Pasta and Ground Beef

List of ingredients:

1 pound of lean ground beef
1 cup of chopped onion
1 chopped green bell pepper
1 14.5 ounce can of diced tomatoes
1 8 ounce can of tomato sauce
½ tsp of crumbled dried leaf oregano
½ tsp of crumbled dried leaf basil
½ tsp of garlic powder
1 ½ tsp of salt
¼ tsp of pepper
8 ounces of ziti pasta, cooked and drained
2 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese

Method:

First you will need to sauté the ground beef, onion, and green bell pepper in a large pan until the onion is tender and the beef is lightly browned. Then you are going to want to drain off the excess fat. Now you will want to add in the tomatoes, basil, oregano, tomato sauce, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Make sure that you stir it well. Then you are going to take the ziti pasta and 1 cup of the shredded mozzarella cheese and mix it in. Put it into your casserole dish and top it with the remaining cup of mozzarella cheese. Place the casserole dish into the oven and bake it at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes, or until it is hot and bubbly.

When you serve this wonderful baked ziti and ground beef to your family or your dinner guests, you will find that it will make a hit with everyone. This recipe has the perfect blend of spices that give it a delicious flavoring. You will love it and so will everyone that you make it for. It will go well with a variety of side dishes which will really help you to present your dinner guests with a meal that everyone will enjoy eating.

Source: Ground Beef Recipe.

Here is an interesting recipe for tangerine curd:

List of ingredients:

1/2 cup of tangerine juice.
1/4 cup of lemon juice.
2 tangerines, grated zest only.
1/4 lb of butter.
4 oz of sugar.
8 egg yolks.

Method:

In a saucepan, combine the fruit juices, zest, butter and sugar; bring to a boil over medium heat.

In a bowl, beat the egg yolks until liquid.

Beat a quarter of the boiling liquid into the yolks and return the remaining liquid to a boil over low heat.

Beat the yolk mixture into the boiling liquid and continue beating until it thickens slightly (about 2 minutes). Do not allow the curd to boil or it will scramble.

Pour into a clean bowl, cover surface with plastic wrap and chill.

Source: Curd Recipes.

Recipe for Apple Dumplings

Ingredient List:

CRUST
2 cups of flour.
1 teaspoon of salt.
2/3 cup of oil.
4 tablespoons of cold water.

FILLING
6 medium apples.
1 cup of sugar.
2 cups of water.
1 teaspoon of cinnamon.

Ice cream, to serve with.

Preparation:

In a large bowl, mix the flour and salt.

Using a fork, stir in the oil.

Sprinkle the cold water over and stir in with the fork.

Mix together and roll out between two sheets of plastic wrap.

Peel and core the apples. Wrap with dough and place in a 9-inch by 13-inch pan.

In a saucepan, combine the sugar, water and cinnamon.

Once the sugar is dissolved, pour over the apples and bake at 375F for about 50-55 minutes or until golden brown.

Serve with ice cream.

Source: Dumpling Recipes.

I have recently been using a lot more artichokes in my cooking. Here is a delicious recipe for Italian seafood and artichoke fettucine pasta from the official artichoke recipes collection:

List of ingredients:

8 shrimps.
2 lobster tails, just the meat.
2 artichoke hearts, cut in.
8 mushrooms, sliced.
2 ounces of olive oil.
2 ounces of flour.
8 ounces of light cream.
3 ounces of Romano cheese, grated.
2 ounces of king crabmeat.
8 ounces of fettucine pasta, cooked.

Method:

Sauté the shrimps, lobster tails, artichoke hearts and sliced mushrooms in the olive oil.

Once the seafood is three-quarters cooked, add the flour and cook for 3 minutes.

Add the light cream, grated Romano cheese and crabmeat; mix thoroughly.

Serve over cooked fettucine pasta.

Recipe for Cream of Lettuce Soup:

1 medium leek.
2 medium iceberg lettuces.
1 medium onion.
2 medium potatoes.
1 3/4 ounces of butter.
1 quart of chicken stock.
1/2 cup of cream.
Salt and black pepper.

Instructions:

Wash and clean the leek and lettuces; then finely chop.

Peel and chop the onion and potatoes.

In a saucepan, melt the butter and gently saute the onion and leek until soft.

Add the lettuce, potatoes and chicken stock, then bring to the boil, and simmer until potatoes are tender (30 minutes).

Purée in a blender, then reheat in a clean saucepan. Add the cream, salt and pepper. Thin slightly with milk if required.

Serve either hot or cold.

Source: Lettuce Recipes.

Below is a great recipe for fried chicken wings which I made at home earlier today:

10 chicken wings.
1/2 cup flour.
1 1/2 teaspoon of ginger root, finely minced.
1 1/2 teaspoon of garlic, finely minced.
1 teaspoon of lemon juice.
1 teaspoon of water.
1/2 teaspoon of turmeric, ground.
1/2 teaspoon of salt.
1 cup of vegetable oil.

Directions:

Remove wing tips and reserve for soup pot.

Cut each wing in half at the joint.

In a bowl, combine the wings and other ingredients except vegetable oil.

Mix, cover and refrigerate for about 3 hours.

In a large, deep pan, heat the oil, then add the wings and fry until golden brown on both sides (about 12 mins in total).

Source: Fried Chicken Recipes.