37 night cooking Recipes

mexican-style corn, chili beans, undrained, chicken broth, chunky salsa, cooked, chopped turkey meat, salt and pepper to taste, chopped fresh cilantro, low-fat sour cream, guacamole

boneless chicken breasts , pounded a little to flatten, low-fat cream of chicken soup, water (or broth or low fat milk), paprika, black pepper, garlic powder (optional), cooked brown rice, broccoli florets (fresh or frozen )

butter, divided, cubed cooked chicken (or vegetarian chicken), red chilies, diced (only remove seeds from two of the peppers, use the rest in the recipe), garlic cloves, chopped, red onion, diced, orange bell peppers, diced diced or 1 yellow bell pepper, diced, refried beans, lime, all-purpose flour, half-and-half, fresh cilantro, chopped, sour cream, milk, cumin, shredded mozzarella cheese, divided, shredded cheddar cheese, divided, flour tortillas

eggs, splash milk (optional), hot sauce (optional), butter or 1 tsp bacon grease, cooked rice (from the night before is best), cooked bacon, salt and pepper

mung beans , soaked over night, white flour, vegetable oil, fresh sage, finely chopped, garlic, chopped, chili peppers, chopped or 1 tsp chili flakes (optional), chicken stock or 3 cups broth, chicken breast halves, cooked & cut to bite size pieces, smoked sausage (i used kielbassa but any well smoked sauge is good or a large ham hock), stalks celery, chopped, onion, chopped, sweet peppers, mixed or 3/4 cup all green pepper, chopped, zucchini, peel on,cut in bite size chunks, frozen peas, peeled cut in bite size chunkd

chickpeas, soaked for 1 night, potato, medium, peeled, leeks , medium, pam cooking spray, garlic cloves, minced, chicken bouillon granules or 850 ml vegetable bouillon granules, parmesan cheese, grated

any liquid can be reduced just by heating it - but why would you want to do that, answer comes back to two of our old friends, flavor and consistency (texture)., by reducing any flavored liquid you intensify its flavor and at the same time thicken it. you can continue this process until what you have left is a syrup if it contains sugar, or a sauce if it does not., this is 1 of the most important tools in the kitchen , believe it or not, because a great sauce can rescue an indifferent meal., literally any liquid can be reduced ., a few uses, wine is frequently used in cooking , both as a marinade and as an addition to sauces for meat., there are some problems with it though, 1 of which is that you need a really good wine and quite a lot of it to produce a reasonable sauce for, say, six people., on the other hand , if you use pure grape juice and reduce it to a syrup, that syrup, added to any sauce (or gravy if you prefer) will lift it into the realms of gourmet ., more , you don tsp have to make your reduction on the night you prepare your meal. you can reduce a liter of grape juice at any time to the consistency and flavor you want; then just store it in the fridge., you can do the same thing with any fruit juice - prune is sensational - and store it until needed. just about all of them will do things for ice cream, pies or tarts that will have your guests demanding the recipe, pork with apple sauce use a carton of fresh apple juice from the supermarket and reduce it. and if you want a real sensation add in a glass of apple brandy during the reduction process., are you getting an idea of how simple this is, take any carton of fresh stock straight of the shelf and reduce it. you will transform it into something even the manufacturer won tsp recognize. but beware, you need to start out with good quality in the first place, because when you reduce a liquid you intensify all the flavors, and not just the good ones., if it s salty to start with, for example, it will be salty beyond belief by the time you ve reduced it even by half. so if you are going to use a supermarket stock, make sure it s an extremely good 1., believe me when i tell you that stock cubes should not be used for reduction sauces., thickeners, because you will be tasting as you go (won tsp you ), you may find that you get the flavor you want before the desired consistency is reached., a couple of hints right now for your sauces., sweet ones can be thickened successfully without loss of color by adding in liquid glucose early on in the reduction process. surprisingly, this will add little in the way of sweetness and produces a beautiful velvety sauce when whisked., if you get it wrong and add too much, no problem. stir in a little extra water to thin it., reduction pans, reductions need to happen rapidly in serving to preserve flavors. and the greater the surface area of the liquid the faster the water will evaporate., however you may want to whisk something into the sauce while its cooking - such as butter or olive oil for example - and for that i find a small wok is best; 1 with a handle., a wok is less likely to reduce so fast that the sauce is burnt while your back is turned. but try both methods and see which you prefer. you may even end up using something totally different., no magic to this. whatever works for you, that s what you should use, in this and everything else to do with cooking., just bear in mind that what you re after is speed and ease of use. as well as a great tasting result, of course. :>), keeping, if they should dry out , simply add a little water and heat through., sauces containing meat juices of any kind must be frozen if you re going to keep them, and should be brought to boiling point before being used again. there is no need to thaw them out to do this, in fact it s better not to. simply drop the frozen cubes into a saucepan, melt them over a gentle heat, and then bring swiftly to the boil., why do you do this to avoid food poisoning, that s why. you are making sure that any bugs introduced into the sauce during the preparation process are killed off., worry , this will not be because of anything you have done wrong (i hope!), but because bacteria are part of our everyday lives and they exist in every kitchen, however clean., in fact your food , and especially your meat, is crawling with wildlife that you will never see. don tsp worry about them. careful handling and simple precautions will ensure that these miniature monsters can never multiply enough to harm either you or your guests.

apple juice, cold water, kosher salt, garlic, peeled and crushed, ice cubes

firm tofu , defrosted after freezing for 1 night, eggs, scrambled, green onions, chopped, carrot , finely julienned, bean sprouts, soy sauce, mirin, sake, sugar, ginger, grated, sesame oil, cooked rice

frozen rhodes regular white dinner rolls, butterscotch pudding (cook n serve variety), brown sugar, butter, chopped pecans (optional, but not optional for me...i use about 1 cup)

russet potatoes, hot, baked, whole black beans, drained, tabasco chipotle pepper sauce, canned diced tomato, diced cooked seasoned chicken meat, shredded cheddar cheese, red onion, diced, guacamole, sliced black olives, salt and pepper, sour cream, fresh garlic chives, butter or margarine

lightly beaten eggs, over night rice (cook the rice at night and leave it to cool, you can use it in the morning ), a handful of mixed vege, a handful of chicken chuncks, a handful of deveined prawns, white pepper to taste, salt to taste, sunflower oil

smoked sweet paprika or sweet paprika, a palmful, coriander , half a palmful, ground cumin , half a palmful, cayenne pepper , half a palmful, a few sprigs fresh thyme , leaves picked and chopped, fresh bay leaves, onion, chopped, green bell pepper or 2 small, chopped, red or green chiles, chopped, ribs celery, chopped, garlic, chopped or sliced, boneless, skinless chicken, cut into large pieces, salt and freshly ground black pepper, flour, plus more for dredging, peanut or vegetable oil, andouille sausage, stewed tomatoes or diced tomatoes with chiles, beer, chicken stock, lump crabmeat or shrimp, peeled and deveined, note : if serving later in work-week, pick up seafood fresh, if serving on cook-night or as second night s meal pick up crab or shrimp with your big-shop., scallions, trimmed and chopped, hot sauce, suggestion : scallion rice.

button mushrooms, red lentils , soaked over night, pre- cooked rice (i.e. leftovers), pine nuts, bacon grease, grated monterey jack cheese

vegetable juice, tomato paste, diced tomatoes and green chilies, stewing beef, banana pepper, chili beans, chili en adobo bell peppers, onion, green bell pepper, peanut butter, elbow macaroni noodles, chili powder