This month's "Cooking Light" has a ton of amazing recipes. So good I basically planned my weekend around them. On Saturday night Jay and Erika came over for dinner and brought mini quiches and brie cranberry phyllos. The main course was coconut crab and shrimp salad with spicy pita wedges. We finished off with their dessert contribution of turtle cheesecake.
For brunch the next day it was apple oatmeal pancakes with honey butter (not a Cooking Light recipe). They were the best pancakes I have ever eaten in my life. No exaggeration. The recipe is from a book a friend bought me and I can post it if you are interested. The batter made alot so I cooked them all and we'll eat them the rest of the week.
Dinner was golden potato-leek soup with cheddar crisps (I love leeks), autumn apple pear and cheddar salad with pecans and provencal herb-marinated roasted chicken (prepped in the morning). Total heaven. I love being able to cook for people again. I have leek soup in the freezer, shrimp/crab salad for lunch and roast chicken with more apple/pear salad for dinner. Yay me!
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Smoke's Chili
Yield 12 servings (serving size: 1 cup chili, 1 tablespoon sour cream, and 1 tablespoon cheese)
Ingredients
2 teaspoons vegetable oil, divided
3 1/2 pounds lean, boned chuck roast, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
3 cups chopped green bell pepper
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that shrimp/crap salad was damn tasty!
Thanks again for the great evening!
*drool* please do post or email the oatmeal pancake recipe. I make pancakes at least once a week for breakfast.
I will look for the Cooking Light magazine.
Thanks for the food ideas!
I just got mine this weekend - and had already decided I had to make the potato leek soup! Glad it was good. Also, I would be interested in the pancake recipe because the baby really likes pancakes (I have to have them at least once a week). I have this ricotta-cottage recipe that is good (and has lots of protein!) and I've been going to this diner for their blueberry oatbran ones. Yummy! Oatmeal sounds good. And I have a few more weeks of not worrying whether it's "light" or not! ;-)
I LOVE cooking light! I got the newest one on Sat. and did you see the receipe for the creamy balsamic tomato soup? I'm definately trying that this weekend.
oh, share share share!
Sounds absolutely delish! Did you ever eat at the Foxfire Grille?