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Teriyaki Salmon

March 24, 2011 by KerryAnn Leave a Comment

Teriyaki Salmon
From the Menu Mailer

4 salmon fillets
½ cup coconut oil, melted
5 cloves garlic, pressed
2½ tbs grated ginger
2 Tbs lime juice
2 Tbs sesame oil
2 Tbs rice vinegar
2 Tbs raw honey
1 cup tamari, soy sauce or coconut aminos (soy sauce substitute recipe is in the Often Used Recipes eBook)
½ tsp pepper

Place salmon fillets in a glass baking dish. In a small bowl, whisk remaining ingredients until combined. Pour over salmon and turn to coat. Cover and refrigerate 2-3 hours. Grill over hot coals 5-7 minutes per side, bake for 12-15 minutes at 350 degrees or pan-fry 3-5 minutes per side, until the fish flakes when tested with a fork.

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Quick Meals- Forbidden Chicken

February 23, 2011 by KerryAnn 1 Comment

This is one of my go-to meals when I am in a great hurry time-wise when I had planned to cook dinner. You know those evenings, where you have some meat thawed and a meal planned, but something comes up that needs your attention instead? I use it when I have time for the oven to do all of the work but I don’t have the time to stand there.

The chicken takes me about 10 minutes to get it in the oven. If I don’t have any leftover rice in the fridge, have one of the kids scrub some potatoes, poke them with a fork, rub with oil and salt them. I place them in a baking dish and put them in the oven when I begin pre-heating it, before I put in the chicken. Check them when the chicken is done, as they might need a few extra minutes.

Then I pull out some leftover veggies or 10 minutes before the chicken comes out of the oven, I saute up some pre-prepared kale and I have a quick meal on the table in less than 20 minutes of hands-on time. Prepare your greens when you get home from the store. Wash them, cut them, dry them thoroughly and roll it all up in some paper towels, sealing it in a ziplock bag. You have a quick side dish whenever you need it.

Why the Chicken Crossed the Road

January 20, 2011 by KerryAnn Leave a Comment

Mornings are a noisy affair at the Foster household. Luckily, my kids sleep through it.

When we drove up to this house for the first time, I smiled. The neighbors had free-range chickens. Then I took a look at the house.

Our first night here, we both bolted upright at first pre-dawn crow. I didn’t realize that roosters started in so early and could be SO loud. Commercials showed them starting in at dawn, but our neighbors lighted their chickens so they always sounded-off extra early. After a few days, we slept through the noise and didn’t even notice it unless we were already awake.

Once we got settled, we ordered chicks. We set about building a well-insulated, nice and quiet coop, right outside our bedroom window. I would lay in the dark and smile, able to tell who is crowing by the distinct differences in muffled sound through the thickly insulated walls. The teen crowers, with their characteristic hoarse warble, got the biggest smiles. I loved the quiet crows.

Now winter is here, and it is hard for our fids to get enough to eat free-ranging, so we throw out some grain for them. The neighbor’s chickens, whom I don’t believe are ever fed by the people they own, quickly realized the free grocery buffet on the opposite side of the road. It wasn’t a hard find, as we’re the only house on the road with a clear front yard, so we’re a popular congregating spot for bug-watching.

Well, naturally all animals want to be near their food source. So the neighbor’s chickens moved in. They sleep in the uninsulated trees. Right next to our bedroom window.

And now you know why the chicken crossed the road… to get to the neighbor’s feed!

That’s enough about chickens. How about a beef recipe?

Ring in the New Year- Rumaki

December 27, 2010 by KerryAnn Leave a Comment

This year, I am most thankful to see 2010 leave. Not for myself, as we did not experience upheaval, but because some dear friend’s lives have seen 2010 marked with death, sickness and tragedy. I will gladly welcome 2011 as a fresh start, as I know they will.

I prefer to be asleep or close to it when the ball drops in Time’s Square. But I know many folks love a party, so the New Year’s mailer contained an assortment of party foods for New Year’s Eve. If you’d like to purchase that issue, you can do so here. This is a recipe from that mailer. The mailer contains normal meal Monday through Thursday, Friday has appetizers and multiple desserts, all finger foods. Saturday has a traditional New Year’s meal.