Recipes - Main Dish
Lemony Catfish and Bean Stew
Ingredients 1 teaspoon dried orange peel or fresh lemon zest 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 teaspoon paprika 3 to 4 garlic cloves, minced ¾ teaspoon each salt and pepper, plus additional to taste 4 tablespoons butter (1/2 stick) 1 pound catfish, cut into bite sized...
Colcannon with Mushrooms and Leeks
This is one of those “base recipes” I make. It’s a little different every time, depending on what ingredients I have on hand. I will note that this time I made it with roasted garlic, and that is a game changer. I served it alongside of a good kielbasa, but it also...
Clam Stuffed Mushrooms Recipe
I love clam stuffing. This recipe for portobello mushrooms with a clam stuffing works great as a main course with a salad on the side, or make it as an appetizer using the smaller crimini mushrooms. My secret ingredient is Old Bay Seasoning, which I use for...
Anasazi Cave Beans with Poblanos and Okra Rice
Today is clean out the freezer day! Going into April, I want to use up all the odds and ends of last year's harvest before this year's veggies start coming in, as well as making sure that nothing from the back of the freezer languishes forgotten. Lo and Behold, what...
Light Cajun Cream Sauce With Pasta
This recipe was inspired by the Cajun sauce at Cheesecake Factory. Ingredients1 green onion, minced2 large or 4 small cloves garlic, minced. Prefer hot variety.2 tbsp basil pesto (1/2 ice cube size if frozen pesto)1 cup bell pepper, chopped1/2 cup red bell pepper,...
Chicken and Andouille Jambalaya over Yellow Rice
Jambalaya is one of my absolute favorites. This is another recipe that is fairly inexpensive and so very tasty. It also makes for great leftovers. Ingredients For Yellow Rice 1 ¾ cups Brown Rice1 32oz box plus 1-1 ½ cups chicken broth1 Tbsp. Turmeric1 Tsp. Paprika1...
Mexican-style Beans With Ham, Leeks and Jalapeno
This is another garden harvest recipe, using dry beans, garlic, leeks, jalapeno, and bay leaf that I grew this year.I used 1500 Year Old Cave Beans for this recipe instead of pinto beans. Feel free to use whatever bean you prefer.I really like how this came out....
Tuscan Garden Salmon
Insanely good. Definitely making this again. I adapted this from the "Tuscan Butter Salmon" recipe I found on Delish.com. The Tuscan Garden Salmon recipe is for sundried tomatoes, garlic, and spinach in a parmesan cream sauce, with roasted asparagus on the side....
Squirrel with Mushrooms and Leeks
My sister knows that I love wild game but have a hard time finding it here in northern Ohio, so she will often bring a cooler filled with goodies when she comes down to visit. This time the gift box included a pair of squirrels. I was more in the mood for rice than...