Aya threw this together for dinner. If avocado, strawberries, and walnuts weren’t awesome enough, I think the baked brie put it over the edge. The homemade vinaigrette was great too.
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Beef Soba Noodles w/ Spinach and Coconut-Curry Vinaigrette
This had potential to be really good. But I think they way they have you prepare this was kind of weird. My spinach and bok choy was too wilty, and my soba noodles were over done. So texture wise, this wasn’t exactly the greatest. But flavor wise I really liked it. I think this is definitely worth another try to get the textures right. Mushy soba noodles aren’t that great.
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Banana Bread!
Banana bread is always a great way to use up some old bananas that are about to turn. And this batch looks amazing if I do say so myself. I made it exactly how the recipe said except I cooked it between 50 to 55 minutes instead of the 55 to 60 minutes. And I left the nuts out. I’m not a huge walnut fan when it comes to breads, muffins, and ice cream. But that’s just me.
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Chicken Paprikas w/ Dumplings
This was, and still is, one of my favorite things my mom makes for dinner. I enjoyed this made by my mom today, and nobody makes it like mom does. Ellie loved the dumplings! I have to force myself to stop eating them.
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Chicken Paprikas with Dumplings
1 onion chopped
4 tbs oil
1 tbs paprika
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 tsp salt
3-4 chicken breasts cut up
1/2 pt sour cream
Saute onion in oil, add seasonings and chicken, saute 10 minutes. Add water, cover and simmer until tender. Remove chicken, add sour cream to drippings and mix well. Add dumplings. Serves 5-6
Dumplings
3 eggs
3 cups flour
3 tbs sour cream
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup water
Mix together with a heavy duty spoon. Drop by teaspoons into boiling, salted water. Cook 10 minutes, drain and rinse in cold water.
Salisbury Steak w/ Mushroom Gravy
Salisbury steak was always one of my favorite school cafeteria meals. Nothing was better than that oval-shaped piece of beef with fake grill marks on it smothered in a super salty beef gravy accompanied by a small mound of mashed potatoes. It was the best lunch a $1.25 could buy.
It was also my favorite TV dinner meal while growing up. It was an extra special treat because we got them at most once a year. And even better was that the TV dinner version came with dessert! You know, the “berry crisp” which was really a thimble full of strawberry jelly on top of what resembled a crumbled graham cracker crust. Yum.
I had never made a real salisbury steak though. Aya was back to craving some hearty American food with mushrooms and specifically, a baked potato.
I don’t have another recipe to compare this Cooking Light version to, but we all thought it was really good. I mean, come on. It’s salisbury steak. I think it just needed a little more salt than what the recipe called for.
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