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Beet & Carrot Soup w/ Turkey Meatball Reuben Subs

2013_01_10aI know the picture of the meatball sub doesn’t look very appetizing, but they were really good. I would make less, but bigger, meatballs next time. The soup was very beety. I liked it, but I know some people have an aversion to beets. If you don’t like beets, you won’t like this. Ellie loved it though and had three bowls! I have to say it was a little stranger eating something that looked like a raspberry, but tasting warm beets instead. 2013_01_10b

RECIPES:

Beet and Carrot Soup

Turkey Meatball Reuben

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Fast Chicken Chili

Bacon, tomato, and Swiss cheese sandwiches with fast chicken chili. Not only did Aya and I like this, but my mother-in-law from Japan loved this too! Quick, easy, and high powered flavor. You can’t go wrong. To make it a little less spicy for Ellie I used mild green chilies and lessened the amount of cayenne pepper. I didn’t have a lime of cilantro for garnish, but that would really have added a nice touch of flavor.

RECIPES:

Fast Chicken Chili

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Stuffed Pepper Soup and Turkey, Apple, and Swiss Melt

So many garden green peppers to use up! Easy recipe and great on a fall day. The turkey sandwich was a nice balance. We loved this meal!

RECIPES:

Turkey Apple and Swiss Melt

Stuffed Pepper Soup

1 c chopped onion
1/4 c celery
1 clove garlic, minced
2 c green pepper, chopped
1/2 lb  lean ground beef,
1 – 16oz can crushed tomatoes
1/2 c tomato juice (I use 4 oz tomato sauce)
1/4 c uncooked white rice
3 c water
1T chopped fresh parsley
2 t sugar (takes the tomato bitterness away)
1 t salt ( to taste )
1 t black pepper

Saute onion, celery, garlic and green pepper til tender but not brown. Stir beef into vegs, cook til beef is brown. Stir in rice.  Add tomatoes, juice, water, parsley, sugar salt and pepper. Cover and simmer 45 min or til rice is cooked. Adjust liquid as necessary.

I doubled the recipe and added more salt.  I also let it simmer for about 1 hr and 15 minutes.

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Japanese Fried Chicken w/ Ume Ponzu Sauce

Japanese fried chicken with ume Ponzu sauce, miso soup with eggplant, tomato, and okra, and rice. Aya has been having the urge to cook more lately. We have tons and tons of Japanese recipes, I just can’t read them. So when she steps up to the kitchen and whips something like this up, I gladly get out of the way. Soooo good.

RECIPES:

Japanese Fried Chicken with Ume Ponzu Sauce

Chicken breast 300g
Onion 1/8
Cucumber 1/2
Grape tomatoes 5
Umeboshi(Japanese sour plums) 2

A) Ponzu soy sauce 1 1/2 tb
Sesame oil to taste
White grated sesame seeds 1 tb
Sugar 1/2 tsp

B)  Yuzu(Japanese citrus)
pepper 1 1/2 tsp
Sake(Japanese cooking wine) 1 tb
Sugar 1/2 tsp
Potato starch(may substitute with potato starch), flour; to coat
Vegetable oil 4 tb

  1. Thinly slice the onion and cucumber and soak them in ice water.(this takes away the bitterness of the onion and keeps the cucumber fresh)
  2. Roughly chop up the grape tomatoes and umeboshi after taking out the seed. Mix with A.
  3. Cut the chicken breast into bite size pieces, and marinade with B.
  4. Lightly coat the chicken with potato starch, lay them on a microwave safe plate in a single layer, cover with plastic wrap and microwave for 3 minutes.(this reduces the amount of oil and cooking time needed to fry the chicken later)
  5. Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium low, lightly coat the chicken with flour and fry them on both sides until lightly browned.
  6. Place chicken on plate, top it with the onions and cucumber(make sure you wipe off the moisture with a paper towel), and pour the sauce over.

 

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Chicken w/ Honey Beer Sauce

I picked this for it’s few and simple ingredients. I wasn’t expecting much, but to my surprise it had a really good flavor. Aya and Ellie loved it. I paired it with a side of fresh garden green beans. For four ingredients, you can’t go wrong.

RECIPES:

Chicken with Honey Beer Sauce