Best-Ever Brussels Sprouts with Sausage - Healthy Recipe Finder | Rodale. 20 Easy One-Pot Meals. Super Cool Food Blog: Five Minute Vegan Chocolate Mug Cake. Better Than Takeout Orange Chicken. Yesterday as I stood in the kitchen trying to figure out what to make for dinner I wondered to myself, how do those people do it on those shows where they are given random ingredients and are suppose come up with something genius. I think I stood there for a solid 20 minutes looking in the cupboards and staring into the freezer hoping that I would be struck by some ingenious idea. Then I saw the oranges, and it hit me “O-raang Shh-ikun”….that is orange chicken if you can’t understand the accent.
I love orange chicken, and I almost always order # 14 Orange Chicken when we order Chinese take out and I wondered to myself if I could make it better at home. This recipe most definitely delivered! Ha ha Chinese food…delivered….get it? Am I a dork? The sauce is sweet, tangy, there is no lack in orange flavor, and the red pepper flakes give it just a touch of heat. Combine corn starch, salt, and pepper. As you finish each batch, drain cooked chicken in a paper towel lined plate. Ingredients Chicken. Pasta In Garlic and Olive Oil (with or without spinach) « Cooking With Baby. Cheesesteak Sandwich. The famous sandwich from Philly is a nutritionist’s nightmare: mounds of greasy beef and fried onions; a massive, oil-soaked hoagie roll; and to top it all off, a viscous deluge of Cheez Whiz (that’s right, traditional cheesesteaks are made with Whiz).
But we want you to have your steak and eat it, too, so we came up with this version, which relies on a lean flank steak, a whole-wheat roll, and a yogurt-based blue cheese sauce. It’s a bit fancier than the sandwich from the City of Brotherly Love, but to our tastes, it’s also better. You’ll Need: 2 Tbsp plain Greekstyle yogurt (we like Fage 2%) 2 Tbsp olive-oil mayonnaise 1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese 16 oz skirt or flank steak Salt and black pepper to taste 2 cups arugula 2 tomatoes, sliced 4 whole-wheat sandwich rolls Caramelized onions How to Make It: Combine the yogurt, mayonnaise, and blue cheese.
Makes 4 servings / Cost per serving: $5.00 400 calories 14 g fat (4 g saturated) 730 mg sodium Not That! Chicken Pot Pie. There's no need to worry about calories or trans fat with this comfort food recipe Pot pies may be one of America's favorite comfort foods, but there's nothing comforting about a dish that packs nearly 4 days' worth of trans fat. We clear out the artery-clogging fats, but the calories by 60 percent, and deliver an easy pot pie you're bound to love. You'll Need: 2 Tbsp butter 1 onion, chopped 2 carrots, chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 cups stemmed and quartered white or cremini mushrooms 2 cups frozen pearl onions 2 cups chopped cooked chicken (leftover or pulled from a store-bought rotisserie chicken) 1/4 cup flour 2 cups low-sodium chicken broth, warmed 1 cup 2% or whole milk 1/2 cup half-and-half 1 1/2 cups frozen peas Salt and black pepper to taste 1 sheet puff pastry, defrosted 2 egg whites, lightly beaten How to Make It: *Heat the butter in a large saute pan or pot over medium heat.
*Preheat the oven to 375F. Cut the pastry into quarters. Lasagna Rolls. Most restaurant lasagnas are soupy messes. This unique twist on a favorite is easy to make, appealing to eat, and much healthier for you The idea of building a multi-tiered, multi-component lasagna can be dizzying for most cooks. For them, we offer this simplified form, the lasagna roll: a tight pasta bundle containing all the same flavors as the traditional baked pasta, but without the daunting architecture.
It's basic shape helps you avoid creating one of those cheesy, soupy catastrophes so common in Italian-American restaurants, the ones where it's impossible to discern where the pasta stops and the sauce begins. The structure is sound, the flavors are clear and pronounced, and the calories are greatly reduced. How to Make It: *Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. *While the pasta cooks, brown the sausage in a large saute pan over medium heat until cooked through.
*Preheat the oven to 400F. *Top the lasagna rolls with the remaining marinara, then with the mozzarella.