Teriyaki Salmon
1 cup thin soy sauce
Juice and zest of 2 oranges
3 tablespoons brown sugar
4 cloves of garlic, minced
1 tablespoon minced ginger
1 tablespoon white sesame seeds
4 (6-ounce) salmon fillets
Combine all but sesame seeds and salmon in a saucepan. Bring to boil and slowly simmer until a syrupy consistency is achieved, about a 50 percent reduction. Let cool completely.
Add sesame seeds and salmon and marinate for 1 hour. Remove salmon from marinade and bring sauce to a boil. On a hot grill, cook salmon for about 3 to 5 minutes per side. Occasionally, brush the salmon with the teriyaki sauce.
Mirin Cucumber Salad
1/2 tablespoon wasabi powder
1 tablespoon mirin
1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 cup canola oil S
alt and white pepper to taste
2 large English cucumbers, julienned
Sesame seeds, for garnish
Make a paste with the wasabi and mirin. Whisk in vinegar and sugar. Whisk in oil. Season with salt and pepper. Toss the cucumbers with enough vinaigrette to coat completely. Lay grilled salmon on top of small pile of salad. Garnish with sesame seeds. (Source: Ming Tsai Food Network)
Serve with instant brown rice. Quick dinner with a few new ingredients.
Use a premarinated beef tenderloin which cooks quickly on grill, in oven, or in skillet if sliced into medallions first. Cook and mash potatoes with a clove of garlic for a hint of garlic flavor. Butter and salt is all the beans need.
Wednesday: Take Out Pizza with Wings and Salad
Your favorite pizza, bagged salad and dressings. This is a graduation party for my latest Financial Peace University Class!
Thursday (crockpot): Italian Sausage Lasagna with Steamed Fresh Yellow Squash
Basically make the fillings for lasagna and layer them ( no water, uncooked noodles) in the crockpot for 5-7 hours. Steam squash and add salt to taste.
Friday: BBQ Chicken on grill with Fresh Sweet Corn
Classic chicken on the grill, brush with bottled sauce a few minutes before the meat is finished cooking. Cook corn in boiling water for 10 minutes or so, butter and salt creates that summer taste. Add lime to your butter or squirt on the corn for a south of the boarder variation.
Saturday: Steak with Parmesean,Garlic Risotto and Caesar Salad
Grill steak after rubbing it with some Montreal Steak Seasoning. Bagged salad mix or just romaine, parmesean cheese, crutons and dressing. For the risotto, just follow the directions on the bag of rice, a laddle and patience is needed but the payoff is great!
Sunday: Fend for yourself it is my day off!
2 comments:
I love this idea!!! I am not sure which day I am coming over; t,th,f or sat ;) One question, for the sausage lasagna 5-6 hours? really won't it get soggy and is the sausage not precooked sausage so it needs that long of a cooking time? I don't do a lot of crock pot cooking, but I am thinking this sounds really good.
-n
Precook your sausage with onions, garlic whatever and layer with the cheese on noodles like a regular lasagna into crockpot. Because you do not add water, the long cooking time helps mush up the noodles. This would be cooked in your crockpot on low for 5 hours or so. Finish with a topping of Mozzerella cheese and cover for a few minutes and the cheese will melt - yum easy lasagna and one pot(if you have the stovetop safe crock for your crockpot)
Happy feeding!
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