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This is a favourite in our house and DS (who is 2) can eat two whole bowls of it he loves it so much. Recipe courtesy of Chatelaine Magazine. It's very fast, and easy and inexpensive too.
Orzo, chicken and sage simmer pot
Published by Chatelaine on 2/1/2004
Ingredients
* 2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
* Olive oil
* 2 garlic cloves or 1 tbsp (15 mL) bottled chopped garlic
* 1 large onion
* 1 tbsp (15 mL) dried sage leaves
* 1/2 tsp (2 mL) each salt and ground black pepper
* 28 oz (796 mL) can diced tomatoes
* 1 cup (250 mL) water
* 1/2 (500 g) pkg orzo, about 1-1/2 cups (375 mL)
* 6 oz (170 g) bag baby spinach, about 4 cups (1 L)
* 1/4 cup (50 mL) grated Parmesan cheese (optional)
* Directions
1. Slice chicken into large bite-size pieces. Lightly coat a large wide saucepan with oil and set over medium-high heat. Add chicken and stir-fry until golden-tinged, 5 to 6 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, mince garlic and chop onion, then add to pan. Stir often until onion begins to soften, 2 to 3 minutes. Crumble sage overtop and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Stir in tomatoes and water. Bring to a boil.
3. Stir in orzo. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer, uncovered and stirring often, until most of liquid is absorbed, about 10 minutes. Stir in spinach, then remove from heat. Cover and let stand until liquid is absorbed, 3 to 5 minutes. Spoon into bowls and sprinkle with Parmesan.
Twinsis - not familiar with "orzo"...this is what wikipedia said:
Is this what you're using...rice shaped pasta (we call it risone here)??:
Orzo (from Latin hordeum, sometimes called Italian rice) is Italian and means "barley" [1], from which orzo was originally made. However, in common usage in the United States, orzo is understood to mean rice-shaped pasta, slightly smaller than a pine nut. It is frequently used in soups and baked casseroles. Despite its rice shape, orzo is made not of rice but of hard wheat semolina. It is also known as risone in Italian
Yup that's the stuff.
if all else fails - invite yourself to someone's house for dinner! (i did this today - got roast lamb at mum's as a trade off for DH mowing their lawn!)
easy pasta dish
1 small tub of cream
1-2 chicken breasts
frozen vegies
2tbs gourmet vegie stock
pasta
cook pasta as usual, put frozen vegies in the mic, cook the chicken.
put alll ingredients into the same pot, had in cream and stock and ur done.
beautiful and so easy
i like the sound of the mexican soup mentioned before
it's pretty basic, probably needs a side salad..
1 tin corn, drained (but keep a bit of the juice to mix with...)
1 tbs corn flour
1 tin creamed corn
sausages
cheese
Preheat your oven to 180
Cook your sausages.
In a fry pan, combine corn and creamed corn. Add cornflour and liquid, just to thicken.
Cook for a bit, while you chop your sausages into bite sized peices.
Pour into an oven dish, add sausages and combine. Put cheese, just enough for your liking, it's good with out it too!
Into the oven for 30 mins (more or less according to your oven) until cheese is melted.
Delish!
ok - i have a few hints!!
1) my throw in pie - the day before payday when all u have is a few shrivelled vegies, some dried out pastry and a singlelonely piece of meat -
I generally use chicken - i cut the breast cook till brown, use whatever evgies i have laying around (that lonely spud thats slightly soft cooked to just before mashing softness) the last 1/8th a bag frozen vegies, the almost shrivelled mushies. Throw in to a frypan, make up some stock, simmer til reduced (i will also now add some cream if i have any /simmered til reduced again) line my pie tray with puff pasrty fill with chicken and vege, cover with any left over puff or mashed spuds if u have enough bake til golden.
2) a sundried tomato pasta
Get the cheapest sundried pesto (about 2.50 homebrand) the cheapest pack of pasta, a cheap 300 ml cream, if u have money in budget a small scoop of sundried tomatoes from deli. Cook pasta, mix in the pesto and the cream, cut sundried tomatoes (could even use cherry tomatoes if u get them on sale) and mix through, i use tghe whole bag of pasta and this does dh and i for 2 dinners plus 2 of us for a lunch... sometimes we dice half a chicken breast cook and mix through.
3) good old porcupines!!! (i have a recipe from the tight a$$ cookbook, i am happy to post if anyone wants it? (im just on my way out to buy some food for teh week!! with my menu plan and shoppibng list in toe)
can i grab that porcupines recipe please!
500 gm mince (i use chicken/turkey):
1 onion -chopped small
1 cup raw rice (can add more for bulking but need to add extra liquid)
1 tin tomato soup (heinz big red is reccomended however i use whatevers cheapest) -
1 tin water
1/4 cup plain flour
preheat oven 180 (i use 180 with fan forced)
mix mince, onion and uncooked rice together with your hands
sprinkle flour on a plate
roll mince mix into small balls and roll in flour
place into casserole dish (with a lid) - i spray the dish bottom with cooking spray however with all the liquid its prob not required- i have gone 2 levels high in a smaller cassrole dish
mix soup and water and pour over meat balls
place lid on - put in over 1 hour 45 min
DO NOT STIR.