German + Italian + American + Tropical = Delicious goodness.
For a quick, cheap and YUMMY dinner:
Simmer (added in this order):
Sauerkraut
Sweet Onions
Coconut Oil
Hot Dogs
Basil
Oregano
Once on the plate, top with:
Shredded Mozzerella
French Fried Onions
Basil Crusted Tilapia
Tilapia fillets (frozen)
3 Eggs
1 cup Bread crumbs
2 branches of Fresh basil
Good amount of Dried basil
Little bit of Red pepper chips
Some Italian seasoning
Some Rosemary
5 Tbsp Parmesan cheese
Coconut oil
2 slices Pineapple
(all measurements are approximate)
Prep:
Pre-heat oven to 400°.
Thickly coat underside of Tilapia with coconut oil and place in baking pan.
Crack eggs and scramble.
Add bread crumbs, dried basil, red pepper chips, rosemary, Italian seasoning and Parmesan to eggs. Mix very well.
Place 4-5 fresh basil leaves on each fillet. Place more basil leaves on surrounding pan.
Coat top of fillets with breading mixture (over top of basil leaves).
Slice and piece pineapple. Place two pineapple pieces on top of breading on each fillet. Place rest of pineapple on surrounding pan.
Bake at 400° for 20 minutes.
Enjoy!!
Crusted Baked Tilapia
Ingredients:
— Tilapia fillets
— Green pepper
— Roasted Red Pepper
— Green Onions
— Sweet Onion
— Minced Garlic
— Red Pepper Flakes
— Lemon Juice
— Lime Juice
— Parmesan Cheese
— Brown Sugar
Preparation:
Stuffed meatballs, sautéed veggies & Alfredo sauce
Italian stuffed meatballs:
Ingredients:
1 ½ pounds of ground turkey (or lamb)
8 oz. block mozzarella cheese
¼ cup parmesan cheese
1 large slightly beaten egg
½ cup Italian breadcrumbs
2 tablespoons of minced garlic
2 teaspoons of sea salt (can use less)
1 teaspoon of black pepper
½ cup of milk
1 teaspoon dried oregano
2 teaspoons of dried chervil
Cooking Instructions:
1. Mix all of the ingredients except mozzarella into a large bowl.
2. Cut mozzarella into ½” – ¾” cubes.
3. Shape the mixture into small-medium sized meatballs around mozzarella cubes. At this point if you don’t want to cook these right now you could put them in the freezer for later.
4. Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees, and place the meatballs on a baking sheet. As you can see, I had to use pizza pans.
5. Put your meatballs in the oven and bake for 25 minutes. Another cooking method is to simmer the meatballs in pasta sauce for about 40 minutes. This will give them great flavor and texture.
Sautéed veggies:
Sautéed in butter:
― Mushrooms (sliced)
― Cauliflower
― Green onions
― Fresh basil
― Sun-dried tomatoes
― Roasted piquillo peppers
Alfredo sauce from scratch:
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese
1 cup half & half
1/3 cup Parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon garlic powder (optional)
Add pepper, to taste
Cooking instructions:
1. In a medium saucepan, melt butter.
2. Once butter is almost melted, add the package of cream cheese. It’s easiest to cut it into 4 pieces so that it melts quicker.
3. Once butter and cream cheese are mixed well together, add the cup of half and half, Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, and then shake pepper on top. Stir all together until well mixed.
4. Once it’s mixed well and sauce-like, take it off the burner and set aside so it can thicken up. Stir every few moments.
Rice:
White rice cooked per instructions.
Season rice with chervil and oregano to taste.
Asparagus:
Pan grilled in butter or olive oil.
Stuffed meatballs, veggies and alfredo sauce
Made this recipe up last night. It turned out pretty good so I thought I’d share in case anyone wants to try it too. All amounts are approximate.
Half a package of angel hair pasta
Dried chopped onion
Basil
Minced garlic
Rosemary
Chili powder
Chopped walnuts
Olive oil
Cook angel hair pasta normally. Drain.
In a frying pan heat up a good layer of olive oil.
Add onion, basil amd rosemary until nearly boiling. (Amounts vary to taste, I suggest about a teaspoon or a little less.)
Add about 1 1/2 teaspoons of minced garlic and mix well. This should start the pan sizzling if it’s not already.
Add 1 1/2 – 2 cups of walnuts chopped to frying pan. As well as 2-3 dashes of chili powder and mix well.
Cook for a few minutes. Be careful not to burn walnuts.
Mix pasta and walnut sauce mixture in large bowl and serve.
May also add fresh chopped Roma tomatoes to sauce mixture right when removing from heat. (I didn’t actually try it with the tomatoes yet, but it sounds really good.)
Enjoy!
