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Apr 6, 2018

Chicken Melody

           
                                        
2 - 4 Servings
Ingredients
Chicken- 4 Skinless, Boneless Chicken Thighs cut into 3" x 2" chunks 
Garlic - 6 Sliced Cloves
2 Portabella mushrooms - Sliced
1 Medium Zucchini, peeled and diced
2 cups cooked chopped Stringbeans
2 large Tomatoes - diced
2 cups fresh Spinach
Mozzarella 1 1/2 cups
1/4  Sundried Tomatoes - chopped







Cook Chicken
  • Saute Chicken in Olive Oil. Browning both sides.
  • Add 2 TBS of butter
  • 1/4 cup white wine
  • Saute until chicken is carmelized
  • Place Chicken on the side
Cook Vegetables



Place in large frying pan enough Olive Oil to cover bottom of pan
     (Note: you might have to add additional Oil while cooking)
  • Add in Zucchini and Tomatoes cook for 3 - 4 minutes
  • Add in Stringbeans and Mushrooms saute until mushrooms are 1/2 way cooked (1 - 2 min.)
  • Add Sliced Garlic.  Cook until Garlic is golden brown
  • Add in Fresh Spinach. Cook until melted down
  • Add in 2 TBS butter , a splash of white wine and Sun dried Tomatoes . Cook for 1 minute


  • Add in 8 oz Chicken Broth. Cook Until 1st boil
  • Then lower to medium heat
  • Add in cooked Chicken 
  • Simmer for 1 - 2 
  • Add in Mozzarella 
  • Simmer Covered for 30 seconds.
  • Optional: Place over pasta. 
   




Shrimp Medley


Serving for 4-6 

Ingredients

40 Shrimp (Size:16-20) 
1 Bag Frozen Sugar Snap Stir Fry 
1 box Frozen White Pearl Onions
6 Cloves Garlic - Sliced
Flour - Enough for Shrimp (2 cups)
Seasonings: Salt, pepper and Garlic Powder
Chicken Broth (1 can if serving with pasta) otherwise 1/4 can
White Wine  1/4 cup
Optional - Pasta -Your Choice

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  • Place veggies in glass bowl and microwave until defrosted.
  • Place in strainer to strain out excess water.











    Cook Vegetables:
  • In Large frying pan.
  • Heat Olive Oil,
  • Add Sliced Garlic, cook until golden brown
  • Add in Vegetables, 2 TBS butter, cook until tender 2-3 minutes
  • Add in Chicken Broth, cook on high to full boil then on Medium for 3 Min.
  • Shut of heat and leave on side                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Cook Shrimp


  • Flour Shrimp - (Flour, salt, pepper and garlic powder)
  • In Frying pan -  Heat Olive Oil (amount -a little more than bottom of pan) 
  • Add shrimp add salt, pepper and garlic powder to each shrimp 
  • Cook on high heat to sear both sides.
  • Place shrimp in bowl.
  • In frying pan leave only a very small amount of oil and add 4 TBS butter and melt it
  • Then Add the shrimp back in. Sauteing in the butter and 
  • Add White Wine..  Saute (you will see shrimp being carmelized )
  • Shrimp is done. 

Place cooked Pasta on bottom of glass baking pan
Place 1/2 cooked Vegetable on top of pasta and all the broth and mix together.
Place shrimp on top 
Add grated cheese.


Artichoke and Beans



                                                               Serve as side dish

Ingredients:

1 Frozen bag Artichoke - Defrosted
1 Portabella Mushroom - Sliced
1 Scallion - Diced
1 Onion - Sliced
Olive oil - enough to cover bottom of pan
1 can Goya Navy Beans
3-4 cooked Asparagus - (boil until tender)
Seasonings. Salt, Pepper and Garlic Powder = (SPG)



  • Place frozen Artichokes in dish and microwave for 2 min. or until defrosted.
  • Place in Strainer and squeeze out excess water. 
  • In large frying pan Heat Olive Oil
  • Add in Onions and scallions saute until lightly golden
  • Add in Mushrooms. cook for another 2 min-  until mushrooms are browned
  • (Note: Mushrooms will soak up the Olive Oil so you will need to add a little bit of oil at a time)
  • Add in Artichokes and 2 TBS butter and SPG
  • Keep Sauteing for about 3 minutes. 
  • Add in cooked Asparagus
  • Add in Navy Beans. Juice from can also.
  • Cook until comes to first boil
  • Dinner is finished.