Guest Post by Erin from $5 Dinners Creativity is a key part of making my $5 dinners every night. It would be much easier to make spaghetti or chicken and rice every night. But there's no fun in that! A
The slightly sweet, soy-based hoisin sauce is to Chinese food what ketchup is to American food. Look for hoisin and rice noodles with other Asian foods in most supermarkets.
Chinese cooks typically stir-fry shrimp in their shells for a more flavorful dish. You can do the same, but we recommend first removing the tiny legs. While rice may seem like the logical side, braised greens, such as chard or spinach, are actually just as traditional. Click here to visit the new home of KitchenDaily!
This Golden Chicken with Tomatoes and Olives recipe contains long-grain rice, boneless, skinless chicken breasts, olive oil, pimiento-stuffed olives, dry white wine and more.
Beef sirloin strips, marinated in soy sauce, rice vinegar, honey, ginger, and chile, then quickly stir-fried with green onions, chile, ginger, and garlic.
This Slow Cooker Cuban Braised Beef and Peppers Recipe recipe contains flank steak, long-grain white rice, avocado, can diced tomatoes, red bell peppers and more.
Melissa Rubel cleverly uses chicken sausage here: removing the casings, shaping the meat into balls, browning them and simmering them in chicken broth . If you have leftover cooked rice on hand, feel free to substitute it for the orzo. Click here to visit the new home of KitchenDaily!
Quinoa is the perfect vehicle for summer vegetables: it's more substantial than couscous or rice and it kind of binds ingredients together. This simple version involves minimal cooking: just toss hot quinoa with black beans, chunks of ripe heirloom tomatoes, and crunchy scallions, and cover with a refreshing lemon dressing.
