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.
A few updates: I've updated the following posts with new pictures and recipe notes...my go-to french bread roll recipe, this delicious broccoli and cheesy rice casserole and my favoritest (yes, favoritest) sloppy joes. A final last treat to tempt your
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!
Mac & Cheese is a standard favorite, but we have mixed it up with this Penne Pasta with Sun-dried Tomato Cream Sauce recipe. We've made traditional cheese sauce with Carnation Evaporated Lowfat 2% Milk and changed-up the cheese and pasta while adding sun-dried tomatoes for a luscious Mac & Cheese inspired dish.
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.
This Frank's Red Hot Buffalo Chicken Dip recipe contains swanson chicken breast, cream cheese, crumbled blue cheese, blue cheese, cayenne pepper sauce.
This Chicken Thighs Braised in Garlic and White Wine recipe contains chicken thighs, long-grain white rice, all-purpose flour, olive oil, dry white wine and more.
Meaning mincemeat in Spanish, picadillo is traditionally made with beef or pork, but it's just as tasty with turkey. Served "Cuban style" over rice and beans or topped with taco fixings like lettuce, tomatoes and onions, it's an excellent use for leftover turkey that the whole family will love. For a spicier dish, add 1 teaspoon chipotle adobo sauce along with the tomatoes.
