This week Quick Fix goes Italian, with some fast and easy recipes Mama would be proud of. First up, Spaghetti and Meatballs, featuring a fabulous sauce you can make in no time. Some of that sauce reappears in a light and tasty Halibut Puttanesca. Later in the week, Parmesan cheese tops a chicken dish that’s molto bene! And for dessert? Quick Fix Tiramisu. Ciao!
Slow down and make three delicious dinners at the flick of switch with the help of a slow cooker. A little prep work in the morning really pays off at the end of a long day, when you come back to a home cooked meal. This week you can look forward to Chicken Gumbo, Parmesan Sage Pork Loin and a Pasta Dish that's loaded with flavor, thanks to some of those leftover ingredients.
For a comfy night in with her husband and friends, Janet whips up some scrumptious food with the help of her favorite spices. For an appetizer, she cooks crunchy Tri-Chips with Creamy Parmesan Mustard Dip with beets, sweet potatoes and yucca root. Her Chicken Fajita Pizza made with sauce featuring paprika and chili powder sings with flavor. Janet’s Paris Cheese Popcorn offers a unique take on a classic, and she completes the meal with out-of-this-world Mexican Brownies.
Whether you catch and release or just spend a lazy Sunday on a lake, our picnic is the perfect thing to take on a boat
or a hike in the great outdoors. With recipes for Pappa Al Pomodoro ; Corn on the Cobb Salad WRAPS ; Aqua
Fresca di Fruitta (drink).
Gameplan
Day Before the Party:
Peel and slice onions for Blue Cheese Dressing.
Season and grill onions. Chop.
Blend mayonnaise, sour cream, Tabasco, Worcestershire, blue cheese, salt and pepper, olive oil for dressing. Finish with chopped grilled onions.
Pack dressing for picnic.
Chop, puree and strain watermelon for Aqua Fresca di Fruitta. Season with sugar, salt, lime juice, water. Pour into individual drink containers. Reserve in refrigerator.
Day of the Party (1 ½ hours before the picnic):
Boil eggs for Corn on the Cobb Salad.
Season and grill chicken breast for Cobb Salad.
Cool, peel and chop hard boiled eggs.
Cut grilled chicken into bite size pieces.
Chop onions and slice garlic for Pappa al Pomodoro. Sauté garlic and onions and add chopped tomatoes, bread, water, basil and olive oil. Simmer soup.
Day of the Party (1 hour before the picnic):
Sauté the prosciutto for the Corn on the Cobb Salad.
Slice fresh corn from cob.
Chop tomatoes, avocados, romaine lettuce, iceberg lettuce.
Pack corn, watercress, grilled chicken, hard boiled eggs, romaine lettuce, iceberg lettuce, prosciutto, avocados, tomatoes into a picnic container.
Pack a small container of salt and pepper.
Pack Pappa al Pomodoro soup into individual containers. Top with grated Parmesan.
Pack some extra grated Parmesan.
Pack sandwich wraps, Cobb Salad ingredients, Aqua Fresca di Fruitta, and soup.
Eat and Enjoy!
Our favorite comfort foods the low carb way—it can be done! Chef George Stella creates several sinfully satisfying low carb dishes: "beefed-up" meat loaf with a layer of prosciutto and provolone, onion rings, Southern fried chicken, "mock" garlic mashed potatoes, and a quick chocolate almond ice cream. Go ahead, indulge without the guilt!
Top 5 Tips
1. You can eat onions on a low carb diet. Avoid them the first few weeks, but in moderation, they're fine.
2. Use a mixture of parmesan cheese and eggs in place of breadcrumbs. They'll bind just as well as their carb-laden counterpart.
3. Soybeans are already toasted and have a tendency to burn when you deep-fry them. This is why we finish the chicken in the oven, rather than in the oil.
4. Cauliflower is low in carbs and absorbs the flavor of any ingredient you put with it.
5. Use a plastic baggie for the dessert if you don't own a pastry bag. Fill baggie with your mock ice cream, snip off a corner, and pour mixture into tall glasses.