Quick Salsa

This takes five minutes and doesn't take alot of mincing.

1 large can of whole tomaotes

1 small can of diced tomatoes with chiles

1 bunch of cilantro

3-4 cloves of garlic

1 medium onion

1 jalapeno

1 teaspoon of cummin

1 teaspoon of chilli powder

1 teaspoon of salt

pepper to taste

3ish limes

Blend whole tomatoes, garlic and seasoning.  Don't blend smooth you can always blend more later.  I use an immersion blender but a normal one works well too.

 Seed and dice up pepper and dice up onion.  Roughly chop cilantro and mix into tomatoes.

Stir in diced tomatoes.  Add lime juice and add desired salt and pepper to taste. You might want to blend a little more too depending on how chunky you like it.

Four Cheese Pasta

This is not a light dish but it is nice to splurge every now and then.

These don't have be precise measurements

Mushrooms (if you like them)

thin spaghetti

2 tablespoons of butter

2 cloves of garlic

1 cup of cream

1/2 cup of Parmesan 

1/2 cup Romano

1/2 cup of cheddar

1/2 cup of goat cheese

salt to taste

a sprinkling of parsley

Roughly chop the mushrooms and saute with butter and salt until brown then mince in garlic and cook for another 30 seconds.

While the pasta is cooking add cream and butter to pan with mushrooms.  When cream is warm and pasta is done turn off the heat.  Add all the cheese in and stir slowly to melt cheese.  

Add hot drained pasta to sauce and slowly stir.  Adjust salt level to taste.  Sprinkle with parsley.  It also goes well with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice.

Cinnamon Twists

These are a nice finger food version of cinnamon rolls

One recipe of your favorite pizza dough (I added a couple tablespoons of sugar to mine) Be sure you let it rise.
1ish cup of sugar
2ish tablespoons of cinnamon (I like a lot)
1ish stick of butter

Mix together cinnamon and sugar

Roll out the dough into large rectangle about 1/4 ish thick. Cut stripes about 1 inch thick.  Twist two together.

Dip in melted butter and cinnamon sugar and then let rise for 30 min on top of a warm oven. Pre heat the oven to 350.

Bake for about 12-15 min.  Once the have baked and not cooled a little drizzle with a powdered sugar glaze.  I like to add a little almond extract to mine.

Dessert Paninnis

These are very simple and easy with a lot of variations that you could do.

Here is what I used but you could do banna, peach, peanut butter, etc.  Use whatever you like.  I cooked mine on a griddle because I don't have a pinni press or George Forman.
Marshmallows
Strawberries
Nutella
Nice Break I like Sourdough

Slice up the strawberries and bread.

Cut marshmallows in half and put some nutella on the other side of the bread and top with strawberries.

Cook on a hot griddle with a little butter and flip when they are golden on one side.

Drizzle with chocolate sauce

Siracha Honey chicken bites with fried rice.

Let's start with rice because it takes longer and then we will do the chicken.

2 tablespoons of soy sauce
1/4 teaspoons of red pepper flakes
1 bell pepper
1 carrot
3-4 gloves of garlic
1 egg
fresh ginger
1 onion
2 tablespoons of rice vinegar
salt to taste
2ish cups of cooked rice (not in picture)

Zest up the garlic and zest in about a tablespoon of ginger.  Dice up onion and bell peppers.  Cook in a skillet with butter or olive oil.  Then add in thinly sliced carrot.  I used my mandolin. Cook until tender.

Crack in egg and scramble into mixture.

Add rice, salt, pepper, soy, and vinegar. and heat for a couple min.

Now on to the sauce:

 1/2 cup of honey
1/2 cup of siracha
1/4 cup on fresh lime juice

Whisk together and set aside.

Chicken:
desired amount of chicken breasts or tenders.  I like them because they are smalled and easier to manage
flour and bread crumbs

 Cut up chicken into bite size pieces.  Toss with a mixture of flour and bread crumbs.  Cook in a skillet until golden and then pour on the sauce.

Add extra sauce to rice if desired

Tomato Soup

1 containter of chicken stock
1 large can of tomato sauce
1 small can of petite diced tomatoes
1 carrot
1 onion
4-5 cloves of garlic
2 cup of cream
2 tablespoons of salt
2 tablespoons of Italian seasoning
1/4 teaspoon of red pepper flakes
(corn starch if needed to thicken
fresh basil
mozzarella

 Dice up onion, shred carrot, and mince garlic.  Cook for a 3-4 min in a medium sauce pan until tender and translucent.

Add diced tomatoes and seasonings.  Cook until most of the liquid has cooked off.

Add tomato sauce, chicken broth, and cream and bring to a simmer.

Transfer to a crock pot and simmer for several hours or leave in sauce pan and simmer very low for a couple hours.

Whisk in corn starch at the end if needed to thicken.  Top with fresh basil and mozzarella.  Serve with cheesy bread

Pizza Stuffed Mushrooms

These took on longer than 10 minutes to prepared and then you can pop them in the oven to bake.  I made mine the day a head and then I baked.

White button mushrooms
Black olives
Pepperoni
Cream Cheese
Mozzerella
2-3 Cloves of garlic
1/2 cup of tomato sauce
1 tablespoon of Italian seasoning

Cream together 3/4 cup of mozzerella, 1 8 oz package of cream cheese, Italian seasoning, and garlic until fluffy

Finely dice up pepperoni, and olives and fold into cream cheese mixture (You can use any pizza toppings you want to)

Add in about 1/2 cup of tomato sauce and mix together

Pull stems out of the mushrooms.  They come right out and spoon some of the cream cheese mixture into the hole.

Bake at 375 for about 20-30 min until the mushrooms are tender.  It will vary depending on the size of the mushrooms.  They will through off some liquid which is fine.