Oh fried rice, how I love you. Seriously, fried rice is such an awesome comfort food. It also is a fast, cheap and easy way to repurpose leftovers! But you can’t have good fried rice without a good sauce. This is a sauce Amelia developed years ago. It’s crazy good! I use the sauce to … Continue reading
This is more of a technique than a recipe. It makes your enchiladas perfectly saucy. My family ate every last one of these enchiladas at dinner. Awesomely Saucy Cheese Enchiladas Warm enchilada sauce on the stove top over very low heat. If the sauce is too hot, your tortillas will fall apart. Put corn … Continue reading
This pot roast recipe is super easy to make and, as the title implies, crazy good. No fussing over the stove or oven bags or braising. Best of all it utilizes trip tip, which is a good, lean meat. This can be cooked in a much smaller quantity of course, but I was feeding a … Continue reading
“Bacon wrapped chicken breast. Two ingredients. So delicious.” This quote is from our sister and favorite guest blogger, Theresa. We love that she loves to share her recipes with us! We hope you enjoy this one! Cross 6 slices of center cut, thin sliced bacon into a basket-like weave. Place a boneless, skinless, thin sliced … Continue reading
We love guest bloggers here at CPM. We also love salads, and our sister is the queen of salads! Enjoy this guilt free recipe from Theresa’s kitchen. GUILT-FREE SPINACH SALAD Makes 2 dinner portions 4 c spinach leaves 8 oz chopped baby Bella mushrooms 1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and chopped 2 peeled hard-boiled eggs 1-2 … Continue reading
I managed to get crabs last week. No really, I got crabs. And they were only $5 a pound! That’s like the same price as ground beef! So, with prices like this, crab is on the menu. Typically when we have crab, I heat it up, break off the legs and claws and serve them … Continue reading
Refried beans are a definite food staple in our house. And making your own are way better than canned since you can adjust ingredients and techniques to your own taste. Maybe you like your beans hotter, thicker, thinner, chunkier, more garlicy or more bland. Go for it! Best of all, these scratch-made beans are easy to make … Continue reading
Have you ever had goat? I have to admit-I’m a latecomer to the flavor of goat. What have I been missing all my life!?! What a treat! The flavor is incredible and the texture is very similar to that of beef. And, since it’s Fast Food Friday, a bonus-goat rib chops cook up in just … Continue reading
![Shrimp Scampi Bruschetta Pizza – Happy Pi[e] Day!](https://cookplantmeditate.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/img_0661.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "Shrimp Scampi Bruschetta Pizza – Happy Pi[e] Day!")
Happy Pi day! Okay, so maybe this isn’t the kind of “pi” people are expecting but here at CPM, we LOVE our pies/pis. And, I could seriously eat 3.14 of these a week. This pizza sports some of my absolute favorite flavors, combined in one of my favorite dishes – Pi. And this Pi hits … Continue reading
Just when you thought we were done posting waffles – we’re coming back with a waffle vengeance. Someone got a terrible idea to spend the Super Bowl pressing fabulous things in our new waffle iron. Be sure to check out CPM live during the Super Bowl from kick off to “I’m going to Disneyland” to see … Continue reading
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