Chicken Paprika with Dumplings can be served, to excellent effect on a bed of rice or noodles. Preperation takes 30 minutes, serves 4.
Implements
Large, deep frying pan with lid
2 metal or glass bowls
stainless steel chopsticks
stainless steel strainer
Ingredients
For Chicken and Sauce
1 onion
4 tbsp butter or margarine
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, 1″ cubed
1 tbsp paprika
1 tbsp salt
0.75 [...]
1 can (28oz/796mL) tomatoes
1 can (5.5oz/156mL) tomato paste
0.5 cups packed chopped fresh basil1
4 cloves garlic
1 onion, chopped
1 tbsp chopped fresh oregano2
1 lb of large shrimp, peeled and deveined
20 oz linguine34
0.25 cups freshly grated low fat parmesan cheese
Sauce
In a saucepan, mash tomatoes with juice.
Add tomato paste, half of the fresh basil, garlic, onion, and oregano.
Bring to [...]
I thought that a simple rice cooker was good for a handful of things. For example, cooking rice and keeping it warm. Or steaming vegitables. Recently, however, I realized that this device is really a really hot pot, and can be utilized for preparing many other foodstuffs, such as soup or eggs. This can be [...]
Combine in a rice cooker:
2 cups of uncooked pasta
Warm water to cover
Optionally replace some water with mushroom or onion soup
Optionally add a chopped green pepper, onion, mushroom, garlic
1 cup of pasta sauce
Turn rice cooker to Cook for about 15 minutes, stiring once. Turn to Warm until ready to serve.
A rice cooker can be used for quite a bit more than just preparing rice and steaming vegitables. For example, making a nice fluffy serving or two of scrambled eggs.
Rice cooker
A little oil (optional)
2-4 unshelled, uncooked eggs
Water
Plastic or wooden flipper
Plug in rice cooker and set to Cook. Leave uncovered.
If not a non-stick pot, oil the [...]