Quick Meals Planner: Even Janet's Kids Liked It
Spinach Salad | Chicken in Filo (Phyllo) | Chocolate Truffle Cakes
Spinach Salad
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Salad |
| Meal: | Even Janet's Kids Liked It (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 1 | lb | spinach, fresh baby |
| 3 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 0.5 | medium | lemon, juice of |
| 1 | tsp | garlic powder |
| 3 | oz | cheese, feta, crumbled |
| 2 | Tb | cheese, Romano, grated |
| 0.25 | cup | cranberries, dried |
| 0.25 | cup | pecans, halved |
| 0.25 | cup | mushrooms, sliced |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Lightly toast pecans. Place all ingredients in a large bowl and toss.
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Chicken in Filo (Phyllo)
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Medium |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Chicken Entrée |
| Meal: | Even Janet's Kids Liked It (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 2 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 1 | Tb | butter, salted |
| 2 | medium | celery ribs |
| 4 | medium | carrots, fresh, whole |
| 2 | Tb | onions, sliced |
| 4 | Tb | pecans, halved |
| 2 | tsp | ginger, fresh, minced |
| 0.33 | cup | snap peas |
| 2 | Tb | vinegar, white |
| 1 | Tb | lemon zest, finely chopped |
| 0.5 | medium | lemon, juice of |
| 2 | Tb | oil, sesame |
| 4 | Tb | wine, dry white |
| 4 | medium | chicken breasts, boneless, skinless |
| 8 | sheets | filo |
| 2 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Chop carrots and celery into bite size pieces. Place olive oil and butter in hot pan; add carrots, celery, peas, onions, ginger, vinegar, zest, and sesame oil and lemon juice. Sauté until just tender. Add white wine, pecans and chicken, sauté 2 minutes per side. Salt and pepper to taste. Place 1 sheet filo on work area, paint with olive oil, add second sheet, and paint again. Add chicken and vegetable mixture with a little of the juices, fold over to make a bundle. Repeat with remaining breasts. Place on parchment paper, folded side down, on cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes.
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Chocolate Truffle Cakes
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Medium |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Dessert |
| Meal: | Even Janet's Kids Liked It (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 6 | Tb | butter, unsalted |
| 2 | Tb | flour, all-purpose |
| 14 | oz | chocolate, semi-sweet bits |
| 2 | Tb | sugar, granulated |
| 2 | large | egg |
| 0.25 | tsp | salt, table |
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Generously butter a standard 6-cup muffin tin. Dust with flour, tapping out excess and set aside. Put chocolate, butter, and 1 tablespoon sugar in a medium heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water; whisk occasionally until smooth. Remove from heat, and let stand until cool and thickened, 3 to 5 minutes. Process eggs and remaining tablespoon sugar in a food processor until pale and doubled in volume, about 2 minutes. Sift flour and salt into egg mixture. Pulse each addition until combined, about 10 times. (Batter will be thick). Spoon mixture into the prepared muffin tins, filling cups three-quarters full; swirl tops with back of spoon. Bake until tops are springy to the touch, 18 to 20 minutes. Immediately turn our onto wire racks; reinvert, and let cool.
Hint: Bake while lunching, then serve warm with vanilla ice cream and berries. Shown here with strawberry sorbet
