A Meal Planning Concept


Celebration Meal Plans: Laurie's B'day Dinner

Chopped Salad | Chicken Cacciatore | Dad's Mashed Potatoes | Laurie's Cake

Chopped Salad

Recipe Summary
Complexity:Easy
Serves:6
Category:Vegetarian Entrée
Meal:Laurie's B'day Dinner (Celebration Meal Plans)
6ozlettuce, mixed
0.5cuptomatoes, cherry
1smallcucumbers, sliced
1Tbonions, chopped
2ozcheese, Romano
0.25cupmushrooms, sliced
1smallcelery ribs
3Tbcheese, Romano, grated
0.125cupolives, green
3Tboil, olive
0.5tsporegano, dried
3Tbvinegar, red wine
1tspgarlic powder
1pinchsalt and pepper to taste
 

Chop all ingredients into bite size pieces; including romano cheese. Place in a large bowl. Add olive oil, vinegar, garlic powder and oregano and mix. Add grated romano and mix again. Serve

Chicken Cacciatore

Recipe Summary
Complexity:Easy
Serves:4
Category:Chicken Entrée
Meal:Laurie's B'day Dinner (Celebration Meal Plans)
2Tboil, olive
4lbchicken, whole, cut up
3mediumonion, yellow ,quartered
1lbmushrooms, quartered
8clovesgarlic, chopped
0.25tsporegano, dried
1tspcelery seeds
2mediumbay leaves, whole dried
1cupwine, dry white
115 oz canchicken broth
0.5tspsalt and pepper to taste
 

Brown chicken in oil, add onions, mushrooms and garlic sauté for 3 minutes. Add remaining ingredients, simmer for 30 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste.

Note: If you prefer red sauce, add 1 LB diced tomatoes, 2 TB tomato paste and substitute red wine for the white wine.

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Dad's Mashed Potatoes

Recipe Summary
Complexity:Easy
Serves:6
Category:Starch / Pasta
Meal:Laurie's B'day Dinner (Celebration Meal Plans)
7largepotatoes
2Tbsalt, kosher
1cupsour cream
4Tbbutter, salted
1pinchsalt and pepper to taste
 

Peel potatoes, cook in large pot with salted water to cover until fork tender. Remove, drain and place in large bowl. Cut butter into small pieces. Add butter and sour cream to bowl. Using an electric mixture, mix until all lumps and gone. Salt and pepper to taste.


Note: Never use a food processor for potatoes, as they will turn to glue in the processor

Laurie's Cake

Recipe Summary
Complexity:Easy
Serves:8
Category:Dessert
Meal:Laurie's B'day Dinner (Celebration Meal Plans)
1cupcranberries, dried
0.5cupflour, all-purpose
0.5cupcornmeal, course ground
1tspbaking powder
1tspsalt, kosher
1tsporange zest
0.75cupbutter, salted
1.25cupsugar, granulated
0.5tspvanilla
4largeegg, yolks
2largeegg
1tspsugar, powdered
1mediumorange, juice of
 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees with the rack in the
center of the oven. Place cranberries in a small
bowl and toss with 1 Tb of the flour; place aside.
Mix the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, salt and
the orange zest together. In the bowl of the mixer
cream the sugar and butter until light and fluffy;
add the egg yolks and eggs one at a time. And
beat for 3 minutes. Add the vanilla and the flour
mixture slowly on low until just mixed. Add the
orange juice and mix for 30 seconds. Fold in the
cranberries and pour into a greased 8” cake pan.
Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, in the middle of the
oven until brown and the cake is set in the middle
when moved. ( a toothpick will come out clean
when inserted).
Cool the cake on a rack; dust with powder sugar;
serve at room temperature.