Quick Meals Planner: Dinner in 30 minutes
Spinach and More | Grilled Pork Chops | Spaghetti Squash | Al's Chocolate Chip Cookies
Spinach and More
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Vegetables |
| Meal: | Dinner in 30 minutes (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 0.25 | cup | pecans, halved |
| 2 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 0.5 | cup | onions, pearl frozen |
| 3 | cloves | garlic, chopped |
| 2 | lb | spinach, fresh baby |
| 0.25 | cup | raisins |
| 1 | Tb | salt and pepper to taste |
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Lightly toast pecans. Wash spinach thoroughly. Heat oil in pan, add onion and garlic, cook for 3 minutes on medium heat, Add spinach and cook until wilted. Add raisins and pecans. Plate.
Grilled Pork Chops
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | The Other Meat Entrée |
| Meal: | Dinner in 30 minutes (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 1 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 4 | large | pork chops, center cut |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
| 1 | Tb | lemon, juice of |
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Put oil on a paper towel and wipe grill. Salt and pepper the chops. Grill 3-5 minutes on one side, rotating 90 degrees to make grill marks. Cook 2 - 4 minutes on the other side. Drizzle the lemon juice on top of chops prior to serving.
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Spaghetti Squash
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Vegetables |
| Meal: | Dinner in 30 minutes (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 1 | large | spaghetti squash |
| 3 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Microwave the whole squash on high for 3-4 minutes. Remove squash; cut in half and remove seeds with a large spoon. Brush olive oil on squash; salt and pepper to taste and place in a preheated 350-degree oven. Cook for 20-25 minutes until tender. Remove squash; run a fork, tines down, along the length of the squash. The flesh will come out looking like spaghetti. Place in bowl, season with remaining oil, salt and pepper.
Al's Chocolate Chip Cookies
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 8 |
| Category: | Dessert |
| Meal: | Dinner in 30 minutes (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 0.5 | cup | walnuts, chopped |
| 8 | Tb | butter, salted |
| 0.5 | cup | sugar, granulated |
| 0.5 | cup | sugar, brown |
| 1 | large | egg |
| 0.5 | tsp | vanilla |
| 1 | cup | flour, all-purpose |
| 0.5 | tsp | baking soda |
| 0.5 | cup | chocolate, semi-sweet bits |
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Toast walnuts slightly . Cream butter and sugar, beat in egg and vanilla. Sift flour and baking soda together, add to batter. Stir in walnuts and chocolate chips.
Place 2 ounces of batter at a time on cookie sheet covered with parchment paper. Bake for 8 minutes or until lightly brown.
Full recipe makes 16 cookies.
Hint: Use a 1 oz ice cream dipper to keep cookies uniform in size.
