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MARCH 2020 RECIPE GAME

momtochloe — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 15:58:50 GMT

Well may I be the first to wish a Top 'O the Month of March to one and all! Wow, can spring be far behind? Let us share our ideas for not only the upcoming St. Patrick Day festivities but also maybe lighter recipes in anticipation for warmer temperatures (hey, a girl can dream can't she?) . . .

HOW TO PLAY.......
The first player of the month starts the game by posting their choice of recipe. At the end of the text, she or he types, "the next ingredient: xxx."
(The x's represent that person's choice of any ingredient that can be included in a recipe).
Throughout the game, the next poster in line must use the ingredient that the person ahead chose. If you can, highlight the ingredient and/or put it in capital letters anywhere that it is used throughout the recipe. That does make it easier for everyone to see how the game works.
Because of time or system delays, some duplicate posts occur to the same ingredient. The next poster generally responds to the first post for the next ingredient. Good recipes and lots of fun!!
Normally, we start out with a recipe so I will post the last one shared on the last thread and we can take it from there. Thanks to @GenXmuse (thank you and gosh that looks good!) who gave us our next ingredient:

Hawaiian Hash

I like the combination of ginger, pineapple and macadamia nuts. This dish brings back memories of an island vacation.—Roxanne Chan, Albany, California

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 20 min. Cook: 15 min. YIELD: 6 servings.

Ingredients

2 teaspoons canola oil
1 teaspoon sesame oil
4 cups cubed peeled sweet potatoes (about 1 pound)
1 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped sweet red pepper
1 teaspoon minced fresh gingerroot
1/4 cup water
1 cup cubed fully cooked ham
1 cup cubed fresh pineapple or unsweetened pineapple tidbits, drained
1/4 cup salsa verde
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon black sesame seeds
Chopped fresh cilantro
Chopped macadamia nuts, optional

Directions

1. In a large cast-iron or other heavy skillet, heat oils over medium-high heat. Add sweet potatoes, onion, pepper and gingerroot; cook and stir 5 minutes. Add water. Reduce heat to low; cook, covered, until potatoes are tender, 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
2. Stir in next 5 ingredients; cook and stir over medium-high heat until heated through, about 2 minutes. Top servings with cilantro and, if desired, chopped macadamia nuts

Next Ingredient: BLACK BEANS

Re: MARCH 2020 RECIPE GAME

KingstonsMom — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 16:03:45 GMT

@momtochloe

It's not March until tomorrow, this is a leap year, it's April 29th!

Re: MARCH 2020 RECIPE GAME

momtochloe — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 16:16:27 GMT

Oh I know @KingstonsMom but I open the next month's thread as time allows. Folks can keep posting on the February thread through today and don't have to wait for me if I get hung up tomorrow for some reason.

Re: MARCH 2020 RECIPE GAME

BlueFinch — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 16:19:54 GMT

@KingstonsMom It better not be April yet. I haven't done a thing to prepare for spring .

Re: MARCH 2020 RECIPE GAME

KingstonsMom — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 16:19:51 GMT

@momtochloe

I gotcha'!

DD had to remind me this morning when I mentioned today being March 1st, LOL!

Now that I'm retired, I can hardly keep up with what day of the week it is, much less what month it is!

Re: MARCH 2020 RECIPE GAME

momtochloe — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 16:26:43 GMT

Hee I hear ya @KingstonsMom ! I was going grocery shopping earlier today when the radio station reminded me it's Leap Day!

@BlueFinch and no thank goodness it is not April and if Spring preparations include anything outdoors I would highly recommend not getting between me and the door as I am running away as fast as I can!

Re: MARCH 2020 RECIPE GAME

BlueFinch — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 16:36:14 GMT

@momtochloe @KingstonsMom We're going into the third month of this NY and I keep forgetting it's 2020. How did that happen so fast? Years, months, dates and times become irrelevant when no longer working.

To make this post, thread relevant, I look forward to viewing the March 2020 recipe game .

Re: MARCH 2020 RECIPE GAME

aroc3435 — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 17:36:51 GMT

@momtochloe Thank you for your dedication for initiating the monthly recipe game. Love all the ideas and inspiration we share here in this spot.

As a gentle suggestion to folks who are commenting on a recipe, which is wonderful, please remember to relist the "next ingredient" request from the last recipe provider, so we don't have to scroll back. I know I've been guilty of forgetting to do this, too.

Cuban BLACK BEANS and Rice

My own recipe tweaked from several sources including work friends over three decades

1 pound dried black beans soaked overnight or 4 15 oz. cans drained and rinsed

3 cloves garlic

4 bay leaves--reserve 2

2 Tbsp olive oil

1 medium onion, diced

1 red or green pepper, seeded and diced

Another 2 cloves of garlic, minced

1 Tbsp Kosher salt

1 Tbsp cumin

1 Tbsp dried oregano

1 tsp ground black pepper

1 tsp ground white pepper

1/2 tsp cayenne pepper

2 cups uncooked long grain rice

4 cups chicken broth

Drain soaked beans, then cover with fresh water (inch or two above level of beans) and cook with 2 bay leaves and the 3 whole cloves of garlic by bringing the pot to a boil and then simmer for 90 minutes up to two hours. Do not add any salt.

Heat the olive oil in a large vessel and saute the onions, pepper, and minced garlic. Remove these and set aside. Add the rice and saute to slightly brown. Add the sauteed vegetables, beans, the seasonings listed, and the chicken broth. Bring to a boil, cover tightly and simmer on low heat until the liquid is fully absorbed--about 20 to 25 minutes.

Garnish servings with lime wedges and cilantro.

Notes: Excellent as a side dish for Cuban roast pork loin or Cuban Mojo chicken, cooked chorico, or cooked shrimp.

If you have the time using the overnight soaked beans provides the best result for this dish. aroc3435

Next Ingredient: POSTER'S FAVORITE SEAFOOD OR SHELLFISH

Re: MARCH 2020 RECIPE GAME

Coquille — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:55:49 GMT

@momtochloe 😘

Sorry Guys

NEXT INGREDIENT: POSTER'S FAVORITE SEAFOOD OR SHELLFISH

Re: MARCH 2020 RECIPE GAME

walker — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 16:34:44 GMT

CRAB-Stuffed Flounder

6 tablespoons butter, divided

1 celery stalk, finely chopped

1 small onion, finely chopped

1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley

1 can CRABmeat, drained and flaked

1/2 cup plain bread crumbs

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1/8 teaspoon pepper

6 flounder fillets

1/4 teaspoon paprika

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Coat a 9x13" baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.

In a large skillet, melt 4 tablespoons butter over medium-high heat. Add the celery, onion and parsley, and saute for 5-6 minutes, or until celery and onion are tender.

Remove from the heat and stir in CRABmeat, bread crumbs, lemon juice, and pepper. Spoon evenly over the fillets then, starting from small end, roll up each fillet jelly-roll style, and place the flounder rolls seam-side down in the baking dish.

Melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter and drizzle over the fillets; sprinkle tops with paprika. Bake 20-25 minutes or until fish flakes easily with fork.

NEXT INGREDIENT ..... BREAD

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vabreeze — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:54:47 GMT

Someone commented in a vlog I follow that he had eaten a sardine-avocado sandwich which intrigued me after he said it was good. I found two recipes for this sandwich and made mine primarily using the recipe of Alton Brown. It really is a tasty sandwich!!!

Sardine-Avocado (aka Sardicado) Sandwich

Ingredients

1 tin sardines (I used Trader Joe’s water-packed Wild Caught Sardines)

1 TBS finely chopped parsley

1 TBS vinegar (I used sherry vinegar)

Zest from one lemon, and the leftover (naked) lemon cut into 4 wedges (I just used the juice)

Freshly ground black pepper

2 slices good bread (I used Aldi Ciabatta Sandwich Roll)

Avocado or olive oil

1 ripe avocado

Sea salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste

Capers

In a small bowl, mix vinegar, a bit of avocado or olive oil, some parsley flakes, onion powder, garlic powder, capers, salt, fresh ground black pepper, and a splash of lemon juice. Add sardines to absorb the flavors for a few minutes.

Slice open a ciabatta roll and spread each side with avocado oil; lightly toast.

Spread half of a mashed avocado (if using a really small avocado, you may want to use both halves) over one side of the roll.

Place the seasoned sardines over the avocado.

Add thin slices of red onion, optional

Place drained sardines across one side of roll and cover with the other side, Enjoy!

Next Ingredient- Corn meal

Re: MARCH 2020 RECIPE GAME

Zhills — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 15:56:57 GMT

Fried Green Tomatoes

Ingredients

Flour, for dipping
Cornmeal, for dipping
Green tomatoes, sliced
2 eggs
Pinch paprika
Pinch black pepper
Pinch seasoning salt
2 tablespoons vegetable, for cooking

Instructions

In a bowl, add flour.
In a separate bowl, add yellow cornmeal
Slice the green tomatoes.
In a separate bowl, add eggs, paprika, black pepper, and seasoning salt. Mix.
Add vegetable oil to a skillet. Set heat to medium.
Take the first green tomato slice and pat each side in the flour.
Then dip the tomato slice into the egg mixture.
Then dip the tomato slice into the cornmeal.
Place the tomato slice into the preheated skillet.
Continue the patting/dipping process for all tomato slices: flour, then egg mixture, then cornmeal.
When the tomato slices are golden brown, flip to the other side.
When brown on both sides, remove them from the skillet and onto a plate with an absorbent paper towel.

Next ingredient: Curry

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GenXmuse — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 23:37:37 GMT

Pumpkin Chicken Curry

Pumpkin Chicken Curry is juicy, tender chicken breasts cut into bite-size pieces and simmered in a flavorful and creamy canned pumpkin sauce. This easy and quick recipe is bursting with flavor and perfect for cozy autumn meal.

Course Main Course

Cuisine British

Keyword 30 minutes, chicken, one pan, quick, sauce

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings

Calories 258kcal

Author Iryna

Ingredients

2 chicken breasts cut into bite-size pieces
1/2 can pumpkin puree
2 tbsp tomato sauce
3 tbsp olive oil
5 cloves garlic minced
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp curry powder
2 tbsp heavy cream
1 c chicken broth
1/2 medium onion finely minced
1/2 tsp salt

Instructions

Sear chicken

Heat 2 tbsp of olive oil in a large skillet heat and on a medium heat. Add chicken, cut into bite-size pieces and cook for 3-4 minutes on each size. Transfer to a plate.

Saute onion and garlic

Wipe the skillet with a paper towel, return to a heat and add 1 more tablespoon of olive oil. Add onion and saute for 5 minutes or until translucent. Stir in garlic and cook for one more minute.

Make pumpkin sauce

Stir in pumpkin puree, tomato sauce, heavy cream, chicken broth, Curry powder, Cayenne pepper and 1/2 tsp salt. Bring the sauce to a low simmer.* (See Note 1)

Add chicken to a sauce

Add chicken to a pumpkin sauce and simmer for 10 minutes.
Serve immediately over rice or pasta.

Notes

Note 1

If you want, you can make the sauce more smooth by pureeing it. Using the immersion or stand blender, puree the sauce. After that you can add chicken to a sauce.

Nutrition

Next Ingredient: BROCCOLI

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Coquille — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 22:28:06 GMT

BROCCOLI and Rice Casserole

1 cup rice, 2 cups water, 1 pkg low sodium onion soup,, 1/2 stick butter, 1 pkg frozen BROCCOLI or fresh BROCCOLI,, lemon juice.

Mix all ingredients together and place in a casserole dish. Bake 375 for 1/2 hour. Take out and mix well, then place back in oven for another 1/2 hour covered.

This is a very, very old recipe. I have put raisins and or nuts in this recipe at times. I have also added mushrooms.

NEXT INGREDIENT: CARROTS

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momtochloe — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 22:39:55 GMT

I love most veggies (ok, except green beans but I digress) and I can't say broccoli is on the top of my list but this is very good, a bit different and easy:

SMASHED BROCCOLI

Ingredients:

1 large head broccoli, cut into florets

Kosher salt

Extra-virgin olive oil, for frying

2 garlic cloves, smashed

Lemon wedges, for serving

1 c. grated Parmesan

Crushed red pepper, for serving

Flaky sea salt, for serving

Directions:

Prepare a large ice bath. In a large pot of boiling salted water, blanch broccoli until bright green and just tender, about 2 minutes. Drain broccoli then immediately transfer to ice bath. Drain broccoli again and pat dry with paper towels.
On a large cutting board or clean working surface, use the back of a mason jar (or small glass), to smash broccoli. (Don’t press down so hard that the florets completely fall apart.)
In a large skillet over medium heat, pour in just enough olive oil to coat the bottom of the skillet and heat until olive oil is shimmering. Add broccoli and garlic in an even layer and cook, without moving, until the bottom of the broccoli is crispy and golden, about 3 minutes. Flip and cook until crispy on other side, another 2 minutes.
Remove broccoli and garlic from skillet and transfer broccoli to a paper towel-lined plate to drain. (Discard garlic — it’s already done its job flavoring the olive oil!) Work in batches to cook remaining broccoli.
Immediately squeeze lemon juice over broccoli and sprinkle with Parmesan, flaky sea salt, and red pepper flakes.

https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a19501930/smashed-broccoli-recipe/

Next Ingredient: Hee, it looks like our friend @Coquille got there first so Carrots it is!

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walker — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 15:39:34 GMT

Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup

2 tablespoons olive oil, divided

1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut in cubes

salt and pepper

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 med/small onion, diced

3 CARROTS, peeled and diced

2 stalks celery, diced

1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

5 cups chicken stock

1 cup water

2 bay leaves

3/4 cup uncooked orzo pasta

1 sprig rosemary

Juice of 1 lemon

2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves

Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Season cubed chicken thighs with salt and pepper, to taste. Add chicken to pot and cook until golden, about 2-3 minutes; set chicken aside.

Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil to the pot. Stir in garlic, onion, CARROTS and celery. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 3-4 minutes. Stir in thyme until fragrant, about 1 minute.

Whisk in chicken stock, bay leaves and 1 cup water; bring to a boil. Stir in orzo, rosemary and chicken; reduce heat and simmer until orzo is tender, about 10-12 minutes. Stir in lemon juice and parsley; season with salt and pepper, to taste.

Remove bay leaves and sprig of rosemary before serving.

NEXT INGREDIENT .... OLIVES

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Zhills — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 17:27:32 GMT

Every Cuban knows that Picadillo is a staple for any family meal! Simple and delicious!

2 lb. ground beef
2 med. onions
1 green pepper
6 cloves garlic
2 tbsp. olive oil
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. oregano
3/4 c. raisins
1 jar of stuffed green olives
4 oz. tomato sauce
4 oz. canned tomatoes, broken up
3 bay leaves

Add olive oil, onion, green pepper, garlic and salt. Cook until vegetables are soft but not brown.(this is called a sofrito).

Add ground beef and remaining ingredients. Simmer at least 30 minutes. Remove bay leaves before serving.

Serve with black beans and yellow rice! Delish!

Next ingredient: Mushrooms

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sabatini — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 17:40:59 GMT

@Zhills , I smiled when I saw that you reposted your recipe for picadillo.

You posted that quite awhile ago, and at the time it piqued my interest, as I knew very little about Cuban food. For that I thank you. Something new!

Anyway, I love picadillo with yellow rice!

Thanks so much for introducing me to it.

NEXT INGREDIENT: MUSHROOMS

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sabatini — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 19:17:11 GMT

This recipe is so easy, and most of the ingredients are something you've usually got on hand.

Leftover turkey or rotisserie chicken work great.

I've made it in glass pie dishes, quiche pans and even a cast iron skillet. It's impressive looking, and yummy.

I promise!

*I actually don't use the optional mushrooms. LOL!

Turkey or Chicken Puff

Filling:
2T butter
1/2 cup chopped onion
2T flour
3/4 cup turkey or chicken stock (bouillon & water is fine)
2 cups cubed turkey or chicken
salt & pepper to taste
(optional) sliced mushrooms can be sauteed along w/ onions

Puff: (crust)
2 eggs
3/4 cup milk
3/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt

additional:

1/4 cup butter
grated cheese of your choice - cheddar is nice
sour cream dollops for garnish
*cranberry sauce alongside is great!

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425.

Saute onion in 2T butter. (add optional mushrooms, if using)
Sprinkle 2T flour over cooked onions, stir well to combine.
Add turkey stock, cook, stirring until thick.
S&P to taste.
Gently stir in turkey meat, remove from heat.

In medium bowl, beat eggs lightly w/ milk.
Add 3/4 cup flour & 1/2 tsp salt.
Stir till smooth.

Place 1/4 cup butter (or less) into a 10" pie pan, quiche pan or oven safe skillet & set inside hot oven to melt.
When butter is bubbly, remove pan from oven, & pour batter into center of pan.
Then spoon turkey/chicken mixture into center of that, leaving a border of batter.

Sprinkle all w/ grated cheese, & bake for 25 min., or until batter is puffed and golden on sides
Serve w/ a dollop of sour cream.

NEXT INGREDIENT: CHERRY OR GRAPE TOMATOES

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walker — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 14:52:45 GMT

Corn Salad .... good one for summertime or anytime

2 cups cooked corn (good use for leftover corn on cob)

1/4 cup chopped red onion

1 cup CHERRY TOMATOES (sliced in half)

1/4 cup fresh basil leaves (chop or slice)

2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar

2 tablespoons olive oil

1/4 teaspoon salt (more to taste)

1/8 teaspoon pepper (more to taste)

Combine corn, onion, TOMATOES and basil in medium size bowl. Mix together vinegar and olive oil; pour over top. Season with salt and pepper stirring all together until well combined. Cover and refrigerate one hour before serving (if short on time refrigerate 10 minutes).

NEXT INGREDIENT .... MARSHMALLOWS