Creamy Garlic Herb Mushroom Spaghetti

Hello All and Happy Thursday!!  I hope the week isn't taking too much out of you!  Prayers to those that need them.  Today's recipe is super delicious and easy.  I can hear you and your residents asking where's the meat??  Well, sometimes it's good not to have meat, and if you don't agree, by all means throw in some meatballs!  The sauce is flavorful enough you might be able to get away with adding ground beef, but I have yet to try that.  Mom and Dad had some leftover grilled chicken so I made this on the side of that and went together great!  Hope it works for you also!  Thanx again so much for stopping by, Spicy and I greatly appreciate it!  Have a great weekend and be sure to tell those around you how much they mean to you!  See you Tuesday!!  *Recipe from pinchofyum.com

Creamy Garlic Herb Mushroom Spaghetti

• 8 ounces whole wheat pasta (spaghetti, linguine, etc.) 
• 4 tablespoons butter, divided
• 3 cloves garlic, minced, divided
• 16 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced
• 2 tablespoons flour (or whole wheat flour)
• 1 teaspoon herbes de provence
• 1½ cups milk
• salt and pepper to taste
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• additional ¼ cup water, broth, milk or cream (optional)
• ¼ cup fresh parsley (more to taste)

Pasta: Cook the pasta according to package directions. Set aside and toss with a little oil to prevent sticking.

Mushrooms: Melt 2 tablespoons of butter over medium high heat. Add one clove of the garlic and saute for a minute until fragrant. Add the mushrooms and sauté for 5-10 minutes, until golden brown and softened. Set aside.

Sauce: Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter to the pan and melt again over medium high heat. Add the garlic and saute for a minute until fragrant. Add the flour and herbes de provence. Stir fry for a minute to cook out the flour taste. Add the milk slowly, whisking to incorporate. Let the mixture simmer until thickened. Season with salt and pepper.

Assemble: Toss the sauce, pasta, and mushrooms together. Add the olive oil and water as needed to keep the sauce from getting too thick. Stir in the parsley just before serving.

Brown Sugar and Garlic Chicken

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Today's recipe comes from the Modern Wonder Woman.  Make sure you check her page out!

Brown Sugar and Garlic Chicken
10 cloves of garlic minced

1/4 cup of olive oil

1/4 cup to 1/2 cup of brown sugar

8 boneless skinless chicken breasts

Saute the garlic in the olive until golden, add the brown sugar until it is a slight paste over medium heat.  Remove from heat and spread over chicken breasts placed in a greased glass pan.  Season with salt and pepper. Cook at 500 degrees for 30 minutes

Honey Pork Chops

I based this roughly off of Saucy's Caramelized Garlic Chicken recipe.
We wanted to get one more grill in before the snow comes (Monday).

Grilled Honey Pork Chops
5-10 pork loin chops
Honey
Soy sauce
Garlic (whole garlic head)

Measurments will depend on how many chops you have. I did 10 chops, 1 1/2 cups honey, 1 cup soy sauce and the whole garlic head, cut in slices or chunks.

Place ingredients in a ziploc baggie and let marinate for 2-4 hours (longer the better). Throw them on the grill or under the broiler until the juices run clear.

The house smells yummy, your hands smell like garlic and your belly will be full!

Happy Tuesday! :)

So, another Tuesday, another beautiful day!  Troubles at the Asylum but feeling pretty grounded, working hard on keeping me in a good place! Hope your week is going great!

Today's recipe is a quick one.  I'm hoping for it to be a hit with mom at dinner tonight!  As always, I will let you know how it goes.  Mom is a shrimp fan from way back lol.  Sweet Garlic Shrimp is what's on the table tonight.  Not sure if I am using it for a side, an appetizer or the main course.  I guess I figure that out when the time comes.  I keep hoping you crazies will try the recipe with me!

Kudos to my "The Paleo Primer" by Keris Marsden and Matt Whitmore for sharing this recipe!  As always, I'm hoping for the best!

Sweet Garlic Shrimp

Coconut oil for the pan

2 garlic cloves, finely chipped

6 ounces raw shrimp, thawed (ideally wild caught)

2-3 Tablespoons Tomato Sauce

1 Tablespoon creamed coconut or grated from a block

1.  Melt the coconut oil over low heat.

2.  Add chopped garlic and saute for 2 minutes.  Once the garlic starts to brown, add the raw shrimp.  As soon as they start to change color, add the tomato sauce.

3.  Grate the coconut (or add creamed) to the shrimp and continue stirring until a creamy sauce starts to form.

4.  Taste, and once you're happy with the sauce's consistency, serve the dish with steamed broccoli or a large mixed salad.

Sounds great, might even use their sides lol.  I guess that means I figured out how I was using it! :D

Recipe from necessity!

TODAY IS OUR 90th POST!!!  Thank you for coming on our journey with us!


So last night I realized I forgot to plan a side dish. I got lost in writing/researching a book and barely came out to breathe let alone think of food! So, while my hubs grilled the little round steaks we found in the Commissary sale section I was left to worry about the side.

So today's recipe was a fluke and turned out amazing!

Noodle Stir-fry

1/2-1 box or bag of Noodles (I used what was left in the cupboard)
1 TBSP olive oil
2-3 Peppers,  sliced
Garlic,  3 cloves chopped
1/2 onion,  chopped
3-4 tsp Maggi seasoning (I also put 1 TBSP in the noodle water)

Stir-fry your veggies in the olive oil, adding the Maggi toward the end and boil your noodles. I added about 1/2 cup water to the stir-fry as well as the Maggi to get the good bits off the pan.  After the noodles are cooked drain and add to the veggies.  Taste.  I added some more Maggi.  If you don't have Maggi you can use Soy Sauce!

As you can see by the pictures the Residents loved it!  I ate just this and skipped the steaks! 

Help!

That's what I messaged the Saucy Irish, again! I thank God for her everyday! I told her I had hamburger thawed, no bread, no buns, no Mac and Cheese and no ideas! She asked me if I had potatoes-yes!  She's the gray boxes, I'm the blue...

So here is what I ended up with and I got told they would eat it again! Sweet!

Burger and sides!

Since I have no name....

I added the onion soup mix (2 TBSP) that I gave you before into the burger (2 lbs) and made large patties and cooked them in a pan on the stove. Right before they were done I seasoned them with Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning. 

 Note: Grilling would be way better, but the hubs is protective of that thing and wasn't home yet!

While the burgers were cooking I boiled potatoes. After they were cooked I sliced them and added them to the pan with the onion/pepper mix (follows).

In another pan I put some olive oil (about 1 TBSP). I added the following:

1/2 large yellow onion

4 garlic cloves

1 green pepper

1 yellow pepper

Morton's Roasted Sea Salt Grinder-to taste ( I LOVE this stuff).

Cook until everything is tender. You could let this fry, but I knew that wouldn't go over with my Residents.

After the potatoes were done boiling I dumped the water, refilled and added my corn on the cob. When they boiled and the burgers were done we were ready to eat! I only had three cobs so I cut them in half before cooking. 

Here is a picture of the two seasonings I mentioned. For those of you in West River SD I got these at Family Thrift Store or you can click on the Amazon links where I am an affiliate.

Plated! 

Enjoy! Hope you have a great weekend! Just so you know the conversation above is normal for us, but it is also very "sane" compared to most of them!  We can have full conversation in pictures alone! 

Doing whites...............

Apparently Spicy felt that all of your cook coats (aka straight jackets) were looking a little dingy LOL.  I guess she doesn't get enough laundry at home.  Boy I sure do, it's another one of those chores that I would pawn off on anyone I could.  Honestly, I can say hubs helps me with my least favorite part..........LOL......He matches up all the socks and I do the rest.!  And while I am enjoying time with family, it's not all fun and games like the Spicy German makes it sound.  But tough though it may be, any family time is good family time! :D.

Today I'm going simple again.  This recipe comes from our friends at EatBetterAmerica.com.  It's for Carmelized Garlic Chicken which can work in so many ways in so many places.  I have made this before and shredded it for salad, kept it whole along with mashed potatoes and baked asparagus, diced it up for stir fry and cubed/shredded it for chicken salad!  Now that's a lot of stuff from a little ole chicken breast!  LOL! Bwhahahahahaha.  Don't ask!

So whatever you decide to use this chicken for I am sure it will work out great.  Happy Thursday everybody!  Hope your fresh straight jackets fit well!  The ride just keeps gettin' better! :D!!

Carmelized Garlic Chicken

4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped

2 teaspoons olive oil

4 teaspoons packed brown sugar

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts

1.  Heat oven to 425 °.  Line shallow baking pan with foil; spray foil with cooking spray.

2.  In 8" nonstick skillet cook garlic in oil over med-low heat 3-4 minutes, stirring occasionally until garlic begins to soften. Be sure to keep an eye on it because burned garlic is yuck garlic.  Remove from heat.  Stir in brown sugar until well mixed. 

3.  Place chicken in pan.  Spread garlic mixture evenly over chicken.

4.  Bake 20-25 minutes

Enjoy!