From My Kitchen to Yours .....
Baked Ziti another easy casserole dish perfect for through the week. This is a very basic one, feel free to add some vegetables such as mushrooms, onions, and peppers. Ziti also tends to keep very well, making it possible to prepare the dish the day before, store in a refrigerator, then heat up the following day if necessary.
Beef Fried Rice is one of my go to recipes during the week. It doesn’t take long to cook. One thing you do need to do is prepare the rice a day ahead. And marinate the meat.
Leeks have long been used in Europe. Americans are just getting used to them. They look like large over-sized green onions. Soups may be the most popular use of leeks, but new food combinations are bringing the leek in the limelight. Leeks are readily available year-round in most markets. If you haven’t yet tried cooking them at home, it’s time you enjoyed their subtle, sweet flavor. Try this leek casserole, I promise you, you will like it.
Rijsttafel is a Dutch word for an Indonesian-style banquet. The word “rijsttafel” means “rice table,”. Nasi Goreng is the basic for a “rijst tafel” you can add several dishes to this dish, like sate, pisang goreng, atjar tjampoer.
Chimichanga is a meat-filled deep-fried burrito, that originated in Tucson, Arizona. According to a legend, Monica Flin, who started the restaurant El Charro in 1922, accidentally dropped a burrito into the deep fat fryer. She immediately began to utter a Spanish curse-word, but quickly edited herself to say “Chimichanga” the Spanish equivalent of “thingamajig.”