FRIED RICE FOR THE PICKY DINER

Ingredients:

2 cups Brown Rice

5 - 10 strips Bacon (crumbled)

1 pack Green Onion (chopped)

3 eggs

Garlic Herb Mrs. Dash (a few dashes – season to taste)

Pepper (I use Rainbow Peppercorns from Trader Joe’s – season to taste)

(cooked frozen peas, optional)

Directions:

Cook brown rice as directed.  Microwave bacon until really crunchy.  Crumble bacon (I use the electric food chopper).  Chop Green Onion (I use the electric food chopper).

In a large sauteuse pan, brown rice.  Add crumbled bacon.  Add eggs and immediately scramble and stir.  Fry until eggs are cooked.  Season with pepper and Mrs. Dash.  Add green onion.  Stir in peas, if desired.  Serve very warm.   

Ingredients

Crumbled Bacon in Food Chopper

Frying Rice

Crumbled Bacon in Rice

Eggs Added

Stirring it all together

One with Peas, One without

No Peas

With Peas

BREAKFAST FOR DINNER

Ingredients or Breakfast Options:

Multigrain pancake and waffle mix

Sausage links

Egg  and Bacon casserole (recipe below)

Hash Browns (potatoes – peeled and grated – see recipe below)

Strawberries, sliced

Berries (raspberries, blue berries, etc.)

Whipping cream, whipped

Butter

Maple syrup

Pecans

Chocolate chips

Ketchup

Make pancakes and waffles according to package directions.  Spray waffle iron with cooking spray.  Pour batter on a preheated waffle iron and cook until golden.    I have both Pumpkin and Standard Waffle Pics here.

Standard Waffle Batter

Pumpkin Waffle Mix and Ingredients

Pumpkin Waffle Batter

Pumpkin Waffles with Whipping Cream and Pumpkin Pie Spice

Sausage – cook on preheated grill, turning every 3 minutes until crisp.

My husband likes these the best

Cooking Sausage Links on the Grill

Turn when they look like this (I use both Pork and also Turkey Sausage Links)

Set table with butter, maple syrup, pecans, chocolate chips, ketchup, etc.

Serve waffles and/or pancakes warm and top with butter, whipping cream, pecans, maple syrup, chocolate chips, etc.

Hash Browns.  Peel potatoes and grate them in a food processor.  Place them in a bowl of salt water for 10 – 20 minutes.  Squeeze grated pieces to drain.   In a mixing bowl, add salt and pepper and desired seasoning to taste .  Spray preheated waffle iron with cooking spray.  Add shredded potatoes to waffle iron and cook until crispy.

Grated Potato

Grated Potato in Salt Water

Grated Potato on Waffle Iron

Ready to Eat

Eggs Over Hard – Crack eggs into a sautuesse pan.  Cook on medium low until the eggs turn completely white and are no longer runny.  Carefully turn the eggs over.  Cook for about 5 minutes until the yolk is no longer runny.  Serve hot.

Egg added to sautuesse pan

Eggs cooking and ready to turn over

Eggs Over Hard and Ready to Serve

Egg and Bacon Casserole recipe –

8 eggs,

8 – 12 strips of bacon crumbled,

¼ cup green onion,

1/8 cup milk,

½ cup grated cheese

Garlic Herb Mrs. Dash – to taste

Coarse Ground Pepper – to taste

Cook bacon then crumble it. (I crumble it in a food chopper) .  Over low heat, in a sauteusse pan, add milk.  Add  one egg at a time, beating it as you add it in.  Add crumbled bacon.  Add pepper and Garlic Herb Mrs. Dash.  Mix well.  Cook over low heat until the eggs are no longer runny.  Add green onion.  Mix well.  Sprinkle grated cheese.  Transfer to an oven safe casserole dish and cook for about 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.

ORANGE WHEEL & COCONUT SALAD

Ingredients:

4 large oranges, peeled and cut into wheels

2 Tablespoons powdered sugar

2 Tablespoons cup coconut, toasted if desired

Whipping cream, whipped or cool whip to garnish

Raspberry extract, optional

Maraschino cherries

A few drops red food coloring for whipping cream, optional

Directions:

Peel the Oranges and slice into wheels. Whip the whipping cream and add a few drops of raspberry extract – and a drop or two of red food coloring.  Place orange slices nicely on four salad plates. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.  Sprinkle with coconut.  Garnish each salad  with red whipping cream and a maraschino cherry.

Makes 4 plates of salad.

Ingredients

Peeled Orange

Orange sliced into Wheels

Oranges arranged on a salad plate

Topped with Powdered Sugar

Topped with Coconut and Powdered Sugar

Red, Raspberry Whipping Cream

Garnished with Whipping Cream

Garnished with Whipping Cream and Maraschino Cherry

GRILLED & SEASONED STEAK

Ingredients:

1 pound of Steak cut to about ¼ “ thick (Sierra Sirloin, Cross Rib Steak, etc.)

½ cup (1 stick) butter

1 tablespoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon prime rib seasoning or steak seasoning

Sea Salt, to taste

Pepper, to taste

Cooking Spray (I use olive oil cooking spray)

Directions:

Trim the fat off of each slice of steak.  Melt the butter.   Mix the garlic powder, prime rib seasoning, salt and pepper into the melted butter.  With a pastry brush, brush the butter and seasoning onto each slice of steak.  Spray the grill with cooking spray.   Place each slice of steak on the grill – seasoning side down.  Brush the top of the steak.  Close the grill (I use a George Foreman Indoor Grill).  Turn every 5 minutes until it reaches the desired degree of doneness.  Serve with steak sauce, mashed potatoes and a vegetable.

Ingredients

Melted Butter

Melted Butter with Seasoning

Seasoning Brushed on Steak

On the Grill

Ready to Serve

Plated

Plated