Christmas Week

Meal One: Famous Primanti Bros. Sandwiches

Meal Two: Taco Salads with Cowboy Caviar

Meal Three: Teriyaki Chicken with stir-fried veggies

Recipes

Famous Primanti Bros. Sandwiches, per sandwich

2 slices italian bread (cut fresh from french loaf)

5-6 slices of ham, thinly sliced

2 slices provolone

1/4 c coleslaw

2 slices of tomato

1 c french fries, still warm

mayo

In grill pan warm meat in pile, then top with cheese until just melty.

Spread bread with mayo, top with meat/cheese, then french fries, coleslaw and tomato, top with final slice of bread....yummy, serve on wax paper to be really authentic.

Primanti Coleslaw

1 Head green cabbage, shredded
1 onion, sliced thinly
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
6 tablespoons sugar
6 tablespoons oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Combine the shredded cabbage, shredded carrots, and onion in a bowl. Place in refrigerator for at least an hour.
In a pot, dissolve the sugar into the vinegar and oil over low heat. Add in salt and pepper and cool. Wait until completely cool before pouring over cabbage mixture, chill in refrigerator for at least an hour.

Taco Salads

Cook 1 lb taco meat in skillet and season with your favorite taco seasoning. Heat one can of refried or black beans, if you are using black beans you can just mix them into the meat. If you have a taco shell maker, bake your flour tortilla in oven at 300 for about 20 minutes. If you don't have a special pan you can use an oven safe bowl or just crunch chips on top of salad. Layer chopped romaine, diced tomatoes, diced red onion, chopped avocado, then meat, cheese and beans. Then top with sour cream and salsa.

Cowboy Caviar

2 cans of beans, rinsed (I used black-eyed peas and black beans, your choice) 2 diced tomatoes 2 diced avocados 1/2 diced red onion light drizzle of olive oil pepper juice of like 2 limes, just make sure you get some inthere Then if you want add chopped cilantro. You can vary this in many many ways, sometimes I add corn also...or no cilantro, or different beans Enjoy

Teriyaki Chicken

2lb chicken, slice thinly

black pepper

2 T veg oil

1/2 c soy sauce

1/2 c sugar

2 T mirin, sherry or white wine

2 t cornstarch

2 t fresh grated ginger

1 garlic clove, minced

1/8-1/4 t red pepper flakes

2 scallions, sliced thin

Prep the sauce ingredients and assemble sauce while chicken browns (soy, sugar, mirin, cornstarch, ginger, garlic, and red pepper flakes). Pat chicken dry with paper towels and season with pepper. Heat 1 T of oil in large skillet over med-hi heat until just smoking. Brown half the chicken on both sides, about 5 minutes total. Transfer chicken to clean bowl, and repeat with remaining oil and steak. Add sauce to skillet and return to med-hi heat, simmer, scraping up any brown bits until thickened, about 2 minutes. Add chicken and any accumulated juices to skillet and continue to simmer until steak is heated through. Sprinkle with scallions and serve over rice or quinoa, I am doing quinoa this week.

Stir Fried Veggies

1/2 to 1 c each of broccoli, pea pods and edemame. Heat skillet over med-high with 1-2 t sesame oil, stir fry veggies about 3-5 minutes adding 3T each of water and soy sauce.

Shopping List

chicken

ground meat

sliced ham

provolone

cheddar cheese, shredded

tomatos

cabbage

lettuce

onion

avocado

broccoli

pea pods

edemame

scallions

ginger

cilantro

limes

black beans

black-eyed peas

tortillas

chips

quinoa

italian bread

french fries