Tag Archives: main dish

Grilled Salmon with Caesar Dressing Sauce

Posted on April 11, 2024 by akkermanfamily

Grilled salmon is one of our favorites. It breaks up the usual dinner rotation, and the salmon is quick to prepare and grill. This recipe provides us with a great addition to the sauces/rubs we have to flavor the fish. … Continue reading →

Posted in Grilled, Seafood | Tagged main dish, garlic, parsley, butter, lemon, salmon, white wine, Parmesan cheese, Tabasco sauce, Caesar dressing | Leave a comment

Za’atar Chicken

Posted on April 11, 2024 by akkermanfamily

We’ve discussed za’atar spice blends in the past. We like the contrast of tang and nuttiness the blend provides. This recipe combines this scrumptious flavor profile with an easy-as-pie preparation. Thanks to Esther Erani at tasteofhome.com for the dish. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Chicken, Slow Cooker | Tagged chicken, cumin, dried apricots, main dish, olive oil, oregano, pimento-stuffed olives, prunes, rice, turmeric, za’atar seasoning | Leave a comment

Slow-Cooker Corned Beef and Cabbage

Posted on March 18, 2024 by akkermanfamily

We both remember our mothers making corned beef when we were children. These were not good memories; what we both remembered was the unpleasant odor spreading into every corner of the house. Therefore, we approached any attempt at homemade corned … Continue reading →

Posted in Beef, Slow Cooker, Vegetable | Tagged carrots, corned beef brisket, creme fraiche, fingerling potatoes, horseradish, leek, main dish, pickling spice, rutabaga, Savoy cabbage | Leave a comment

Easy Chicken Fried Rice

Posted on March 12, 2024 by akkermanfamily

Here is a fantastic homemade version of a takeout favorite: chicken fried rice. We grabbed on to this recipe because it saved us from a last-minute trip to the grocery store. We happened to have both sesame oil and tamari … Continue reading →

Posted in Chicken, rice | Tagged butter, chicken, egg, frozen vegetables, garlic, main dish, rice, sesame oil, tamari sauce | Leave a comment

Stove Top Beef Stew

Posted on March 12, 2024 by akkermanfamily

Our expectations for this stew were quite modest: dinner for a weeknight when we had run out of ideas for something special. Well, this recipe turned out to be something extra special! The unexpected part of this dish was the … Continue reading →

Posted in Beef | Tagged bay leaf, beef stock, butter, carrots, celery, crushed red pepper, flour, main dish, mushroom, peas, rosemary, shallots, stew meat, thyme, vegetable oil | Leave a comment

Cara Cara Orange Chili Slow-Cooker Pork

Posted on March 4, 2024 by akkermanfamily

With the return of spring, we debated firing up the grill, but then we saw this slow-cooker recipe and decided to stay indoors. We’re certainly glad we did. Although we made a futile search for Cara Cara orange juice, regular … Continue reading →

Posted in Pork, Slow Cooker | Tagged chili powder, coriander, garlic, main dish, onion, orange juice, pork shoulder, tomato paste | Leave a comment

Sicilian Olive Chicken

Posted on March 1, 2024 by akkermanfamily

A Sicilian variation on weeknight chicken was extremely welcome in our house. This recipe calls for chicken cutlets, which might be available at your local grocery or butcher shop, but not at ours. So, we butterflied two boneless chicken breasts … Continue reading →

Posted in Chicken | Tagged capers, chicken, crushed red pepper, main dish, olive oil, olives, spinach, tomato | Leave a comment

Maple Glazed Salmon Sheet Pan Dinner

Posted on February 28, 2024 by akkermanfamily

You can’t do much better for a weeknight than this recipe with only five ingredients (plus olive oil and salt and pepper). The green and orange vegetables are covered, plus there’s all the nutritional goodness of the salmon fillets. Icing … Continue reading →

Posted in Seafood | Tagged broccoli, Dijon mustard, main dish, maple syrup, olive oil, salmon, sweet potato | Leave a comment

Sausage and Vegetable Skillet Dinner

Posted on February 28, 2024 by akkermanfamily

This recipe is a nice way out of the weeknight prison of duality “Will it be chicken breast or chicken thighs tonight?” We used an Italian chicken sausage with a little heat as well as the crushed red pepper flakes. … Continue reading →

Posted in Sausage | Tagged baby spinach, corn, crushed red pepper, garlic, Italian chicken sausage, main dish, olive oil, onion, potato, vegetable broth | Leave a comment

One Pot Chicken and Rice

Posted on February 27, 2024 by akkermanfamily

When we first read this recipe it appeared deceptively simple, but after we made the dish, the results were surprisingly complex. We also have plans for several embellishments as we add the recipe to our regular weeknight rotation. For starters, … Continue reading →

Posted in Chicken, rice | Tagged butter, carrots, chicken, chicken stock, garlic powder, main dish, onion powder, parsley, rice | Leave a comment