Potato Thins

Ingredients:

• 2 potatoes /person
• Olive Oil spray
• salt
• pepper
• paprika
  Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.Cut the potatoes in thin slices (about 1/8 - 1/4 of an inch). Spread out in one layer on an olive oil coated baking sheet. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and a little paprika.

Bake for 15 minutes, flip, bake for an additional 15 minutes (check closely for last 10 minutes)

ENJOY!

Easy Eye of Round Roast Beef

This is a perfect weeknight roast that you can put on in the morning before you head to work! Come home to a cooked dinner and a house that smells amazing!
Ingredients:

• Eye of round roast beef
• 3 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 packages beef bullion
• 1 cup water
• 1-2 tbsp flour

Butterfly the roast by cutting length wise down the roast. Place in the slow cooker that has been coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle the salt and pepper over the entire roast. Stuff the garlic inside the roast where you cut.

In measuring cup mix 1 cup of hot water with the 2 packages of bullion. Pour over the roast. Cook on Low for 6-8 hrs. Baste occasionally if possible.
Remove roast from cooker and let set for 10 minutes. Carve.

Remove the drippings from the bottom of the cooker, add 1-2 tbsp flour and pour into a gravy boat. ENJOY!

Recipe File

Before I started this blog I always kept my favourite recipes in a word doc... Here it is if anyone is interested. I plan to make some of these recipes for the blog too!

Recipe File (the file looks a little funny because of the google docs)

If anyone has any fun, interesting recipe ideas please let me know!!

Quick Beef Chow Mien

This is a super fast, really flavourful chow mien dish!
Ingredients:

• 1 pkg fast fry beef, cut into thin slices
• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• 4 tbsp soya sauce
• 2 tbsp lime juice
• 1/4 cup matchstick carrots
• 1/2 a yellow pepper, matchstick
• a sprinkle of sesame seeds
• 1 pkg instant chow mien noodles

Boil a package of chow mein noodles as per instruction. (I use the instant ones, boil for 2 minutes)

Heat some sesame oil in a frying pan. Brown the beef, do NOT overcook.
Add 2tbsp soya sauce, lime juice, carrots, peppers and sesame seeds, mix. Cook for 1 minute. Put into a bowl and set aside.

Using the same pan from the beef, place the strained noodles in and add 2 tbsp soya sauce. Cook an additional 1 minute.

Add the meat back into the pan and stir fry for 2 minutes.

Serve and ENJOY!!

Oven Roasted Chicken

This is one of my new favourite meals, and a hit with anyone who tastes it! I have had multiple people ask me for the recipe, so here you go!! The key to this recipe is the basting... you have to do it often, so this isn't a good meal to make if you can't take the time to baste!

Ingredients:

• 2 medium sized lemons
• 1/2 cup honey garlic BBQ sauce
• 1 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning blend
• 2 large cloves of garlic, peeled, minced
• 1 - 3lb whole chicken
• 1 cup chicken broth or stock

Heat the oven to 350 degrees.

Cut the lemons in half and squeeze the juice into a bowl, set 2 lemon halves aside.

Add BBQ sauce to the lemon juice, add seasoning and stir.

Place the chicken in a roasting pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray.

Rub the chicken with the lemon halves, then stuff half of the minced garlic in each half of the lemon, and put the lemon halves in the cavity of the chicken- stuff it back as far as you can!!

Rub the chicken with salt and pepper and drizzle a bit of the bbq sauce mixture on top of the chicken.

Pour the chicken stock in the bottom of the roasting pan.

Bake for 1hr 45 minutes. Baste with the chicken stock every 15 minutes for the first hour. Baste with the lemon/bbq sauce every 10 minutes for the last 45 minutes.

Remove chicken from the oven and let sit for 10 minutes for the juices to set. Discard the lemon halves. Carve the chicken.

Reserve the pan drippings to pour over rice or potatoes. ENJOY!!