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50 QUICK AND EASY MEALS BREAKFAST 36 Fancy Cheeseburger 04 Perfect Scrambled Eggs 37 Tacos 05 Skillet Baked Eggs 39 Tex Mex Burrito 06 Bacon & Cheddar Omelet 40 Stuffed Meatballs with 07 Blueberry Pancakes Mozzarella & Pesto with Maple Syrup 41 Classic Pan Seared Ribeye 42 Barbecue Style Ribs Glazed APPETIZERS + SIDES 44 Pan-Fried Pork Chops 08 Zucchini Quesadillas 46 Pan-Seared Salmon with Lemon 10 Pan Roasted Brussels 47 Grilled Lobster Roll Sprouts with Bacon 48 Rigatoni With Meat Sauce 11 Pan Roasted Artichokes 49 Baked Eggplant Parmesan 13 Pan-Fried Vegetable Mix 50 Beef Ragu With Rigatoni Pasta 14 Spanish Potato Tortilla 51 Skillet Lasagna 15 Oven Baked Potatoes 52 Savory Pancake Cannelloni 16 Pan-Fried French Fries with Thyme With Ricotta & Spinach 17 Cheesy Skillet Tater Tot Pie 18 Jalapeno Nachos DESSERTS with Cheddar Cheese Sauce 54 Candy Apples 21 Mac & Cheese 56 Dutch Baby with Apples 22 Oven-Barbecued Chicken Wings 57 Apple Crêpes 23 Garlic Butter Shrimp 58 Apple Bundt Cake 24 Fish Nuggets With Caramel Glaze 25 Pan-Fried Crab Cakes 60 Skillet Apple Crisp 61 Blackberry Baked Custard MEALS 62 Peach Buckle 26 Pan-Fried Chicken 63 Pan-Fried Honey Bananas With Tomatoes & Olives 64 Rice Krispy Bars 28 Chicken Strips with Parmesan Crust 65 S’mores Quesadilla 29 Chicken Caesar Wrap 67 Skillet Chocolate Chip 31 Chicken Milanese Parmesan Walnut Cookie Pie 32 Pan-Fried Pizza 34 Skillet Grilled Cheese 35 Sloppy Joe Perfect scrambled eggs Skillet baked eggs Serves: 2 people / Time: 5 min. Serves: 4 people / Time: 10 min. In medium frypan, heat the butter until melted but not hot. When you see Preheat oven to 400°F. Melt butter in large oven safe frypan over medium bubbles, it’s ready for the eggs. Crack eggs directly into the pan and sprinkle heat. Coat bottom of pan and remove from heat. Crack eggs into a separate with salt. Let sit in heated pan until whites start to turn opaque. Gently begin bowl, be sure not to break yolks. Pour eggs into pan. Drizzle cream over eggs, to move them around with a spatula. Fluff and form curds. Remove pan from follow with parmesan, herbs, scallions, salt and pepper. Bake for 3-4 minutes heat and then break the yolks. Fold yolks into scrambled whites, cook yolks or until egg whites don’t run and yolks are still runny. Serve immediately with slightly. Since the pan is still hot, eggs will cook fully but remain buttery. Serve toasted sourdough bread. with buttered sourdough toast. 4 large eggs 2 tsp butter 4 tsp scallion, chopped 3 tbsp unsalted butter 4 eggs Salt and pepper to taste 2 tbsp heavy cream 4 slices sourdough bread 2 tbsp parmesan cheese, grated 1 tsp fresh thyme or oregano, finely chopped 4 5 Bacon & cheddar omelet Blueberry pancakes Serves: 6 people / Time: 10 min. with maple syrup Serves: 5 people / Time: 20 min. In a bowl, lightly whisk the eggs and water until blended. Set aside. In a large Melt butter in a medium frypan. In a large mixing bowl, combine buttermilk non-stick frypan over medium heat, melt 1 tbsp. of the butter. Add the green and egg, beat well. Add in melted butter. In a different bowl, mix flour, baking onions and sauté until soft, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to a bowl. In the same powder, salt and vanilla sugar. Gradually beat the flour mixture into the batter. 3 pan, melt the remaining butter, swirling the pan until it foams. When the foam Mix /4 of the fresh blueberries into the batter. Set the rest of the blueberries subsides, add the eggs and season with salt. Using a spatula, quickly and lightly aside. Heat a pancake pan over medium heat. Pour a small ladle of the batter stir the eggs in a small circular motion until most of the liquid has cooked into the hot pan, to form 4” wide pancakes. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes on each off but the eggs are not completely solidified, about 8 minutes. Sprinkle the side. Serve warm with the remaining blueberries and the maple syrup. cheese, bacon and green onions across half of the omelet. Slide the filled half of the omelet onto the platter, then invert the pan to fold the omelet in half. 10 eggs 1 pinch sea salt 3.5 tbsp (1.8 oz.) butter + a little Pinch of salt 1 /4 cup water 1 cup grated cheddar cheese extra for frying 1 sachet vanilla sugar 1 1 1 1 3 tbsp. unsalted butter /2 lb. bacon, cooked until crispy 1 /3 cups ( /2 pint) buttermilk 1 /2 cups (5.3 oz.) blueberries 4 green onions, and roughly chopped 1 egg Small bottle of maple syrup 3 thinly sliced diagonally to fill /4 cup 7.1 oz. pastry flour 1 tbsp baking powder 6 7 Zucchini quesadillas Serves: 4 people / Time: 20 min. Heat the oil in a frypan over medium heat. Add the zucchini, bell pepper, onion, garlic and cumin. Cook for 5 minutes, or until all the vegetables are soft. Stir in the cilantro, salt, and pepper. Set aside. In a small bowl, combine the tomato, 1 lime juice, chili powder and hot pepper sauce. Spread /4 of the zucchini- 1 mixture evenly over half of each tortilla. Sprinkle each with /4 of the cheese. Fold the tortillas in half. In a large frying pan, cook the quesadillas for about 5 minutes, turning once, until the cheese is melted. Cut the quesadillas into wedges and serve with the tomato mixture. 2 tbsp olive oil Juice of 1 lime 1 1 zucchini, shredded /4 tsp hot pepper sauce 1 /2 red bell pepper, 4 whole wheat or finely chopped white flour tortillas 1 small red onion, thinly sliced 2 cups shredded 2 garlic cloves, minced Monterey Jack cheese 1 tsp ground cumin Salt and pepper 1 /4 cup chopped fresh cilantro 1 large tomato, seeded and chopped 8 9 Pan roasted brussels sprouts Pan Roasted Artichokes with bacon Serves: 4-6 people / Time: 25 min. Serves: 6-10 people / Time: 35-45 min. In a large frypan, cook bacon over medium heat until crispy but not burned. Preheat oven to 400°F. Rinse artichokes, trim stem ends and a layer or two of Remove and place on a plate lined with paper towel. Cut into bite-sized pieces outer leaves. Cut artichokes in half. Remove a small amount of the center of each using kitchen shears. Melt butter into bacon fat remaining in frypan. Add brussels one using a paring knife so it forms a small open space. Arrange cut-side up in sprouts to cook, stir occasionally until golden brown, 8-10 minutes. Season with large oven safe frypan. In a medium mixing bowl, combine chopped parsley, salt and pepper to taste. Fold in bacon. Serve immediately. breadcrumbs, parmesan, garlic, salt and pepper. Mix thoroughly. Pour olive oil over artichokes. Sprinkle breadcrumb mixture over artichokes. Roast in oven for 25 minutes. Remove, let cool, and serve. 4 strips thick cut bacon 20 small artichokes 2 tbsp butter 3 garlic cloves, minced 1 1 lb brussels sprouts, halved /2 cup flat leaf parsley 1 salt and pepper to taste /2 cup breadcrumbs 1 /4 cup parmesan cheese 1 /4 cup olive oil 10 11 Pan-fried vegetable mix Serves: 5 people / Time: 35 min. Rinse and chop vegetables. In a large frypan, heat olive oil, salt and pepper. Add broccoli and carrots. Saute 10 minutes or until slightly tender, stir often. Add peppers and zucchini. Cook for additional 6-10 minutes or until tender. Season with more salt, pepper and soy sauce to taste. 2 tbsp olive oil 1 zucchini, cut into 1 cup broccoli florets bite-sized pieces 1 large carrot, salt and pepper to taste cut in diagonal wheels 2 tbsp soy sauce (optional) 1 yellow pepper, cut in slivers 1 red pepper, cut in slivers 12 13 Spanish potato tortilla Oven baked potatoes Serves: 4 people / Time: 25 min. Serves: 4 people / Time: 60 min. Peel the potatoes and slice thin. Sprinkle the raw potatoes with salt. Heat a Preheat oven to 425°F. Coat bottom of large non- little peanut oil in a pan and sauté the onion until transparent. Remove the stick, oven safe frypan with olive oil. Pull leaves onion from the pan and set aside. Fry the sliced potatoes in a little more oil from rosemary sprig and mince. Distribute minced until transparent. Add them to the onion. Break the eggs into a large bowl, rosemary and salt over bottom of pan. Scrub and beat them and fold in the sautéed onion and potatoes. Heat a little oil in a cut in halves or quarters. Heat frypan on stove top frying pan. Pour in the egg mixture and cook for around 5 minutes. Remove on lowest heat. Fold in chopped potatoes, mixing the pan from the heat and cover with a large plate. Turn the pancake onto the with a spatula to coat with oil, rosemary and plate and then slide it back into the pan to cook the other side, for another 3 salt. Once coated, place in oven and roast on the minutes or so. Allow the pancake to cool on a plate for a while and then cut it lowest rack, 30-40 minutes or until potatoes are into pieces or slices. Delicious with salad and garlic sauce. tender and crisped. 4 medium-sized potatoes 3 tbsp olive oil Salt 1 large sprig fresh rosemary 3 Peanut oil /4 tsp salt 5 eggs 8-10 small red potatoes 1 onion, finely chopped 1 clove of garlic 14 15 Pan-fried french fries Cheesy skillet tater tot pie with thyme Serves: 4 people / Time: 30 min.