4 Easy Recipes for Fresh Family Dinners
December 02, 2011, By Sara Linderman 1 comment
The dinnertime rut: you've got your top 10 dishes that you make over and over. They're easy, you know how to make them, they taste good. So you stick with them and convince yourself that the rotation keeps things fresh. When you catch your family rolling their eyes as they sit down to dad's pasta for the 12th time in three weeks, try one of these five-ingredient dishes instead.
Asian Bistro
The list:
- 1-inch piece fresh ginger
- 4 cloves fresh garlic
- 8 heads baby bok choy
- Fish for 4 (go for thin, firm fillets like red snapper)
- Soy sauce
Directions:
- Heat a couple tablespoons of vegetable oil over medium heat in a large, deep skillet.
- Toss in minced ginger and garlic and cook until fragrant. Shake the pan and don't let it burn.
- Place cleaned bok choy (with the stems cut off, broken into leaf sections) into the pan and coat with garlic and ginger.
- Add 1/2 cup water and a few sturdy dashes of soy sauce. Place the fish on top of the bok choy.
- Reduce heat to medium low, cover, and cook until fish is steamed through, about 10 minutes.
Not Your Mom's Tuna Pasta
The list:
- Cappellini or angel hair pasta
- 2 cans tuna in olive oil
- 1 head broccoli
- 1 red pepper
- Parmesan cheese
Directions
- Put the pasta water on to boil.
- Chop the broccoli and red pepper into bite-sized chunks.
- Heat a couple tablespoons of olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat and add the broccoli and red pepper.
- Cook for about seven minutes, stirring to prevent burning.
- Add pasta when your water is ready, and meanwhile, when the veggies are soft, add in the tuna with its oil.
- Turn the heat on the skillet to low. When your pasta is ready, drain and mix with the veggies and tuna.
- Serve with salt and pepper, a dash of red pepper if you like it spicy, and top with fresh parmesan cheese.
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