5 Easy Meals To Cook For Her

3 - Chipotle shrimp kabobs

Ingredients:
1 pound of large, uncooked shrimp -- peeled
1 can of pineapple chunks
1 red onion, cut into large pieces
1 green pepper, cut into large pieces
1 red pepper, cut into large pieces
3/4 cup Lawry’s Baja Chipotle Marinade with Lime Juice
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1/3 cup sour cream

Directions:
1.    Combine the Lawry’s marinade, sour cream and mayonnaise and put it in a sealable baggie.
2.    Put the shrimp in the sealable bag and marinate for 30 minutes.
3.    Soak the wooden skewers in water for 15 minutes.
4.    Pierce and thread the shrimp, sliced peppers, onions and pineapple onto skewer.
5.    Place them in tin foil and into the oven.
6.    Put the oven on grill or broil until shrimp turns pink -- about 8 minutes.

Side dish: Can be served on the skewers with rice or with tortillas.
Wine: Groth Chardonnay or Drylands Sauvignon Blanc.
Presentation: Serve on top of rice or alongside tortillas.

4 - Sautéed lemon garlic chicken

Ingredients:
2 chicken breast halves
1/2 cup chicken broth
1 tbsps olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tbsps lemon juice

Directions:
1.    Pour 1 tbsp of olive oil in a pan and heat.
2.    Add garlic and sauté over medium heat for 1 minute.
3.    Add chicken and brown for 4 minutes per side.
4.    Pour in broth and cover.
5.    Put the oven on low and let simmer for 30 minutes.
6.    Remove the chicken, add lemon juice to the broth and cook until the juice boils down by a third.
7.    Return the chicken back to the pan to heat in the sauce.

Side dish: White rice and broccoli.
Wine: Cuvaison Pinot Noir or Kendall Jackson Chardonnay.
Presentation: Place chicken breast on top of a neat pile of rice, and place the broccoli in a half circle around the rice.

5 - Vegetarian asian stir fry

Ingredients:
I red pepper, cut into pieces
1 yellow pepper, cut into pieces
2 cups broccoli, chopped into chunks
2 cups snow peas
1/2 cup stir fry sauce of your choice

Directions:
1.    Heat 3 tbsps of olive oil in a deep pan over medium heat.
2.    Add the vegetables and cook until tender -- about 8 to 10 minutes.
3.    Add the stir-fry sauce and cook for 1 additional minute.

Side dish: Uncle Ben's instant white rice.
Wine: Charles Krug Merlot.
Presentation: Form a ball of white rice in the center of the plate and place the stir fry in a circle around it.

easy side dishes

Seasoned, steamed broccoli

Directions:
1.    Cut the broccoli into chunks.
2.    Place it in a deep bowel and shake it in 1 tbs of olive oil, 1 tsp pepper and 1 tps garlic salt.
3.    Put it in a pan containing an inch of water and cover it.
4.    Let it steam like that for 6 to 8 minutes over high heat.

Roasted red potatoes

Directions:
1.    Cut the peppers into 1/4 inch strips.
2.    Season like you would a salad with olive oil, pepper and garlic salt.
3.    Place them in tin foil and bake in the oven at 450 degrees for 30 minutes.

Steamed asparagus

Directions:
1.    Cut about an inch off the bottom parts of the asparagus -- you want them to be green, so if the bottom halves are brown, cut them off.
2.    Season them with salt and pepper.
3.    Place them in a pan filled with an inch of water and cover them.
4.    Steam them until they turn bright green or get tender -- about 5 minutes.
5.    Top them with butter.

Uncle Ben’s Ready rice

Directions:
1.    Look for Uncle Ben’s Microwaveable rice that comes in plastic sachets and follow the directions on the box.
3.    If you don’t have a microwave, buy Uncle Ben’s Instant rice in sachets and follow the directions on the box.

cook her a meal and win her over

Adding these five easy recipes to your cooking repertoire will undoubtedly impress your girlfriend, or any guest you end up cooking for. Each recipe incorporates minimal preparation and short cooking times, allowing you to avoid spending long hours toiling over the stove. Bon Appétit.  << Previous Page