Love in the Kitchen (Recipes)

When you think about a virtuous wife one of the most important components that comes to mind is cooking. We all know that cooking is not every woman's forte but it is important to have this on your list of things you do to be more like Sarah. Many women of old worked hard to prepare and receive their meals for the day. It could take all day to have food prepared for the next day to eat. They where responsible to skin their meals so in the 21st century we must count our blessings to know all we have to do is go down to the nearest market for our meals. There is a saying that quote, "Through a man's heart is through his stomach". I will like to change it up a little that will be a bit more pleasing to Yahweh's eyes and that will be "Through our husband's heart is through his stomach". Knowing this, most men do brighten up right away when they see a home cooked meal ready for them to indulge in, at least I know my Lord does. Many of us see our husbands with a big smile, they might start rocking and some even start to dance just to know their belly's will be satisfied. We as wives do not have to be the best cooks to have this checked off  our to do list to become more virtuous, but it is pleasing if we at least try. Always remember, practice makes perfect!

Breakfast:

Starting off the morning with a good breakfast is very important as a wife to aid in your family's health and well being. When you compare a virtuous mother to just a mother we do make it a priority to make sure our children is fed before school that aid in their growth. With our Lord's we work on and make it a priority if they are not fasting for the day there is a good breakfast for them to indulge in as well. 

Mushroom, Cheese, and Ham Omellete with Peppers and Onions 

Ingredients:

• 3 large eggs
• your choice of sliced or dices ham (cooked)
• Chopped mushrooms (1/2 cup or to your liking)
• Bell Pepper (1/3 cup or to your liking)
• Onions (1/3 cup or to your liking)
• Cheese

Directions:

In a small bowl crack and mix your 3 eggs, add in your season of choice. Chop or dice a handful of onions peppers, and mushrooms (add to your liking). Turn on stove to medium and in a small skillet/pan put in a small amount of vegetable oil just enough to wet the base of the pan. Place in your chopped or diced vegetables and let glaze for about 5-7 minutes. Have stove on medium and in an 8 in skillet/or pan put in your eggs (do not stir). Place in your glazed vegetables and your cooked ham (leave a little). Let it cook flat for about 3-5 minutes, just enough to have bottom of the eggs light brown and when it is holding together. With a spatula  flip one end of the egg to the other end where it ends up in a shape of  crescent moon (picture is above). Let cook for about another 5 min or until insides of egg is done. Add cheese to the finished product. 

*Note-you can add your choice of meat  such as sausage and/or bacon

Chocolate Chip Pancakes Topped with Whip Cream

 (fun breakfast to make with your children)

Ingredients:

• Hungry Jack Pancake Buttermilk mix
• Hershey's chocolate chips
• Sugar
• Whip Cream Topping

Directions:

Follow the directions on the Hungry Jack Box to make the mix. Then add in a hand full of chocolate chips and a teaspoon of sugar. Take a medium sized pan and heat stove to about medium. Take a stirring spoon to get just enough pancake mix and pour into your pan to make a shape of a circle. Allow for the pancake to cook on each side for about 3-5 minutes or until golden brown. Place your pancakes on a dish and top with whip cream topping and more chocolate chips. 

*Note-both of my sons enjoyed this style of pancakes, messy faces and all (you can also do other types of toppings and mixes, fruits and nuts are great as well)

Lunch: 

Turkey or Ham, Bacon and Apple Croissant Sandwiches

Ingrediants:

• Croissants
• Ham or turkey sliced lunch meat
• Sliced uncooked bacon
• Shredded Cheese (your choice)
• Apples

Directions:

Coming Soon

Turkey Salad

Ingrediants:

• Lettuce
• Tomato
• Garlic salt
• Black pepper
• Smoked turkey
• Cheese
• Italian Dressing (you can also try i homemade)

Mother Brinda Diaz

Dinner:

Many of our Lords (whom is our husbands) work very hard and is out on the job all day. Having a hot dinner ready for him when he comes home can ease some of the exhaustion of the world. During dinner it is a great time to sit down with your family at a prepared table to speak about trials and tribulations and aid in your children's victory by sharing advice and wisdom.

Beef round steak hugging turkey/cheese over a bed of rice surrounded by mushrooms, onions and peppers

Ingrediants:

• 1 package beef eye round steak thin (1.67pd)
• Your choice of turkey, ham, or bacon
• Your choice of cheese (I used shreded monterey jack cheese)
• Your choice of vegetables (I used onions, peppers, and mushrooms)
• Rice (I used 2 bags of Uncle Bens)

Directions:

Follow the directions with the rice. Season your steak according to your liking. Place your choice of sliced meat on one side of your steak, then add your choice of sliced or shreded cheese on top. Take one end of the steak and roll it to the other end and place a toothpick in the middle to keep steak together. Turn oven on to 350 degrees so it can preheat. In a skillet/pan have stove turned on to medium high pour in just a little of vegetable oil in pan, just enough to get the entire base of pan wet. Carefully place your steaks in pan and let it cook on one side about 5-7 min or until dark brown, then flip on other side and do the same (you will have to push the toothpick in through the other side when you turn steak over. When done place all steaks in a sheet pan to place in the oven for about 10 minutes, just long enough to get the juices going in the steak and to allow the cheese to absorb in the meat. Take your onions peppers and mushrooms cut in slices or dice and put in a skillet/pan with a little butter and your choice of seasoning and allow to marinated to your preference.

*Note-with my rice I put a little butter and sugar for my liking

Chicken Quinoa with Vegetables

Ingredients:

• Chicken breast strip
• Chicken broth
• Olive oil
• Quinoa
• Zucchini
• Tomato
• 2 garlic cloves
• Onion
• Basil
• Lemon juice

Directions:

Bring the quinoa and chicken broth to a boil in a saucepan; reduce heat to a simmer and cover the pan. Simmer until the broth is absorbed, about 12 minutes. Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a skillet; cook and stir the garlic scapes and onion until onion is translucent. Stir in the chicken breast strips and cook until the chicken is still slightly pink in the middle. Remove the chicken meat and set aside. Pour 2 more tablespoons of olive oil in the skillet and cook and stir the zucchini and tomato until the zucchini is tender. Return chicken to skillet and sprinkle with feta cheese, basil leaves, and lime juice. Cook until the chicken is fully cooked and hot. Serve over hot quinoa

Bow-tie Noodles

Ingredients: Coming Soon

Directions: Coming Soon

Sis Kimeko Stigger

Panko Breaded Chicken over Pasta Roni sprinkled with Parmesan (So easy, quick to make, and delicious)

Ingrediants:

• Boneless skinless breast (can get it as chicken tenders in the package)
• 2 boxes of your choice pasta roni (I used chinken and broccoli)
• 3/4 cup of panko bread crumb (maybe a little more depending on the amount used on chicken)
• 2 eggs
• flour

Directions: (coming soon)

Pineapple Pork Chops over Beef Rice a Roni with a side of Chives Potato

(Inspired by my daddy, Apostle Harvey Washington)

Ingrediants:

• 1 package of pork loin center cut chops (usually 8 counts)
• 1 box of sour cream cream/chives (Betty Crocker 4.8 oz)
• 1 cup of light brown sugar (a little extra if needed)
• 1 box of Rice a Roni Beef  (10.2 oz)
• 1 can Delmonte Pineapple Chunk (15 1/4 oz)
• Real Bacon Bits (Oscar Mayor)
• Shreded cheese (your choice)

Directions:



Follow the Directions for the Betty Croker Chives and the Rice a Roni on the box. With the Pork loins season each one to your taste. Turn on your stove to medium high and place skillet/pan and put a bit of vegetable oil just enough to wet the base of the pan. Place pork loins in pan and cook on each side till it is dark golden brown. When each pork loin is completed take out of skillet/pan. Either clean the same skillet or use another. Turn down stove to medium and put in your brown sugar and can of pineapple. Let it mix and simmer for about 5 min. Add in each prok loin and smother it with the brown sugar and pineapple sauce.

You can do about 2-4 at a time depending on the size of the pork loin. When all is done. I will put each pork loin in a pot along with the sauce mixture and place pot top on and let it marinate and simmer for about 10 mins. When the potato chives are done baking sprinkle on the real bacon bits and shreded cheese. Put back in oven to bake and an additional 5-7 min.

*Note-this entre is good with about any side, so don't be shy and mix it up

Centered Cut Pork Loins over a bed of rice topped with Over Easy Eggs

Ingredients:

• Center cut Pork Loins (2.31 pd, usually six come in package)
• 2 bags of success rice
• Vegetable oil
• 12 eggs

Directions:

Follow the directions of the rice. Season your pork loins to your liking. Turn stove on to medium high and in a skillet/or pan put in vegetable oil, just enough to get base of pan wet. Then fry both sides of the pork loins til it is dark brown. Next in an additional pan put in a small amount of vegetable oil (enough to fry eggs) then crack your egg and place gently in the pan (do not stir). You will cook on one side till it is a nice brown color than with a spatula flip egg over to the other side cooking till it is a light brown color.  Place your chops on top of the bed of rice and your two eggs on two of your pork loins.

*Note-you can add onions (which I did), peppers and your choice of additional side. I added a side of string green beans mixed with potatoes (glory seasoned country style).

Thin Cut Chops Smothered with Delmonte Tomatoes Over a Bed of Rice

Ingrediants:

Coming soon

Directions:

Coming soon

Tomato Basil Chicken Pasta

Ingredients:

• Chicken breast 
• seasoning
• extra virgin olive oil
• grapes tomatoes
• minced fresh garlic
• butter
• fresh basil
• chicken stock
• cream
• parmesan cheese

Directions:

Put a little olive oil in pan, season chicken breast and put in pan and cook both sides, add grape tomatoes, basil, butter, crushed red pepper flakes. Add cooked bow tie pasta and top with fresh shredded parmesan cheese.

Sis Nicole Davis

Lemon Herb Baked Tilapia with Fettucine

Ingredients:

• 4 tilapia fillets
• 1/2 cup of olive oil
• 1/4 cup of white cooking wine
• 1 tablespoon of fresh rosemary leaves, chopped
• 1 tablespoon of fresh basil leaves, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, grated
• 1 small lemon, squeezed
• 1 teaspoon of lemon zest, grated
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 teaspoon of Creole seasoning
• 1 teaspoon of dried thyme leaves
• Butter to butter the baking dish

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place tilapia fillets into a buttered baking dish. Season with salt, pepper, Creole seasoning and dried thyme leaves. Set aside. In a small bowl, combine the lemon zest, juice with the olive oil, cooking wine, salt, pepper, rosemary and basil. Pour the olive oil mixture over the tilapia fillets. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until tilapia flakes easily with fork. Serve with rice or pasta and nice crusty garlic bread.

Sis Nicole Davis

Desserts/Snacks:

Strawberry Yogurt with Fresh Chopped Strawberries and Bananas (so easy) 

Ingredients:

• 1 or 2 Yoplait Strawberry Yogurt
• 1 banana 
• 5 fresh strawberries

Directions:

Pour Yoplait yogurt into your bowl. Chop 1 banana and 5 strawberries and top the yogurt with the fruit. 

Note: This is a easy and quick snack, you can use any flavor yogurt and fresh fruit to your liking.

Oreo Cream Pie

Ingredients: Coming Soon

Directions: Coming Soon

Sis Kimeko Stigger