I am not Cooking Tonight – I am Having this Big Sandwich

I am alone tonight, so I won't cook. I will have a sandwich. A big sandwich like the one on the picture with lots of things inside. I can see that this one has several kinds of cold meats, cheese, lettuce, pickles. I will see what is in the fridge. I hope I can make a great sandwich.

I know there is a baguette in the kitchen, I saw it a few hours ago. My sister bought it when she went to the grocery store this morning.

I just checked and found ham and salami, cheddar cheese, lettuce, avocado, tomatoes, onion and pickles. My sandwich will be delicious.

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Meat And Cheese Sandwich With Spinach

This is a delicious and healthy sandwich. I use baby spinach for best results.

Ingredients:

Any meat you have in the fridge: ham, roast beef, etc

Any cheese you have in the fridge

Baby spinach leaves

Red onion

Simple vinaigrette made with olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper

Tomato

Any kind of bun you like. It is best if fresh from the oven.

Butter or mayonnaise

Cut open the bun.

Spread butter or mayonnaise on both sides.

Line several slices of meat and cheese. Then some tomatoes and spinach salad. Top with the other side of the bun and enjoy.

Spinach Salad:

Rinse the spinach leaves. Slice the red onion and halve the slices. Mix spinach and red onion. Add vinaigrette and mix well. Let it rest for 15 minutes and it is ready.

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Mmmmm.... Cheddar Stuffed Burger

Melting the cheese inside the burger makes the burger much better than melting the cheese on top.

Ingredients:

1 lb ground beef

4 ounces Cheddar cheese

Salt and pepper

4 burger buns

Tomato

Lettuce

Onion

Mayonnaise

Mustard

Ketchup

Season the meat with salt and pepper. Form 4 balls with the meat. Insert a piece of 1 ounce of cheese. Form the patties enclosing the cheese.

Cook the patties as usual, on the fry pan or on the grill. Your choice.

Assemble the burgers the way you like. I like it with mayonnaise, mustard, lettuce, tomato and onion and served with french fries or potato salad.

Enjoy!

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Lamb Quesadilla Recipe

Quesadilla can be as simple as a flour tortilla filled with cheese or as fancy as filled with cheese and caviar.

This recipe is for a quesadilla filled with cheese and lamb steak.

Ingredients:

Flour tortillas

Lamb steak

Onion

Mushrooms

Cheese: Cheddar, Mozzarella or Monterey Jack

Salt and pepper

Garlic powder

Season the lamb steak with salt, pepper and garlic powder.

Grill the lamb steak.

Add chopped onions and mushrooms. Let it cook for a few minutes. Check the seasoning and add more if needed.

Heat the flour tortilla, place lamb steak on, then some onion and mushrooms and grated cheese. Top with another tortilla. Spray a little oil on the tortillas and put the quesadilla on the grill until the cheese melts and the tortillas are lightly browned. Cut in 4 pieces and serve.

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Delicious Ceviche Tostadas

Ceviche is any kind of seafood or fish marinated in lemon juice with or without spices. The marinating time will depend on .....

the fish or seafood you are using. Some require more time than others to “cook” in the acids of the lemon juice.

Ceviche is delicious served over tostadas (fried or oven baked corn tortillas).

I always spread a little refried beans on the tostadas before placing the ceviche on to prevent the tostada from softening. The ceviche is very moist.

I think the shrimp ceviche tostada on the picture looks very appetizing.

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Eggs Benedict my Way

Eggs, one of nature's most nutritious foods.

We should include eggs as part of our diet because they contain lots of protein, vitamins, minerals and other good elements and only 70 calories. They also contain cholesterol, so, be careful and eat just a few eggs a week.

There are hundreds of ways to prepare eggs.

EGGS BENNEDICT

4 poached eggs
4 English muffins
4 slices of Canadian bacon or ham
Hollandaise sauce
Butter

Split, toast and butter the English muffins. Fry the Canadian bacon or if using ham grill it for a few minutes on both sides. Place the bacon or ham on the English muffin, then the egg and top with Hollandaise sauce. Serve with hash brown potatoes.


HOLLANDAISE SAUCE

1/3 cup of butter,
the juice of half a lemon
2 egg yolks
pinch of cayenne pepper
1/2 cup boiling water
1/2 teaspoon salt

Cream the butter, add the egg yolks one by one; then the lemon juice, cayenne pepper and salt, beating all thoroughly; place the bowl with the mixture in a saucepan of boiling water; beat with an egg-beater until it begins to thicken, about one minute; then add the 1/2 cup of  boiling water, beating all the time; stir until it begins to thicken like soft custard; stir a few minutes after removing from the stove; be careful not to cook it too long.

Queen's Soup Recipe

This is an easy soup. If you don't have much time to cook, this could be great for you.

QUEEN'S SOUP

(Zuppa Regina)

This is made with the white meat of chicken. Grind 1/2 large chicken breast in the food processor together with 5 or 6 blanched almonds . Add  1 cup of fresh bread crumbs, first soaked in a little milk or broth. Rub the mixture to a very smooth paste and add 4 cups of chicken broth. If you wish the soup to be richer and have a more milky consistency, use an egg yolk. Beat it, and stir a few tablespoonfuls of hot broth into it before adding to the soup. Do not let the soup boil after the egg yolk is added or it will curdle.
Serve the soup with croutons and grated cheese.