#23: Sweet and Sour Chicken

The other day Asle and I had sweet and sour chicken for dinner and it was sooo good (and so easy!) We used grilled chicken instead of chicken fillets, and I seriously loved it! Have been addicted to it since - so good in salads etc as well!

Ingredients

- Grilled chicken

- Broccoli

- Cucumber

- Snow-peas

- Kan Tong Cantonese Sweet & Sour sauce

- Rice

How to do it

1. Boil the rice

2. Cut up the vegetables

3. Fry the chicken in some oil (only for a minute or two as it is already cooked!)

4. Put the vegetables in the pan and fry it all for about 2 minutes

5. Add the sauce and heat it up - then ready to serve!

#21: Chicken Fillet and Bacon with Mashed Potatoes and Baked Vegetables

Lena, Eli, Asle and I had this for dinner on Thursday before Easter. Such a great night with amazing people and good food:)

Ingredients

- Chicken Fillets

- Bacon

- Potatoes

- Carrots

- Red onions

- Mushrooms

- Egg

- Garlic

- Cream

- Milk

- Sour cream

- Lemon

- Chives

- Sugar

How to do it

1. Peal the potatoes (10 or more - depending on how many people you are cooking for!) and boil them till they almost break into pieces (you can also cut them into pieces before boiling them - it goes quicker then!)

2. Slice the carrots, mushroom and red onion and put them on an oven safe tray. Put olive oil on and season well (I use salt, pepper and season all). Then bake them in the oven for 20 minutes or till they are done on 200C.

3. Meanwhile, cut the chicken fillets in half's, and roll the bacon around it. Fasten with a toothpick. Then put them in the oven for about 10-15 minutes. (They are not supposed to be done in the oven)

4. While the chicken is in the oven, make the salad dressing; Put sour cream (a normal package) in a bowl, and put 2 tbs of lemonjuice, 2 tbs of sugar, 1 garlic clove and chives in it. Tastes phenomenal! Then put in fridge until you serve the rest of the food

5. When the potatoes are done take the water off and mash them - show muscles! Then add some milk and cream (don't add too much - maybe just around 2,5 dl altogether) and then you can add some garlic, pepper and salt and maybe chives or leek if you want to! (Some recipes also add some butter and an egg in the end - this is optional, just make sure it tastes yummo!)

6. Then take the chicken out of the oven, and fry it in the pan till they are cooked all through - the bacon are not supposed to be all crispy, only a bit. If you are unsure, make one "extra" that you can check on - to make sure they are done. That's how I do it...

7. Take the vegetables out of the oven and put them in a bowl ready to be served. And remember the dressing! (We also had gravy/sauce on, as us Norwegians love our sauces...)

This might seems like a long recipe, but it is not hard at all and really tasty! Good luck!

#17: Chicken Fillet with Roasted Vegetables

We had this for dinner last night and it was delicious!

Ingredients

- Chicken fillets

- Potatoes

- Carrots

- Mushrooms

- Red onion

- Garlic

- Oil

- Chicken gravy

How to do it

1. Cut the potatoes in wedges, cut the carrot in small sticks, cut the mushrooms in half and cut the red onion in wedges

2. Put all the vegetables in an oven proof tray, add garlic cloves and put oil over all of it - season to taste (I used salt, pepper and garlic&herb spice)

3. Put in the oven on 220C for 30-40 minutes - stir it occasionally (every 10 minutes)

4. Cook the chicken fillets and season well

5. Make the chicken gravy (I just used a 1-2-3 gravy from Norway)

6. Put it all on a plate - ready to serve!

#13: French Province Chicken

Yesterday Asle and I had French Province Chicken for dinner - yum! I will start making more recipes from scratch soon, it is just that we have all these left over 1-2-3 boxes and sauces etc. from when I didn't know how to make "proper" food - and they have to be used before they run out of date! So - here you go!

Ingredients

- Chicken

- French Province Chicken sauce

- 2 cups mushroom

- 1 onion

- 60 ml Cream

- Rice

How to do it

1. Put the rice to boil

2. Cut and fry the chicken

3. Add onion and mushroom

4. Add French Province Chicken sauce and 60 ml cream - let it simmer for a couple of minutes

#11: Chicken Fajitas

It has been a really busy week, so haven't been able to put anything up here, but will try to catch up on it very soon! Here's a chicken fajitas recipe that we made for our connect group last Tuesday!

Ingredients

- Chicken

- Onion

- Capsicum

- Pineapple

- Enchiladas spice

- Fajitas/Wraps

- Grated cheese

- Sour Cream

- Enchilada salsa

- (Can also be served with a simple salad)

How to do it

1. Slice the chicken and fry it on high heat

2. Add capsicum, onion and pineapple

3. Add Fajita-spice and fry for a couple of minutes

4. Put the chicken etc. in the wraps, and roll them together, stick a toothpick in to make sure they don't open again

5. Put cheese on top of them, and put them in the oven on 200C for 5 minutes

6. Take them out when they are ready and serve with salad, sour cream and salsa!

#10: Pasta Bake

Ups, now it has been almost a week since I posted here - which means that I haven't made food in almost 6 days! (Which means that it has been a really busy - but AMAZING - week!) Last night I made a pasta bake. It turned out pretty good!

Ingredients

- Chicken

- Dolmio Pasta Bake Sauce

- 1 1/2 cup grated cheese

- 2 cups pasta

- And I also added some onion, garlic and mushroom

How to do it

1. Boil the pasta for 8 minutes and put the oven on 220C

2. Cook the chicken (and the onion, garlic and mushrooms for a few minutes)

3. Put the pasta, the chicken (+ onion, garlic and mushroom) in a baking dish

4. And add grated cheese on top

5. Cook for 15 minutes or until golden brown

#5: Thai Green Curry

Today we had curry for lunch/dinner in between the services at church - very spicy but also very tasty!

Ingredients

- Chicken or pork (I prefer chicken!)

- Green beans

- Coconut milk

- Kan Tong Thai Green Curry sauce

- Rice

How to do it

1. Cut the chicken into pieces and fry them until they are cooked through

2. Add green beans for the last two minutes of frying

3. Add coconut milk and Kan Tong Thai Green Curry sauce in the pan

4. Serve with rice and basil leaves

#3: Chicken Salad

Today we had chicken salad for lunch/dinner - healthy and yummy!

Ingredients

- Chicken

- Lettuce

- Corn

- Capsicum

- Red onion

- Cucumber

- Pineapple

- Cheese

- Ranch dressing

How to do it

1. Cut the chicken in pieces and fry on high heat - season with "all season", "herb&garlic" and salt

2. Cut the salad, capsicum, onion, cucumber, pineapple and cheese in pieces, and mix all the ingredients in a bowl

3. Add the chicken when cold and serve with dressing (and garlic bread if you want to!)

#2: Honey Chicken

Maybe you can say that I cheated a bit on this one, as I didn't make it all from scratch, but you have to start somewhere, right?

Ingredients

- Chicken

- 2 eggs

- Cornflour

- Kan Tong Honey Chicken Sauce

- Capsicum

- Rice

How to do it

1. Cut the chicken in pieces (and put rice to boil)

2. Beat the egg in a bowl and put cornflour in another bowl

3. Dip all the chicken pieces in egg, and then cover them with cornflour

4. Fry them till they are golden brown and cooked through

5. Heat the Honey sauce in the microwave for 1 minute, and then cover the chicken pieces with the sauce

6. Serve with rice and capsicum