OBB Cheesesteak Sandwich

One of our favorite quick and easy meals is Cheesesteak Sandwiches from Our Best Bites!  I usually use yellow or orange bell peppers just as a personal preference over the green.

http://www.ourbestbites.com/2008/07/cheesesteak-sandwiches/


Angie

Thai Peanut Noodles

I saw this is the Our Best Bites cookbook and it said it was one of the favorites on the blog so I thought I’d give it a try. It’s also on their site http://www.ourbestbites.com/2008/09/thai-peanut-noodles/. I kept putting off trying this, but we were given a ton of peanuts for Christmas so I thought it was a good time to test it. It’s super easy and Everybody loved it, Allie especially. She still talks about it. I liked it except I think I didn’t cook enough noodles and the sauce was too powerful, but that’s just because I don’t know how to judge how many noodles to make, is there a secret way to measure them? How do you judge how many noodles to make?! Here’s the Recipe:

Thai Peanut Noodles
1/2 c. chicken broth
3 Tbsp. creamy peanut butter
1-2 tsp. Sriracha chili sauce (1 is mild with a bite, 1.5 is medium, 2 is hot)
1 1/2 Tbsp. honey
3 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 1/2 Tbsp. fresh minced ginger
2-3 cloves garlic, pressed or minced
8 oz. Udon or linguine noodles
Chopped green onions
Chopped cilantro
2 limes, cut into quarters
Chopped peanuts

Cook noodles in salted water. In the meantime, combine chicken broth, peanut butter, chili sauce, honey, soy sauce, ginger, and garlic in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Whisk until smooth and remove from heat. Toss cooked noodles with sauce and divide among 4 bowls. Sprinkle with green onions, cilantro, chopped peanuts, and garnish each serving with 2 lime quarters. Before eating, squeeze lime juice over noodles and stir to combine.

I didn’t do the Sriracha chili sauce because I couldn’t find it, and I was afraid of having it hot. We will be having this again.

Brazil Meal

We had a fun Birthday Party meal for Charlie this Sunday and I thought it turned out really good. We picked all Brazil food, and they all came from www.ourbestbites.com. (Thanks Marilee and Marilyn for doing this with me, it turned out great!) First Marilee made Quick Brazilian Cheese Rolls: http://www.ourbestbites.com/2011/02/quick-brazilian-cheese-rolls-pao-de-queijo-2/ and these were really good. Allie kept saying how much she liked the “muffins”, she loved them. Marilyn made the yummy Brazilian Lemonade: http://www.ourbestbites.com/2008/05/brazilian-lemonade/ that everybody drank up. Gus was sad because it kept plugging up his sippy cup. Then for the main course we had Black Beans and Rice with Chicken and Apple Salsa: http://www.ourbestbites.com/2012/01/black-beans-rice-with-chicken-and-apple-salsa/ and I think everybody loved that too. The kids had theirs wrapped in tortillas. We just grilled chicken breasts and gave everybody one. The salsa sounded interesting, but it was really good, even with just chips.
(Sorry I don’t have my own picture, we were too busy gobbling it all up.) We doubled the recipe and had tons of leftovers. It smelled so good as we were making everything. And now we know why Brazilians take naps after lunch, that’s when they have their main meal, or dinner. We all could hardly move after that and just wanted to take a nap. We did good surprising Charlie, and he said it was just like being back in Brazil. So if anyone's in the mood for Brazil this was a yummy dinner.