Fried Corn……My Fav
If you like corn…you will LOVE this. It’s quick, easy and tastes great.
I fix it the way I watched my Nana fix it growing up.
Preparation: 15-20 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
6-8 Ears of FRESH Corn (yellow or white)
1/4 cup of bell pepper
3 slices of bacon
Process:
Clean the cob and remove all of the outside and twist your hands around the cob to remove the hair while under water.
Above a round bowl, cut kernels from the cob into the bowl. Make sure you have a sharp knife and don’t go to deep. Start from the pointy side, and cut towards you…if it’s hard to cut…you are probably too deep. Once all the kernels are cut, take the knife and scrape the cob you just cut the kernels off of…take knife and scrape from the round side down into the bowl and do the same for the whole cob. Repeat for each ear of corn.
Chop the bell pepper up and add to the bowl of corn. Note: You can use any kind of bell pepper.
In a medium fry or saute’ pan, fry the bacon until it is crisp and remove it from the pan, drain the bacon. Add the corn from the bowl, into the same pan and stir. Add about 1/4 c of water, season to taste. I use garlic, creole seasoning, and a little pepper, crumble the bacon on top of the corn. Cover and cook for about 10 minutes.
If you like it sweet…and the corn is not naturally sweet, add a pinch of sugar.
Zucchini Sauté
Another great, healthy, quick meal that I tried from this book – Everyday Healthy Meals (this link will provide the entire book for you!) I loved Turkey Skillet too! I added a little sesame oil, and a T of shallots with the garlic.
Prep time: 10 minutes, Cook time: 5 minutes
Ingredients
1¼ pounds zucchini (about 3 medium zucchini)
½ teaspoon olive oil
1 tablespoon dried oregano
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Preparation
1. Cut zucchini in half crosswise, then cut each half into 4 lengthwise sticks. 2. Heat oil in a heavy nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
3. Add oregano and garlic, and sauté for about 2 minutes. 4. Add zucchini and lemon peel, and sauté for about 3 minutes until zucchini is lightly browned. 5. Mix in Parmesan cheese and pepper. Serve warm.
Does that sound easy or what?
Nutrition information per serving:
Calories 32, Carbohydrate 5 g, Dietary Fiber 2 g,
Protein 2 g, Total Fat 1 g, Saturated Fat 0 g,
Trans Fat 0 g, Cholesterol 1 mg, Sodium 31 mg
Makes 5 servings.
1 cup per serving.
Healthy Easy Turkey Skillet Dinner
This is probably the easiest all in one meal I have fixed in quite a while…AND healthy too! This is the true reason I started this blog! If you are an entrepreneur working from home…this is PERFECT for you…especially mompreneurs.
As usual I added a few of my own adjustments that I will note as I share this recipe in parenthesis.
I lost the picture I took of the meal and found the same book for FREE online…. Everyday Healthy Meals. Click on the link and it will give you a FREE download of the book. There are some excellent recipes here and I will definitely try more of them and share!
THIS was reallllly good! I would add garlic bread or something like that with this too!
Ingredients
nonstick cooking spray (I used sesame oil)
3/4 lb. ground turkey
1 tsp dried basil, oregano, garlic powder
(I used fresh garlic, fresh cilantro also!)
1 medium onion (peeled and chopped)
3 tomatoes, chopped ( I used Roma tomatoes)
1/2 tsp salt (I used creole seasoning instead)
3 T tomato paste
1/4 tsp ground black pepper (freshly ground!)
2 medium zucchini, sliced
1/4 c bell pepper (my addition)
Preparation
1. Spray nonstick spray (sesame oil – 1 T) in a large skillet
2. Brown turkey, onion, (bell pepper) over medium heat until turkey is cooked through and onion (bell pepper) are soft, about 10 minutes.
3. Add tomatoes, tomato paste and seasonings. Simmer over medium/low heat for 10 minutes
4. Add zucchini and cook for 5 minutes more. If you want zucchini softer cook for 10 minutes. Serve while hot
