Bolognese

Ingredients

• 1  tablespoon  olive oil
• 1 large yellow onion, diced
• 3 stalks celery, diced
• 1 carrot, diced
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4  pound  pancetta, chopped (Optional)
• 1 1/2  pounds  lean ground beef (Can also use ground turkey)
• 1  cup  dry white wine
• 1  cup  whole milk
• 1 6-ounce can tomato paste
• 1 14 1/2-ounce can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1/4  teaspoon  red pepper
• 2  tablespoons  chopped fresh oregano, or 1 tablespoon dried
• 1/2  cup  fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped
• 2 1/2  teaspoons  kosher salt
• 1/4  teaspoon  black pepper
• 1/4  teaspoon  ground nutmeg
• 1/4  cup  grated Parmesan

Directions

1. In a Dutch oven, over medium heat, heat the oil. Add the onion and cook for 2 minutes. Add the celery, carrot, and garlic and cook for 5 minutes more. Add the pancetta and cook for 5 minutes, then add the beef and cook until brown. Add the wine and the remaining ingredients and simmer for 45 minutes. Serve with cooked fettuccine. Sprinkle with Parmesan. 

* I always double this and freeze it in large ziplock bags.

Recipe from Real Simple

Sweet and Sour Chicken

 As good as take out...  I love to order Chinese food but there is no where to get good take out around here, no where!  So I have started to make it and it is as good and much healthier.  I serve most of our Chinese food over quinoa to make it a little healthier.  

Ingredients:

Chicken Breading:
   3-5 chicken breast
   salt and pepper
   1 cup cornstarch
   2 eggs, beaten
   1/3 cup canola oil
Sauce:
   3/4 cups sugar
   4 Tablespoons ketchup

   1/2 cup white distilled vinegar

   1 Tablespoon soy sauce
   1 teaspoon garlic salt

Rinse chicken, trim off fat or extras and then cut into 1 inch cubes. season with salt and pepper. Dip chicken into cornstarch and coat all the way and then into eggs. Heat oil in large skillet. Cook chicken until browned. Place in baking dish. 3 chicken breasts can be in a 9x9 but 5 chicken breasts fits better in a 9x13.

Whisk until smooth. Then pour evenly over chicken. Turn chicken so the sauce gets on both sides and then put in the oven at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. turn chicken and then cook for 15 more minutes.