MrsDrPoe: Green Beans with Tomato and Onion

It's that time again folks- What's for Dinner Wednesday.  On tonight's menu is a side dish that uses up some of the last of the summer's bounty*: green beans with tomato and onion.


Ingredients: 1 medium tomato, 2 handfuls of green beans, 1/8th of a medium onion, 1-2 tablespoons olive oil (not pictured), salt and pepper (not pictured):

Pour oil in a skillet over med-high heat.  Cut the ends off the green beans, and thinly slice the tomato and onion.  Place the beans on onion in the oil and season.  Cook for 5-10 minutes stirring occasionally until they have almost reached your preferred softness; add in the tomato, and cook an additional 1-2 minutes to heat the tomato:

Serve alongside your favorite main dish.  

*You could also substitute canned beans for a healthier alternative to green bean casserole during the holidays.

What are you having for supper tonight? 

MrsDrPoe: Apricot Chicken

What's for dinner this Wednesday is a variation on the first dinner Mr. Poe made for me when we started dating: Apricot Chicken. It's got a very sweet and spicy taste to it that I'm sure you'll enjoy!

Ingredients: 8 oz french or Catalina dressing, 1 pouch dry onion soup mix, 1/4 cup diced jalapenos, 9 oz apricot jam, 6 oz diced chicken breast, 1 cup rice (cooked):


Combine the dressing, soup mix, jalapenos, and jam in a large skillet over med-high heat. Wisk constantly until the jam melts:


Add chicken and continue to cook, stirring occasionally until the chicken is fully cooked (about 25 minutes). Serve over rice (feeds 2-3):

MrsDrPoe: Red Beans and Rice

What could be for your dinner tonight is a fantastic dish from the kitchen of Mr. Luke: Red Beans and Rice.

Ingredients: 1 medium green pepper (diced), 1 medium onion (diced), 3 large stalks of celery (diced), 2 tablespoons olive oil, 2 cans red kidney beans (undrained), 1 package Polish sausage (diced), 1-2 tablespoons Tony Chachere's seasoning, cooked rice, and Tabasco sauce.

Saute veggies with the olive oil in a skillet at med-high heat until the onions are transparent; saute the sausage in another large skillet at med-high until browned:


Add the veggies to the sausage along with the beans and the Tony's. Pour additional water into the skillet until liquid almost covers the meat and veggies:


Simmer at low-med heat until the liquid has almost cooked out and the mixture still looks wet. Serve with rice and Tabasco: