Apples, Apples, Apples

We went apple picking last weekend, so this week has included various apple favorites / experiments.

A Birthday Week of Dinners

Last week was Diane’s Birthday, so I let her pick a week of dinners.

Gnocchi w/ Pear and Blue Cheese Sauce

This ones for you, Julie. Happy Birthday!

This savory and rich gnocchi dish goes great with steak (a semi sweet and spicey rub accents the flavors well).

Buffalo Chicken Sheppards Pie

I had a super random idea while working last week: Buffalo chicken Sheppards Pie. I spent the rest of the day working out the details in my head and then had to give it a try this week. It came out better than expected!

Ancho and Sweet Cheese Stuffed Turkey Burgers

This weeks challenge: Ancho Chilis and Honey

Our Plan:

Turkey burgers stuffed with a hot and sweet cheese mixture

Spicy Avocado Steak

This weeks Foodie Fight Battle was Avocado and Tequila. We were heading down to RI to visit my mom for the weekend, so we decided to cook for her and the rest of the family. The below made plenty of food for 6.

The Plan: Tequila marinated steak over a corn, tomato, avocado salad, topped with an avocado sauce

Pea Crusted Chicken

Inspired from this weeks foodie fight we made something new with two required ingredients: ginger and peas.

The plan: wasabi pea coated chicken over sweet potatoes.