July 2016 – Page 2 – Simply Delicious: The Cookbook Project

6-25: Salmon-Filled Chicken Breasts

Jamie Martin Group 06: Poultry & Game, Section 2: Main Courses July 19, 2016June 17, 2020all-purpose flour, black pepper, breasts, chicken, chicken bouillon, chopped, creamy, crème fraîche, dill, dinner, eggs, fairly easy, fairly expensive, foil pouch, grated, herbs and spices, lemon juice, lemons, lunch, salmon, salt, smoked salmon, sour cream, stuffed, tarragon, untested

I’ve been saving some lox in the freezer from a past brunch for this recipe, 6-25: Salmon-Filled Chicken Breasts. There’s not a lot of salmon recipes in Simply Delicious (despite salmon’s popularity in the 1980s & 90s), and this may be one of the only smoked salmon ones that I have in my collection for this book.

Definitely not the first time Simply Delicious has given a recipe for stuffed chicken breasts–see 6-4: Easy Stuffed Chicken Breasts for another take on the same idea. However, if you like smoked salmon like I do, you may have some extra laying around–here’s a use for it. 🐟

12-18: Mushroom Risotto

Adam Martin Group 12: Pasta & Rice, Section 2: Main Courses July 19, 2016October 28, 2020almonds, basil, boiled, brown rice, canola oil, chicken bouillon, chicken broth, dairy-free, dinner, dried herbs, easy, egg-free, gluten-free, herbs and spices, inexpensive, lunch, mushrooms, olive oil, parsley, pecans, risotto, sautéed, side dish, untested, vegan, vegetable bouillon, vegetable broth, vegetables, vegetarian, walnuts, yellow onions

12-18: Mushroom Risotto is another recipe with a loose definition of risotto. This one didn’t even ask you to cook the rice in wine, just broth. I already had some mushroom broth infused white rice on hand, but the recipe called for brown rice.

This ended up being a dish that tastes very similar to the 12-41: Spaghetti with Green Sauce recipe that I cooked recently. Mushrooms and basil give this dish an earthy flavor. 🍄

5-9: Swiss Cheese and Crouton Omelette

Adam Martin Group 05: Eggs & Cheese, Section 1: Appetizers & Starters July 14, 2016October 14, 2020breakfast, butter, cheese, chives, croutons, dinner, easy, eggs, grated, herbs and spices, inexpensive, Jarlsberg, lunch, melted, omelette, paprika, salt, Swiss, toasted, untested, vegetarian, white bread

An old proverb states, “If you’re going to make an omelette, you’re going to have to break a few eggs.” 5-9: Swiss Cheese and Crouton Omelette is another Simply Delicious recipe where I had a reading comprehension fail and had to get creative to fix it. I didn’t notice that I was making up two individual omelettes and accidentally tried to make a giant omelette all at once which didn’t go well. 🍳

As the card states, it would be great for our next brunch. We had this dish on a night where we had breakfast for dinner. I made bacon to make it feel more breakfast-y. 🌇

12-26: Pasta with Creamy Shrimp

Jamie Martin Group 12: Pasta & Rice, Section 2: Main Courses July 13, 2016July 28, 2020al dente, black pepper, boiled, butter, canola oil, chives, cooked shrimp, creamy, crème fraîche, dinner, easy, fairly inexpensive, fettuccini, grated, herbs and spices, horseradish, lemon juice, linguine, lunch, melted, parsley, pasta/noodles, salt, seafood, shrimp, side dish, sour cream, spaghetti, untested, whipping cream

Here’s a short one that was a solo dish for me (those cream ones always end up being a solo affair) – 12-26: Pasta with Creamy Shrimp. I envisioned it being more like an Alfredo sauce and less like herb-filled whipped cream with shrimp in it, but unfortunately the latter is what I got.

The description on this one is deceiving–it’s honest, yet vague. There is cream, shrimp, and horseradish–and it is easy to prepare. However, the “mouthwatering” and “delicious” descriptors were noticeably maladapt for me. 🍤

8-5: Beef Stew Provençale

Adam Martin Group 08: Beef, Section 2: Main Courses July 12, 2016October 4, 2020bay leaves, beef, beef stew, black olives, boneless, braised, butter, carrots, casserole, celery, chuck roast, crushed tomatoes, dinner, dried herbs, egg-free, fairly easy, fairly inexpensive, French, garlic, gluten-free, herbs and spices, julienned, linked, lunch, melted, pan-fried, parsley, Provençale, red wine, red wine vinegar, salt, sautéed, sirloin, slow cooker, stews, untested, vegetables

Editor’s note: AHOY-HOY to everyone visiting from HungryBrowser.com! If you’d like to know more about this site, please visit THE COOKBOOK PROJECT–it’ll tell you what this is all about. I’m not the only author on this site–my husband Adam wrote the post below (it’s kind of a teamwork thing–there’s a LOT of recipes in this book). Thanks for stopping by, and feel free to check out some of the other recipes we’ve done! — 11/01/17

Beef Stew – Another classic recipe that Simply Delicious cannot get quite right. This dish tastes delicious, but isn’t quite what I would consider a beef stew. It’s almost like a simple Boeuf Bourguignon.

I used a slow cooker instead of the oven for cooking this dish. I apologize that some of the photos are blurry from trying to shoot down into that very slow cooker. Without any other photos in focus, I chose to display some of them in this post just for posterity.

15-1: Lemon Mousse

Jamie Martin Group 15: Cold Desserts, Section 3: Desserts & Baked Goods July 12, 2016July 30, 2020chilled, citrus, Cointreau, cold desserts, creamed, creamy, dessert, egg whites, egg yolks, eggs, fairly easy, fairly inexpensive, folded, fruit, gelatin, gluten-free, granulated sugar, grated, lemon juice, lemons, liquor, mousse, orange juice, oranges, party food, ramekins, snacks, summer, untested, whipped, whipping cream, zested

It took more than two years, but I’ve finally ventured into the last untouched dessert category – Group 15: Cold Desserts – with 15-1: Lemon Mousse. I’ve experimented with mousse before, both within this project and in my own cooking (here’s one of my desserts from my restaurant days), but I’ve never made this version. It’s simple, refreshing, and a good summer dessert. 🍋

This recipe is for lemon, but you could probably substitute orange, lime, or something else citrusy that’s similar if you want to get creative/different with it. This freezes/holds well, so you can make it even further in advance of the night before if you want. ❄

11-14: Tempura

Adam Martin Group 11: Fish & Seafood, Section 2: Main Courses July 2, 2016January 21, 2023all-purpose flour, appetizers, Asian, asparagus, broccoli, canola oil, carrots, daikon radish, dairy-free, deep fryer, deep-fried, dinner, egg whites, egg yolks, eggs, expensive, fairly hard, fish, fried, ginger, granulated sugar, grated, herbs and spices, hors d'oeuvres, Japanese, lunch, mushrooms, pan-fried, pared, party food, potatoes, rice, rockfish, saké, sesame oil, shellfish, shrimp, side dish, snacks, snap peas, soy sauce, sweet potatoes, turnips, vegetables, vegetarian, yellow onions, zucchini

This recipe, 11-14: Tempura tastes great, but the amount of prep is so arduous that I would rather pay a chef at a restaurant to make it for me.

Mixed tempura is my favorite starter dish whenever Jamie and I go out to a sushi restaurant. 🍣

13-2: Onion Tart

Jamie Martin Group 13: Vegetarian Dishes, Section 2: Main Courses July 1, 2016July 29, 2020all-purpose flour, appetizers, bacon, baked goods, black pepper, breakfast, butter, cheese, chilled, creamy, dinner, dough, egg yolks, eggs, fairly easy, flute, food processor, gift ideas, grated, Gruyère, herbs and spices, inexpensive, lunch, nutmeg, Parmesan, party food, pastry, pie crust, salt, sautéed, tart, tart pan, untested, vegetables, vegetarian, yellow onions

It’s hard to think of things to write about something you cooked awhile ago–a moment of honesty while I get my gears turning here. 13-2: Onion Tart is a great vegetarian (with a modification or two) option that satisfies everyone for any meal of the day. It’s not super exciting (which explains my inability to think of anything particularly interesting to say about it), but it’s definitely a pretty good fallback option if you’re in need of an easy, crowd-pleasing, inoffensive, yet impressive recipe.

Simply Delicious notes that this recipe is French and that this version comes from the Alsace region of the country. I found a few other takes on that version scattered around the Internet, but give or take some bacon and Gruyère cheese, they’re all relatively similar to this one. 🍷