Category: Food

Sweet Teriyaki Salmon

I didn’t like fish when I was growing up, so since I’ve been married I have tried to be a little more brave and try different kind of fish recipes. This is one of our easiest and most satisfying dinners, right here. Before we started making this, salmon didn’t even come to mind when I was shopping at the store … Continue reading “Sweet Teriyaki Salmon”

I didn’t like fish when I was growing up, so since I’ve been married I have tried to be a little more brave and try different kind of fish recipes. This is one of our easiest and most satisfying dinners, right here.

Before we started making this, salmon didn’t even come to mind when I was shopping at the store because in my mind — salmon was expensive. Wrong! It may cost a little bit more than some other meats, but you get full faster from salmon, and it’s still cheaper than eating out any day.

Although we eat out more than I care to admit (life gets a little crazy sometimes), we try to eat at home more often because it is so much cheaper and we can eat much better.

The salmon that we bought at Smith’s Deli was $6.99/lb., but a whole pound feeds both of us and it is very filling. The key is to buy salmon from the deli because prepackaged salmon is ridiculously expensive. Figure that when you eat out, you’re spending at least $8 per person, but with salmon you only need about a 1/2 lb. per person, which is $3.50. I’ve thought about this a little, can you tell?

My last point is that salmon is a high quality protein and it has a lot of essential vitamins and minerals. The protein in salmon digests easily and absorbed into the body faster than other types of meat. So it’s super healthy! And then we pour some sugar on it to make it taste good. 😉

Ingredients (Serves 2)


  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup Mr. Yoshidas Original Teriyaki Sauce 
  • 1 lb. salmon (use within 1-2 days of buying)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a small bowl, mix brown sugar and teriyaki sauce until smooth.

2. Lay out a piece of aluminum foil (a few inches larger than your salmon) on a baking sheet. Place the salmon on the foil, and fold the edges up to form walls around your fish. Cut deep slits in the salmon every few inches.

3. Pour the brown sugar/teriyaki sauce over the salmon. Use a spoon to fill the slits with the sauce (It’s ok if it ends up spilling out a little. It washes off easily with hot water). The tin foil should make it so the sauce pools around the fish (you want the fish to be swimming in that sauce. haha – get it?).

4. Bake for 20-25 minutes. When it is done, the meat should slide/flake away from the skin without much effort. (You can see how it pulls away in chunks in the 3rd to last pic).

*Make sure to either tie up the scraps in a bag when you are all finished, or take out the trash. We found this out the hard way (it doesn’t smell very good later).

Let me know if you have any questions, and tag @torinellehall in your pictures on Instagram so I can see!

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Stir Fry + Sauce

            The first time I made this recipe Dallas said, “We don’t even have to eat out to get Chinese food anymore. You can just make this.” So needless to say this is one of our favorites. My favorite thing about stir fry is that you can cook it with whatever meat and vegetables you … Continue reading “Stir Fry + Sauce”


 

 

 

 

 

 

The first time I made this recipe Dallas said, “We don’t even have to eat out to get Chinese food anymore. You can just make this.” So needless to say this is one of our favorites.

My favorite thing about stir fry is that you can cook it with whatever meat and vegetables you want, and it turns out great every time! We like using asada or picada steak because it takes less time to cook (and I just love steak). We have tried it with chicken, and it’s good as well.

Before trying this sauce recipe, I almost never made stir fry. Now I make stir fry almost every week. I hope you try it out and love it as much as we do!

Sauce Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 Tbsp. corn starch
  • 1 Tbsp. sugar
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1 cup broth (or one bouillon cube, with one cup of water)

Directions

1. Cook your meat and add seasonings desired. Add your choice of vegetables when meat is almost completely cooked. Cook together on medium heat for 5 minutes until vegetables are soft.

2. In a separate sauce pan, before turning on the heat, add corn starch, sugar, soy sauce, and broth to the pan and mix well. Turn heat to medium and stir constantly. At first the sauce will be a light brown color and very liquidy. After about 3-5 minutes it should start to thicken and turn a dark brown color. (See pictures above)

3. Pour sauce over meat and vegetables, serve with rice, and enjoy!

This is even good for leftovers! The sauce doesn’t separate at all, so if we have leftovers I just make more rice the next day and heat the sauce, meat, and vegetables up in the microwave for a couple minutes.

 

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Easy Oven Kabobs

These kabobs are so easy and kind of remind me of hobo dinners, but a little different. Since we are sans grill, we decided to make kabobs in the oven instead. These turned out delicious! We have used red potatoes and sweet potatoes when we have made these, and they both taste great. It just depends on what you are … Continue reading “Easy Oven Kabobs”

Marinated Steak Pizza

The first night of our vacation in Long Beach, we were looking for somewhere to eat, and right down the street was the Rebel Bite pizza bar. Eating there was quite the experience! There was a group of local performers who were throwing a party for a guy who was leaving to go back to Brazil. I was a little panicked when … Continue reading “Marinated Steak Pizza”

Easy Fish Tacos + Baja Sauce

After coming back from California, we pretty much craved fish tacos… Well, Dallas did. I don’t like fish very much, but ever since we made them like this, I crave them like every day. Yes, we did by the pre-made fish fillets. How else did you think they were going to be easy?? What really makes them good is the … Continue reading “Easy Fish Tacos + Baja Sauce”

Sweet Chicken

When we were first married, Dallas was pretty set on figuring out how to make Cafe Rio’s Sweet Pork recipe. Since the whole roast and Coke recipe seemed really complicated and way to much stinkin’ work, we opted to try it out with chicken. We got pretty dang close, and we LOVE this recipe! This is our go to chicken … Continue reading “Sweet Chicken”

Peanut Butter Bars

This is another recipe I have been making since I was 9 years old, and it turns out great every time…Unless you’re 9 and you keep forgetting ingredients or you accidentally burn it. I swear my mom had so much patience with me when I was first learning to bake. If you have ever had peanut butter bars from the … Continue reading “Peanut Butter Bars”