Chicken Sub with Italian Bread

Preparation Time 45 minutes

Serving 3 person

Ingredients:

Italian Bread 1

Mayonnaise use to spread

Lettuce ½ bunch

Tomato 1

Cucumber ½

Jalapeno 1

Ranch for dressing as desired

Chicken boneless ½ pound

Ingredients for making chicken:

Red pepper 1 tbsp

Salt 1 tbsp

Black pepper about a pinch

Yogurt 1 cup

Coriander powder ½ tbsp

Lemon 1

Recipe:

1.     Mix all the spices in a yogurt and add lemon juice in it then add chicken in it. Let it marinate for half an hour and then cook for half an hour.

2.     Now grab Italian bread and spread mayonnaise on it.

3.     Cut lettuce into pieces and spread it on bread.

4.     Now cut tomato, jalapeno and cucumber as well and then add it in bread as well.

5.     On the top add cooked chicken on bread and spread some ranch on it.

6.     If you like you can add cheese. It will give a great flavor to your bread.

Some Benefits of eating chicken:

Chicken is the most popular food in the world and people all around a globe loves eating chicken. There are also some benefits of eating it. It is a great source of protein. Chicken also has vitamin B3, which helps in protecting cancer and reduces the risks of Alzheimer. Chicken also has Vitamin B6, which keeps the heart healthy wealthy and well. Some people who want to maintain their health and love to reduce weight can also depend on chicken because it is lower in fat and has fewer calories as compared with other food.

Nutritional Facts of chicken: 

Dear reader I found a great link that tells us what are the nutritional facts of chicken are. You all can watch what you are eating and consume as much as you like. http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/poultry-products/703/2

I am also attaching nutritional facts of eating subs and this link is just great. It even has details about the beverages as well. Check it out http://silverminesubs.com/sms/Silver_Mine_Subs_Nutritional_Information.pdf

My recipe is inspired by these two websites and is a blend of how I likes to spice-up my sub. Here are links to one website http://www.recipe.com/ciabatta-pulled-chicken-sandwiches/ and other one is of-course subway subs

http://subwayathome.blogspot.com/2013/05/smokehouse-bbq.html

It’s really hard to get the entire recipe from websites but you can pick what you like and what spices are better for your tastes. If you know little bit about cooking, you can start making your own dishes by doing the recipes here and there or by mixing the spices of your choice and gives you a great flavor. Cooking is not a strategy but it is a technique. Once you learn it, you can do better in it and becomes a great chef.

I made this fresh recipe today and my husband loved it. Also my 1 year old a flavor of chicken and loved it as well. We all know that thanksgiving is on the corner and everyone is expecting guests. I think it is a best recipe to share and it is easy to made. You do not have to do a lot of cooking but only meat needs to cook which takes some time but its not too much. It is such a great recipe and I am sure all your known friends and family will love and appreciate it when you do this much of effort for them. Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy your food.

Some Related Links are:

1.     http://www.healthdiaries.com/eatthis/6-health-benefits-of-chicken.html

2.     http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/poultry-products/703/2

3.     http://silverminesubs.com/sms/Silver_Mine_Subs_Nutritional_Information.pdf

4.     http://www.recipe.com/ciabatta-pulled-chicken-sandwiches/

5.     http://subwayathome.blogspot.com/2013/05/smokehouse-bbq.html

Picture Credit: For all these pictures that I shared are mine. I took it today with my iPhone. This picture was taken on the same day and posted in this blog on the same day November 22^nd, 2014 so picture credit goes to me.

Resturant Style Pasta Platter

Prep Time: 1 hr & 15 minutes

Serving: 2 people

Ingredients

Pasta (shells or twist) 8 oz box

Vegetables:

Corns ½ cup

Broccoli small bunch

Green Bell pepper ½ or small size

Onion ½ medium size

Tomato 2 medium size

Oil ¼ cup

Spices for cooking pasta:

Salt ½ tbsp.

Black Pepper ½ tbsp.

Red pepper ¼ tbsp

Cumin seeds ½ tbsp

Paprika ¼ tbsp

Garlic ¼ tbsp

Meat:

Chicken or fish any kind you desire.

(in fish: I prefer Tilapia or Salmon 1 piece)

(in Chicken: I prefer Breast piece)

Spices for Fish marinating:

Salt ½ tbsp.

Paprika ¼ tbsp

Lemon ½ juice

Garlic 1/4 tbsp

Ginger ½ tbsp

Coriander powder ¼ tbsp

Recipe:

1.     In lemon juice add ginger & garlic paste, salt, paprika, and coriander powder and mix well.
2.     Now use these mixed spices for the fish marination and leave fish for at-least 15 minutes.
3.     Boil the pasta in water in a separate pan and add some oil in it. This will help to keep it separate and they will not join together.
4.     Boil until pasta is softened or boil for 20-30 minutes.
5.     Let fish and pasta on the side and start cooking vegetables.
6.     Now pour oil and fry onion until golden brown
7.     Add ginger and cumin seeds in it too. This will give a great smell of cumin in your food.
8.     Now add all the vegetables: corns, broccoli, and green bell pepper and let it fry.
9.     Now add salt, red pepper, paprika and black pepper into it and let it fry as well.
10. Add tomato and tomato paste in it and let it boil for 5-10 minutes until oil comes to the top of the gravy.
11. Now gravy is ready just add boiled pasta in it and mix well, and let it cook for another 5-10 minutes. This will bring flavor to the pasta.
12. In a separate pan-fry the marinated fish.
13. Grab a plate, put some pasta in it and top it with fish or meat.
14. Ready to eat and serve.  Enjoy!!!

Benefits of Fish:

Dear readers I will encourage you all to eat fish at-least twice a month or once a month if possible. Fish is a really healthy diet and good for bones. It has great Vitamins and minerals like Protein, Omega 3, Vitamin D, Calcium and Phosphorous, iron, zinc, iodine, magnesium, and potassium.  Also, other benefits of eating fish can reduce the high risks of heart attack or stroke and helps in reducing lower blood pressure as well. It is a great source of providing nutrition to brain and keeps it functioning. It also helps in maintaining vision of an infant and a brain in pregnant women.  I will recommend you all to make it a habit and try to eat seafood or fish. It is very healthy and helps boosting up some of the minerals that does not exists in our body.  For more information here is a link http://seafood.edf.org/benefits-eating-fish I want you all to read further. It is very informative.

I also find this link. It has a great nutrition Facts chart on fish and some other related seafood. Please check it out for more information. http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/finfish-and-shellfish-products/4045/2 Some Nutritional Facts of Tilapia are discussed in the picture attached on the side. Here is a link to it http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/finfish-and-shellfish-products/9244/2 

Here is an additional link, which I followed a little bit for my recipe, but I made transitions to my recipe based on what tastes better for me.  I also replaced chicken with a fish http://khanapakana.com/recipe/c306648c-8de6-44b0-8d27-aa1823c5dd4f/chicken-tomato-pasta

Dear Readers, I tried this recipe and it is very tasty. Cumin and garlic gives a great taste to pasta. If you have not tried adding these to spices to your recipe, please add and taste the difference. If you are a pasta lover, this will bring a great cheers and delight to your recipe. Thanksgiving is on the corner and everyone loves to cook. Why not add this with your turkey dinner. Let me know in comments below how you liked it.

Some Web links are:

1. http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/finfish-and-shellfish-products/9244/2
2. http://seafood.edf.org/benefits-eating-fish
3. http://khanapakana.com/recipe/c306648c-8de6-44b0-8d27-aa1823c5dd4f/chicken-tomato-pasta

Picture Credits:

For the platter: picture credit goes to me. It was taken in May 2014 by me and was cooked on the same day.
For nutritional facts: Picture credit goes to SELF Nutrition Data who provided this information and made it easier for me and for others to follow the balanced Nutrition fact chart and keep watching their intake.

Vanilla Ice-Cream Shake

Prep Time: 15-20 Min’s Max

Serving: 1 person

Ingredients:

Vanilla Ice-cream 2 scoops/

Strawberry about 4 and 1 for glass décor at the top of the glass

Milk ¼ glass

Plain glass 1 qty

Whip cream ½ glass

Jell-O/ jelly about ½ pack

Recipe:

1.     Take a glass and add some Jello/jelly on the sides of the glass.

2.     Add some milk on the bottom

3.     Add ½ of the strawberries from the ingredients

4.     Add whip cream

5.     And then add Ice-cream

6.     Repeat the same method again

7.     It is ready to serve

8.     For decors: slice a strawberry from the middle and hang it on the glass edge.

9.     You can also add other decors by using a fancy straw and a spoon

Some benefits of strawberry are:

The best benefit of this recipe is that it is healthy and good for digestion. I will recommend not just eating strawberries but also adding fruits in your intake. Once a day at least, this will give you all the antioxidants, vitamins A B and C depending on what you are eating. Strawberries also help in reducing lower blood pressures. It also fights against potentially cancerous diseases. It is also good for helping and maintaining proper bone structure. Potassium, Vitamin K, and Magnesium helps in building bones stronger.

Here is an article, which gives more details about strawberries, and I will recommend you all to read it. http://www.healthdiaries.com/eatthis/8-health-benefits-of-strawberries.html

Some Nutritional Facts of strawberries are for 1 cup serving size and I wanted to share that with you all are listed below.

Calories: 50	Protein: 1 gram
Carbohydrates: 11.65 grams	Dietary Fiber: 3.81 grams
Calcium: 23.24 mg	Iron: 0.63 mg
Magnesium: 16.60 mg	Phosphorus: 31.54 mg
Potassium: 44.82 mg	Selenium: 1.16 mg
Vitamin C: 94.12 mg	Folate: 29.38 mcg
Vitamin A: 44.82 IU

Here is a link http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/271285.php for additional reading. I want you all to at least skim it and get all the desired details about the strawberries. This website also leads you to connecting websites regarding strawberries if you are more interested in reading health benefits, and some risks and precautions are also discussed in it. Megan Ware, who is a registered dietitian and nutritionist, writes this article. It is like a food of your thoughts.

I tried this recipe with my family only. They all love it and especially my 1 year old gets excited in seeing all these colors and makes her happy and she wants more and more. It is a hassle free recipe and easy to make. Looks good and you can enhance it by using your favorite ice cream or fruits. I am also displaying its picture. It is my recipe and my picture and was taken quite a while ago. As, I was going through what I Cooked in the past and I found this. I wanted to share this with you all since I started blogging about food.

My personal recommendations are to eat healthy, exercise daily if possible, and enjoy your life at fullest by doing what you love to do. Have a great week everyone and don’t forget to come back for next recipe.

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http://kanzazamanscooking.blogspot.com/2014/11/vanilla-ice-cream.html

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Picture credit goes to me and was taken in 2009 via my cell phone.