Dinner with Danielle

Good afternoon and Happy Friday wonderful followers! As promised, today's recipe is super easy and one of my favorite meals...beef with broccoli. Anyone who knows me knows that this is one of my favorite meals to get via take out. But why order take out when I can make it at home and it tastes twice as good? This will be getting added to my meal rotation at least twice a month. Enough of that, let's get to it! Recipe: Salt Pepper Flank Steak (thinly sliced into 2 inch pieces) 1 c of beef broth 2/3 c of soy sauce 1/3 c of brown sugar 1 tbs of sesame oil 1 tbs of minced garlic 4 c of broccoli (I prefer the florets) 2 tbs of cornstarch mixed in with 4 tbs of cold water Cooking Instructions: Season steak with salt and pepper (seasoning salt and pepper if you're like me) Place steak in crockpot with beef broth, soy sauce, brown sugar, sesame oil, and garlic. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours (this can be cooked on high for 2-3 as well) W...

Good evening and happy Thursday everyone! Tonight's post will be about hibachi....one of my favorite meals to go out and buy. Recently, I was browsing Pinterest to figure out what I could do with the few items I had in my kitchen (I'm doing this thing where I try to use everything in my fridge before going to the grocery store). With two chicken breasts, zucchini, squash and rice the answer was simple...hibachi (pictured below). Recipe: Chicken (how ever much you like) Zucchini (how ever much you like) Squash (how ever much you like) Butter (I used about 2-3 tbsp) Soy sauce (depends on how much flavor you like but I used 2 tbsp) Olive Oil Salt Pepper Rice Cooking Instructions: Put Rice on (I used day old rice) Dice up your chicken and veggies Heat a little olive oil in a skillet pan Place chicken in pan with 1 tbsp. butter, 1 tbsp. soy sauce, and salt and pepper (to taste) Cook chicken all the way through and set to the side. In a separate skil...

Good afternoon and happy Saturday! I guess I'm two for two with the last two posts being breakfast recipes! Today's recipe is one of my favorite breakfast meals  - french toast. I must admit that this was so delicious that I had two days in a row and contemplated having it again for dinner. Recipe Bread (I used Sourdough from the bakery at Food Lion) 2 Large Eggs 1 Pinch of salt 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract 1 sprinkle of cinnamon 1 sprinkle of nutmeg 1 c of milk 1/2 stick of butter (to grease the pan) Cooking Instructions Preheat skillet or griddle with 1 tsp of butter on medium to low heat (I found that I had to constantly add butter to prevent my bread from sticking to the pan). Beat eggs, milk, salt, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg in large bowl. Place bread in bowl and coat both sides. Be careful not to soak it. You just want the bread to be coated evenly in the mixture. Place on skillet or griddle and cook until browned on both sid...

Good morning and Happy Monday! Today's post will feature one of my favorite breakfast meals! Sausage, Egg, and Cheese Breakfast casserole. It's so easy to make and a quick breakfast for those of us too busy or too lazy to make breakfast everyday *cough, cough me* I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Recipe 6 eggs 1/4 to 1/2 c of milk (just enough to make your eggs fluffy) 1 package of breakfast sausage (your choice) 1 package of Pillsbury crescents 1 package of shredded cheddar cheese Salt Pepper Cooking Instructions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread Pillsbury crescents on the bottom of 9 x 9 inch pan (like its a crust). Cook breakfast sausage (I season mine with black pepper and seasoning salt). Then drain grease from sausage and set to the side. Mix eggs with 1/4 c of milk, salt and pepper (to taste), and about 1/4 c of cheese (feel free to add more). Spread sausage evenly on top of crescents, pour egg mixture over sausage, and top with cheese....

Hello and Happy Thursday! This post will include two recipes! One for parmesan crusted chicken breasts and one for roasted red potatoes! Let's get to it! Parmesan Crusted Chicken Breast Chicken Breast (I had two large ones and I sliced them longwise so they would be thinner) 1 cup bread crumbs (I used ritz crackers because I'm not a huge fan of bread crumbs) 2/3 c of parmesan cheese Seasoning Salt Black Pepper 1/4 cup of melted butter 3 tsp of lemon juice Cooking Instructions Preheat oven to 350 degrees Mix bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, black pepper, and seasoning salt together and put to the side. Mix melted butter and lemon juice together. Dip both sides of the chicken in the melted butter/lemon juice mixture. Then quickly dip chicken into the bread crumb mixture. Make sure to completely cover the chicken in the mixture. Repeat with the rest of the chicken. Spray sheet pan and bake for about 45 minutes or until done. Roasted Red Potat...

Hi everyone and Happy Friday! Sorry, that it's been awhile since my last post. I've been busy these past few weeks and things are finally starting to settle down. Today's post is one of my favorite go to meals and it's great for meal prepping. It's a turkey sausage and vegetable sheet pan. Mine only has turkey sausage, zucchini and squash in it since that's what I had in my fridge. Feel free to use incorporate more veggies in it! Recipe: Sausage (your preference) Roasting veggies (broccoli, zucchini, squash, peppers, etc.) Olive oil Salt Pepper Garlic Powder Nutmeg Cooking instructions: Dice veggies up into quarters (I prefer quarter size) Slice sausage Toss veggies and sausage in olive oil Add salt, pepper, garlic powder, and nutmeg (there's no exact measurements to this; just season as much or as little as you would like). Place on a sheet pan and bake at 350 for about 45 minutes. I serve my skillet over jasmine rice and a little bit ...