INGREDIENTS
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- lemon juice squeezed from a medium to large sized lemon
- lemon zest from the skin of a medium to large sized lemon
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 2 medium to large sized boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut in thin strips
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 5 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- small onion or large scallion, chopped
- 1⁄2 lb asparagus, cut into diagonal pieces (discard tough part of spear)
DIRECTIONS
- In a glass dish, stir together soy sauce, lemon juice, lemon zest and cornstarch.
- Add chicken and coat well with marinade. Cover and refrigerate for 15 to 30 minutes.
- Heat oil in a large, nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add garlic and fry till softened.
- Reserving the marinade, add the chicken, followed by scallions, asparagus, and carrot.
- Stir-fry for 3 to 4 minutes, or until chicken is no longer pink.
- Add marinade and cook until sauce is slightly thickened, about 1 minute.
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Ingredients
- 9 inch pie crust (or frozen pastry sheet)
- 2 tablespoons butter (or 4 tbs if you omit the bacon)
- 2 thinly sliced medium zucchinis
- 1 thinly sliced medium onion
- 5 strips bacon (can omit... or... add more if you prefer...)
- 5 eggs
- 2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 3/4 cup (6 oz) shredded mozzarella cheese and 3/4 cup shredded Swiss, Gruyère or Cheddar cheese
- 2 teaspoons mustard
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400°
- Unroll pastry sheet into a 9-in. pie plate
- Spread mustard over pastry shell
- In a large skillet, fry bacon until done, remove & crumble into pieces
- To leftover bacon grease in skillet, add butter and melt over medium heat
- Add zucchini and onion and stir until tender
- Stir crumbled bacon back in
- Cover pastry bottom with vegetable bacon mixture
- In a large bowl, whisk eggs and seasonings until blended
- Stir in shredded cheese
- Spread egg cheese mixture over top of vegetable mixture
- Bake on a lower oven rack 40 minutes (until knife inserted near center comes out clean)
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