In our home, come Friday we are all getting a bit tired of the work-week and looking forward to the week-end. We always try to have Friday evening dinners be a bit more relaxed and we all usually pitch in to help. We’ll barbecue burgers, have tacos or quite often make home made pizza; we like something laid back but yummy, a celebration of a busy weeks completion and the anticipation of the week-end ahead.
As yummy as those food items are, I find we’re sometimes stuck in the rut of always making the same old boring things week after week, but let’s face it, finding a great alternative to burgers and pizza is not always easy!
Well, last Friday, thanks to VH Sauces wanting to change up your dinner rut by providing Canadian families with some fun and easy ways to excite their dinner, my family had the surprise of their year!
Imagine the looks on their faces when I started hauling out the ingredients for our Friday dinner! There was eggplant and goat cheese; Greek pitas and Garlic Rib Sauce; green onions and Mozzarella cheese plus lots more! And if that weren’t enough, there was a beautiful serving dish, platters, and a variety of bowls, as well as a gorgeous photo tray to carry all of the delicious food to the table. Also included in the box of goodies I received from VH were some recipe cards and we decided to try out two of the recipes for our dinner.
The first recipe we made was Grilled Sweet Chili Flatbreads, this was so tasty and super quick to make. Everything went together in just a couple of minutes and we munched on these savoury wedges while making the main event!
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Grilled Sweet Chili Flatbreads Ingredients
Directions
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The second recipe we tried was Eggplant Stacks with Tomato and Mozzarella. I wasn’t very familiar with eggplant so I was a little hesitant, however, I was intent on stepping outside the box with this recipe. I need not have been concerned, this was absolutely delicious and both my daughter and I went back for seconds!
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Eggplant Stacks with Tomato and Mozzarella Ingredients
Directions
Tip: This dish is great as a substantial appetizer or as a meal served with a crispy green salad and crusty bread. |
We had so much fun stepping outside of our comfort “rut” and making some easy to prepare, scrumptious and exciting dishes for our end of the week celebration dinner! If you want to shake up your dinner time routine visit the VH Facebook page for many more fun, fast and fabulous ideas!
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Grilled Honey Peanut Chicken Strips: These sound really good!
pork and cashew rice paper rolls
I’d like to try: Peanut Crusted Chicken with VH® Sweet Thai Chili Sauce.
Cheers.
Beef and Green Beans with Studded Rice looks delicious
Cashew Chicken
Curried Chicken Meatballs
Beef Chicken and Bacon stir fry sounds fantastic!!!
I’d like to try the Chicken and Rice Noodle Salad with Pad Thai Dressing recipe.
The Almond Chicken recipe looks awesome!
Chicken and Rice Noodle Salad with Pad Thai Dressing
I like to try the Beef, Chicken & Bacon Stir-Fry.
Grilled Honey Peanut Chicken Strips these sound so good
I want to try the braised beef short ribs
I would love to try the Slow Cooker Curry Peanut Chicken.
I would love to try Asian 5 Spice Shepherd’s Pie!
I’d like to try Mixed Greens with Mandarins and Thai Lime Vinaigrette.
Honey Garlic Burger with Sweet and Sour Mayonnaise
Ooh! Chili glazed meatloaf for me!
The butter chicken sounds yummy!
I would like to try the Asian Chicken Burgers with pineapple mayonnaise recipe
Asian Tuna Cakes, yummy!
The Asian five spice pizza recipe looks yummy. Think I might give it a try.
The Grilled Shrimp with Spicy Chili Sauce looks delicious!
I would love to try the Hoisin Chicken Asian Slaw. :)
I would love to try the Beef, Chicken & Bacon Stir-Fry recipe
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I would like to try the Beef, Chicken & Bacon Stir-Fry. IT sounds so good.
silverneon2000 at yahoo dot com
The Beef, Chicken and Bacon Stir Fry.
I didn’t copy! :) That’s the recipe that caught my eye first. How funny!
I’d like to make the Yellow Thai Curry
Almond chicken
The Healthy Mixed Fried Rice
I would love to try the VH® Sweet Thai Chili Wings!
I would like to try the Grilled Honey Peanut Chicken Strips:
the Asian Chicken Burgers with pineapple mayonnaise sounds really yummy
I would like to try the 5 spice Asian Shepard’s pie
The butter chicken sounds delicious.
I ‘d like to make Baked Tilapia with Roasted Asparagus and Tomatoes
teddyoutready2(at)gmail(dot)com
I would love to try the Asian Chicken Burgers with Pineapple Mayonnaise, it sounds so good.
butter chicken
Mixed Greens with Mandarins and Thai Lime Vinaigrette
Asian 5 Spice Shepherd’s Pie
Beef and Green Beans with Studded Rice
Apricot and Soya Glazed Tenderloin sounds good!
Bulgogi!
Id love to try the Beef Chicken and Bacon stir fry
dalleykt at live dot ca
I want to make the Chili Glazed Meatloaf!
i’d like to try the Asian 5 Spice Shepherd’s Pie
I would like to try the Asian 5-Spice Pizza!
I’d like to try the Escalope of Chicken or Turkey, Teriyaki-Style
Glazed Pork Medallions
I’d like to try the Butter Chicken Recipe.
yellow Thai curry
Spice Beef Fried Rice
Sweet Thai Chili Wings
I’d like to try the Curried Red Lentil Stew recipe.
salmon with sweet thai chili sauce
October 12-I would like to try Spiced Beef Fried Rice.
I would like to try the Asian 5 Spice Shepherd’s Pie :)
I’d like to try the butter chicken recipe. LOVE LOVE LOVE butter chicken.
kevin.linkie@hotmail.com
I would like to try the Apricot and Soya Glazed Tenderloin recipe
I think the asian cole slaw would be great to try!
The Asian 5-spice Sheppard’s pie sounds yummy!
Asian Chicken Burgers with Pineapple Mayonnaise – but it was a hard choice because there are so many great sounding recipes there!
I’d like to try: Peanut Crusted Chicken with VH® Sweet Thai Chili Sauce.
honey garlic burgers sound delicious!
The butter chicken
I would like to try the Chicken stuffed with Broccoli and Goat Cheese.
grilled shrimp
Mixed Greens with Mandarins and Thai Lime Vinaigrette
Cherry Fruited Rice sounds yummy!
beef and green beans with studded rice
Flank Steak With Roasted Garlic BBQ Sauce
Traditional Butter Chicken is an Indian dish I would like to try to make myself!
Asian 5 Spice Shepherd’s Pie
We have shepards pie alot, and my dad used asian 5 spice alot growing up – never thought of putting htem together!!
http://www.vhrecipes.ca/Recipe/Garlic-and-Ginger-Ribs-0-1082.aspx?lang=en
I would like to try the Beef, Chicken & Bacon Stir-Fry recipe.
I love honey garlic ribs, so I’d like to try the Honey Garlic Burgers.
I would love to try the almond chicken
love the garlic spare ribs sauce ,
Butter Chicken!
i’d like to try the Grilled Honey Peanut Chicken Strips
Braised beef short ribs…yum!
mmmm the Pork and Cashew Rice Paper Rolls
curried red lentil stew or butter chicken
Grilled Honey Peanut Chicken Strips!
Beef Chicken and Bacon stir fry
Almond Chicken
asian 5 spice shepards pie
Asian 5 Spice Shepherd’s Pie
Bok Choy and Tofu Stir-Fry
Yellow thai curry
Ahh the days of Sherpherd’s Pie – comfort food. Love to try VH Sauces to compliment this dish : Asian 5 Spice Shepherd’s Pie