Potatoes Onions and Eggs

This is a fairly quick and easy breakfast which combines several of my favorite foods.

Ingredients:

• 2 red potatoes
• 1/4 yellow onion
• 2 eggs

Directions:

• Cut the potatoes and onions in to small pieces.  The smaller the pieces the more thoroughly they will cook.  Larger pieces will come out with more of a raw vegetable taste.  
• Season vegetables with salt and pepper.  
• Warm up a small pan on the stove at medium-high heat.  
• Coat the pan with 1 Tbsp of olive oil.
• Add onions and potatoes to the pan and cook for about 5 minutes, make sure to stir often.
• Put onions and potatoes on a plate and spray out any remains in the pain in to the sink.  
• Reheat the pan and set the stove to medium heat.
• Carefully add both eggs to avoid breaking the yolk.  
• Cook the eggs for about 2-3 minutes on each side.
• Place eggs on top of the vegetables and enjoy.  

Spicy Blended Salsa

This is a spicy blended salsa that I learned from my step-Grandma.  It can be used for chips, but it is much better on food.

Ingredients:

• 4 roma tomatoes
• 1 yellow onion
• 8 jalapeños 

Directions:

• Heat water until it is boiling in a medium sized pot.  
• Add jalapeños and boil them for 15-20 minutes.  The jalapeño skin should be soft to the touch and they should have turned a darker green by now.  
• Remove jalapeños from the water and cut off the steams.  
• Combine the tomatoes, onion, and jalapeños in the blender.  
• Thoroughly blend until there are no chunks remaining.  
• Simmer for 20 minutes on a low heat.  

Extras:

• Salt and garlic can be added to taste.  
• Jalapeños can be added or taken away to adjust how spicy it is.  

Oven Baked Chicken

This recipe works well for any kind of bone in cuts of chicken with the skin (thighs, drumsticks, breasts, etc).

Directions:

• Preheat Oven to 400F
• Pat chicken dry with a paper towel. 
• Season chicken (salt, pepper, seasoning salt, paprika, etc)
• Bake chicken on 400F for 30 minutes
• Move chicken to top rack and reduce heat to 350F and cook for 10 more minutes.  
• Allow chicken to sit outside of the oven for 5-10 minutes before serving.  

Simple Steak Marinade

A simple steak marinade.  Particularly good for tough cuts of meat that need to be soaked overnight to loosen them up.

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup Soy Sauce
• 1/2 cup Olive Oil
• 1/2 cup Red Wine
• 1 Tbsp Black Pepper

Marinade over night to allow the marinade to soak all the way through.  The soy sauce can be cut down to 1/8 cup to make the dish less salty.