Hello all you wonderful readers! It is as though I am getting lazier all the time with this whole cooking deal! Does anyone else find the same thing? Summer time or any sort of relatively warm weather I do not want to cook. I really prefer to have snacky type food and sit outside watching the kids be crazy wild kids! Perhaps I need an outdoor kitchen in my yard.....I suppose that is something I can put on my goals list! This is really just a nice summer evening, not to be ruined by sweating in a kitchen and watching all the food I worked so hard to make be eaten by bugs! The kids don't feel much like eating and neither do I! Husband is working on his truck in the driveway, kids are playing in the sprinkler and I am watching everyone sitting on my lawnchair.Trying to be invisible to bees!
We are moving into our new place this weekend! Yay! Always so exciting when you are moving into a new place! Hopefully things will settle down a bit and I will get a good flow going on in my life and I can start posting on here again! (recipes!)
Well, just thought I would check in quickly so that everyone knows I am still here and will pick up again soon! Hope this beautiful weather is shining on everyone!
Monday, June 28, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Failed Experiment
Had a plan to put a new recipe up tonight. Was making meatball soup. Easy right? I thought it would be a quick and easy recipe, something to make when you don't have too many ingredients available.
Apparently this was a giant waste of food, time and energy. I had never made this before, so I did a some research and tried to put a little something together. If anyone ever tells you that you can roll up a meatball and just drop it in the soup to cook, DO NOT believe them! What a disaster. Not one meatball stayed together, the soup was inundated with small pieces of ground beef and just completely filled with fat. I could not even salvage any of it and it just ended up in the trash. In the end tonight ended up being a cheese and crackers with fruit and veggies night. A quick fix for a failed experiment. I must say, this was a very irritating experience. Perhaps it is my intolerance for the heat, or lack of sleep? Perhaps it is because I quit smoking 4 days ago....My hubby has been hinting that I may be a bit on the crabby side......I am not sure I am fully convinced of this!
Stay tuned, my cooking adventures will continue!
Apparently this was a giant waste of food, time and energy. I had never made this before, so I did a some research and tried to put a little something together. If anyone ever tells you that you can roll up a meatball and just drop it in the soup to cook, DO NOT believe them! What a disaster. Not one meatball stayed together, the soup was inundated with small pieces of ground beef and just completely filled with fat. I could not even salvage any of it and it just ended up in the trash. In the end tonight ended up being a cheese and crackers with fruit and veggies night. A quick fix for a failed experiment. I must say, this was a very irritating experience. Perhaps it is my intolerance for the heat, or lack of sleep? Perhaps it is because I quit smoking 4 days ago....My hubby has been hinting that I may be a bit on the crabby side......I am not sure I am fully convinced of this!
Stay tuned, my cooking adventures will continue!
Monday, June 21, 2010
DAY 98 RECIPE: OLD MOTHER HUBBARD CASSEROLE
Well, I had some ground beef to use for dinner tonight. I was racking my brain trying to think of something to make with this, so I looked to my cupboards and fridge for my inspiration. There was not much coming to me. Nothing jumping out. A few things would come to mind and I would find that the only ingredient we had was ground beef! Haha.
It seems I am in desperate need of a grocery shop. So I figured, I would call this creation the Old Mother Hubbard Casserole because it was created from an almost empty cupboard. In fact I was actually laughing to myself when I was searching for ingredients. I said to myself (yes I talk to myself frequently,mostly in my head;)) I fell like old mother Hubbard! hahaha. So That is the story behind the name. I just threw together what I had kickin around in the cupboards.
Anybody else ever get to that point? The I-have-no-food-in-the-house-what-can-I-make-for-dinner? Need to stretch a few bucks? Well here is the answer!! This is not a fancy meal. It does not look amazing, but it tastes good and fills tummies:) Most ingredients can be replaced with something else, if you don't have what's on the list. Experiment and have fun.
Old Mother Hubbard Casserole
INGREDIENTS:
1 Lb Ground Beef
1 Large Onion, finely diced
2 Garlic Cloves, finely minced
Salt and pepper to taste
1 Small Can Mushroom Soup
1 Small Can Sliced Mushrooms, drained
2 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
1 Small Can Cream Corn
14 (approx) Red Mini (baby) Potatoes, thinly sliced
DIRECTIONS:
Pre heat oven to 400 degrees.
In a non stick fry pan brown ground beef over medium high heat. Season beef to taste with salt and pepper. After about 5 minutes, drain off excess fat. Return to heat and add garlic, onions and mushrooms. Cook another 5 minutes or so.
Add soup and Worcestershire sauce and mix thoroughly. Reduce heat to low and simmer 10 minutes.
Line a 9X9 inch casserole dish with parchment paper. Put a single layer of potatoes to line the bottom of the dish, overlap SLIGHTLY.
Pour meat mixture over top of potatoes.
Pour cream corn over meat mixture.
Top with remaining potatoes.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.
Cover and place in oven for 25minutes. Remove cover and continue to bake another 20 minutes, until potatoes are slightly browned and are tender.
It seems I am in desperate need of a grocery shop. So I figured, I would call this creation the Old Mother Hubbard Casserole because it was created from an almost empty cupboard. In fact I was actually laughing to myself when I was searching for ingredients. I said to myself (yes I talk to myself frequently,mostly in my head;)) I fell like old mother Hubbard! hahaha. So That is the story behind the name. I just threw together what I had kickin around in the cupboards.
Anybody else ever get to that point? The I-have-no-food-in-the-house-what-can-I-make-for-dinner? Need to stretch a few bucks? Well here is the answer!! This is not a fancy meal. It does not look amazing, but it tastes good and fills tummies:) Most ingredients can be replaced with something else, if you don't have what's on the list. Experiment and have fun.
Old Mother Hubbard Casserole
INGREDIENTS:
1 Lb Ground Beef
1 Large Onion, finely diced
2 Garlic Cloves, finely minced
Salt and pepper to taste
1 Small Can Mushroom Soup
1 Small Can Sliced Mushrooms, drained
2 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
1 Small Can Cream Corn
14 (approx) Red Mini (baby) Potatoes, thinly sliced
DIRECTIONS:
Pre heat oven to 400 degrees.
In a non stick fry pan brown ground beef over medium high heat. Season beef to taste with salt and pepper. After about 5 minutes, drain off excess fat. Return to heat and add garlic, onions and mushrooms. Cook another 5 minutes or so.
Add soup and Worcestershire sauce and mix thoroughly. Reduce heat to low and simmer 10 minutes.
Line a 9X9 inch casserole dish with parchment paper. Put a single layer of potatoes to line the bottom of the dish, overlap SLIGHTLY.
Pour meat mixture over top of potatoes.
Pour cream corn over meat mixture.
Top with remaining potatoes.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.
Cover and place in oven for 25minutes. Remove cover and continue to bake another 20 minutes, until potatoes are slightly browned and are tender.
Hello My long lost friends!
Well! It has been almost a month since I have posted on here! I can't believe it! Slacker hey? To make a long story short, things have been upside down hectic lately and will hopefully start to slow down in the very near future! Have not been cooking much at all and nothing new to speak of, with the exception of a few ill fated brownie experiments. When all else fails, go back to the tried and true basics! Lesson learned!
I am hoping to post a recipe tonight, I am feeling the cooking bug today. Ingredients are limited, not sure what I can come up with.....Have some ground beef, guess that will be my starting point! Wish me luck and tune in later to see what comes of this cooking day adventure......
I am hoping to post a recipe tonight, I am feeling the cooking bug today. Ingredients are limited, not sure what I can come up with.....Have some ground beef, guess that will be my starting point! Wish me luck and tune in later to see what comes of this cooking day adventure......
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