Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts

Monday, October 15, 2007

Tuna Casserole

Tonight:

2(6 1/2oz)can tuna fish, water packed, drained
egg noodles or elbow mac, cooked
1 tsp instant onions
1 can cream of mushroom soup

Place cooked noodles in bottom of a casserole. Top with drained tuna. Sprinkle with onions. Cover with soup; spreading to edges to seal. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.

Notes: You can use 1 12 oz can of tuna instead of 2 6 1/2 oz cans. This may be doubled, but cooking time needs to be adjusted.

Mexican Lasagna/ Mexican Blend Herbs

3 pounds hamburger
12 tortillas, cut in half
23 ounces ranch style beans
14 ounces shredded cheddar cheese
10 ounces rotel tomatoes with green chilies
10 ounces cream of mushroom soup
1 onion chopped
1 tablespoon chili powder

Brown meat with onion. Drain. Add chili powder. In a baking dish layer 12 tortilla halves. Place 1/2 of meat on top. Top with beans. Place a layer of cheese over this. Place remaining tortilla halves over this. Mix together remaining meat and sup and rotels, Pour on top. Cover with cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Notes: This was way too much for us the first time I made it. So I now make half the recipe. It is very good. The original recipe just called for tortillas as written above. But I've made it both ways, you really want to use corn tortillas. Also instead of using plain chili powder, I used a blend of Mexican spices, about 2 tablespoons. And finally I add a 4 ounce can of sliced mushrooms to the Meat/soup mixture [for half recipe so add 2 for the whole one].


Mexican Blend Herbs

3 Tablespoons oregano
2 tablespoons dry cilantro
1 tablespoon cayenne
2 tablespoons garlic powder
3 tablespoons cumin
pinch cloves
1 tablespoons onion powder
1/2 tablespoon paprika
1 1/2 tablespoon chili powder

Blend well. Store in an airtight container.

Spanish Beef/Chicken

1 whole chicken, boiled and boned
1 (10oz) can cream of chicken soup
1 (10oz) can cream of mushroom soup
1/4 cup onion, chopped
4 ounces grated cheddar cheese
crushed tortilla chips

Stir together all ingredients; pour into greased baking pan. Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes.

Note: Instead of Using Chicken, I used 1 pound browned hamburger meat. This turned out just as good as with the chicken. And I would imagine that it would be good with ground venison, lamb, pork, or other meats; these are the two ways I've tried though.

Friday, October 12, 2007

Shopping Day 10-12-2007

Here it is another week is upon us. Here is the weekly menu list for this coming week.

Spanish Beef
Mexican Lasagna
Baked Potatoes
Tuna Casserole
Pizza Cups
BLT's
Tuna Helper

I will try my best to get the recipe prepared over the weekend posted Monday morning.

Week's Recipes

Well, If you haven't noticed; yes there's a lot of mundane days where we eat a lot of the same things. This was one of those weeks. I believe that every thing listed has been posted except the Vegetable Stew, so here is that Recipe.

2 large cans veg-all
2-3 chicken bouillon cubs, or beef
1/4 cup cooked red kidney beans
1/4 cups cooked pinto beans
1/4 cup cooked garbanzo beans
1 can diced tomatoes
Any other Vegetables desired
Spices as desired
Water

Basically mix all in a large pot and cook until heated and flavor meld.

Monday, October 8, 2007

Pizza Casserole

Last night we had Pizza Casserole. As always it was delicious! We could eat a lot of this. With too much ado here's the Recipe:

Pizza Casserole:

1/2 package shell pasta
1 roll bulk sausage
1 package pepperoni slices
1 jar pizza sauce
1 package mixed shredded cheese

Cook pasta and drain. Cook sausage and drain. Layer all ingredients [1/2 noodles, 1/2 sausage, 1/2 pepperoni, 1/2 cheese, then top with next layer] Top with sauce [1/2 jar] cook in preheated 350* oven for 25-30 minutes. Do not cover while cooking.

I make my own Pizza and Spaghetti sauces. They are really simple and easy to make.

Sullivan Family Spaghetti Sauce:

15 ounces tomato sauce
8 ounces tomato paste
sage
oregano
garlic powder
basil
thyme
celery salt
rosemary
dill
parsley
vegetables, cooked
meat, cooked
15 ounces diced tomatoes

Combine tomato sauce and tomato paste in a sauce pan and heat and stir until combined. Add seasonings, meats, and vegetables as desired.

For Pizza Sauce use tomato sauce and seasonings. Leave out the meats, vegetables, and diced tomatoes. Simply mix in seasonings as desired.

Breakfast

Saturday Night Hubby wanted Breakfast for dinner instead of anything on the menu. We had biscuits, sausage, and scrambled eggs. Hubby Wanted to try Grandma's Molasses again. He said that he's always liked it. So I bought that for him and he found that he did indeed still like it. My father was always a syrup and butter person. This is what I like to eat. Hubby's Father was a Peanut Butter and syrup person. This was strange with molasses. I can eat molasses, but prefer syrup. I think it would be better with plain syrup than molasses.

Syrup and Butter:

Simply mix equal portions of syrup and butter. Blend well. This when finished will look like a curdled mass, because the syrup doesn't mix well with the butter. but it's good this way none the less.

Syrup and Peanut Butter:

Mix Peanut Butter with about two thirds the amount of syrup or molasses. Blend well. This will be a smooth mass as they blend well.

Freddie's Scrambled Eggs

8 eggs
1/2 cup butter
salt and pepper

In skillet combine eggs and butter, heat and scramble, adding salt and pepper when half done. Cook until done to desired done-ness.

Shopping Day October 5, 2007/ Chili And Crackers

Well, another week has passed. And here we are time to post another shopping day menu. Here it is:

Chili and Crackers
Breakfast
Pizza Casserole
Grilled Cheese and Soup
Hamburgers
Sloppy Joes
Vegetable Stew
Spaghetti

Now I know that there's 8 meals listed here. This is because Hubby wanted to have breakfast for dinner one night. I had the ingredients necessary to make it without having to take something off the list. So One of these will not be made. But I'm not too sure which one it will be.

Friday Night we had Chili and Crackers

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Hamburger And Potato Hash

Tonight:

He loves this. It is often his request.

1 pound hamburger
salt
pepper
seasoned salt
potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
water
cheese


Brown hamburger meat, seasoned with salt, pepper, and seasoned salt. Drain. Place hamburger meat and potatoes in a large pot and mix together well. Add enough water to steam potatoes. When potatoes are tender add cheese to taste. Serve hot.

Club Sandwich And Fries

Cook’s tip: A light non-hamburger meal that people of all ages enjoy.

2 slices of good quality white or wheat bread
4 slices of chicken breast or turkey
2 slices of medium crisp bacon
1 slice tomato
1 leaf lettuce
1 slice cheddar cheese
3 slices of pickle (optional)

1.Toast the bread on light.

2.Spread it with butter or mayonnaise on only one side.

3.Arrange the chicken, bacon, tomato, cheese and pickles on one side of the bread.

4.Cover it with the other piece. Cut it into four pieces.

Hubby Likes these. They are always good.

Pizza

Pizza, Yum.... Tell Me, Who doesn't like Pizza?

Pizza Crust

1 package active dry yeast, or 1 tablespoon
instant yeast
1 1/8 cups warm water
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons oil
3 cups flour

YOur method depends greatly upon which yeast your using. If using regular yeast you must proof it. Mix your yeast with the warm water and sugar. Let stand until bubbly. Add Oil and Salt. Gradually work in as much flour as possibly until you have a stiff dough.

If your using the instant yeast Mix the water, sugar, salt, and oil. Combine yeast and 1 cup flour. Gradually add yeast-flour mixture to water mixture until thoroughly combined. Then proceed in adding flour until a stiff dough is obtained.

Knead dough by hand for 2 minutes. Return dough to greased bowl turning to coat. Let stand in a warm place until doubled in bulk. Spread crust in pan and cover with desired toppings. Bake at 400 degrees until dough is cooked through.


Pizza is always a hit around this house. Last night I ran out of white flour and had to finish with whole wheat flour. It was good this way and Hubby didn't even know it... until I said something about it. .....HUM....

Mixed Beans

Wow, I am amazed at how fast time goes by. Now that the baby is teething I'm having a hard time getting things done.. hence the late posts. She wants to be with Momma every second and I can't type very well with her in my lap. Alas, here goes...

Mixed Beans

I've been looking into sneaky ways to make our meals better for us. Though Hubby is one of those "I'm not eating that Junk people." So I've got to figure out how to sneak the good stuff in. This is the reason for the Cream of Wheat. I cannot get him to eat whole wheat any other way.

1 1/2 cups pinto beans
1 cup black beans
1 cup kidney beans
1/4 cup garbanzo beans or chickpeas
4 chicken bouillon cubes
water
salt
salt pork
1 Tablespoon cream of wheat, optional

Dissolve bouillon cubes in 4 cups of hot water. Wash beans and add to water in pot. And enough water to cover. Boil, adding water as necessary, until garbanzo beans are about half tender, add salt pork. Boil until pork is cooked and garbanzo beans are tender. Gradually add Cream of Wheat; boil a few minutes longer. Salt to taste.

This was absolutely delicious. By the time the Garbanzo beans are done the black beans will have cooked to mush. the Kidney beans will be approaching that point and the pinto beans will be soft. This was served with cornbread [same as before]. My only complaint about this recipe is that the garbanzo beans took too long to cook. I will use an equal portion of one of the others in it's place next time. He liked them [though he adds too much Jalapeno pepper juice to know it they were any good or not], no complaints.

Monday, October 1, 2007

Chicken Jambalaya/ Beans

Chicken Jambalaya

1 large hen or 2 fryers
1-1 1/2 cup olive oil
8 small white onions, minced
1 can Italian tomatoes or tomato paste
2 bell peppers, minced
2 pimentos, minced
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 1/2 cup raw rice
salt
pepper
Tabasco sauce
2 stalks celery, minced
dash oregano
dash rosemary
dash thyme

Cut chicken in pieces and boil 1 1/2 hours in water to which onions, celery, and bell pepper have been added. Then add olive oil, garlic and salt and allow to boil 1 hour longer. Wash rice and add with tomatoes and pimentos to chicken. There should be about 2 fingers of liquid above rice. Add a little water if necessary. Simmer slowly in covered Dutch oven for 30-45 minutes, or until rice is cooked. Stir once or twice while cooking.

[from: Talk About Good, The Junior League Cookbook of Lafayette, Louisiana.]

Beans

Well, instead of the usual pinto beans it's going to be a mixture of pinto beans, kidney beans, and garbanzo beans. I've got tons of them all, and it's just for the sake of using them. Grin.

Well, that's it.

Shoping Day 9-28-2007/ Grilled Hamburgers/ Salad

Ok. Here Goes.. He had three days off and we were all over East Texas in these three days. This is the first time my computer has even been one this weekend. So here's my belated weekly menu and the recipes from the weekend and tonight.


28th
Grilled Hamburgers and hot dogs.

29th
Salad

30th
Chicken Jambalaya

1st
Mixed Beans

2nd
Pizza

3rd
Club Sandwich

4th
Hamburger And Potato Hash


Grilled Hamburgers and Hot Dogs.

This is an interesting feat every time. He's not used to using wood, he's always used charcoal. Given my choice I'd use wood every time. So guess who gets to start the grill and get it ready>>> Imagine that! A guy who doesn't know how to start a wood fire grill. I keep telling him it isn't much different than using charcoal, but he hasn't tried starting it yet. After the grill is ready he does the rest though. [I'll get him taught eventually though. LOL.]

The hamburger patties are the same jane old patties that he makes indoors. But as they are finishing on the grill, he places mushrooms on the top, lets them heat through and then places a slice of cheddar cheese on top of that. once that melts he takes them off the grill. This is delicious.

Salad

Salad is pretty simple and straight forward. Pretty much lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and anything else you'd like to add on your salad. This is a pretty big salad, huge might even be the word. Yes, at this size it's a meal all by itself. Sometimes on a given day it's all we want. Ah, delicious, good ol' salad. [Yes, my nick name could be buggs bunny. Love rabbit food.]

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Pizza/ German Chocolate Cake/ Pizza Skillet Casserole

Well, the anniversary of the day I came into this world was alright. We had pizza [Digorno] and German Chocolate Cake [actually a simply a chocolate cake mix with the Coconut Pecan Frosting out of a tub]. Nothing real impressive. He didn't complain.

Here are Recipes for Dinner tonight and Good recipes for the German chocolate Cake and the Frosting [both of which are excellent].

Pizza Skillet Casserole

5 cups egg noodles
1 pound ground beef
1 cup chopped onion
8 ounces tomato sauce
1 package McCormick* Italian Style Spaghetti Sauce Mix
1 cup water
1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded

Cook egg noodles as directed on package. Brown ground beef and onion in large skillet on medium heat. Drain fat. Add tomato sauce, spaghetti sauce mix and water. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 10 minutes. Stir in cooked egg noodles. Top with cheese; cover. Cook on low 5 minutes or until cheese melts.

Servings: 8
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Start to finish: 30 minutes

German Chocolate Cake

1 package sweet chocolate
1/2 cup boiling water
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
4 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla
pinch salt
1 teaspoon soda
2 1/2 cup sifted caked flour
1 cup buttermilk
4 egg whites

Melt chocolate in boiling water. Cool. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating after each addition. Add vanilla to chocolate mixture. Add chocolate mixture to the batter. Sift together salt, and flour, add alternately with butter milk to chocolate batter, beating well after each addition. Beat until smooth. Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold into batter. Pour into 3 8- or 9-inch greased pans, lightly lined on the bottom with paper. Bake at 350° for 30 to 40 minutes. Cool. Frost with Coconut Pecan Frosting.

Coconut Pecan Frosting

1 cup evaporated milk
1 cup sugar
3 egg yolks
1/4 pound margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/3 cups coconut
1 cup pecans

Combine evaporated milk, sugar, egg yolks, margarine and vanilla in a saucepan. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture thickens, about 12 minutes. Add coconut and pecans. Beat until frosting is cool and thick enough to spread on cake.
Yield: enough to frost 1 cake.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Chili And Crackers

Well, dinner went well. It was good. Mostly this week has been old favorites, Thursday will be a try a new one, day. There's be a change of plans, we are going to my mother's for my birthday. So Wednesday we won't be cooking. I'm going to instead make that recipe on Thursday and not make the Chicken Jambalaya.

Tonight:

Chili And Crackers

This is easy enough to make, just heat or make our chili and eat it with crackers as you desire. lol.

Monday, September 24, 2007

Meat Loaf Stuffed Peppers/ Lasagna For Two/ Hot Dogs

Well, the weekend went well. No complaints, and no requests for anything different. The new recipes are on Wednesday and Thursday. We will really see what's up then.

The weekend's recipes are:

Meatloaf Stuffed Peppers

1 pound hamburger
1 egg, well beaten
1/2 medium onion
salt and pepper
seasoned salt
1/2 row crackers
garlic powder
1/8 cup celery
celery salt
4 bell peppers
8 ounces tomato sauce

Boil peppers for 2 minutes, cool in ice water. Saute celery and onion in butter until tender. Combine all ingredients, except peppers, mixing well. Stuff into peppers. Bake at 350* for approximately 50 minutes.

Lasagna For Two
Note: If you need the original full recipe just let me know and I will post it for you. It was just simply too much for the two of us to eat by ourselves.

7 1/2 lasagna noodle
3/4 pound Italian sausage, or ground beef
20 ounces pasta sauce
7 1/2 fluid ounces ricotta cheese
4 fluid ounces pesto sauce, optional
1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese

Cook pasta according to package directions; drain. Lay flat on foil to cool. In a large skillet, brown meat; drain. Stir in pasta sauce, mix well. In a 3 quart dish layer 1/3 meat sauce, 5 pasta pieces overlapping slightly, 1/2 ricotta, 1/2 pesto, and 1/2 mozzarella cheese. Repeat layers. End with remaining pasta and sauce. Top with Parmesan. Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes or until bubbly. Let stand 15 minutes before serving.

Servings: 2

And Hot Dogs are pretty much easy enough for everyone to enjoy.

Friday, September 21, 2007

Shopping Day 9-21-2007

Well, dinner last night went well. It was all good, other than trying to eat in the middle of washing clothes. Lol.

This Week:

Tonight:
BLT's

Saturday the 22nd:
Meatloaf Stuffed Peppers

Sunday the 23rd:
Lasagna For Two

Monday the 24th:
Hot Dogs

Tuesday the 25th:
Chili And Crackers

Wednesday the 26th:
(Happy Birthday to Me)
Pizza Skillet Casserole

Thursday the 27th:
Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya

Well that's the menu for the week. Just about everyone knows how to make BLT's, so no recipe for them today. Besides he's cooking. Grin....

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Enchiladas / Hamburgers

I have been ill so I did not post yesterday. The Mickie Stew was very good. I have not had it for quite some time and it was as good as I remembered. He liked it.

Last night we had Beef Enchiladas. They were delicious, and between us we ate the whole pan. Not bad for a sick person I must say. But, I've been looking forward to these for the whole week.

Tonight we are having hamburgers. [He's cooking]

Enchilada Sauce:

2 cups chicken broth
4 tablespoons chili powder
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin [the original only called for 1 tsp.]
2 teaspoons garlic powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 pinch cinnamon
1/3 teaspoon sugar
5 tablespoons cold water [I added 3 more of chicken broth to create a pouring consistency]
5 tablespoons white flour

Combine all ingredients, except flour and water. Boil for 3 minutes, whisking often. Combine flour and water [and chicken broth]. Very slowly pour into sauce while whisking. [the original just didn't look like it would pour right, so I thinned it a little to make it pour slowly.] Cook 1 minutes, whisking constantly. Take off heat.

For the meat I simply used a meat mixture using Mexican herb blend herbs. You could probably use taco meat. 2 pounds.

To soften the corn tortillas you either dip them into the hot sauce; but it's thick and you will have to drain some off of the tortilla. Or you an dip them in and out of hot oil until the are soft but not fried.

Put a thin layer of enchilada sauce in the bottom of the saucepan. Fill and roll corn tortillas and place seam side down in pan. Once all meat mixture is used and enchiladas are made, pour sauce over the top, then cover with cheese. Bake at 400 degrees until cheese is melted and sauce is bubbly.


Hamburgers [His way]

His hamburgers are really simple. They are small though and you may want to use more meat. This however is just about right for the two of us.

1 pound hamburger
seasoned salt

Sprinkle hamburger with seasoned salt [he uses a lot]. Form into 4 patties, and fry in skillet as normal.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Mickie Stew 1

Wow, this weekend got away from me. Well, Friday night we had breakfast for Dinner. It went well as always. He likes it. And We ate good that night. Monday night we had another one of his favorites, Pizza Casserole. He love this, and I could make it for him all of the time if I wanted. It is I have to confess very good.

Tonight we are having Mickie Stew 1.

This was my mothers Brian child when I was a very young girl. The beauty of Mickie Stew is that you can do just about any thing with it. It is only limited by your imagination and pantry. You can add just about anything to it. A few can goods, and a little ground beef and viola. You have a meal.

1 1/2 pounds ground beef
1/2 onion, chopped
1 (15oz) can cut green beans
1 (15oz) can new potatoes, quartered

Brown beef and drain fat. Add onion and cook until tender. Add beans and potatoes and their liquids to meat and cook until liquids have almost evaporated.