Well our family meals came to an end last week. Although I have a few more tags to pick, they are easy ones and this meal isn't one of them. I am working on a new list and maybe even a pantry list for you all. Here is a great recipe for your crockpot. So many of us like a home cooked meal, but with all we do during the day, it's alot to ask that we make a dinner also. This one is easy, easy. We serve with mashed potatoes and a veggie. Enjoy.
Swiss Steak Makes 6 servings
3 T. all purpose flour
1 t. ground mustard
1/2 t. salt
1 1/2 # beef boneless round, tip or chuck steak, about 3/4" thick, cut into 6 pieces.
2 T. vegetable oil
1 large onion, sliced
1 large bell pepper, sliced
1 can (14 1/2 oz.) diced tomatoes, undrained
2 cloves garlic, minced
1. Mix flour, mustard and salt. Coat beef with flour mixture.
2. Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook beef in oil about 15 minutes, turning once, until brown.
3. Place beef in 3 1/2 - 6 quart slow cooker; top with onion and bell pepper. Mix tomatoes and garlic; pour over beef and vegetables. Cover and cook on low setting 7 - 9 hours or until beef is tender.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Donut Muffins ...
Oh these are sooo bad ... but oh so good! I took the original recipe and cut it in 1/2. Why you ask, because it's bad enough that I ate 3 today, but if I had 24 of them ... not a good thing. Enjoy these everyone. When I open the Bakery / Cafe you can all come and eat them, I think they would be great on the menu.
Donut Muffins Makes 24 standard muffins
12 T. butter (1 stick + 1/2)
1 c. sugar
2 large eggs
3 c. flour
3 t. baking powder
1/2 t. ground nutmeg
3/4 c. milk
2 T. buttermilk (I used 2T. milk with 1/2 t. lemon juice as a substitute)
1 stick of butter, melted
1/2 c. sugar
1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream butter and sugar, beat in eggs 1 at a time.
3. Mix flour, baking powder and nutmeg in a medium sized bowl.
4. Add 1/3 of the milks with 1/3 of the dry into the butter and sugar bowl, blend well. Mix in the next 1/3 and the final 1/3. Mix to smooth.
5. Using a 12 cup muffin tin, spray with non-stick cooking spray, generously. Using a ice cream scoop, fill muffin tins.
6. Bake 25 - 30 minutes.
7. Remove from oven, remove from muffin tins, when muffins are cooled down, just a bit, pick up one by one, brush with melted butter and roll in sugar.
8. Place onto waxed or parchment paper.
Donut Muffins Makes 24 standard muffins
12 T. butter (1 stick + 1/2)
1 c. sugar
2 large eggs
3 c. flour
3 t. baking powder
1/2 t. ground nutmeg
3/4 c. milk
2 T. buttermilk (I used 2T. milk with 1/2 t. lemon juice as a substitute)
1 stick of butter, melted
1/2 c. sugar
1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream butter and sugar, beat in eggs 1 at a time.
3. Mix flour, baking powder and nutmeg in a medium sized bowl.
4. Add 1/3 of the milks with 1/3 of the dry into the butter and sugar bowl, blend well. Mix in the next 1/3 and the final 1/3. Mix to smooth.
5. Using a 12 cup muffin tin, spray with non-stick cooking spray, generously. Using a ice cream scoop, fill muffin tins.
6. Bake 25 - 30 minutes.
7. Remove from oven, remove from muffin tins, when muffins are cooled down, just a bit, pick up one by one, brush with melted butter and roll in sugar.
8. Place onto waxed or parchment paper.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Week #6: Pizza Burgers
Well, we're at week 6 in our 52 meals project. I am working on 52 more meals along with making the site easier to find past recipes. Here is this weeks menu:
spaghetti with meatballs
Pizza Burgers
Taco Pie
Beef Sandwiches
Pork Carnitas
Pork Chops
Pizza burgers are a favorite at our house. They are so easy to make, and can use your favorite ground meat product (turkey, chicken, pork etc). You could even use a veggie burger. If you purchase Texas Toast Garlic Bread, use that, or if you use a garlic spread, you're good to go also. You can grill the burgers and then put them together, but for the winter months, I prefer to pan fry the burgers. If you have an indoor grill, use it and they would be just as good. You won't use the whole jar of spaghetti sauce, save leftovers and use during the week for pizza bagels (bagel, sauce, toppings, etc.)
Pizza Burgers Makes 8 burgers
2# ground beef
1 package onion soup mix, dry
1/2 c. water
2 T. ketchup (or to taste)
2 T. steak sauce (or to taste)
1 jar spaghetti sauce
6 slices mozzarella cheese (you can use shredded, but it's harder to keep on the burger)
6 slices Texas toast
5 T. butter, softened
1 t. garlic salt
1. Mix ground beef with onion soup mix and water. Mix thoroughly. Add ketchup and steak sauce. Divide meat mixture into 8 equal parts. Patty burgers, set aside while pan heats.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place Texas toast slices (or garlic bread slices) on a baking sheet. If you're using Texas toast, combine butter and garlic salt, spread some butter onto one side of the bread, put that side down onto pan. Set pan to the side while cooking burgers.
3. Heat pan (I use my large skillet), place burgers into pan. Cook to your desired internal temperature. Once burgers are cooked, remove from pan and place one burger onto a piece of Texas Toast, continue until all burgers are used.
4. Place a small amount of spaghetti sauce onto each burger, top with a slice of mozzarella cheese. Place pan with burgers / toast into the oven. Cook until cheese is melted.
These are "open faced" burgers. We don't use another piece of bread on top. If you want another piece of bread, just toast a piece before you assemble. That way, when you're finished with the melting cheese, your top piece of toast is toasted.
You can add pizza toppings, if you want, but we like just cheese on ours. Mushrooms and onions would be a nice addition, especially if you cooked them down to soft.
spaghetti with meatballs
Pizza Burgers
Taco Pie
Beef Sandwiches
Pork Carnitas
Pork Chops
Pizza burgers are a favorite at our house. They are so easy to make, and can use your favorite ground meat product (turkey, chicken, pork etc). You could even use a veggie burger. If you purchase Texas Toast Garlic Bread, use that, or if you use a garlic spread, you're good to go also. You can grill the burgers and then put them together, but for the winter months, I prefer to pan fry the burgers. If you have an indoor grill, use it and they would be just as good. You won't use the whole jar of spaghetti sauce, save leftovers and use during the week for pizza bagels (bagel, sauce, toppings, etc.)
Pizza Burgers Makes 8 burgers
2# ground beef
1 package onion soup mix, dry
1/2 c. water
2 T. ketchup (or to taste)
2 T. steak sauce (or to taste)
1 jar spaghetti sauce
6 slices mozzarella cheese (you can use shredded, but it's harder to keep on the burger)
6 slices Texas toast
5 T. butter, softened
1 t. garlic salt
1. Mix ground beef with onion soup mix and water. Mix thoroughly. Add ketchup and steak sauce. Divide meat mixture into 8 equal parts. Patty burgers, set aside while pan heats.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place Texas toast slices (or garlic bread slices) on a baking sheet. If you're using Texas toast, combine butter and garlic salt, spread some butter onto one side of the bread, put that side down onto pan. Set pan to the side while cooking burgers.
3. Heat pan (I use my large skillet), place burgers into pan. Cook to your desired internal temperature. Once burgers are cooked, remove from pan and place one burger onto a piece of Texas Toast, continue until all burgers are used.
4. Place a small amount of spaghetti sauce onto each burger, top with a slice of mozzarella cheese. Place pan with burgers / toast into the oven. Cook until cheese is melted.
These are "open faced" burgers. We don't use another piece of bread on top. If you want another piece of bread, just toast a piece before you assemble. That way, when you're finished with the melting cheese, your top piece of toast is toasted.
You can add pizza toppings, if you want, but we like just cheese on ours. Mushrooms and onions would be a nice addition, especially if you cooked them down to soft.
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