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Head on over to Jamie Cooks it Up and you can enter to win a $100 Olive Garden Gift Card....Who wouldn't love that!!!
Olive Garden and BlogHer would like to give a $100 Olive Garden Gift Card to one of you lucky readers. That's good news, isn't it? To enter the giveaway leave me a comment telling me your favorite Italian dish. It can be an Olive Garden dish or another Italian recipe you love.
Just follow this link to enter....also follow this blogger, she has some amazing recipes!!!
http://www.jamiecooksitup.blogspot.com/
Olive Garden and BlogHer would like to give a $100 Olive Garden Gift Card to one of you lucky readers. That's good news, isn't it? To enter the giveaway leave me a comment telling me your favorite Italian dish. It can be an Olive Garden dish or another Italian recipe you love.
Just follow this link to enter....also follow this blogger, she has some amazing recipes!!!
http://www.jamiecooksitup.blogspot.com/
Thursday, July 29, 2010
A Meal for My Man
Tonight's meal is one of my husbands favorites.....It is not one I eat, so I will have left over stew. The meal I am making for him tonight is one that him mom used to make for him and his dad. It is easy and pretty cheap. I don't really have much else to say about it. Hope you like SPAM!!!!!!!!!!
Chinese Noodles
Ingredients
1 can SPAM cut in small cubes
2 eggs
1 16oz. box angel hair pasta
1 can Beef Consume
Soy Sauce (no exact amount- add to taste)
1. Boil Angel Hair pasta until done.
2. Heat up beef consume (as directed on can)
2. Fry cut up spam in pan.
3. Beat eggs and add to spam.
4. Move SPAM and egg mixture to large bowl.
5. Top SPAM mixture with noodles, Beef Consume, and soy sauce (add to taste)
There it is easy as apple pie! My husband eats some for dinner and then reheats it the next day for his lunch or even breakfast.
Since I had leftovers for dinner I thought I deserved a pretty easy dessert....Chocolate Ice Cream with Straberry Topping......nummmers!
Strawberry Topping
Ingredients
1 16oz bag frozen Strawberries thawed
1/8- 1/4c Splenda (more or less depending on taste buds)
1/2 tsp vanilla
1. Mush up thawed strawberries in pot with potato masher
2. Cook on medium heat stiring often
3. Add splenda and vanilla
4. Continue to cook until a little thick.
Let cool before adding to ice cream....Enjoy!
I have no kids as of tonight through the whole weekend, so I am probably going to make my poor hubby fend for himself. Either that or it will be hot dogs and hamburgers.....lol
Have a great weekend and eat some delish food for me!
Chinese Noodles
Ingredients
1 can SPAM cut in small cubes
2 eggs
1 16oz. box angel hair pasta
1 can Beef Consume
Soy Sauce (no exact amount- add to taste)
1. Boil Angel Hair pasta until done.
2. Heat up beef consume (as directed on can)
2. Fry cut up spam in pan.
3. Beat eggs and add to spam.
4. Move SPAM and egg mixture to large bowl.
5. Top SPAM mixture with noodles, Beef Consume, and soy sauce (add to taste)
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Since I had leftovers for dinner I thought I deserved a pretty easy dessert....Chocolate Ice Cream with Straberry Topping......nummmers!
Strawberry Topping
Ingredients
1 16oz bag frozen Strawberries thawed
1/8- 1/4c Splenda (more or less depending on taste buds)
1/2 tsp vanilla
1. Mush up thawed strawberries in pot with potato masher
2. Cook on medium heat stiring often
3. Add splenda and vanilla
4. Continue to cook until a little thick.
Let cool before adding to ice cream....Enjoy!
I have no kids as of tonight through the whole weekend, so I am probably going to make my poor hubby fend for himself. Either that or it will be hot dogs and hamburgers.....lol
Have a great weekend and eat some delish food for me!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Childhood Memories
One of my most vivid memories from childhood is coming home from school with a group of friends and everyone wanting to know what my mom was cooking for dinner. I would just sigh and say, "Who knows."
I always wanted to eat at my friends' homes. My friends’ parents fixed things like Hamburger Helper, TV Dinners, and all that other delicious boxed food. My mom only cooked meals from scratch. I never could figure out why my friends always wanted to eat at my house. Now I know.
Food from scratch is the best....it is healthier, cheaper, and just tastes better. Now, I am not as good at it as my mom, but I am learning. I still buy boxed Mac & Cheese, flavored rice, and once in a while Hamburger Helper (for the days there is just too much going on). The more I make from scratch the more I notice how nice it is on the budget, and my hips....lol
So, in honor of my mommy, tonight I am cooking her stew and making peach crisp for dessert. I will post the recipe below. It was one of my most favorite meals she made. I would eat bowl after bowl for days. There was nothing else like it. To this day if stew is not cooked like hers…I don't eat it.
Mom's Budget Stew (Crockpot)
Ingredients:
1lb stew meat cubed
1/2c flour
Salt & pepper to taste
2-3tbs EVOO
2 medium potatoes- cut in to chunks
1/2lb baby carrots
1/2 medium yellow onion- cut into chunks
2 celery stalks- cut into chunks
2lb box of liquid chicken stock
Dumplings
1c Bisquick mix
1/3c milk
1. Preheat skillet on med heat with 2-3tbs of EVOO
2. Add flour, salt, and pepper to 1gal zip lock bag. Shake to coat meat.
3. Add meat to skillet and brown.
4. While meat is browning cut potatoes, celery, and onion.
5. Add chicken broth, veggies, and meat to Crockpot.
6. Add water up to about an inch from top.
7. Turn Crockpot on high and cook for 4-5hrs (6-8 on low)
8. Just before serving mix together Bisquick and milk. Drop by spoonfulls over stew.
9. Cover and continue cooking another 20-30min until dumplings are cooked through.
Peach Crisp
Ingredients:
1lb Frozen Peaches
1/2c brown sugar
1/2c oat meal
1/2c flour
1/4c soft butter
1 1/2 t apple pie spice or pumpkin pie spice (plus a tad extra to sprinkle on peaches)
1.Fill bottom of 6x6 glass dish with frozen peaches and sprinkle with spice selection.
2. Mix dry ingrediants in bow and cut in butter until you get small peices.
3. Sprinkle mixture over peaches
4. Bake at 375 for 30-40min or until top is browned and peaches are soft.
*Serve warm with ice cream or by it's self.
Enjoy these warm comfort foods....I know traditionally their a winter comfort food, but I fix them all year round. Especially when I am missing my mom. I think of her and all the good memories she helped me create.
So, next time you go to make dinner, think about the memories you are making for you family. Try and make them the best memories you can. Memories don't just come from vacations or holidays, they come from everyday little things. Make as many as you can.....I know I will.
I always wanted to eat at my friends' homes. My friends’ parents fixed things like Hamburger Helper, TV Dinners, and all that other delicious boxed food. My mom only cooked meals from scratch. I never could figure out why my friends always wanted to eat at my house. Now I know.
Food from scratch is the best....it is healthier, cheaper, and just tastes better. Now, I am not as good at it as my mom, but I am learning. I still buy boxed Mac & Cheese, flavored rice, and once in a while Hamburger Helper (for the days there is just too much going on). The more I make from scratch the more I notice how nice it is on the budget, and my hips....lol
So, in honor of my mommy, tonight I am cooking her stew and making peach crisp for dessert. I will post the recipe below. It was one of my most favorite meals she made. I would eat bowl after bowl for days. There was nothing else like it. To this day if stew is not cooked like hers…I don't eat it.
Mom's Budget Stew (Crockpot)
Ingredients:
1lb stew meat cubed
1/2c flour
Salt & pepper to taste
2-3tbs EVOO
2 medium potatoes- cut in to chunks
1/2lb baby carrots
1/2 medium yellow onion- cut into chunks
2 celery stalks- cut into chunks
2lb box of liquid chicken stock
Dumplings
1c Bisquick mix
1/3c milk
1. Preheat skillet on med heat with 2-3tbs of EVOO
2. Add flour, salt, and pepper to 1gal zip lock bag. Shake to coat meat.
3. Add meat to skillet and brown.
4. While meat is browning cut potatoes, celery, and onion.
5. Add chicken broth, veggies, and meat to Crockpot.
6. Add water up to about an inch from top.
7. Turn Crockpot on high and cook for 4-5hrs (6-8 on low)
8. Just before serving mix together Bisquick and milk. Drop by spoonfulls over stew.
9. Cover and continue cooking another 20-30min until dumplings are cooked through.
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| Stew cooking in Crockpot |
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| Stew with Dumplings added |
Peach Crisp
Ingredients:
1lb Frozen Peaches
1/2c brown sugar
1/2c oat meal
1/2c flour
1/4c soft butter
1 1/2 t apple pie spice or pumpkin pie spice (plus a tad extra to sprinkle on peaches)
1.Fill bottom of 6x6 glass dish with frozen peaches and sprinkle with spice selection.
2. Mix dry ingrediants in bow and cut in butter until you get small peices.
3. Sprinkle mixture over peaches
4. Bake at 375 for 30-40min or until top is browned and peaches are soft.
*Serve warm with ice cream or by it's self.
Enjoy these warm comfort foods....I know traditionally their a winter comfort food, but I fix them all year round. Especially when I am missing my mom. I think of her and all the good memories she helped me create.
So, next time you go to make dinner, think about the memories you are making for you family. Try and make them the best memories you can. Memories don't just come from vacations or holidays, they come from everyday little things. Make as many as you can.....I know I will.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Mmmmm....Hamburgers & Cupcakes!
So, tonight I am not going fancy, but I am going all american. I decided tonight we would have good ol' American hamburgers & french fries, and for dessert Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes. I am not posting the recipe for hamburgers & fries, but I will post the cupcake recipe.
Summer and hamburgers are my fondest memories as a child. The next fondest memory is my mommy's cupcakes. They could make a booboo feel better, boy troubles dissapear, and help best friends make up. Cupcakes are amazingly good & sinful....who doesn't love a good decident cupcake? I love cupcakes so much I am even thinking about getting a cupcake tattoo...lol
Amazing Chocolate Cherry Cupcake
Ingredients:
1 stick butter (room temp)
1 1/4 C sugar
2 eggs (room temp)
3/4 C flour
1 t baking powder
1/4 t salt
1/2 C unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 C whole milk
1 t vanilla
1/8 t LorAnn Gourmet Cherry Flavor (Highly Concentrated)
*You can use 1/4 t if you want a strong cherry flavor
Yeild 12-14 Cupcakes
Method: Preheat oven to 375, then turn down to 350 just before baking
1. Beat butter with an electric mixer until soft, then add in sugar. Beat about 3min.
2. Add eggs one at a time beating until they are combined.
3. Combine dry ingrediants in a seperate bowl, whisk to combine them.
4. Add 1/3 of the dry ingrediants to the butter and sugar and mix just to combine. Add 1/2the liquids, scrape sides of bowl and mix to combine. Continue adding dry and wet ingredients to bowl, making sure you end with dry.
5. Fill muffin tins 2/3 of the way full and bake for 20-22 min. Allow to cool before frosting.
Chocolate Buttercream
1 stick butter (room temp)
1/2 C unsweetened cocoa powder
4 C powdered sugar
1/4 C milk (plus a few tbs to adjust consistancy)
1 t vanilla
Beat butter and cocoa until smooth. Add sugar 1 c at a time, beating with each addition. Add milk and vanill. Beat for 3min.
Summer and hamburgers are my fondest memories as a child. The next fondest memory is my mommy's cupcakes. They could make a booboo feel better, boy troubles dissapear, and help best friends make up. Cupcakes are amazingly good & sinful....who doesn't love a good decident cupcake? I love cupcakes so much I am even thinking about getting a cupcake tattoo...lol
Amazing Chocolate Cherry Cupcake
Ingredients:
1 stick butter (room temp)
1 1/4 C sugar
2 eggs (room temp)
3/4 C flour
1 t baking powder
1/4 t salt
1/2 C unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 C whole milk
1 t vanilla
1/8 t LorAnn Gourmet Cherry Flavor (Highly Concentrated)
*You can use 1/4 t if you want a strong cherry flavor
Yeild 12-14 Cupcakes
Method: Preheat oven to 375, then turn down to 350 just before baking
1. Beat butter with an electric mixer until soft, then add in sugar. Beat about 3min.
2. Add eggs one at a time beating until they are combined.
3. Combine dry ingrediants in a seperate bowl, whisk to combine them.
4. Add 1/3 of the dry ingrediants to the butter and sugar and mix just to combine. Add 1/2the liquids, scrape sides of bowl and mix to combine. Continue adding dry and wet ingredients to bowl, making sure you end with dry.
5. Fill muffin tins 2/3 of the way full and bake for 20-22 min. Allow to cool before frosting.
Chocolate Buttercream
1 stick butter (room temp)
1/2 C unsweetened cocoa powder
4 C powdered sugar
1/4 C milk (plus a few tbs to adjust consistancy)
1 t vanilla
Beat butter and cocoa until smooth. Add sugar 1 c at a time, beating with each addition. Add milk and vanill. Beat for 3min.
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