So, EVERY day isn't exactly working for me on this blog, what can I say? Got busy yesterday! I was having baking withdrawals so I made a nice big batch of peanut butter cookies, I LOVE peanut butter cookies. I think I have the best recipe ever. I honestly cannot remember where it came from, but I am sure it was from my mom or grandmother. Anyhow - that recipe is below. I didn't end up making the homemade chicken noodle soup - got busy and just did not have time. This weekend I have a couple of things in mind. The old man likes good home cookin. Fill your belly stuff. So we are doing s shepards pie I think tomorrow night. I have searched high and low for the perfect shepards pie and I guess I won't know which one is good until I start making different versions. Of course, once we find a version of a recipe we love, we don't go looking for more do we? Shepards Pie is pretty basic. It consists of some kind of ground meat,(most of the time it's beef) mashed potatoes and some kind of vegetables. Actually when I was younger, it was just the ground beef covered with mashed potatoes and then cheese on top. Which was fine too. I like to add corn and peas to mine. Then for seasoning, the options are endless. You can do garlic and onions, some people do Worchestershire sauce and some people do ketchup. I season the meat with salt and pepper, and of course, my Tastefully Simple seasonings - Onion Onion and Garlic Garlic. The Mashed taters will get salt and pepper and milk and butter and then there will be ketchup on the side, as not everyone in my family loves ketchup. The the recipe is simple: potatoes - peeled and mashed. Eyeball the amont, depending on how many you are serving. 1 lb ground beef (unless you are feeding a lot, you can use 2 lbs), frozen veggies, canned veggies, however you choose to do it. Layer beef, veggies and put potatoes on top. Sprinkle some shredded cheddar on top and bake. I haven't met too many people who did not like this. I do know that where I waitress, at Planeview - the owners are Dutch and they do a Dutch version of this - ground beef, mushrooms, onions, bacon, ketchup, mashed potatoes and get this - peaches. Yes, peaches. Everyone turns their nose up at that but let me tell ya, it is yummy. I know I love it. And I cannot pronounce the Dutch name for it! Other thought this weekend involved Tater Tot casserole or meatloaf.....we will see how that goes.
Recipe for Peanut Butter cookies
2 C sugar
2 C brown sugar
2 C butter
4 C flour
4 eggs
2 C peanut butter
2 tsp vanilla
2 tsp baking soda
Cream together sugars, eggs, butter, peanut butter, vanilla. Mix well. Add baking soda. Add flour and mix in grdually. Drop on greased cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes. When cookies are done and still soft, press a fork in the middle so the tines make lines on the cookie and repeat crossways so you get a checkered patttern on the cookie. I will take a picture:-)
have a great Friday!
Friday, January 28, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Chillin out on Hump Day!
So like I said, I would TRY to write every day but life gets away from us. Yesterday my children were both sick, vomiting all day, so I was with them all day. Didn't make any super, they were ok with crackers on their poor tummies. So tonight I have to work for a few hours so I will be making dinner early and the kids can warm it up. Great thing about teenagers, they can fend for themselves if needed. I was thinking pasta but thought better of it. My daughter is still feelin kinda icky so I was thinking this calls for homemade chicken noodle soup. My grandmothers recipe to be exact. I have NEVER found a homemade chicken noodle soup better than this one. SO - the recipe of course, I will share below. I do have to plan dinner for this weekend. And I feel kinda like baking. Chocolate revel bars? I had a craving last night for mint chocolate ship pie. anyone know any good recipes? Ok, outta here for the day, watch for new recipes!!! They are scrumdiddlyumscious!
Grandma Mary's Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
This is a throw together recipe. that means I don't do a lot of measuring. I eyeball everything. Good luck!
Ingredients:
Leftover chicken or 2-3 chicken breasts, cooked and diced
Chicken broth or stock
Water
Celery, diced
carrots, diced
onions, diced
I use about 2-3 containers of chicken broth, the big cartons. Add some water. Throw the chicken in and veggies. While that is heating up, you want to add your seasonings. Thyme, Rosemary, Dill, salt and pepper. Try a tsp of each and see hwo it tastes to you. I do have actual measurements in the recipe I have written down and I believe 1 tsp is correct but again, I don't measure much.
Boil soup and let simmer for a couple of hours. Oh yes - before you let it simmer, add noodles. egg noodles work best. I cook them ahead of time, halfway through. Otherwise they tend to get mushy and mushy noodles suck.
Grandma Mary's Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
This is a throw together recipe. that means I don't do a lot of measuring. I eyeball everything. Good luck!
Ingredients:
Leftover chicken or 2-3 chicken breasts, cooked and diced
Chicken broth or stock
Water
Celery, diced
carrots, diced
onions, diced
I use about 2-3 containers of chicken broth, the big cartons. Add some water. Throw the chicken in and veggies. While that is heating up, you want to add your seasonings. Thyme, Rosemary, Dill, salt and pepper. Try a tsp of each and see hwo it tastes to you. I do have actual measurements in the recipe I have written down and I believe 1 tsp is correct but again, I don't measure much.
Boil soup and let simmer for a couple of hours. Oh yes - before you let it simmer, add noodles. egg noodles work best. I cook them ahead of time, halfway through. Otherwise they tend to get mushy and mushy noodles suck.
Monday, January 24, 2011
On the Menu!
Welcome to my very first blog! I am glad you decided to come and check me out! Please add yourself as a follower and keep up to date on what's going on in my kitchen!! I am going to try to keep up with this every day, so we will see how good I do!
So I love to cook. It is a stress reliever for me! When I am upset or angry, I bake something. Or just bored or stressed. So there is always a reason to bake! Don't get me wrong, I bake when I am happy too! I just love doing it! I especially love baking - cakes, cupcakes, mini pastries (I have spoiled the girls from pool league with these!) bars, all kinds of things. I am hoping to get pictures for every recipe I use and hoping to get the recipe on here for each of the pictures I have! So enjoy and please send your own recipes as well! I love new recipes!
Tonight's menu: Breakfast for Dinner. Chopped steak and eggs, cheesy hashbrowns and biscuits! YUM! I did find an amazing cheesy hashbrown recipe I will post! Off to peel potatoes!
Ok, I found this recipe on another blog - Deep Dish South - check it out if you are a food lover! I love them, YUM!
Ultra Cheesy Hash Brown Casserole
From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
1/4 cup of butter
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1 can of Campbell's condensed cream of chicken
2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup of sour cream
1 teaspoon of salt
4 turns of the pepper grinder
1/4 teaspoon of Slap Ya Mama, or your favorite
Cajun seasoning, or to taste
1 pound bag of frozen shredded hash brown
potatoes, slightly thawed
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 9 x 9 inch glass baking dish with butter or non-stick spray.
Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat, and saute the onion until soft, but not browned. Turn heat to low and stir in the soup, cheese, sour cream, salt, pepper and Cajun seasoning, until well blended. Remove skillet from heat and add the shredded potatoes; mix well. Taste and adjust seasonings; turn out into prepared baking dish.
Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes, or until hot and bubbly.
So I love to cook. It is a stress reliever for me! When I am upset or angry, I bake something. Or just bored or stressed. So there is always a reason to bake! Don't get me wrong, I bake when I am happy too! I just love doing it! I especially love baking - cakes, cupcakes, mini pastries (I have spoiled the girls from pool league with these!) bars, all kinds of things. I am hoping to get pictures for every recipe I use and hoping to get the recipe on here for each of the pictures I have! So enjoy and please send your own recipes as well! I love new recipes!
Tonight's menu: Breakfast for Dinner. Chopped steak and eggs, cheesy hashbrowns and biscuits! YUM! I did find an amazing cheesy hashbrown recipe I will post! Off to peel potatoes!
Ok, I found this recipe on another blog - Deep Dish South - check it out if you are a food lover! I love them, YUM!
Ultra Cheesy Hash Brown Casserole
From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
1/4 cup of butter
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1 can of Campbell's condensed cream of chicken
2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup of sour cream
1 teaspoon of salt
4 turns of the pepper grinder
1/4 teaspoon of Slap Ya Mama, or your favorite
Cajun seasoning, or to taste
1 pound bag of frozen shredded hash brown
potatoes, slightly thawed
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 9 x 9 inch glass baking dish with butter or non-stick spray.
Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat, and saute the onion until soft, but not browned. Turn heat to low and stir in the soup, cheese, sour cream, salt, pepper and Cajun seasoning, until well blended. Remove skillet from heat and add the shredded potatoes; mix well. Taste and adjust seasonings; turn out into prepared baking dish.
Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes, or until hot and bubbly.
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