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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Souper Easy Minestrone
Monday, February 14, 2011
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Easy as Pie
'Quiche'
What to do with all these beautiful eggs?
eat them of course!
even the cracked shells are pretty aren't they?
So, I hate to make pie crusts.. :)
cover up your wrecked pie crust with fresh veggies...
I love easy to use real bacon bits...
I also sprinkled grated cheese on here....
mix up those purty eggs
add spices, I used fresh cracked pepper, fresh ground sea salt and a dill mix
add sliced 'maters, sprinkled with basil and a little more cheese.
bake for about an hour, or until your crust is not doughy anymore.
viola!
dinner.
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Right From Scratch Tuna Casserole:
Make a 'roue' of equal parts butter and flour. I melted ~ 6 T butter, sauteed some onion, lil sweet peppers, and mushrooms, then sprinkled on ~ 6 T flour. I like to continue with the sautee-ing here to 'cook' out some of the flour flavor, and let it all take on a nice buttery yumminess. Then I added ~ 5 cups milk here too, over all that stuff and stirred constantly till it was a nice thick consistency.
I also used Johnny's Seasoning Salt, Fresh ground Pepper, and a little Dill
There's two cans of Tuna here and
what Tuna Casserole would be complete without frozen Peas? Dump in whatever looks right. ;)
I topped with Parmesan cheese (a staple in the freezer) and Panko bread crumbs.. baked till golden.. actually.. baked while I was out side putting away animals for the night.... then it was
DONE:
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Weeknight Stew
I was having a huge craving for Kale and Sweet Potatoes..
chop up your sweet potatoes and kale
set aside.
Save all the yummy Undesirables for the goats and chickens!
Sauté your chosen Stew Veggies in olive oil--we had onions, peppers, garlic, carrots, and celery..
add your stew meat here too, before the veggies get too soft. I wanted to sauté the meat and veggies together so the veggies would pick up some of the beef flavoring.. mmm! The picture of the meat and the vegetables was not a very pretty one. lol!
Chop up the canned 'maters while those things are sizzling away.. these are from my dad and his garden :) and I used my favorite chopper thing - the Salsa Maker! Set those aside too.
Because I like a little thicker sauce for the stew, I sprinkled some flour over the sautéing veggies/meat, remember to cook out the flour flavor too...
Add your chopped tomatoes... I also found some mushrooms belatedly, so I tossed those in too.. ;)
Add stock--I used beef stock--store bought.. And I added enough to cover the veggies plus a bit extra.
See, I told you no measuring.. ;)
Toss in the Kale and Sweet Potatoes... that will cook down nicely..
For spices I used an all purpose no salt mix.. Pepper, and some parsley. The store bought beef stock was plenty salty.
Let this continue to bubble along until the Potatoes are cooked till fork tender.
Enjoy!