Wednesday, October 22, 2014

What's been cooking...

Monday evening I made the kids some steamed ravioli for dinner. They topped it with some Parmesan cheese and Aldi spaghetti sauce. No leftovers!

I made ground turkey burgers for my husband and I.  I used a 1/2 lb of ground turkey that was in the fridge, one sleeve of crackers, some Worcestershire sauce, one egg, onion powder, garlic podwer, and a small amount of beef stock. I mixed this into two patties and baked then in the oven. I was able to use tow hamburger rolls, one sliced tomato, a sliced onion, and some lettuce to top our sandwiches. It was awesome!! The were no leftovers.

Last night I cooked a pound of ground beef, used up the last of the steamed corn in the fridge, and boiled some small potatoes. I layered the ground beef in a casserole dish, covered it with the steamed corn, and made some beef gravy. The beef gravy was made from a rue of butter and flour, mixed with some beef stock. I poured the gravy over the mixture and turned the potatoes into mashed spuds using some milk and margarine. I topped the casserole with the mashed potatoes and baked it in the oven. Shepard's pie folks!! No leftovers!


Today's' meal is chicken soup. I have three containers of gelatinous stock in the freezer. I took them out and put into the crock pot. I had one cup of cut up diced chicken in the freezer. That went into the crock pot. I had three cloves of garlic, one small red pepper that was sad looking, and one onion. It all went into the crock pot. I have four thin carrots that went into the crock pot. I added some water, a few spices, sage, thyme, poultry seasoning, parsley, and two bouillon cubes.....it will cook all day.

I'm going to make home made bread in my ABM and a small salad with what little fresh produce we have left.



4 comments:

  1. I've been playing around with making my own spaghetti sauce in the crockpot. I made a huge pot yesterday, enough for 4 family meals atleast plus leftovers for lunches. Once I get the recipe perfected I'll post it. I just thought I'd mention it because I know u are a crock pot cooker and it can be cheaper than buying those jars of sauce. Just throw together in the morning and freeze leftovers in dinner size portions.

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    1. Let me know when you post the recipe...I am very interested.

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  2. The chicken soup sounds DIVINE! especially on a cold morning like today, here in Southeast Missouri. This sounds like a recipe I could get used to, as I'm always looking for new ways of cooking with chicken.

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    1. I am always looking new ways to cook. I get tired of eating my own cooking some times.

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