Happy New Year to you all and I hope you had a merry Christmas. I made these recipes for dinner today and thought they were good although I did make some changes. For the Tangy Tomato Brisket I used a beef roast instead because the briskets were all huge and cost $6/pound – didn’t want to spend that much. The flavor was still good and the roast shredded nicely. I cooked it in the crock pot instead of the oven – very easy.
The Crash Hot Potatoes were a nice change from regular baked potatoes and I liked the crispiness. They were easy to make. I omitted the rosemary.
The Glazed Carrots were very yummy but I omitted the whiskey because it just isn’t something I keep around the house :). They took longer than 10 minutes to cook though – closer to 20 minutes total. I also used less butter and brown sugar than the recipe called for and it was fine – I could have probably used even less.
All three recipes went together well to make a tasty meal.
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Jacki’s Tangy Tomato Beef, Crash Hot Potatoes, Glazed Carrots.
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Pizza and Stew
Monday, December 17, 2012
Jacki’s Steakhouse Pizza
I made this Saturday for dinner and we both thought it was good but decided steak just doesn’t belong on pizza. I used a flat iron steak and it was very tender – it just wouldn’t work to use a steak that might be tough. I cooked my steak under the broiler. Audrey had warned me the recipe calls for a lot of onions so I only used one - perfect. I don’t like a pizza with a ton of sauce so I only ended up using about a cup of the marinara sauce. I also only had 8 ounces of fresh mozzarella so I used some grated mozzarella as well. I used the cheap ol’ grated canned parmesan instead of freshly shaved. I must say I love the pizza dough recipe in the book. I have used it several times and it always turns out well. ( I do tweak it and add just a bit more salt and use half olive oil and half canola oil and I just add the oil when I add the yeast/water mixture – easier). Oh, I also added some canned mushrooms because steak and mushrooms just go together. I thought the pizza was good when we had it on Saturday night but I thought it was even better when I had a leftover piece yesterday (heated up). I hope you all get a chance to try the recipe and let us know what you think! Sorry about the blurry picture:)
Saturday, December 15, 2012
New Recipes for week of December 16th
Tangy Tomato Brisket pg.180
Crash Hot Potatoes pg. 217
Whiskey-Glazed Carrots pg. 224
Hope these taste as good as they look :)
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
New Recipe for week of December 9th
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Heidi's stew
I fixed the beef stew today for dinner. It was pretty good. Don't know if it will make it in our regular rotation without some changes. I thought there was way too much beef. I would only use 1 lb of stew meat next time. It was also quite runny and it didn't seem to thicken up very easily. I would use less beef stock. Overall it had a good flavor.
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Tarin's Stew
So I pulled out the meat and seared it on the stove top.
I moved it into the crockpot and added in the beer...okay so I went with the non-alcoholic variety.
I cooked it on low for 7 hours. Right before I served it I pulled it out to thicken it. And then let it cook on high for another 20 minutes. I still wish I had been able to let it thicken for longer.
I was also out of potatoes and I wish that I had put the carrots in sooner. But it was still good. The meat was really moist and tender. I thought it was a pretty good recipe, I didn't think that it was that amazing, but it was still good. Worth doing it again with a couple changes.
Friday, December 7, 2012
Jacki’s Chicken and Noodles and Beef Stew
I made the Chicken and Noodles last week and it was excellent although I must admit I altered the recipe a bit. First off I used a rotisserie chicken with some of the meat still on. I put it in the crock pot, covered with water and added some salt and pepper and garlic and let it cook for several hours. I then took the chicken out, picked off the chicken and put the broth in a big pot. I diced up the carrots, celery, and onion and sauteed them all together til softened and then added to broth along with the thyme. I didn’t have any turmeric. I thought the thyme added a good flavor. Instead of using the frozen egg noodles I made my own (easier than running to the store). I omitted adding the flour or cream and just left it like a soup. I am sure using the rotisserie chicken added to the good flavor. It was really tasty.
I made the Beef Stew last night and it was also quite tasty. I did make a few changes though. I omitted the beer (I didn’t even replace it with the beef broth). I also omitted the tomato paste. I used less meat than called for and a little more potato. It still had a really good flavor although I had to add twice as much flour to make it somewhat thick and I didn’t even add all the liquid since I didn’t use the beer. It made a good, simple meal. This would cook well in a crock pot too.