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Friday, August 5, 2011

Homemade Supreme Pizza

1 small greased cookie sheet roughly 10*16
1 cup pepperonis
1/2 cup sausage like jimmy deans cooked, cooled crumbled
1 pepper julienned or sliced
1/4 onion julienned
black olives sliced
3 cups mozzerella cheese grated
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1 can pizza dough by Pillsbury in refridgerated section...deep dish
1.5 cups spaghetti sauce of choice

1. Heat oven to 425
2. Un roll dough and press into pan to fit in pan to the sides
3. Top with a cup of sauce more if you want
4. Place grated cheese on top
5. Place sausage and pepperonis on
6. Then place veggies and olives
7. Put in oven cook 10-15 minutes until crust is browned.
8.Pull out of oven and cool.
9. Cut and enjoy.

Erins Mushroom Onion Swiss Frisco Burger

1 pound lean 88-93 percent lean ground beef
8 slices of rustic sourdough bread slice cut to somewhat size of burger(Cour de Alene) found at costso
4 slices swiss
1 pound sliced mushrooms
1 onion sliced
6T butter
1T. salt
1t. pepper
1t. garlic powder
1t. onion powder
1T. ketchup
1T. Mustard dijon or yellow
1 egg yolk

1. In a bowl mix all the seasonings salt, pepper, onion and garlic powder, egg yolk, mustard. ketchup, and ground beef together. Make 4 burgers patties and set aside.
2. In a large fry pan add in the butter then the onion sliced or julienned, and add 1t. salt. Cook on medium high until they become clear looking and add sliced mushrooms cook and stir when mushrooms have sweated down to half then drop heat to medium low and let cook.
3. Heat grill to 300 400 and add burgers. Do not press down on them and do not flip them more than twice. You lose juices that are critical for moistness and flavor.
4. After 5 minutes on one side flip over cook another 5. When done top with cheese and let rest a minute while you toast up bread either in a toaster or butter and toss on hot grill.
5. Place burger on a slice of toast then top with onion mushrooms and then top with other piece of toast. Place whatever condiments you want usually its just mayo but to each its own.

Open Roast Beef Sandwich with Gravy

2 pound eye of round roast or whatever you like, rump and chuck is fine
2 packs of Lipton Onion soup or beef broth
6 cups water
2T. salt
2T. pepper
1T. onion powder
1T. garlic powder

1. In an oven at 300 or crockpot on low add in the roast then season with salt pper, garlic powder and onion powder and rub it all over it.
2. Pour water over roast and add in the Lipton onion seasoning stir cover and cook in oven 4 hours or crockpot on low 6 hours.
3. Remove meat after meat is done and  set on plate place a sheet of tin foil over it and let it rest. Then slice into pieces or shred
4. In a strainer strain juice to get bits of onion out.
5. In a pan on medium high add 4T butter and 4T flour and cook for 2 minutes or until lightly brown, then add in 2 cups of broth from meat, taste and if juice is too salty before you add it to the roux(flour butter mix) dilute it down with water.
6. Make sure your stirring with a whisk constantly until thickened to your liking...could take up to 3 cups broth.
7. Cut a slice of bread such as white Sweetheart Bread into triangles and place meat over the bread and then pour gravy over the top and serve with mashed potatoes and carrots and you have a yummy homemade dinner!!!

*****Add carrots cut in chunks or potatoes into broth halfway through cooking*************

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Patty Melts

8 slices of dark rye or light rye bread ( Standish farms or Dutch Hearth )
8 slices of swiss cheese
4 burgers full cooked
1 onion slices sauteed in 3T butter and 1 tsp. salt on low until softand browned
4T.softenened butter

1. Heat up a large skillet
2. Butter bottoms of rye bread
3. Place buttered bread down place some onions, piece of cheese, the hamburger and the sliced cheese and then the other bread.
4. Cook until browned then flip cook until other side is browned and cheese is melted.
5. Serve up with a side of ketchup and mustard...
YUMMO!!!

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Taco Bake

1 large can refried beans
1 pound taco meat
2 cups sour cream
4 cups doritos broken not pulverized!!
1 cup tomatoes diced
2 cups lettuce shredded
2 cups chredded cheese
1 cup salsa
olives, guacomole, sour cream as a garnish at the end.

1. Preheat oven 350
2. Take the doritos and line botton of a 8*8 pan
3. Pour taco meat over
4.Pour beans over
5. Pour the cheese over
6. Pour the salsa over more if you like
7. Top with sour cream and bake for 20 minutes
8. Top with lettuce, tomatoes and your garnishes and enjoy a new way to Fiesta!!

Manly Burgers

1 pound ground beef
5 slices of bacon cooked cooled and chopped
3T. A-1 sauce or Heinz 57
1 egg
1T. pepper
1t. garlic powder
1t. onion powder
1T. worchestershire sauce
4 slices of Tillamook cheddar Cheese
4 Buns buttered and layed on grill to toast
2T. ground Mustard
4T. Best Foods mayo

1. Mix mayo and mustard together and set in fridge to meld.
2. Preheat grill or pan to cook burgers on
3. In a bowl combine beef, cooked bacon, A-1, egg, pepper, garlic and onion powder, worchestershire sauce and mix to form 4 patties.
4. Place burger on frill and cook 5 minutes on each side or until the juices run clear.
5. Place cheese on top and melt cheese.
6. Place on bun and smear mayo mix on top bun, top and enjoy.

** Never squish or mess with a burger when cooking...makes it tough and dry. Flip it and leave it alone!
**Let even your burger rest for a minute or so...so juices can redistribute.

Chicken Alfredo Bake

1.5 cups of fried onions
3 cups of cooked blackened chicken ( raw chicken seasoned with blackening seasoning and cooked)
1 jar alredo sauce ( bertolli I prefer)
8 ounces of cooked penne pasta ( whole wheat is a healthy choice)
1 cup Italian shredded cheese blend( parmesean, romano blend I look for)
1 cup mozzerella cheese
2 T. Butter

1. Preheat oven 350
2. Combine all the ingredients together except onions
3. Butter a casserole dish and pour mixture in
4. Top with onions and bake 20 minutes.
5, Serve with salad and bread and enjoy!!