We have all cooked that recipe that just didn't work. I am not exception to this rule. With this recipe, there was a cheese sauce to be made, and it didn't work. It is butter, flour, milk, and then provolone cheese. However, it didn't get sauce-y. I was not happy. So I had to scrap the milk, butter, flour, concoction and just melt provolone cheese on top.
Have you ever made a meal and thought that some one was coming to eat it, and 30 minutes later, they are still not here? Yeah, that happened to me. I thought the Hubby was going to come down stairs, dinner was all sorts of done, and he come strolling down stairs 30 minutes later. To a cold meal (YIKES). So we had to use our trusty side-kick the microwave...
So this meal wasn't completely awful...It really did taste good. But I added more A-1 sauce. I really like condiments. I know that they are not super good for you, but they help me eat meat. Something that started when I was a kid and hasn't not ended. Oh, well...we all have our down falls...
here is the recipe: http://tasteofhomecooking.blogspot.com/2011/05/philly-cheesesteak-sloppy-joes.html
Philly Cheesesteak Sloppy Joes
Adapted from Rachael Ray
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 softball-sized onion, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped (optional)
1 pound ground beef
2 tablespoons steak sauce, such as A-1
1/2 cup beef stock
Salt and ground black pepper
4 dinner rolls
Cheese sauce (see below) or sliced provolone or Cheez Wiz
Optional toppings: shredded Romaine, sliced tomato, sliced raw white onion, 4 tablespoons mayo mixed with a splash of red wine vinegar and a shake of oregano
Cheese sauce:
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour
1 cup milk
1 cup provolone, shredded
In large skillet over medium-high heat add the oil. Add the onion and green pepper and cook until soft and starting to brown. Add the ground beef and cook about 5-6 minutes. Drain off the fat, then stir in the steak sauce and beef stock, season with salt and pepper, bring to a boil and cook about 2 minutes.
Toast the rolls and set aside.
If making the cheese sauce, melt the butter in a medium-size pot over medium-high heat. Stir in the flour and cook about 1 minute. Whisk in milk, bring up to a bubble and let thicken, about 2 minutes. Turn off heat and stir in the cheese.
To serve, place a scoopful of the meat mixture onto the bottom of the rolls, then top with the cheese sauce and replace the top of the roll. If serving as a cheesesteak hoagie, spread the mayo mixture on the top bun and add lettuce, tomato and raw onion on top of the meat.
recipe curtsy of Taste of Home & Pinterest
Monday, July 15, 2013
Saturday, July 6, 2013
JULY!!!
I think that I just blinked and the year is more than half way over...whoops. I haven't been a super cook lately...honestly I have been a pretty awful cook. It is not helping me that the Hubby works over night, and I work late. I don't like to eat alone, so Ramen noodles or something quick has been the name of the game. Can we say that equals boring!?!?!?!
So I am determined...even though we are 6 days in to July that I am going to cook and blog this month. Even if I don't get to try with the hubby I am going to do it. July's theme is Hamburgers and Hot dogs...That is a little bit of a challenge. But I do have the Rachel Ray Big Burger book, which I am sure I will be consulting. I hope that you are still reading. I hope that someone is still finding my blog interesting. Really it just helps me. Even though no one might be reading...well someone is I have 924 page views.
Does anyone else go to several stores to get deals? I feel like my shopping list is a puzzle. This item here, these five items over there. Luckly the stores that I go to are not far from eachother. Lord knows that I spend enough time on the road, using enough gas. I don't need to go all over town to get the deal. I really should shop at food lion more, but I kindof forget that it is in town, because of where it is located. And there has to be one HELL of a deal for me to go to the safeway in town, espically if I am shopping on my own, it is just in a weird place and NEVER has anything. Maybe I should complain to the head office, but working in retail, I know nothing will come of it.
So for the next few days I will be on the hunt for my 5 recipes, then I will blog about them. Please wish me luck! Have a wonderful July!! (Just incase I'm not back until August!!!)
So I am determined...even though we are 6 days in to July that I am going to cook and blog this month. Even if I don't get to try with the hubby I am going to do it. July's theme is Hamburgers and Hot dogs...That is a little bit of a challenge. But I do have the Rachel Ray Big Burger book, which I am sure I will be consulting. I hope that you are still reading. I hope that someone is still finding my blog interesting. Really it just helps me. Even though no one might be reading...well someone is I have 924 page views.
Does anyone else go to several stores to get deals? I feel like my shopping list is a puzzle. This item here, these five items over there. Luckly the stores that I go to are not far from eachother. Lord knows that I spend enough time on the road, using enough gas. I don't need to go all over town to get the deal. I really should shop at food lion more, but I kindof forget that it is in town, because of where it is located. And there has to be one HELL of a deal for me to go to the safeway in town, espically if I am shopping on my own, it is just in a weird place and NEVER has anything. Maybe I should complain to the head office, but working in retail, I know nothing will come of it.
So for the next few days I will be on the hunt for my 5 recipes, then I will blog about them. Please wish me luck! Have a wonderful July!! (Just incase I'm not back until August!!!)
Monday, May 13, 2013
Welcome May: 13 days in, 2 blogs behind, not enough time!!
May is side dishes: I'm behind. I thought that I was being really good at getting the blog done and then getting the recipes ready, but I'm not.
So I am going to incoroperate my last two April blogs into May blogs, and hope that I get some side dishes and such done before June.
This month ALSO marks my one year at CI. I am excited and Happy that I changed jobs. It has really changed my life. I feel like I am much happier! I just don't have a lot of time. I am hoping that I will be able to have a smaller work load this summer, but that means less money. That could also mean more time for scentsy and thirty-one.
Please for those of you reading this if you need either scentsy or thirty-one order from me!!
www.crystallstine.scentsy.us
www.mythirtyone.com/286373
thank you!!
<3
So I am going to incoroperate my last two April blogs into May blogs, and hope that I get some side dishes and such done before June.
This month ALSO marks my one year at CI. I am excited and Happy that I changed jobs. It has really changed my life. I feel like I am much happier! I just don't have a lot of time. I am hoping that I will be able to have a smaller work load this summer, but that means less money. That could also mean more time for scentsy and thirty-one.
Please for those of you reading this if you need either scentsy or thirty-one order from me!!
www.crystallstine.scentsy.us
www.mythirtyone.com/286373
thank you!!
<3
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Lo Mein that turned into Chow Main: Rachael Ray
Something bad about a mag vs a cookbook: No glossy pages, if that sucker gets wet, you have to pray it is not ruined!
I am hoping that my April issue of Rach is not ruined because I have gotten 3 really yummy recipes from it! So, the reason this became Chow Main, is because I couldn't find a package of Lo Main noodles to save my life. And trust me I tried!!! This recipe is not so simple, but it tastes really good. I think that it could have used more soy sauce, but it was good non-the-less. I may not make it again, Im really not sure.
With out further ado:
Chicken & Spring Vegetable Lo Main
Serves 4 to 6, Prep 15 min, Cook 20 min
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
1/2 onion, thinly sliced (I used the entire thing)
2 tbsp finely chopped garlic
2 tbsp finely chopped fresh ginger
1 pkg (8oz) dried Lo mein noodles
1 small head cabbage, thinly sliced lengthwise (3 cups)
1 small red bell pepper, thinly sliced lengthwise
1/4 lb shiitake mushrooms, stems discarded and caps thinly sliced
1/3 lb snow peas, trimmed and halved crosswise
1 carrot, peeled and cut into matchsticks
1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp soy sauce
3 tbsp dry sherry
1 tbsp toasted seasame oil
2 cups cooked chicken, sliced into bite-size pieces
salt
1/4 cup chopped peanuts for sprinkling
Directions:
1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Meanwhile in a large, heavy skillet, heat the oil over medium-high until simmering. Add the onion, garlic and ginger. Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Turn off the heat.
2. Add the noodles to the boiling water and cook according to package directions. Add the cabbage, bell pepper, mushrooms, snow peas and carrot; cook for 30 seconds Drain the noodles and vegetables thoroughly.
3. Turn the heat under the skillet back to high. When the onions sizzle, add the soy sauce, sherry and sesame oil and let the mixture bubble for a few seconds. Add the noodles and vegetables; toss well. Cook, stirring often, until the mushrooms are fully cooked and the peppers are tender but still slightly crunchy, about 3 minutes.
4. Lower the heat to medium, add the chicken and cook, stirring often, to heat through. Season with salt and sprinkle with the peanuts.
Yum Yum!!! Make this, enjoy this :D
I am hoping that my April issue of Rach is not ruined because I have gotten 3 really yummy recipes from it! So, the reason this became Chow Main, is because I couldn't find a package of Lo Main noodles to save my life. And trust me I tried!!! This recipe is not so simple, but it tastes really good. I think that it could have used more soy sauce, but it was good non-the-less. I may not make it again, Im really not sure.
With out further ado:
Chicken & Spring Vegetable Lo Main
Serves 4 to 6, Prep 15 min, Cook 20 min
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
1/2 onion, thinly sliced (I used the entire thing)
2 tbsp finely chopped garlic
2 tbsp finely chopped fresh ginger
1 pkg (8oz) dried Lo mein noodles
1 small head cabbage, thinly sliced lengthwise (3 cups)
1 small red bell pepper, thinly sliced lengthwise
1/4 lb shiitake mushrooms, stems discarded and caps thinly sliced
1/3 lb snow peas, trimmed and halved crosswise
1 carrot, peeled and cut into matchsticks
1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp soy sauce
3 tbsp dry sherry
1 tbsp toasted seasame oil
2 cups cooked chicken, sliced into bite-size pieces
salt
1/4 cup chopped peanuts for sprinkling
Directions:
1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Meanwhile in a large, heavy skillet, heat the oil over medium-high until simmering. Add the onion, garlic and ginger. Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Turn off the heat.
2. Add the noodles to the boiling water and cook according to package directions. Add the cabbage, bell pepper, mushrooms, snow peas and carrot; cook for 30 seconds Drain the noodles and vegetables thoroughly.
3. Turn the heat under the skillet back to high. When the onions sizzle, add the soy sauce, sherry and sesame oil and let the mixture bubble for a few seconds. Add the noodles and vegetables; toss well. Cook, stirring often, until the mushrooms are fully cooked and the peppers are tender but still slightly crunchy, about 3 minutes.
4. Lower the heat to medium, add the chicken and cook, stirring often, to heat through. Season with salt and sprinkle with the peanuts.
Yum Yum!!! Make this, enjoy this :D
Monday, April 22, 2013
Rachael Ray: What the hell is Brioche rolls?!?!?
Lesson #1: if you don't know what an ingredient is, google it before you go to the store, otherwise you still won't know what it is!!!
Lesson #2: Read all the directions before you start cooking other wise the recipe takes that much longer!!!
So burgers are really not my thing. I like them, but it isn't something that I would go out of my way to eat. However, for Christmas I did ask for the Rachael Ray burger book. Why not?!?!? I mean she is creative and I can please the Hubby by making something that he really likes. I sat down the other day and began reading through the book. I cam across Bloody Mary Cheeseburgers: my first thought, um a drink in a burger. My second thought, lets give this a try.
With most Rach recipes, you have most of the ingredients and only have to buy a few things! (Reason probably 5, why I like her!!) This recipe was easy to make, and didn't call for lots of things to do. I did leave off the celery because I HATE it. Oh and these burgers were spicy (though mom and Hubby did not think so, maybe I am just a wimp!!).
Oh wait a minute, before I give you the recipe...I must google what Brioche Rolls are:
Lesson #2: Read all the directions before you start cooking other wise the recipe takes that much longer!!!
So burgers are really not my thing. I like them, but it isn't something that I would go out of my way to eat. However, for Christmas I did ask for the Rachael Ray burger book. Why not?!?!? I mean she is creative and I can please the Hubby by making something that he really likes. I sat down the other day and began reading through the book. I cam across Bloody Mary Cheeseburgers: my first thought, um a drink in a burger. My second thought, lets give this a try.
With most Rach recipes, you have most of the ingredients and only have to buy a few things! (Reason probably 5, why I like her!!) This recipe was easy to make, and didn't call for lots of things to do. I did leave off the celery because I HATE it. Oh and these burgers were spicy (though mom and Hubby did not think so, maybe I am just a wimp!!).
Oh wait a minute, before I give you the recipe...I must google what Brioche Rolls are:
Brioche (pronounced: [bʁi.ɔʃ or "bree-osh"]) is a highly enriched bread of French origin, whose high egg and butter content give it a rich and tender crumb. It is "light and slightly puffy, more or less fine, according to the proportion of butter and eggs"[1] It has a dark, golden, and flaky crust, frequently accentuated by an egg wash applied after proofing.
Brioche is considered a Viennoiserie. It is made in the same basic way as bread, but has the richer aspect of a pastry because of the extra addition of eggs, butter, liquid (milk, water, cream, and, sometimes, brandy) and occasionally a bit of sugar. Brioche, along with pain au lait and pain aux raisins — which are commonly eaten at breakfast or as a snack — form a leavened subgroup of Viennoiserie. Brioche is often cooked with fruit or chocolate chips and served as a pastry or as the basis of a dessert with many local variations in added ingredients, fillings or toppings.
That is according to google. This bread is made in France!! Good to know!!!
That's what it looks like: BTW
Bloody Mary Cheeseburgers
(serves 4)
Burgers: 1 1/2 lbs ground beef chuck
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 rounded tablespoons prepared horseradish
1 tablespoon Tabasco Sauce
A small handful of celery tops and leaves, finely chopped
1/4 cup good-quality ketchup, such as Heinz Organic, or Heinz chili sauce
1/2 cup Ritz cracker crumbs or fine dry breadcrumbs
1 egg yolk, lightly beaten
Kosher salt and coarsely ground pepper
1 tablespoon of EVOO
4 slices deli-sliced sharp cheddar cheese
Sauce:
3/4 cup good quality ketchup
1 rounded tablespoon prepared horseradish
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons Tabasco sauce
2 tablespoons minced celery tops
coarsely ground pepper
4 brioche rolls, split and toasted
Directions:
Heat a large cast-iron skillet or griddle over medium high heat. Make the burgers: In a large bowl, combine the beef, Worcestershire sauce, horseradish, Tabasco, celery, ketchup or chili sauce, cracker crumbs, and egg yolk. Season with kosher salt (it makes a nice crust) and pepper and mix thoroughly. Score the meat into 4 equal portions and form them into patties slightly thinner at the center than at the edges for even cooking and to ensure a flat surface (burgers plump as they cook). Add the EVOO, 1 turn of the pan, to the hot skillet. Cook the burgers, flipping once, 10 minutes for medium (adjust the timing for rarer or more well done burgers). Top the burgers with the cheese for the last 2 minutes of cooking, tenting the skillet with aluminum foil, if you like, to help melt the cheese.
While the burgers are cooking, make the sauce: Stir the ketchup, horseradish, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, Tabasco, and minced celery together in a small bowl. Season with pepper.
Place the burgers on the roll bottoms and top with the sauce. Set the roll tops in place.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Rachael Ray: Express Lane Suppers (supper 1)
Oh my gosh this was so yummy...I don't need to go to Chipotle for a while!!! (Oh an my hands smell like lime juice!!) Normally I do not eat beans (other than green beans), I just don't like the taste of them. Tonight however I ate them :D! Yum!!
This dish really was done in a flash. I think that I started at 6:45 and by 7:15 or so I was ready to eat. These flavors blend well, and I really thought that the oregano would do it no justice!! I really do LOVE cooking. BTW (by the way) Hubby helped me on this, which was really nice cause I love him and cooking :D.
This is what you need (in the mag you go shopping once for 3 meals but I havent made the other two yet):
Grilled Shrimp Burrito Bowls
1 cup medium-grain white rice
1 lime, juiced
1 can (15oz) black beans, rinsed
1 tsp. dried oregano
salt and pepper
1 red onion, sliced into thin rings
5 scallions, trimmed and sliced into 1-inch pieces
1 lb thawed frozen shrimp, peeled and deveined
2 tbsp. EVOO
1 tbsp. chili powder
1 avocado
1. In a medium saucepan, boil 2 cups water. Add the rice, lower the heat to low, cover and cook until tender, about 15 minutes. Stir in half the lime juice.
2. In a small saucepan, mash half the beans with 1/2 cup water over medium heat. Add the remaining beans and the oregano. Simmer for 8 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, turn off the heat and cover to keep warm.
3. Preheat a grill pan over medium-high heat. In a bowl, toss the onion, scallions and shrimp with the EVOO and chili powder; season. Grill the onions and scallion whites for 7 minutes, then the scallion greens and shrimp, turning once for 4 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
4. In a small bowl, mash the avocado with the remaining lime juice. Divide the rice, beans, veggies and shrimp among 4 bowls and dollop with the avocado mash.
Notes: I did not have a grill pan, so I fried the veggies and shrimp on the stove. Also I wasn't sure what "Season" meant when doing the grill thing so I didn't add anything.
It was so good! Yum Yum Yum!!!
This dish really was done in a flash. I think that I started at 6:45 and by 7:15 or so I was ready to eat. These flavors blend well, and I really thought that the oregano would do it no justice!! I really do LOVE cooking. BTW (by the way) Hubby helped me on this, which was really nice cause I love him and cooking :D.
This is what you need (in the mag you go shopping once for 3 meals but I havent made the other two yet):
Grilled Shrimp Burrito Bowls
1 cup medium-grain white rice
1 lime, juiced
1 can (15oz) black beans, rinsed
1 tsp. dried oregano
salt and pepper
1 red onion, sliced into thin rings
5 scallions, trimmed and sliced into 1-inch pieces
1 lb thawed frozen shrimp, peeled and deveined
2 tbsp. EVOO
1 tbsp. chili powder
1 avocado
1. In a medium saucepan, boil 2 cups water. Add the rice, lower the heat to low, cover and cook until tender, about 15 minutes. Stir in half the lime juice.
2. In a small saucepan, mash half the beans with 1/2 cup water over medium heat. Add the remaining beans and the oregano. Simmer for 8 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, turn off the heat and cover to keep warm.
3. Preheat a grill pan over medium-high heat. In a bowl, toss the onion, scallions and shrimp with the EVOO and chili powder; season. Grill the onions and scallion whites for 7 minutes, then the scallion greens and shrimp, turning once for 4 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
4. In a small bowl, mash the avocado with the remaining lime juice. Divide the rice, beans, veggies and shrimp among 4 bowls and dollop with the avocado mash.
Notes: I did not have a grill pan, so I fried the veggies and shrimp on the stove. Also I wasn't sure what "Season" meant when doing the grill thing so I didn't add anything.
It was so good! Yum Yum Yum!!!
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Happy April!!!
So I decided that potatoes are not my thing. I know I only made two dishes...
Honestly I lost the other two pins, I bought all the ingredients, and didn't write down the name of the pin. So I suck. LOL!
So I am not onto my Rachael Ray recipes! I am more than a little excited..I mean I have a ton of mags, cookbooks, and all that jaz to pull from!! I am soooo excited! However there is going to be a lot of time spent on these recipes. Rachael has a lot of people to do her prep work, I only have me unless I can convience the Hubby.
I am not about completing a meal fast, but sometimes I want to cut corners! But then again, I really enjoy my time in the kitchen! It is a comfort a release! One thing I wish, is that my kitchen was bigger, mean I want more counter space!!! Oh and a bigger fridge..but one improvement to the house at a time, and first comes the deck, then painting the living room, then hard wood floors! Oh and can some one PLEASE hire a maid for me? To clean up after?? That is the hardest part. I hate cleaning. I love to cook and make a mess, but do I really have to clean up after??? Can't I just wave my magic wand and it all be clean?
I am so ADD today!! I'm not sure if the first recipe that I make should be a burger, or I should get one out of her mag that is shop once and have 5 meals? Maybe I'll do that!! I have had pretty good luck and did a big shopping trip the last time so I have been in a few weeks! I don't miss it, that's for sure!!!
Thanks for following me! Thanks for hanging in there! One day I hope that this becomes a book, even if it is just a book for me :D
Honestly I lost the other two pins, I bought all the ingredients, and didn't write down the name of the pin. So I suck. LOL!
So I am not onto my Rachael Ray recipes! I am more than a little excited..I mean I have a ton of mags, cookbooks, and all that jaz to pull from!! I am soooo excited! However there is going to be a lot of time spent on these recipes. Rachael has a lot of people to do her prep work, I only have me unless I can convience the Hubby.
I am not about completing a meal fast, but sometimes I want to cut corners! But then again, I really enjoy my time in the kitchen! It is a comfort a release! One thing I wish, is that my kitchen was bigger, mean I want more counter space!!! Oh and a bigger fridge..but one improvement to the house at a time, and first comes the deck, then painting the living room, then hard wood floors! Oh and can some one PLEASE hire a maid for me? To clean up after?? That is the hardest part. I hate cleaning. I love to cook and make a mess, but do I really have to clean up after??? Can't I just wave my magic wand and it all be clean?
I am so ADD today!! I'm not sure if the first recipe that I make should be a burger, or I should get one out of her mag that is shop once and have 5 meals? Maybe I'll do that!! I have had pretty good luck and did a big shopping trip the last time so I have been in a few weeks! I don't miss it, that's for sure!!!
Thanks for following me! Thanks for hanging in there! One day I hope that this becomes a book, even if it is just a book for me :D
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