This recipe gave me one of the most positive reactions from everyone. I was so pleased and surprised with how much everyone really enjoyed it! We didn't really have any Halloween plans, but I saw this recipe and thought it would be a simple enough meal and maybe we could watch a scary movie with friends, if they didn't have plans. That ended up being our Halloween and it was really fun. Everyone raved about this recipe, and I will definitely be making this often. It's really flavorful & not spicy and simply delightful with cornbread. A big hit!
1 lb. ground beef
1 onion, diced
2 (14 oz.) cans diced tomatoes
1 (8 oz.) can tomato sauce
1 (15 oz.) can kidney beans
1/4 c. ketchup (or chili sauce)
1/4 c. water
1 packet chili seasoning mix
3 stalks celery, diced
2 Tbl. Worcestershire sauce (didn't have any, used soy sauce, didn't even noticed)
1 Tbl. sugar
1. Brown ground beef with onion. Season with salt and pepper. I also added in minced garlic and minced, dried onion.
2. Add remaining ingredients to crockpot while beef is cooking. Once beef is browned and the onion is tender, add to crockpot and mix ingredients together.
3. Cook all day on low (or on high for 3-4 hours). By the time we ate, it had cooked for about 11 hours on low and it was delicious.
Serve with cheese, sour cream, cornbread, whatever you love!
Sorry for no pictures--it went so quickly that I completely forgot!
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Crockpot Beef Stew
This recipe was pretty good, it smelled so good in the crockpot all day! It was great with some thick slices of sourdough bread yum!
2 lb. stew beef
3 - 4 large potatoes, peeled & chopped
4 large carrots, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
1/4 c. flour
1/3 c. soy sauce
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. paprika
1 large onion, sliced
1 can (8 oz.) tomato sauce
1 c. beef broth
1. Layer potatoes on the bottom of the crockpot. Add carrots and stew meat.
2. Sprinkle meat with salt, pepper, paprika, flour and soy sauce.
3. Layer onions on top of meat.
4. Combine tomato sauce and beef broth and pour over meat and vegetables.
5. Cook on low for 7 - 8 hours (or on high for 4 - 5).
2 lb. stew beef
3 - 4 large potatoes, peeled & chopped
4 large carrots, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
1/4 c. flour
1/3 c. soy sauce
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. paprika
1 large onion, sliced
1 can (8 oz.) tomato sauce
1 c. beef broth
1. Layer potatoes on the bottom of the crockpot. Add carrots and stew meat.
2. Sprinkle meat with salt, pepper, paprika, flour and soy sauce.
3. Layer onions on top of meat.
4. Combine tomato sauce and beef broth and pour over meat and vegetables.
5. Cook on low for 7 - 8 hours (or on high for 4 - 5).
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| so thick and hearty! |
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| delicious! |
Monday, April 9, 2012
Fail-Proof Pizza Dough
We love making homemade pizza; we used to make it almost every week when we were engaged/dating/in Rexburg. We don't make it as often now, but it's always fun. We have almost always used Zak's mom's recipe (they have a Pizza Friday tradition since forever), which is awesome and we love. But I saw this recipe online and thought I'd like to give it a try. The gal talked about how the crust was chewier, thinner and like restaurant pizza, and the only major difference was using bread flour vs. regular flour. Zak was in charge of the dough and when I came home for work, we made two pizzas: one just cheese, and one with pineapple, tomatoes and basil. It was delicious. I really liked this recipe, the crust was awesome! Zak liked it too, but he naturally loves his mom's recipe. So I think we'll use this one from time to time, depending on our stock of bread or regular flour.
Crust
1 c. warm water
2 1/4 tsp. active dry yeast
1 Tbl. honey (or sugar)
2 tsp. salt
2 Tbl. olive or canola oil
3 c. bread flour
Sauce
6 oz. tomato sauce
6 oz. tomato paste
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. oregano
1/2 tsp. basil
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. garlic
1/2 tsp. minced onion
~4 c. cheese
toppings
1. In a large mixing bowl, stir together yeast and honey (or sugar) into warm water. Let sit for 5 - 10 minutes or until bubbles form and mixture starts to foam.
2. Pour in salt, oil and half the flour and mix on low.
3. Once that flour is incorporated, start adding rest of flour slowly until dough is slightly tacky, but doesn't stick to hands when you touch it.
4. Turn the mixer to medium - high to high speed, set a timer for 6 minutes and walk away.
5. Lightly grease bowl and dough, cover with plastic wrap and let rise 1 - 2 hours.
6. Once dough has doubled in size, punch down, separate into two pieces and roll into circle. Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
7. Mix sauce ingredients, adding other spices to taste.
8. Add sauce, cheese and toppings to pizza.
9. Cook pizza about 8 - 10 minutes, until crust has turned a beautiful golden brown color.
Crust
1 c. warm water
2 1/4 tsp. active dry yeast
1 Tbl. honey (or sugar)
2 tsp. salt
2 Tbl. olive or canola oil
3 c. bread flour
Sauce
6 oz. tomato sauce
6 oz. tomato paste
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. oregano
1/2 tsp. basil
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. garlic
1/2 tsp. minced onion
~4 c. cheese
toppings
1. In a large mixing bowl, stir together yeast and honey (or sugar) into warm water. Let sit for 5 - 10 minutes or until bubbles form and mixture starts to foam.
2. Pour in salt, oil and half the flour and mix on low.
3. Once that flour is incorporated, start adding rest of flour slowly until dough is slightly tacky, but doesn't stick to hands when you touch it.
4. Turn the mixer to medium - high to high speed, set a timer for 6 minutes and walk away.
5. Lightly grease bowl and dough, cover with plastic wrap and let rise 1 - 2 hours.
6. Once dough has doubled in size, punch down, separate into two pieces and roll into circle. Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
7. Mix sauce ingredients, adding other spices to taste.
8. Add sauce, cheese and toppings to pizza.
9. Cook pizza about 8 - 10 minutes, until crust has turned a beautiful golden brown color.
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| at first, I was skeptic of pineapple w/basil & tomatoes, but it was so yummy! |
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| beautiful and delicious |
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Crockpot Ravioli Casserole
I've been trying to find new and different recipes for the crockpot. I found this one and thought it looked pretty good. Zak actually did this whole recipe himself, since I had a busy day and couldn't make it home. But it turned out really well, and smelled great when I got home. I think next time we'll use less meat, 1 1/2 lbs. seemed like way too much. And add a little bit more salt & pepper, but overall it was pretty good!
1 1/2 lbs. lean ground beef (I'm planning on using 1 lb. next time)
1 onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1 (15 oz.) can tomato sauce
1 can stewed tomatoes
1 tsp. oregano
1 tsp. Italian seasoning
salt & pepper
10 oz. frozen spinach, thawed
16 oz. bowtie pasta, cooked
1/2 c. shredded Parmesan cheese
1 1/2 c. mozzarella cheese
1. Brown ground beef with onion, garlic and salt & pepper.
2. Put in crockpot and add sauce, tomatoes & seasonings. Cook for 6 - 7 hours on low OR 4 - 5 hours on high.
3. Add spinach, pasta and cheese during the last 30 minutes of cooking and turn temperature to high. Make 6 - 8 servings, depending on your serving size.
1 1/2 lbs. lean ground beef (I'm planning on using 1 lb. next time)
1 onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1 (15 oz.) can tomato sauce
1 can stewed tomatoes
1 tsp. oregano
1 tsp. Italian seasoning
salt & pepper
10 oz. frozen spinach, thawed
16 oz. bowtie pasta, cooked
1/2 c. shredded Parmesan cheese
1 1/2 c. mozzarella cheese
1. Brown ground beef with onion, garlic and salt & pepper.
2. Put in crockpot and add sauce, tomatoes & seasonings. Cook for 6 - 7 hours on low OR 4 - 5 hours on high.
3. Add spinach, pasta and cheese during the last 30 minutes of cooking and turn temperature to high. Make 6 - 8 servings, depending on your serving size.
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| I forgot to get a picture that night, so here it is in our tupperware...but still good! |
Saturday, March 26, 2011
'Sour Cream Noodle Bake' / 'Easy Lasagna'
I found this recipe through stumbleupon, and couldn't pass it up. It's from the website thepioneerwoman.com. I haven't made up my mind about the site yet, but the post about this recipe was kind of cute. Right as I started making this last night, I realized I didn't have enough for the full recipe. Luckily, I did have enough for half, and it turned out just fine. I added in some extra seasonings and used lowfat/light sour scream & cottage cheese. And it fit an 8"x8" pan, making 6 pieces in all.
Here is the original recipe, which I cut in half, more or less.
1 lb. ground chuck (ground beef worked fine)
1 15-oz. can tomato sauce
1/2 tsp. salt
8 oz. egg noodles
1/2 c. sour cream
1 1/4 c. cottage cheese
1/4 c. - 1/2 c. green onions
1 c. cheese
black pepper
optional seasonings: onion powder, red pepper flakes, garlic salt
1. Brown meat in large skillet, drain and add in tomato sauce, salt & pepper. Simmer while preparing other ingredients.
2. Cook noodles; drain and set aside.
3. In a medium bowl, combine sour cream and cottage cheese; mix to combine. Add in pepper, noodles and green onions (to taste). Add in other optional seasonings until it tastes good.
4. To assemble, place half of the noodles in the pan. Add half of the meat mixture on top, followed by half of the cheese. Repeat the layers.
5. Bake for 20 minutes (or until cheese melts) at 350-degrees.
Nutritional Facts
servings per recipe: 12
amount per serving
Calories: 234.2
Total Fat: 10.8 g
Saturated Fat: 4.8 g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5 g
Monounsaturated Fat: 3.1 g
Cholesterol: 58.2 mg
Sodium: 400.5 mg
Potassium: 322.4 mg
Total Carbohydrate: 18.7 g
Dietary Fiber: 1.1 g
Sugar: 3.4 g
Protein: 15.6 g
Vitamin A: 6.81 %
Vitamin C: 5.2 %
Calcium: 10.5 %
Iron: 11.2 %
Here is the original recipe, which I cut in half, more or less.
1 lb. ground chuck (ground beef worked fine)
1 15-oz. can tomato sauce
1/2 tsp. salt
8 oz. egg noodles
1/2 c. sour cream
1 1/4 c. cottage cheese
1/4 c. - 1/2 c. green onions
1 c. cheese
black pepper
optional seasonings: onion powder, red pepper flakes, garlic salt
1. Brown meat in large skillet, drain and add in tomato sauce, salt & pepper. Simmer while preparing other ingredients.
2. Cook noodles; drain and set aside.
3. In a medium bowl, combine sour cream and cottage cheese; mix to combine. Add in pepper, noodles and green onions (to taste). Add in other optional seasonings until it tastes good.
4. To assemble, place half of the noodles in the pan. Add half of the meat mixture on top, followed by half of the cheese. Repeat the layers.
5. Bake for 20 minutes (or until cheese melts) at 350-degrees.
Nutritional Facts
servings per recipe: 12
amount per serving
Calories: 234.2
Total Fat: 10.8 g
Saturated Fat: 4.8 g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5 g
Monounsaturated Fat: 3.1 g
Cholesterol: 58.2 mg
Sodium: 400.5 mg
Potassium: 322.4 mg
Total Carbohydrate: 18.7 g
Dietary Fiber: 1.1 g
Sugar: 3.4 g
Protein: 15.6 g
Vitamin A: 6.81 %
Vitamin C: 5.2 %
Calcium: 10.5 %
Iron: 11.2 %
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Pizza! (+ dessert pizza)
If you were around me and Zak last year before we were engaged, you'd know about our fabulous Pizza Fridays. The dough recipe is Zak's mother's recipe (he grew up having Pizza Fridays); the sauce recipe comes from my family's huge cookbook...Although we have tweaked it, per usual.
Dough
5 c. flour (the last time I made the dough, I did about 3 c. white flour, 2 c. whole wheat..it worked alright, but I think I shouldn't have added so much wheat dough--I need to work on it)
2 tsp. salt
2 Tbl. yeast (1 packet is a little less than 1 Tbl.)
2 c. water
5 Tbl. olive oil
*sometimes we add a few Tbls. of honey
Sauce
1 6-oz. can tomato sauce (most are 8 oz.)
1 6-oz. can tomato paste
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. oregano
1/2 tsp. basil
*this is the base, we usually add all or any of the following, until it tastes perfect:
-minced garlic (fresh or other)
-garlic salt (instead of normal salt)
-onion salt (ditto)
-black pepper
-garlic powder
All you have to do is mix the dough ingredients together and let it rise in a warm place, about 45 - 60 minutes, or until it looks like it's doubled. Punch it down and then roll it on a floured surface with a floured rolling pin. This recipe makes 2 - 3 pizzas, depending on how big your pizza pans are. We have a HUGE pan, so we usually make one huge pizza and a normal 9" one.
Then mix up the sauce until it tastes perfect to you. Some toppings we use include:
-pineapple
-red onion (good on our BBQ chicken pizza)
-black olives
-tomato slices
-red pepper
-green pepper
-ham
-bacon
-pepperoni
-onion
-sausage
-chicken marinated in BBQ sauce
We use a pizza three-blend of cheese, which we've found works better than just straight up mozzarella. Make the pizzas with whatever combination you see fit and bake at 550 or 500 degrees (however high your oven will go) for about 8 minutes. The important thing is to make sure the crust is a golden brown and that it's cooked underneath. With our huge pan, that's hard to determine; we've taken it out of the oven and cut it up, only to discover it wasn't as cooked as we would have liked.
Some other fun hints: if you want to make a stuffed-crust pizza, buy 4 or 5 string cheese sticks and quarter them. Make the dough a little bigger than the pan, place the cheese around the edge and fold the crust over. It works so much better than shredded cheese.
Also, running a stream of honey around the edges makes the crust very tasty. We have done that with our BBQ chicken pizza, yum!
Dough
5 c. flour (the last time I made the dough, I did about 3 c. white flour, 2 c. whole wheat..it worked alright, but I think I shouldn't have added so much wheat dough--I need to work on it)
2 tsp. salt
2 Tbl. yeast (1 packet is a little less than 1 Tbl.)
2 c. water
5 Tbl. olive oil
*sometimes we add a few Tbls. of honey
Sauce
1 6-oz. can tomato sauce (most are 8 oz.)
1 6-oz. can tomato paste
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. oregano
1/2 tsp. basil
*this is the base, we usually add all or any of the following, until it tastes perfect:
-minced garlic (fresh or other)
-garlic salt (instead of normal salt)
-onion salt (ditto)
-black pepper
-garlic powder
All you have to do is mix the dough ingredients together and let it rise in a warm place, about 45 - 60 minutes, or until it looks like it's doubled. Punch it down and then roll it on a floured surface with a floured rolling pin. This recipe makes 2 - 3 pizzas, depending on how big your pizza pans are. We have a HUGE pan, so we usually make one huge pizza and a normal 9" one.
Then mix up the sauce until it tastes perfect to you. Some toppings we use include:
-pineapple
-red onion (good on our BBQ chicken pizza)
-black olives
-tomato slices
-red pepper
-green pepper
-ham
-bacon
-pepperoni
-onion
-sausage
-chicken marinated in BBQ sauce
We use a pizza three-blend of cheese, which we've found works better than just straight up mozzarella. Make the pizzas with whatever combination you see fit and bake at 550 or 500 degrees (however high your oven will go) for about 8 minutes. The important thing is to make sure the crust is a golden brown and that it's cooked underneath. With our huge pan, that's hard to determine; we've taken it out of the oven and cut it up, only to discover it wasn't as cooked as we would have liked.
Some other fun hints: if you want to make a stuffed-crust pizza, buy 4 or 5 string cheese sticks and quarter them. Make the dough a little bigger than the pan, place the cheese around the edge and fold the crust over. It works so much better than shredded cheese.
Also, running a stream of honey around the edges makes the crust very tasty. We have done that with our BBQ chicken pizza, yum!
our first time making pizza, the crust was huge
our BBQ chicken pizza we made when my best friends visited
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| the way I like Hawaiian pizza: with LOTS of pineapple and the ham barely visible |
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| pepperoni, black olives and chopped onion |
Dessert Pizza
Crumb topping
1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. quick oats
1/2 c. firm butter
1 tsp. cinnamon
Vanilla glaze
2 c. powdered sugar
3 Tbl. milk
1 Tbl. melted butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 can apple, cherry, or blueberry pie filling.
1. Using a portion of the dough (since it makes 2 - 3 pizzas), roll it out.
2. Spread pie filling over it.
3. Mix crumb topping well and spoon over filling.
4. Bake 10 - 15 minutes or until crust is golden brown (at 550-degrees, it was about 5 minutes)
5. Once removed out of oven, drizzle with glaze.
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