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I like this challenge! A fun change, too.
Cook? COOK? GASP!!!! (Turns and runs in horror). Well, I'm joking. Kind of. I want simple and most cookbooks fancy it up too much for my old tongue. Plus, when I do want a recipe these days, I search the internet. You think cookbooks have it fancy...
I tried a stick of butter rice recipe I found online. Loved it but made some modifications the second time that made it even better. 1 cup brown rice
10 oz can french onion soup
1/2 onion chopped
16oz beef broth
1stick butter (unsalted) sliced
preheat oven to 425
put everything in a glass 8×8 pan cover with foil bake for 30 minutes remove foil and stir then bake another 30 minutes - yummy
Tiffinie wrote: "I tried a stick of butter rice recipe I found online. Loved it but made some modifications the second time that made it even better. 1 cup brown rice
10 oz can french onion soup
1/2 onion chopped..."
Where did you find the recipe?
I never expected to enter this challenge and here it is January 1! I'm cooking a Lamb Roast using a slow cook (not crock pot) method and found two recipes that are kind of tiddley-squat opposite. The first I found in The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science a cookbook I got from Salt Lake Community College. The other is from a website http://slimpalate.com/slow-roasted-le... .
The Food Lab has you Cooking the roast at 200 and cooking for about 3 hours. Then remove the roast for 30-60 min and raise the temperature to the highest your oven will go and put the roast back in for 10 min, to create a nice crust on the lamb.
The Slim Palate site has you preheat the oven to 450 degrees and the instant your roast is slammed into the oven, (best done with two people, but I'm one and the cats are hopeless for help). But I digress. The instant your roast is slammed into the over and the door rapidly shut, turn the oven down to 325. Cook the roast for about 3 hours. The process of starting off with the high heat is to sear the fat on the top of the roast and create a nice crust.
I'm doing the second one. In-out, oven reheat, in-out is not for this girl!
Mod
I made Cheesy Chicken and Rice Bake. I found the recipe on the big oven app.
You can find it at big oven.com also. I like this recipe it takes about an hour and 10 minutes from start to finish but most of that is bake time so you can do other stuff while dinner is cooking.
Debbie wrote: "I never expected to enter this challenge and here it is January 1! I'm cooking a Lamb Roast using a slow cook (not crock pot) method and found two recipes that are kind of tiddley-squat opposite...."
It looked initially like a fail, but rescue efforts succeeded and the lamb was tasty. The error? I goofed on the thermometer reading but I could salvage it by cooking it for another 1 1/2 hours. Glad we didn't have folks over to share the feast!
Leftovers were chopped up and used to make lamb curry (Japanese style curry, not so spicey hot as Indian nor Thai). Yum, yum, yum. The recipe for this came from the S & B Golden Curry box.
I'm trying a new recipe for "Soft Sugar Cookies" that I found in the Salt Lake Tribune, Dec. 8, 2015. (Does that work--to use one from the paper and not an actual book?) I'm making them tomorrow.
Mod
The Six Sisters soft sugar cookies are amazing and so very easy!http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2015/0...
I made Hearty Southwest Slow-Cooker Soup, recipe from DASH Diet For Dummies which was really good! I also like the recipes in Mediterranean Diet Cookbook for Dummies.
My daughter and I also made mug cakes from Mug Cakes. My daughter made a chocolate, marshmallow one that she really liked, and I made a spicy banana one for my son, who liked it but said it was too sweet with the addition of maple syrup as a topping.
I made Tuscan Chicken Stew from Sweet Peas and Saffron (http://sweetpeasandsaffron.com/2014/0...). It was pretty tasty and 3 out of 5 kids ate it. Since the other two are 3 and under, their opinion doesn't count, lol. Therefore I am calling it a success. :)
My husband made a recipe I found on line. It was Easy Lo Mein. (damndelicious.net/2014/10/03/easy-lo-...) It was very good. I have a couple more recipes I am going to try. Will add them after I do.
I made Crock Pot Cowboy Casserole from http://www.goodhomerecipes.com/crock-...I left the onions out, because I have one family member who doesn't love them, and used black instead of kidney beans. It was pretty good, especially with BBQ sauce on top, and tortilla chips on the side. I precook a bunch of ground beef and freeze in small portions, so just pulled one out of the freezer. Nice meal for a busy day. The recipe suggests cooking for 7-8 hours, but mine was getting a little crispy on the edges after 6 hours.
I made One Pot Chicken Fajita Pasta from Skinnytaste. It was delicious but a my youngest thought it was too spicy...I will decrease the spices a tiny bit next time. http://www.skinnytaste.com/2015/09/on.... I also made Caramelized Onion and Grueyere Strata. My husband and I and our oldest loved it but the other two kids weren't huge fans. http://ourbestbites.com/2015/12/caram...
I made Mel's Cheesy Black Bean Lasagna, which was an interesting mashup of Mexican and Italian. I loved it, but my kids weren't all enthralled.http://www.melskitchencafe.com/cheesy...
I also made Tuscan Chicken Stew, but mine is from http://www.southyourmouth.com/2012/11.... My husband and I both liked it.Britt, Book Habitue wrote: "I made Tuscan Chicken Stew from Sweet Peas and Saffron (http://sweetpeasandsaffron.com/2014/0...). It was pretty tasty and 3 out of 5 kids ate it. Since the other..."
I did things differently from everyone else I guess. I read Willow and Sage Magazine and made the miracle healing balm. I is very nice and works amazing on my extra dry cracked hands!
I have tried a few new recipes this month, but my family's favorite was a crock pot chicken noodle soup found here: countryoutfitter.life I didn't put the noodles in the crock pot, just boiled them separately and added them at the end. I dislike soggy noodles...My problem with giving someone a recipe that I have tried is that I usually change it up, and then I don't record measurements, so I can't really repeat it. It drives my hubby bonkers. Meatloaf is always an adventure at our house!
Mod
That sounds great! I'm glad it worked out for your hands.
Jackie,
My Grandma was like that, couldn't get a straight recipe out of her because she would just throw in what was on hand. (I still think she made the best soups.)
Only one more week to finish this challenge everyone! Good luck.
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I borrowed the Microwave Mug Cakes cook book from library. There are quite a few different titles. Mine was titled something like 100 mug cakes. Since the cakes are made in two mugs, the dough is not made with electric beaters. They do require self rising flower or buttermilk and soda. Each recipe makes two cakes so the dough fills two mugs. I really liked the fact that the cakes I made were delicious, fast to make in microwave and easy to clean up.
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Laura, since your profile is set to private, I sent you a friend request with some information on how to claim your prize. Please message me what library you would like to pick your prize up at.
Thanks,
Elizabeth
Elizabeth wrote: "Laura is our prize drawing winner for January’s reading challenge. She made Crockpot Cowboy Casserole. Laura, since your profile is set to pr..."
I sent you a message, so hopefully you got that. Thanks!
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Mug Cakes (other topics)DASH Diet For Dummies (other topics)
Mediterranean Diet Cookbook For Dummies (other topics)
The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science (other topics)
p.s. You don't have to read an entire cookbook for this challenge, just a recipe.