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Yummi Recipe Strambolies Or Some Sort of Something

02/16/2011 by Sandra 2 Comments

Well this was fun to make, we really were just going by instinct. My husband saw this on the television and wanted to try it. See what you think, they were actually quite tasty.

There is dear hubby playing with the dough, he loves that!

Finally found the rolling pin hiding in the drawer, after taking out every pan we own from the cabinet.

Yea then I had to put them away darn

We roasted chicken, which we used a timer for really we did. The timer went off and I turned it off, but

forgot to turn the oven off duh. Oh well crispy chicken we got out of it.

Feta cheese we love this cheese, can’t make almost anything without it. Hmmm where is my darn

spinach pic, I know we also put that into this meal.

Good dose of sauce, yum.

Piling on the cheese

And put on the veggies, green peppers and more.

This is what it looked like after we rolled it, turned out to be a fat one.

My husband was in such a hurry to each eat (was in such a hurry I put my finger in the wrong key) dinner I didn’t get a picture of it after baking. That lil poop, I was a bit annoyed at him for being too quick for once. Usually not a problem with him as he does almost everything slow.

Oh well they were very good we all loved them and requested he make them again whenever he feels the urge.

Yummy Recipe Tuesday – Chicken Fricasse

02/02/2011 by Sandra Leave a Comment

This is one of my favorite recipes to make for my family. I love chicken too, my husband says we are going to turn into chicken. When we do eat chicken it’s most likely inspired by hubby. Between the two of us we eat almost all our meals at home, every once in while we eat out but not very often since paying off our debt.

Chicken Fricasse

What you need: 2 2lb chickens, 3 cloves garlic, 1 sour orange, 1 green pepper, 1 large onion, 1 can tomato sauce, 1/3 cup oil, 1/2 cup capers (I leave these out most of the times), 2 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper, 1 cup dry wine, 1 lb potatoes,

What to do:

Cut chicken into quarters, and cover with crushed garlic, sour orange juice and onion and green pepper rings. Brown chicken quarters in hot oil, add the onion, green pepper and orange and then the tomato sauce, capers, wine, water, salt and pepper. When this is half cooked, add the potatoes and finish cooking. Just before serving, petit pois may be added if desired. Serves 8

Serve this over white or brown rice We make brown rice 98% of the time now, I still revert back to the white rice my mom and grandma used to make when I was growing up.

We make this and save the leftover for lunch the next day for my husband at work and for me and the kids at home.

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Yummy Recipe Wednesday – Stringed Beef Ropa Vieja

01/26/2011 by Sandra Leave a Comment

My grandma used to make this often for us. My mom didn’t make it so often as she didn’t like to cook much, she only cooks when she needs to. Lately all she cooks is healthy for you, like egg whites, seaweed and other things that she blabs about constantly but can’t remember now. (sorry mom I do love you)

Stringed Beef (Ropa Vieja)

String the beef. Slice onions and green pepper. Crush garlic and fy in hot oil with onion. Add green pepper and fry a little more. Add remaining ingredients, cover and cook over low heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally to avoid sticking. The red pepper may be added now or used to decorate. Serve with rice or salad.

Serves 8 but in our home it serves 4 with a little left over 🙂

Bringing Out The Flavor with TABASCO® Original Red

01/12/2011 by Sandra Leave a Comment

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of TABASCO® Original Red. All opinions are 100% mine.

During the holiday we had family and friends over for some Meat and Potatoes with white rice. Wouldn’t be a complete meal without our favorite sauce TABASCO® Original Red

We all love it with bit of TABASCO® Original Red added, it has a special way of bringing out the awesome flavor of foods. Brings out the best taste in every bite yum.

The recipe for this tasty dish is:

Ingredients:

2 lbs. beef

1/2 cup oil

1 tbs salt

1 tbs paprika

1/2 tsp pepper

1 bay leaf

1 tsp TABASCO® Original Red

1 onion

3 cloves garlic

1nbsp; green pepper

1 can tomato sauce

1 cup dry sherry

1 cup water

2 lbs. potatoes

1 cup capers (optional)

Cut the meat into small cubes and brown lightly in hot oil. Add the salt, paprika, pepper, bay leaf, diced onion, crushed garlic and diced green pepper. When this begins to brown pour in the tomato sauce, wine, water and TABASCO® Original Red. When meat is half cooked, add diced potatoes and the capers. Allow to cook until meat and potatoes are tender. If necessary a little more water or wine may be added. Serves 6-8.

Our family loves to add a dash of TABASCO® Original Red to our pizza, which we make at home. We add pepperoni, our favorite cheese and our favorite Tabasco Original Red to bring out the flavor to the max.

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