Meatloaf and Mashed Potatoes Soup with Mushrooms
This is another use-up-the-leftovers innovation otherwise known as everything-but-the-kitchen-sink soup in our house. A few weeks ago, I made meatloaf. I love meatloaf! Especially when it is paired with mashed potatoes, gravy and green peas! It is comfort food for me, taking me back to school days and cafeteria lunches. Yes, I actually didn’t mind them! My children, on the other hand, will not eat in any of their school’s cafeterias. Go figure! Their dad also has … Read entire article »
Beef and Mushrooms Over Broccoli
For most working moms like me, a quick stir fried dish is probably a menu regular. At our house, a stirfry of vegetables and some kind of protein is certainly a dependable standby. When I am burnt out on ideas of what to cook for dinner the usual beef with broccoli or chicken with broccoli stirfry usually comes to mind. All the ingredients are staples so more than likely I will have the ingredients handy. The bad … Read entire article »
Good Ol’ Roast Beef – A Family Favorite
This is one of my daughter’s favorite dinners. Not just the roast beef, but in combination with collard greens and rice. I have tried different variations with the roast such as adding carrots and potatoes, have tried it with leaner cuts other than chuck, tried it with herbs and spices, and even tried it with a thicker gravy thinking it would appeal to them. But no, after trying it once, they ask me to go … Read entire article »
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Rice Noodles with Beef & Mint
My husband just brought to my attention last week how lush the mint plants have gotten in the backyard and brought me a couple of leaves to smell. I haven’t gotten that fresh aroma out of my system and I just had to come up with something to cook it with. This recipe came about based on what I had in my pantry and what I knew would appeal to both my meat eating husband … Read entire article »
Chili Lime Steak Fajitas
It has been a blissfully blistering summer and especially when the girls were away on vacation, my husband and I depended on fast and easy meals like plain ol’ steak and potatoes. As good as it is though, that soon gets old and one of my favorite ways of sprucing up a steak dish is to create a fiesta out of it! My husband loves fajitas because of the intense flavors. I love the flavors … Read entire article »
Beef Tapa
I made TapSiLog to feature the Uncle Ben’s Whole Wheat Rice Giveaway but in our house, the real star is always the meat. This is simply called Tapa or Beef Tapa in the Philippines which kind of confuses some people who are more familiar with the term ‘tapa’ as it applies to Spanish tapas or appetizers. Tapa in the Philippines is more like a version of the beef jerky. My grandmother used to dry it too, just like a jerky. But nowadays, I know very few people who actually dry it. We now tend to simply marinate it then cook it straight away. When my grandmother used to make it, she would simply marinate it in salt and vinegar then dry it out in the sun until it dries out like … Read entire article »
Steak Diane sans Flambe’
OK, so this is the sans Flambe’ version of this months Recipes to Rival because I don’t have any liquor in the house besides red wine and I wasn’t sure if my husband will let me experiment to see whether I can set his wine on fire or not. Flam·béed or not, this made for a great weekday meal. I usually reserve my challenge recipes for the weekends so I have more time to cook them but this was so easy and fuss free that I was able to have this great looking meal on the table in less than an hour! … Read entire article »
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Albondigas (Meatballs Soup)
The most recent Four Foods for Friday asked whether we use ‘from scratch’ or ‘ready made’ meatballs. My answer was that we use both. Sometimes we make our own just as when Jade made the Wedding Soup and the Filipino style Meatball Soup with Noodles. We just recently tried out the frozen Italian meatballs from Costco and we’ve enjoyed the convenience they provide while also tasting quite good. The girls like having them to snack on after school or to take for their lunch. On a busy weeknight, I’m not averse to dropping them in pre-made tomato sauce either for a quick spaghetti dinner. Since we’ve all been feeling under the weather this past month with the cold or the flu, we’ve been wanting more soups to soothe our aching throats … Read entire article »
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