If I had to choose, if I absolutely had to, I think beef stroganoff would be my favorite meal. But please don’t make me choose. That would be cruel. Normally when I make beef stroganoff I make the same recipe that my mom always made when I was growing up. But this time, I needed something fairly [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘beef’
February 2, 2010
Asiago & Blue Cheese-Stuffed Venison
When Brian’s brother came home at Christmas, he brought Brian one of the best gifts (for him) ever: A gigantic bag of various wild game venison. Brian immediately started planning out what we’d do with all of this delightful meat. His first choice was to use some elk back strap stuffed with blue cheese and [...]
January 5, 2010
Pan-Seared T-bone Steaks with Red Wine Reduction
A few months ago Brian and I got an eighth of a cow and we’re now down to the last of the last of the meat in the freezer. I asked Brian to grab something out of the freezer for me to make for dinner last weekend and he brought up a pack of t-bones. [...]
November 11, 2009
Chili
As much as I love to cook, its sometimes nice when Brian takes over the cooking for the evening. Even better, when he makes some as fantastic as this chili! I love finding great crockpot and freezer-friendly recipes. This is also one of those foods that gets even better after freezing- something about all those [...]
November 10, 2009
Sloppy joes
Brian and I are often in need of fast but tasty dinner options. What with 2 kids, jobs, and long commutes each day we unfortunately don’t often have time in the evenings to make the time-consuming but awesome dinners I’d like to prepare. Thankfully these sloppy joes are both delicious and quick and easy. It’s [...]
November 6, 2009
Taco seasoning
Tacos are one of the few things our family could eat once a week, every single week and never get tired of. In fact, we do eat them pretty much every week. All this time I’ve been buying those little seasoning packets, and using double the seasoning amounts because they were good, but just not spicy [...]
July 31, 2009
Wet burritos
I’m a huge fan of Mexican food. I’m also a huge fan of Americanized Mexican food. During my pregnancy with Madeline (oh yeah. By the way. I had my baby. LOL) I could not get enough of the Wet Burrito from a local “Mexican” fast food restaurant. In the few days before giving birth I [...]
May 27, 2009
Taco bake
Ingredients: 1 lb ground beef or turkey 1 packet taco seasoning 15-ounce can tomato sauce 8 ounces medium shell pasta (I used bowtie since I’d run out of shells) 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened 1 cup sour cream 8 ounces shredded sharp cheddar cheese Directions: Brown and drain the ground beef. Mix [...]
January 21, 2009
Beef tips
After seeing this on one of my favorite food blogs I decided I needed to give it a try. I kind of fudged it a little to make it my own recipe. I read the ingredients and measurements briefly then winged it. Funny enough, they turned out almost exactly like the original measurements! Pardon the [...]
September 25, 2008
Beef Stroganoff
My all time favorite food! I even eat it for breakfast If I were to recommend any recipe in the world, this would be it! Crockpot Beef Stroganoff print this recipe Ingredients: 3 lbs beef round steak cut into 1” cubes (I use about 2 lbs instead) 2 medium onions, sliced and cut into pieces [...]
