June 2010 Weddings
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Signature Dish
What is your signature dish? Do you have a recipe everyone begs for? Extra credit for recipes!
Re: Signature Dish
Taco Soup
It's my grandma's recipe but I'm the one who makes it and gets asked for the recipe all the time... But I can't find it at the moment of course.
ETA: Just found it!
Ingredients:
2 1/2 pounds Hamburger browned
3 cans of chopped tomatoes
1 can tomato sauce
2 cans corn
2 packages taco seasoning
2 cans kidney bens- drained and rinsed
2 large cans of tomato juice
-Put it all in a pan and cook until barely boiling.
Top with sour cream and crumbled Fritos.
*This is a HUGE recipe so I usually either cut it in half or freeze it in single servings so we can pull them out when I have nothing else to cook.*
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The taco soup recipe sounds good! I'll have to keep it in mind for winter, not for today when it's 100 degrees!
I made one of my grandma's recipes that I love best last night--beef stroganoff. It's sooo good.
1 lb beef stew meat, cut into bite size pieces
1 stick butter
flour
1/2 c. chopped onion
1 clove garlic
1 can tomato sauce
2 c. beef broth
1 T. worcestershire sauce (I can't spell that word!)
1 c. sour cream
Flour meat. Brown with butter in dutch oven. Add onion and garlic. Simmer for a couple minutes. Add beef broth. Bake covered at 325 for 1 hour.
Stir. Add tomato sauce, worcestershire sauce, and salt and papper to taste. Bake another hour. Keep warm on stovetop and add sour cream. Stir frequently for a few minutes while sour cream melts. Serve over egg noodles.
One of my most requested dishes at gathering is Shrimp Scampi Pasta
2 1/2 Pounds of raw shrimp season to liking
(Garlic powder & Adobo)
1 Box of Pasta (I use Campanelle)
Cook shrimp for about 5 minutes in a teaspoon of butter.
In another pot add:
-1 cup of butter, 2 tablespoons of olive oil stir until melted and add 1 table spoon of minced garlic. Cook for about 2 minutes. Add 1/2 cup of white wine (drinking or cooking) Let it come up to a boil and add your cooked shrimp. Let it cook for about 5 minutes then turn off.
Add water to another pot and bring up to boil add salt and the pasta. (8-10 minutes) Once pasta is done add to shrimp. Add a handful of parmesan cheese stir and ENJOY!
Chicken Carbonara
Cook & drain pasta, cook chicken & bacon- save 2 TBS of bacon grease
Cook onion & garlic in grease on med. heat 3 minutes
Stir in rest of ingredients until heated, toss with bacon.
I dont eat meat, my husband & my family love it. Its his special occasion meal.
I'm not a great cook but I do make a mean minestrone (I'll have to get that recipe at home if you want it)
Also- pumpkin pie. You can follow any directions (though it's definitely best when you use an actual pie pumpkin, not the canned stuff) and add a little orange extract before you pour it in the shell- YUM!! (I usually add 1/4-1/2 t, and my family thinks I'm a gourmet chef w/ the best ever pumpkin pie. I don't tell them it's just the recipe on the label with the extract! hahaha) I've also made a yummy yogurt topping that I spread on after it's cooled, just vanilla yogurt, a little nutmeg, a TINY bit of cinnamon, and a dash of orange extract. (but if you do this, use 1/2-3/4 the amount of sugar that the pie recipe calls for- it's SUPER sweet!)
Planned Executed
Pasta salad
Its just pasta, red & green bell peppers cut up, olives, cheese, italian dressing & spices. I am not sure what the spices are cuz H makes it. I do know that basil and salt & pepper are in it. We get asked to bring it every special occasion.
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Y'alls dishes sound delish, but need something sweet to follow up. How about Chocolate Chip Cake!
Ingredients: 1 box of yellow cake, 1 box of chocolate instant pudding (small box), 8 oz of sour cream, 3/4 cup oil, 3/4 cup water, 3 eggs, 6 oz chocolate chips.
Blend all ingredients in large bowl (except chocolate chips). Beat for 4 minutes. Fold in chips. Pour into well greased/floured bundt pan (or whichever pan you prefer). Bake for 50 minutes at 350*. Cool completely before removing from pan. Frosting is optional.
I love sweets and opted for buttercream frosting, though as a chocolate lover, I could go with chocolate frosting too! Thinking of making cupcakes next time.
That sounds very yummy.
I don't really have a signature dish. But I love making spaghetti and meatballs. I am just now starting to try out different recipes. H wants to try some new stuff...
Those all sound amazing! I want the dressing recipe for sure! I'm running low on ideas and since my recent love affair with gyros has been put on hold, H doesn't like them, I wanted some inspiration.
Now I'm all sorts of hungry. I'm off to make mimosa cupcakes!
Just sent my mom a FB message since my recipe book is in my hometown. When I get the recipe, I'll post it on here for you.
My H and I cook at home a lot but I really don't have any of my own recipes. I look them up and then make them. My favorite sites being http://www.foodnetwork.com/ and http://eatbetteramerica.com/. Tonight though we are going to have crispy honey chipolte tacos. I take chicken and cut it into strips, bread and fry them in whatever breading I have around. Then I make the honey chipolte sauce which is as follows:
In a small saucepan, bring chiles, tomato, water, onion, garlic and salt to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Cook, slowly, covered for 15 minutes, then puree in a blender until smooth transfer to a small bowl and add honey and vinegar.
Then I put them in flour shells with cheese lettuce tomatoes and I personally like it with ranch dressing instead of sour cream but either is good.
I make a mean mac and cheese -- no, not the box kind! It's kind of like this recipe, but without the mustard/worc sauce and with all kinds of different cheeses. Plus I butter bread and break them up in pieces to put on top.
http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/family-favorite-macaroni-and-cheese/4533ea52-0194-4fce-b30f-9516a74c0628
I also make these chocolate cake cookies with cream cheese filling that everyone has now dubbed "Mindy cookies." They are super easy to make and super yummy!