I run my own business by day and a wife and a wanna be cook by night. Not only do I love trying new things but also learning techniques. Cooking some of my favorite foods healthier and faster is my goal.We don't like tomatoes and I don't eat beef or pork. I cook for one, two, and whole parties up to 200. If it's not husband approved, it's not going on here and he's even pickier than me. I hope you enjoy my tips and recipes.
Yummy Deliciousness
Just pulled my 3rd crop of lettuce from my salad garden!! I’m very excited to eat it, however, now I have a major case of the creepy crawlies!!
My first attempt at cooking a whole chicken. I’m pretty nervous. Stuffed it with baby carrots and surrounded it with red potatoes. The whole thing is dusted in salt, lemon pepper, basil, sage, garlic, and thyme.
So tonight I made a version of Shepards pie. I skimmed a few recipes to learn what a shepards pie is. My version was a hit!
From the night before, I had some leftover mashed potatoes and 1 lonely burger. I also had about 1/3 lb ground venison left in the frig.
1/3 lb ground meat
1/4 c chopped carrots
1/4 c chopped onion
1/4 c corn kernels
1/4 c peas
1 leftover burger
1 1/2 - 2 c left over mashed potatoes
1/4 c water
Salt and pepper
Brown the meat into crumbles. Crumble up the leftover burger and add to the pan. Add all the veggies and water and cook until heated through and tender. Place in a small baking dish. Mix 1/2-1 c mashed potatoes into the meat mix. Add salt and pepper to taste. Top with the remaining 1c mashed potatoes. Bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes until golden brown.
Hubby like it so much, he finished off the dish.
My mother in law had surgery and we needed to get her prescriptions filled for her. She told us to go ahead and get our own groceries while we were waiting for her meds. In the pharmacy area of the local Kroger (30 minutes from my house, 5 minutes from her’s), in the diabetic isle was TONS of gluten free products: Xanthan Gum, Gluten free flours, cornmeal, cake mixes, brownie mixes, pancake mixes and more. It was like GF nirvana!! Being from a small town, it’s been pretty hard for me to find GF items. So if you are struggling to find GF items, check unlikely places like the pharmacy department of your grocery store.
Fresh basil pizza.
Pizza Sauce:
1 can tomato sauce
2 large Fresh Basil leaves
3 Tbsp Fresh Oregano leaves
3 Tbsp Fresh Chives
1/4 tsp garlic powder
pinch of pepper
Place all the ingredients in a small pot and simmer on low heat. Mix with an immersion blinder.
Pizza Crust:
2/3 c GF flour
1/3 c Cornmeal
1 packet of Xanthan Gum
1 egg
1/3 c water
Mix it all together in a bowl and spread over a 12in pie dish. Bake 350 for 10-15 minutes.
Top pizza crust with pizza sauce, cheese and more fresh basil leaves. Bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes until cheese is melted. Slice and serve!!
ENJOY!!
My first herbs of the season from my herb pots and my first strawberry!! Tonight for dinner, basil pizza with chive marinara sauce
I was watching Rachel Ray the other day and noticed how she mixes her meats for a lot of different recipes. I normally don’t but last night, I used 1 part ground turkey and 1 part ground venison (about a half pound each). I browned the meats into crumbles, added half a bag of 3 pepper and onion mix and 3 Tbsp of taco seasoning.
My husband ate it on tortilla wraps and I ate it as a taco salad using lettuce from the garden with corn tortilla chips. Dinner was really good and he got his “extra serving of gluten”.
