Posts Tagged ‘humour’
Spirals and Fractals
Posted on: November 30, 2012
Observer and Observed
Posted on: November 9, 2012
there and back again
Posted on: November 5, 2012
Waiting To Exhale
Posted on: November 3, 2012
Movies then Horror
Posted on: October 27, 2012
Rebuilding your social network
Posted on: October 9, 2012
Being agoraphobic has certain social challenges. It’s not easy to be spontaneous and you are limited to when people are available to visit you.
Fortunately, with most socializing taking place over social media, rather than in person… oddly…. it can feel the same as regular interactions.
Easy Stroganoff
Posted on: February 16, 2011
This is one of my favorite dinners – and not just because you only need 1 big pot to make it in.
In a large pot, crumble 1 pound of hamburger for browning.
Add the following seasoning:
- 1 packet low salt Beef Oxo
- garlic – several cloves minced, chopped or crushed – or ready made minced garlic.
- large onion – cut it up yourself or a package of those pre-chopped ones at the grocery store
Mix the seasonings into the browning beef. When the beef is fully browned, add:
- two cans of mushroom soup
- 1 soup can of water
- 1 soup can of milk – skim to homo, or even cream, as your taste.
Turn the heat to high and stir frequently until the mixture boils. Turn the burner down to medium, then add:
- 1 bag (300 grams) of egg noodles – yolk or no yoke variety
Put the lid on the pot and let simmer for 10-12 mins, stirring every 3 mins or so.
Once the noodles have absorbed the liquid, remove the pot from the heat and :
- 250 mls sour cream.
Stir well, garnish with optional chopped chives or green onion.
1 pot to cook in and 1 bowl to eat out of.
Now that’s a good enough thing.
Nancy
Burgerlicious
Posted on: January 11, 2011
While there’s a lot of taste satisfaction with roasted or slow BBQed meats – who has the time for these, even on weekends these days?
By using ground turkey, chicken, pork – individually or blended combos – along with the classic ground beef; you can vary your dinner options with a minimum of on-hand components.
Serve with salad, veggies and your fave starch – potatoes or rice or pasta.
Simple Burgers
Into your ground meat, mix chopped onion, salt and pepper. Fry into patties and stack them on a platter in the oven so they stay hot.
In the same frying pan, add to the grease one half cup of cream and three tablespoons of bottled sauce. Stir and simmer.
Pull out the platter of patties and pour the sauce over the patties.
In addition to varying the meat used, there’s a huge selection of sauces available from a wide range of cuisines.
The tried and true English Classic Worcestershire, American classic BBQ or ketchup are excellent choices. But to really perk up the taste buds, be creative and try sauces from a variety of cuisines:
- Indian or Thai curries,
- Butter chicken,
- Korean BBQ,
- Sour Cherry,
- Teriyaki and other soy sauces;
- Chipotle and other chillis
- Fancy or spicy mustards
Speed Balls
Mix together:
1 lb ground beef
2 tbsp breadcrumbs (or try Japanese panko crumbs)
1/2 cup milk
Shape into balls and pan fry in butter until browned.
Sprinkle a package of dry onion soup and 1 cup of water.
Mix the balls around to stir in the powder, but don’t break the balls.
While it simmers, you can microwave yams or potatoes or prepare fast cooking rice.
Cheesey Burgers
Prepare your ground meat as you’d do for your fave burger seasonings.
Make the patties very thin and line them up in pairs.
Down one line of patties, put a thin slice of onion and a slice of your favorite cheese. Make sure you’ve got about a 1/2 in around the edge for sealing. You don’t want the cheese to leak out.
Transfer the other line of patties on top of the onion/cheese patty and crimp the edges together.
Fry, boil or BBQ.
Fast Skillet Dinner
I know, it’s a lot to ask for 2 things at once, but you can do the rice first, then as it boils – it’s cooking itself while you cook the meat.
Cook a half cup of rice while you fry one pound of crumbled ground beef with 2 chopped onions in 2 tbsp butter.
Once the beef is browned and the rice is puffed, toss the rice on top of the meat mixture.
Add:
1.5 cups of tinned tomatoes
0.5 tsp mustard
0.5 tsp chili power
0.5 tsp salt
0.25 tsp pepper
1 package of frozen veg – peas, beans, corn, carrot or a mix!
Cover and simmer for about 15 minutes
Enjoy – burgers are absolutely a good enough thing for dinner.
NancyWh
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