Sunday, January 26, 2014

What a weekend I had.... (:

Hello everyone....

First off snow is still ongoing ugghhhhh .... How much more we getting now..... This is what I put together three day weekend of snow never ends...it just cover the pond..

#snow.... 


So interesting  looking at this pic....

Yesterday I made a second attempt on mozzarella cheese balls. Getting there so far soo good.....





So what I did was added the egg this time.. And I did double dip in bread crumbs. Pre heat @350 bake it 5 mins then lower the temperature to 320 another 5 mins and one more turn it after 5 mins see what happen.... Not bad for second time.

Later that evening which is still Saturday.... I made bacon, pasta, cheese... Add few more to the pasta
was green and red pepper and onion from frozen shelf.  It was better the. The fresh  veggies.

Bacon..... Parmesan..... Tricolor penne pasta.....

 Serving sizes 8
Ingredients:
1lb or 6 slices they said 15 slices of bacon.
Chopped coarsley 1 onion diced
1 lb penne pasta (5cups)
1/4 EVOO 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese grated

Directions
Cook bacon and onion same time for 10 mins and while that cooking..
Get another pot for boil water to cook ur pasta in..
I put the bacon and onion on the towel drian out grease...
Once pasta is done put it in the big bowl stir in evoo then bacon and onion mix in the bowl add grated cheese and mix add a little bacon grease in to get the flavor..
Salt and peppercorn

*notes: get frozen chopped onion and green, red pepper***

                       







This was really good, I made this last summer but kick up a notch...  Really good....

Next..... It would be today Sunday... I made a good beef stew different recipes, a friend gave me this recipes. Here's there recipes....

Rachel's Beef Stew - crock pot
Ps.. It's not Rachel Ray recipes, it's my friend from work she gave them to me to make it ;)


Ingredients:
1 1/2 lb small package of stew meat
4 medium potatoes 
4 large carrots 
1 bag frozen peas
1/2 large onion
1 package of Au Jus season mix
1 package of Brown gravy seasoning mix
Flour for beef stew
Garlic powder
Slat and pepper
Cayenne pepper
Cumin
Oregano


Direction:

Shake / coat beef with flour mixture
Flour mixture: Flour - salt / pepper / garlic powder to taste
Brown meat in skillet with oil until it begins to look brow on outside (doesn't need to cook through)
While meat cooking, cut up / peel onion, carrots, potatoes and add to crock pot.
Add meat (browned) to crockpot 
Mix gravy and au jus powder in a bowl and whisk in water.
Add water / gravy / au jus mixture to crockpot - should barely cover other ingredients.
Add spices to taste and cook on high for 4hrs and or low for 8hrs.
About 1hr before it's done cooking, add in frozen peas.
Don't forget bread.... Any kind bread...

You should have a nice warm meal on a cold evening.....





While that's was cooking in crockpot, I sat down to take the time working on my quilt hexagon flower...... Catching.. I been putting aside giggles.....




Have a great evening....



4 comments:

  1. Really interesting story for the whole weekends Jen!! Foods are still yummy!! Should bring them over here in Montreal!! ;-)

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    1. Good morning..thank you.. I wish ... Toooo far.......
      Lol
      Have a good day... See the last picture this is part of the quilt flower hexagon ;)

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  2. Love pasta! Glad your cheesey treats worked out better. Stay warm!

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    1. It's coming out ok... Gotta practice again to get it right.. Working on the flower hexagon while my beef stew is cooking yesterday lol...
      Thank you have a good Monday :)

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