Posts tagged onion

Hamburger Stroganoff

This recipe was another replacement for a staple for me growing up: the pre-packaged beef stroganoff. 

1 pound lean ground beef
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 teaspoon beef bouillon
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
4 ounces mushroom stems and pieces, drained
1 cup water
1 cup sour cream
2 cups noodles or rice, cooked
3 tablespoons unbleached flour

Directions:

Cook and stir the meat, onion, and garlic in a large skillet until the meat [...]

Split Pea Soup

I attempted a split pea soup nearly a year ago with awful results. There wasn’t enough liquid and I didn’t have an immersion blender. It was disastrous, but my friends choked it down.
Now, I have a new recipe, an immersion blender, and pretty green soup! Friends, you can come back now…

Recipe link: Split Pea Soup (I [...]

Best Spinach and Artichoke Dip

This spinach and artichoke recipe is my “go to” recipe when I need to bring something to a party or a dinner. It is simple to make and only takes about 30 minutes to finish. Plus it is filled with all kinds of splurge things like butter, cream cheese and sour cream. This particular batch [...]

Goulash

I don’t know about your mother, but this is not my mother’s goulash. Goulash at home consisted of No Yolk egg noodles, ground beef, tomato sauce, and maybe a vegetable like peas or corn and some onion. That was it.
This goulash recipe from Smitten Kitchen and Gourmet magazine might involve more ingredients and more work, [...]

Barbecue Portobello Quesadillas

When I told the husband we were having Barbecue Portobello Quesadillas (for two, not four) for dinner, he said, “I love food blogs.” I do spend more time these days looking for new and exciting recipes, and this one is definitely a keeper.

I used Famous Dave’s Rich & Sassy barbecue sauce and ground chipotle pepper. Cleaning [...]

BBQ Baked Beans

My favorite restaurant to go to for BBQ is Famous Dave’s. On their menu is a side dish called Wilbur beans. It wasn’t my intention to recreate those beans, I only mention them because I liked them so much and this recipe takes the things from those beans that I like and adds a little bit [...]

Four Cheese Baked Penne

What’s not to love in this Four Cheese Baked Penne from Ellie Krieger? Mozzarella, ricotta, cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese, tomatoes, onion, garlic…the list goes on and on.

It takes some prep work to get this dish ready to bake, which made it a fun Saturday evening project. However, this recipe would be doable on a weeknight [...]

Good Eats Meatloaf

I enjoy Alton Brown’s TV show Good Eats, but the recipes intimidate me, even when they shouldn’t. Maybe it’s because Alton is so smart and precise? I don’t know. At any rate, I’ve been doing enough successful cooking lately that I had the confidence to attempt Good Eats Meatloaf.
My confidence has not been shattered (yet). [...]

Bacon and Onion Muffins

 There were two schools of thought in my house when I brought up the idea of bacon and onion muffins. The first was that these would be the greatest invention ever. The second was that I was crazy.
I have to admit they were not exactly what I had expected. However, the bacon and onion flavor [...]

Ground Beef Barbecue

We wanted to try something a little different than the typical can of barbecue mixture and pound of ground beef for our barbecue sandwiches. I found this recipe in one of the many recipe files that I keep on my computer. The recipe calls for using a slow cooker and letting the meat cook for several hours but we [...]