Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Comments and suggestions please!!!

I love comments and suggestions. Send me a recipe and I will make it, feed it to my sons and let you know how they rate it.

Monday, February 13, 2012

New clothes for the Harley Blog

But what is up with fashion dolls and the commando look with dresses? searching for Barbie/FR/Liv panties

Friday, February 10, 2012

FRIDAY IS CHILI DAY!

Picture coming soon! Start soaking the red kidney beans!

Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef or turkey (or chicken or goat or road kill....wait...not the last one) Just make sure it is lean
1 diced green and 1 diced red sweet peppers
1/2 lb dried red kidney beans, sorted, rinsed and soaked for 36 hours
1 diced onion
2 cans diced tomatoes (low sodium please! Salt should be your taste, not some factory's)
2-3 tablespoons chili powder
1 teaspoon dried mustard powder
1/4 teaspoon cumin (or don't add it at all, I personally hate the stuff)
cayenne powder to taste, try 1 teaspoon at a time
1-2 teaspoons cocoa powder (yes, the stuff you use to make fudge, trust me on this)

Drain the beans, pour them into a BIG pot, add the beans and tomatoes, do not drain the tomatoes, and then add 1 can of water. Simmer to cook the beans (I hope that I do not have to remind people to OPEN the cans and just use the contents!)

While the beans and tomatoes are cooking, brown the ground meat and diced onions until they are done. Drain and then add all the spices but the cayenne pepper. Brown a bit more so that the spices and cocoa are infused into the meat. Add to the pot along with the diced sweet peppers. Stir.....taste....add the cayenne pepper, salt, pepper and maybe even more chili powder to taste. Me? I use 4 tablespoons chili and 2 tablespoons cayenne...and then add the hot sauce at the table.

Teen boy scale? This is a 10...especially if you let them dress up their own portions with shredded cheese, hot sauce, and even more cayenne and chili.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Recipe for Hamburger Soup!

This was a 10! Recipe to follow and maybe a better picture. Both boys ate it and loved it.

1 lb ground meat (I used lean beef)
2 diced onions
2 cans diced tomatoes (low sodium)
2 cups dried beans (I used red kidney and soaked till soft)
1 chopped green pepper
1 can beef broth

brown meat and onions (use olive oil if too lean)
drain and add to pot Add all ingredients and 2 cans of water. I also added some funky noodles I had just a few tablespoons of and about the same amount of millet. simmer until done. If you want to reheat in the microwave, a fun thing to do is put a slice of cheese or crumbled cheese on top and toast it in an oven-safe one serving bowl. Cheeseburger soup!

Wednesday, February 1, 2012