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.
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!
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
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Remy again
Monday, January 23, 2012
split pea soup
This rocks! really...not kidding....teen boys ate it and didn't complain it looked like baby sh...um......well, we won't say.
rinse the peas, fry the onions in olive oil and salt in the bottom of a big pot.....add the broth and the peas when the onions are translucient (or carmalized if you are really good), bring to a boil, then simmer for 20 minutes....take out half and throw it into a blender then add it back to the pot...yummm.....decorate with the paprika and olive oil (I skipped the last two)....imagine it now with tiny chunks of carrots or sweet potatoes...yum!!!!
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
2 large onions, chopped
1/2 teaspoon fine-grain sea salt
2 cups dried split green peas, picked over and rinsed
5 cups water (I used a box of low-sodium, non-fat chicken broth and then one cup of water)
a few pinches of smoked paprika
more olive oil to drizzle
rinse the peas, fry the onions in olive oil and salt in the bottom of a big pot.....add the broth and the peas when the onions are translucient (or carmalized if you are really good), bring to a boil, then simmer for 20 minutes....take out half and throw it into a blender then add it back to the pot...yummm.....decorate with the paprika and olive oil (I skipped the last two)....imagine it now with tiny chunks of carrots or sweet potatoes...yum!!!!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)