Just plodding along
Oct. 15th, 2009 07:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thesilversirenI'm back to being 100% again, which is great. Not so great would be the yo-yoing temperature. The kids were totally confused today, going from flannel jammies to shorts and t-shirts.
I haven't cooked much in the last couple of weeks. Aside from being sick, we've had a lot going on. Ronnie's car had to go to the shop multiple times (he'd run over a pylon and we needed to get one clip replaced, which led to needing to replace the entire parking brake cable because the clip for it was permanently attached), I had to go to the bank to take care of a CD that was maturing, and had to replace one of my cell phones and Ronnie's.
We have a ton of left-over ground beef. For Reed's party, we were (and are) going to have Lasagna, and my mother in law had already thawed the meat the day we canceled the party. So they browned it, and we've been using it as much as we can.
For my part, I made my quick and easy faux-ganoff. Beef Stroganoff is pretty easy to make as it is, but my faux-ganoff is definitely simple.
I need to bake something soon. I'm thinking some sort of pumpkiny cookie, and then time to go back to working on rolled cookies. I need to make non warped looking Culebras!
I haven't cooked much in the last couple of weeks. Aside from being sick, we've had a lot going on. Ronnie's car had to go to the shop multiple times (he'd run over a pylon and we needed to get one clip replaced, which led to needing to replace the entire parking brake cable because the clip for it was permanently attached), I had to go to the bank to take care of a CD that was maturing, and had to replace one of my cell phones and Ronnie's.
We have a ton of left-over ground beef. For Reed's party, we were (and are) going to have Lasagna, and my mother in law had already thawed the meat the day we canceled the party. So they browned it, and we've been using it as much as we can.
For my part, I made my quick and easy faux-ganoff. Beef Stroganoff is pretty easy to make as it is, but my faux-ganoff is definitely simple.
Brown your ground beef (this is why it's a faux-ganoff. The real stuff uses sliced beef). Remove the beef from the saucepan, but do not drain the fat. (Note: because I was using leftover meat and didn't have any fat, I just melted 1 tbsp of butter and added a little olive oil to it) To the pan, add your onions and mushrooms. Saute until the mushrooms are soft and the onions translucent. Meanwhile, cook your noodles. I prefer to serve it over plain ol' pasta, but egg noodles are traditional and cook faster.
If your onions and mushrooms finish first, don't worry. Just remove from heat and hold it until the noodles are almost done. When it's close, bring it back to the heat.
Add sour cream (spoonful by spoonful) to the onions and mushrooms. (If I'm making about 1 lb of ground beef, I usually use 1/2 of an onion and enough mushrooms to make it work. I usually use about 1/2 cup of sour cream for that) Stir and let it meld in to the onions and mushrooms. Heat the sauce through, but don't let it boil.
Plate the noodles and serve the beef over it! Top with a little chopped parsley.
Typical recipe time, 15 minutes if I'm using left over meat. Under 30 minutes if I'm browning the meat, too.
I need to bake something soon. I'm thinking some sort of pumpkiny cookie, and then time to go back to working on rolled cookies. I need to make non warped looking Culebras!
