Sunday!

Beautiful Sunday

I've had a wonderful Sunday.  My mom is here visiting with me and I am soo happy she is here keeping me company.  Yesterday we went shopping with my sisters:

We sisters got kind-of matching hats for $3.00 (my dog tore mine up already. Boohoo.)

Then we ate a late lunch together:

 Then we did some more shopping.  I got two new dresses!  One of the dresses was just $10!

So, of course I wore one of my dresses to church this morning.

After we returned home I made my mom some lunch:

Ingredients

• 1 pkg. Hillshire Farm^®Cheddarwurst^® Smoked Sausage
  1 tablespoon butter or margarine
  2 tart apples, peeled, cored and cut into ½” wedges
  1 Vidalia or other sweet onion, sliced
  2 green bell peppers, seeded and cut into ½” strips
  2 red bell peppers, seeded and cut into ½” strips
  ½ teaspoon coarsely cracked black pepper
  Hot cooked rice

• Directions:

  1. Cut sausage on an angle into ½” slices. Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat for 3 minutes. Cook sausage 1-2 minutes per side or until lightly browned; remove from skillet.
  2. Melt butter in skillet. Add apples, onion, green and red peppers. Cook, stirring occasionally until peppers are soft, about 10 minutes.
  3. Return sausage to pan and heat through. Top with cracked black pepper. Serve over hot cooked rice.

Took Patriot to the Dog Park and then my Mom and I got some ice cream from Coldstone!  Yum.

Now for some homework!

God Bless and Take Care!

Love,

Jodi

Beef and Broccoli with rice

Tonight's dinner:

Beef and Broccoli with white rice

This is a good recipe.  The only thing I would do differently is 1) add black pepper, which I did and 2) put the beef in very last and stir it up right before putting it on the plate.  My beef was over cooked, but I'm sure it's just chef error not recipe error.  I also added more water because the ginger was a little too strong for me.  I would use less and sprinkle it in to taste.

I also said I had 5 dinners left to make, but I can't count.  The beef stew was #6 and this is #7 so I only have 3 left and I have 2 planned out and one to figure out, and I'll never cook again.  Lol! JK.

• 3 tablespoons cornstarch, divided
• 1/2 cup water, plus
• 2 tablespoons water, divided
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 lb boneless round steak or 1 lb charcoal chuck steak, cut into thin 3-inch strips
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
• 4 cups broccoli florets
• 1 small onion, cut into wedges
• 1/3 cup soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• hot cooked rice
Change Measurements: US | Metric

Directions:

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1. 1In a bowl, combine 2 tablespoons cornstarch, 2 tablespoons water and garlic powder until smooth.
2. 2Add beef and toss.
3. 3In a large skillet or wok over medium high heat, stir-fry beef in 1 tablespoon oil until beef reaches desired doneness; remove and keep warm.
4. 4Stir-fry broccoli and onion in remaining oil for 4-5 minutes.
5. 5Return beef to pan.
6. 6Combine soy sauce, brown sugar, ginger and remaining cornstarch and water until smooth; add to the pan.
7. 7Cook and stir for 2 minutes.
8. 8Serve over rice.http://chinese.food.com/recipe/the-best-easy-beef-and-broccoli-stir-fry-99476

New Recipe

We'll I did it!  I made the Chicken Vegetable Alfredo Soup.

I was looking through some Pampered Chef soup recipe cards that I had in my cook book drawer 

found the card for this soup.  I thought, "Mmmm this sounds good, looks good, and seems easy to make". 

So I made it, and it was very good (I almost didn't believe it was me who made it).

 I put extra chicken and a little extra broth.  I also used maybe 1/2 - 1 tsp. of dry basil seasoning instead of the fresh.

I boiled my own chicken so I had plenty of broth, then I just scooped out about 2 1/2 cup of broth and added one boullion cube.

Here are some pics of my cooking success!  Another meal added to my list.  Yesss!  I can do this wife thing after all.  Lol!

Ps.  I didn't make my bread bowl as suggested by the recipe.  I bought it.

However, BJ and I agree that it would have been great in a regular bowl too.  

Those are mashed potatoes on the side.

Take Care and Happy Cooking!

Love,

Jodi