Beef and Broccoli Soup

Ingredients:

• 1/2 pound Beef Strips or Stew Meat (I often cut up thin cheap meat pieces, for example shoulder steaks)
• 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup onion diced
• 1/2 cup peppers - red, green, and yellow, sliced
• 1 celery Stalk
• 1/2 cup frozen broccoli florets
• 1 Package of Beef Roman Noodles
• Pinch of Ms. Dash seasoning blend
• Olive Oil

Directions:

1. Cut meat pieces about 3 inches and marinate in Worcestershire sauce for at least 4 hours.
2. Sauté seasoning vegetables in olive oil for 1 minute. Add in meat and continue cooking until meat is browned.
3. Add a pinch of seasoning blend, seasoning pack from Roman Noodles, and 1/2 cup water. Bring to boil.
4. Add broccoli florets, cover, and reduce heat to med-low for 3 - 5 minutes. Until broccoli is cooked through.
5. Microwave noodles and other 1/2 cup water for 3 minutes. Drain.
6. Serve the soup over the noodles.

The Results:

This is by far, Brittany’s favorite meal. Anna will eat the noodles. As for me, I find a way to have something different on a limited budget. While I am not big on any pastas, I enjoy the flavors of the soup.

Other Creative Cooking With Ramon Noodles

Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup

Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Chicken Meat ( I used 2 leg quarters I boiled previously)
• 1 Celery Stalk. Diced
• 1/4 Onion, Diced
• 2 Carrots, Sliced
• Package Chicken Ramon Noodles
• 2 cups Water
• Ms. Dash season, to taste

Directions:

1. Sauté Onions and Celery. Add to Crockpot.
2. Add seasoning pack from Ramon Noodles, water, meat, and carrots. Cook for 3 - 5 hours on high. Season as needed.
3. Cook noodles according to package and drain.
4. Serve soup mix over noodles. (I have tried adding in noodles in pot before. It doesn’t work as well.)

The Results

Overall, while it is not the best soup I ever had before, it is a great soup when money is limited. It makes a soup that is better than canned but not as good as homemade. I recommend not adding any additional salt.

Other Creative Cooking With Ramon Noodles

Beef and Broccoli Soup

Pillsbury Biscuits Pulled Pork Pockets

We love biscuits in my house but I have no desire nor talent at making them from scratch. However, I go through a couple cans of Pillsbury’s, either biscuits or crescent rolls, a week. Anna would eat a whole can herself if we let her.

Creative Cooking

With a little imagination and research, I have come up with many recipes that involve this amazing product and others like it. Usually, I take a recipe I find and adjust them using my imagination to include ingredients and leftovers that is available. Sometimes, the results of these creative cooking sessions fail big time but on occasion, they are a hit.

A few weeks ago, I found a recipe for Crescent Pizza Pockets at Pillsbury.com a few weeks ago. Yesterday, I didn’t have crescent rolls, cheese, or pepperoni. I did have some left over barbeque pork roast that I had cooked and frozen last week. I, also, had a can of “flaky layer” biscuits.

Barbeque Pulled Pork Pockets

Items Needed

• can of Pillsbury biscuits
• Filling - barbeque pulled pork(may work well with ham and cheese, sloppy joe mix, or other barbequed meats) Only limited to imagination.
• Pam Cooking Spray

Steps

1. Preheat oven or toaster oven to 375°F. Spray pan with cooking spray.
2. Roll out biscuits into a circle. Place a tablespoon of filling in center and press ends together. Place the pockets an inch apart.
3. Bake 10 to 12 minutes until golden brown. Serve warm.

The Results

Brittany, a huge Hot Pocket fan, loved it. Anna wasn’t here to try it but she probably wouldn’t be interested. She has an issue with foods touching. I liked it, somewhat. Next time, I hope to have a can of crescent rolls. I rolled out the biscuits as flat as I could but felt that there was too much biscuit and not enough meat in the pocket.

Other Ideas for Pillsbury Biscuits

I have utilized biscuits for many other recipes. Also, I have found some that I would love to try.

• Doughnut Holes – I cut the biscuits in fourths and fry them in deep fryer. Serve warm with powdered sugar.
• The Pillsbury site has many recipes - http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes

Love Chocolate Cake Day

Yummy!!! Love Chocolate Cake Day!

I don't have a large family. However, I love to cook and try new recipes. In order to save our waistlines and food budget. It is necessary to cut down the recipes I find online. For example, the Crockpot Hot Fudge Cake I found this morning on Food.com. I use a 2 qt. Crock Pot. Made just enough that we each got just a small bit. I believe next time I am using the bigger recipe. However, I don't feel too guilty with the diet.

Crock Pot Chocolate Cake for small crock pot

1\3 cup Bisquick

1\3 cup sugar

1 tbsp + 4 1\4 tsp baking cocoa

2 tbsp + 2 tsp milk

1/4 tsp vanilla

1\3 cup + 3 tbsp + 1/2 tsp hot tap water

Mix Bisquick, 2 tbsp + 2 tsp sugar, 3 tsp. Cocoa, milk and vanilla. Pour into greased crock pot.

Mix 2 tbsp + 2 tsp sugar, 1 tbsp + 1 1\4 tsp baking cocoa, and hot water. Pour over batter in crock pot.

Cook on high 2 - 2 1\2 hours.

Pure Heaven!!!

For the original recipe: http://www.food.com/recipe/crockpot-hot-fudge-cake-451466