Recipe - Sailsbury Steak

Salisbury Steak

Ok, when was the last time you had salisbury steak?  Are you thinking Swanson TV Dinners?  The ones from the 70's in the aluminum trays that took 30 minutes to bake?  I forgot how good it can be!

1 lb Ground beef
1/4 cup minced parsley
2 Tbsp minced green onion
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2 Tbsp flour

1 Tbsp olive oil
2 cups sliced onions
1 tsp sugar
1 Tbsp minced garlic
1 Tbsp tomato paste
1 tsp flour
2 cups beef broth
1/4 cup red wine
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp thyme

Combine beef, parsley, scallions, salt, and pepper and form into 6 patties.  Dredge each patty in flour and saute each in olive oil over medium-high heat.  Remove from pan.  In the same pan, add olive oil and onions.  Saute until translucent.  Add sugar, garlic and tomato paste and combine.  Add 1 tsp flour.  Add broth, wine, salt and thyme and bring to a boil.  Add meat to sauce, reduce heat to med-low and cook for 10 min.

Recipe - Harvest Panini

Harvest Panini

Try this on a chili day!  It's different but pretty yummy!

2 slices marble rye bread
Smoked turkey
Sliced Havarti
Sliced honey crisp apple
Pumpkin or apple butter

Spread pumpkin butter on both sides of bread and add turkey, cheese and apple slices.  Butter both outsides of bread and toast up in the panini grill. 

Recipe - Broccoli Soup

Broccoli Soup

I love cream of broccoli soup but let's face it, it's really not so good for you.  This is an uber-light version of it that only has 69 calories per cup.  That's awesome!  And it tastes great too!

1 Tbsp butter
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 cup chopped onion
1 stalk celery
2 cloves minced garlic
1/2 tsp dried thyme
8 cups finely chopped broccoli
4 cups chicken or vegetable stock
1/2 cup half & half
salt & pepper

Saute onions, celery and garlic in butter and olive oil until onions are translucent.  Add thyme and broccoli and cook until broccoli is bright green (5 min).  Add stock and bring to a boil.  Reduce heat to low and if you like, run thru soup with a stick blender (if you chopped the broccoli fine enough, you really don't have to do this step).  Add half and half and salt and pepper.  Keep over low heat just to warm thru.

P.S.  You can do this same recipe with 6 cups of peas instead of the broccoli and 3 cups broth instead of 4 -  it is also quite tasty!

Recipe - Cherry Chocolate Chip Muffins

3 cups flour
1 cup dried cherries
1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
1 cup wheat germ
1 cup brown sugar
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp allspice
2 eggs
2 cups buttermilk
1/2 cup canola oil

Combine flour, cherries, chocolate chips, wheat germ, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and allspice and mix thoroughly.  In a separate container, combine beaten eggs, buttermilk and oil.  Add wet ingredients to dry and mix until combined.  Do not over mix.  Divide mixture into 12 greased muffin pans.  Bake for 15 minutes at 400 degrees or until toothpick comes out clean.

Recipe - Bread for dawgs

 

Ingredients:

1.  3 cups unbleached flour

2.  1/4 t rapid-rise yeast

3.  1 1/2 t salt

4.  3/4 cup + 2T h2o

5.  1/4 cup + 2T lager

6.  1 T vinegar

Instructions:

1.  Mix all ingredients in a bowl with a fork until you have a rough ball of dough

2.  Cover dough and let rest for 18 hours

3.  Knead dough 10-15 times on a floured surface

4.  Place dough on a piece of parchment paper that has been lightly coated with non-stick spray

5.  Place parchment paper and dough in a 10" frying pan and cover with saran wrap; let rise for 2 more hours

6.  Place dutch oven in your oven and preheat to 500F; score top of dough with a knife in an 'X'

7.  When preheated, reduce temp to 425F, then lower parchment and dough into dutch oven/cover with lid

8.  Bake for 30 minutes

9.  Remove lid and continue baking for 20 minutes

10.  Remove from oven and let cool

Photo above shows Le Creuset dutch oven, parchment paper, and nonstick spray.  I take the handle off the lid prior to baking.