Crock pot Beef Stroganoff

Rossy was at the cabin for guys weekend - and I had a busy Sunday, so this was perfect to start this am - and have ready when we both got home!!  Rossy thought it was better than our typical Stroganoff - I think it was a toss up....both were pretty dang good!  This was just so easy :)

Recipe per day

Ingredients:
1 cup beef stock
10.7 can cream of mushroom soup
1 medium onion, diced
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
2 lbs round steak, cut into strips
2 tablespoons oil
8oz cream cheese
1 lb pasta, cooked

Brown beef in oil in skillet.

Put in crock pot and add stock, soup, onion, garlic, and Worcestershire sauce.  Cook and cover 7-8 hours on low.

Before serving stir in cream cheese and heat until warm (about 15 minutes).  Serve over cooked noodles of your choice.

Stromboli Sandwiches

We brought dinner over to the Sodahls today, and figured we would try out a new recipe.  Wasn't sure what "Stromboli sandwiches" were - but they are very Italian and very good!  A little messy - but yummy in your tummy!!  We made this meal even more delicious by having Cheesy Potatoes as the side!

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Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef
1 tablespoon onion, chopped
1/2 cup tomato sauce
1/2 cup ketchup
2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon oregano
Mozzarella cheese slices
6 kaiser rolls

Preheat oven to 350.

Brown beef and onions.  Drain - add tomato sauce, ketchup, Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, and oregano.  Cook for 10 minutes.

Split buns and spread mixture over.  Layer with mozzarella cheese.  Wrap each in aluminum foil - and bake for 15 minutes.

Pizza Hotdish

I have been SLACKING on new recipes!!  This girl is PREGO (YAY!!) - so I have had ZERO motivation for making dinner or even eating dinner!!  Check back in June - cause I will be in my second trimester and hopefully will want something besides Popsicles :)  Anyways, it was just me tonight cause Ross was offsite - so this was really easy to make.....and was really good for Rossy to eat when he got home!  Do it up!

Ingredients:
2 cups creamette noodles
1 egg
1/3 cup milk
1 lb hamburger
1 white onion, chopped
1 teaspoon oregano
Small jar Ragou sauce
Small jar of mushrooms
Shredded mozzarella cheese

Cook noodles.  Beat 1 egg and 1/3 cup milk - mix with cooked noodles.  Put in buttered 9x13 pan.

Brown hamburger with onion - and add 1 teaspoon oregano.  Stir good.  I also thought it would be good to add some mushrooms to this part - make it more pizza like!

Add Ragou sauce over the top - and then pour mixture on top of the noodles.  Top with Mozzarella cheese.  Bake at 350 for 1/2 hour.

Lemon-Garlic Herb Rubbed Chicken

Ok - so FINALLY we are both home - it's nice out - and we had time to make an AWESOME meal!!  We had this with brown rice and Veggie Kabobs - and it was soooooo goood!!!!

Ingredients:
1 1/2 tablespoons finely minced or pressed garlic
1 large or 2 small lemons, zested and juiced
1/3-1/2 cup minced fresh herbs, preferably a combo of basil, rosemary, and oregano
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
4-6 tablespoons (or more) extra virgin olive oil
1 1/2-2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts*
*also great on fish and grilled vegetables

Combine garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice, herbs, salt and pepper.  Add olive oil until mixture comes together like a thick sauce.  If you have a mini food processor, you can blend the mixture until it becomes the consistency of a chunky pesto.  Rub mixture over chicken and/or vegetables and let sit for 20-30 minutes.

When ready to cook, preheat outdoor grill or indoor grill pan.  Cook a few minutes on each side, turning only once, until done (Internal temp should be about 165 degrees).

Menu for the week

Ahhhhhh I'm sorry!!!  The last 2 weeks have been crazy busy with work for me - but I swear, we are still cooking and eating :)  I've gotten lots of people asking me why I haven't been posting - so I figured for those that follow our menu, I could at least share the stuff we have been eating, and hopefully I'll be back to trying new stuff soon :)

Monday, 30th : French Dip Sandwiches
Tuesday, 1st: Greek Turkey Burgers & Green Beans
Friday, 4th: Asian BBQ Chicken & Lime Cilantro Rice


Enjoy :)

WE'RE PREGO dinner :)

So we had G-Rents Sodahls over tonight for what they thought was an "early Mother's day" celebration - but REALLY.....it was to tell them that we are expecting Baby Sodahl on 12/20/2012!!!

We decided to make a feast fit for the BABY news :)  Do you get our theme :)

We started off with BABY smokies for an appetizer.....then for dinner we had BABYback Ribs , BABY carrots, BABY red potatoes, and a "bun in the oven" :)

We didn't even make it to dinner till we were dying to tell them our good news - so we had wrapped up what G-Ma Barb thought was her Mother's Day gift - but that was how they found out the good news!!

Prego May Day Basket

So the MINUTE I found out I was pregnant, I knew exactly how I wanted to tell my parents!  I HAD to make them a May Day Basket!!  We've been celebrating this "holiday" since I was a little kid - so decided it was the perfect way to let the tradition live on.

We filled a basket with the stuff below - and rang out parents door bell at 5am.  They both were so shocked and so excited - it was AWESOME :)