Sautéed Radishes

Here is a great summer side dish or entree. 



Sautéed Radishes

I cleaned up some fresh radishes.  Sliced them into a pan.  Added some chopped onions and butter. 

Saute then enjoy.

Enjoy

Sausage Breakfast Burrito

This is a very easy breakfast that can be made ahead of time and just cooked when you are ready to eat.  A great holiday breakfast burrito recipe for family and friends.

 

Sausage Breakfast Burrito

 

 

 

 

 

Start by filling a pan with all kinds of breakfast foods.  I will start with sausage, onion, garlic, mushrooms and green peppers.  I cook the sausage until it is done and cut into pieces.  I then add to the cooked sausage  onion, garlic, green peppers, and mushrooms to the pan and cook until they are all done. 

 

When sausage and vegetables are cooked I add about 5 or 6 beaten eggs to the pan and continue to cook until all the eggs are cooked.  I will top with cheese and let cool.

 

 

Take a large tortilla and scoop some of the sausage vegetable mixture in it and top with more cheese.  Fold up and bake in the oven at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes or until the tortilla is hard and the ingredients are hot.  You can cook it on the stove in a pan until the burrito gets hard.

 

When the breakfast burrito is done you can top it with anything from hot sauce to sour cream.  This is your chance to be creative.  They can be refrigerated for a week or if you freeze it will stay for about 6 months.

 

Enjoy

 

Meatballs

Meatballs

This meatball recipe is so easy enough to be a holiday appetizer and tasty you will never buy pre made meatballs again. They can be kept for a week in the refrigerator and up to a year in the freezer.




For the meatballs I put any amount of ground beef in a bowl to make the meatballs. I used 3 pounds because I will separate the beef to cover a few meals. If I am going to cook one meal I will usually cook 2 or 3 other things at the same time. This saves me time during the week of preparing other dinners.

Next I add everything from veggies to seasoning. I put in mine a bag of onion soup mix, some garlic, ½ cup per pound of any mixture of diced onion, green and yellow pepper, a jalapeno, some Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Mix these ingredients well with your hands yes I said your hands. Take off your bling and get your fingers in there and mix everything up good. It can be very liberating. Just remember to wash your hands good before you touch anything else.

At this point I made 4 hamburger patties and wrapped them until later in the week and I fried up a little less than a pound for another meal that week.

With the remainder of ground beef I added 2 eggs and some type of crumbs. I took Friday nights toasted baguettes and put them in the oven to toast them even more. When they were done I put them in my food processor to make my own bread crumbs. You can use crackers, chips, pretzels, oatmeal or whatever you have in the cupboard. Just grind them up into small crumbs.

I then will roll my meatballs. They can be as big or small you would like.  I use smaller ones for appetizers meatballs I will make them big. Cook them on 350 degrees for 10 minutes then I will flip them or they will burn and cook for another 10 or 15 minutes or until the internal temperature is 160 or above. If they are small meatballs they may not take as long to cook. Keep an eye on them to not overcook them.

    

I feel a meat thermometer is a must because you don’t want to over or under cook you meat products.

You can make as many meatballs as you want for future meals because they freeze really well. If you freeze them put them on a plate or baking sheet in freezer until they are frozen then put them in a freezer bag. That way they won’t stick together and you can just use one or two meatballs at a time. Meatballs are good 6 months to a 1 year.

Some will stay in the refrigerator after being cooked until Spaghetti night then I will just add them to some sauce. That recipe is to follow. Don't forget the infamous meatball sub.

Enjoy

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Chicken Marsala

This is my take on the famous meal Chicken Marsala.  It was wonderful and very easy to put together.

 

 

 

Chicken Marsala

 

To make Chicken Marsala put 2-4 pounds of chicken breast into a Dutch oven.   I topped it with salt, pepper, chopped onion and garlic.  Then put a can of tomatoes with Italian seasoning (with garlic, basil or green chilies), cup of sweet red or white wine, and 1 cup of sliced mushrooms on top of the chicken.  I then sprinkled on top of everything paprika, chili pepper powder and some more Italian seasoning.  You can add any other seasonings you like.

 

Let it cook on 325 degrees for a few hours or until it is 165 degrees internally.   You can add cheese to this wonderful chicken dinner to make it exceptional.  Let cool and serve over rice or noodles.  Chicken Marsala is great reheated the next day.

 

It will be wonderful.  Hope you enjoy it.

 

 

 

 

Beer Cheese Soup

This is a wonderful beer cheese soup recipe that will warm you up and give you the extra protein you need to get through the winter. If you don't want to add the beer you can just add a little more chicken broth to equal that amount of beer you would normally add. Either way this soup is wonderful. I added some broccoli with it to add some veggies.  I paired it with some cornbread. Thais recipe is in this blog if you want to look that up too.

Beer Cheese Soup

Sauté onion and garlic together for a few minutes then add 1 cup celery and carrots to the pan and cook until soft.Add 1tps hot pepper sauce, ½ tsp cayenne, ½ tsp salt and pepper or more if you like any of these ingredients.

Add 3 cups of chicken broth, and 2 cups of beer, 1/3 cup butter and stir to combine.Add slowly while stirring 1/3 cup flour to the beer cheese soup recipe.  I added some chopped broccoli to it if for extra flavor.

Add 4 cups of milk or half and half to the beer cheese soup recipe.Stir until mixed well.Add 6 cups of shredded cheddar cheese or more if you like it creamy.Then add 1/3 cup of cream cheese and 1/3 cup of sour cream.

Last thing to add to this beer cheese soup is 2 TBS of Worcestershire Sauce, 1 TBS Dijon mustard, and 1 tsp dry mustard.

Simmer the beer cheese soup for 10 minutes and serve.I made cornbread to go with the recipe that is in this blog a couple of days ago.

Enjoy

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Egg Muffins

 

This is a wonderful thing to make and take on the go.  It is full of protein and easy to eat on the run. 

 

 Egg Muffins

 

 

 

First start by pre heating the oven to 350 degrees.  Spray a muffin pan with non-stick like Pam. 

 

I chopped up a bunch of veggies and some sausage links or ham either will be wonderful.  You can add whatever you want but don’t forget to season with some salt, pepper and anything else you like.  I added some chopped peppers, onion, potatoes, Jalapeno peppers and mushrooms. 

 

 

Fill each muffin tin with veggies and meat until half full then top with some cheese.   Beat together 8 to 12 eggs and pour into each muffin space until it is almost to the top. 

 

Bake for about 20-30 minutes or until you can insert a toothpick and it comes out clean.  Let cool and enjoy.  They can be refrigerated for up to a week and warmed in the oven or microwave. 

 

 

Enjoy.

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Mickey's Diner St. Paul Minnesota

We went to lunch at Mickey’s Dining Car in St. Paul Minnesota which just down the street from where I work. We were seated right away at the counter which is here I love to sit to watch them prepare the meals. Below is some history on Mickey's.




Mickey's Dining Car was Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983

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Mickey’s Diner in St. Paul Minnesota was designed to resemble the railroad dining cars of the period. It is unique in that it is one of the first diners to be built in the Art Deco style. Mickey’s Dining Car was manufactured in New Jersey and shipped by rail on a flat bed to its present location.

I ordered the One Eye Jack at Mickey's Diner which was a toasted ham, cheese, and egg sandwich. I ordered it with fries instead of hash browns.

The fries were crunchy but didn’t drip of oil like some fries. The sandwich came with a large piece of ham, two slices of cheese grilled with a fried egg on top. The sandwich had a wonderful flavor and was well worth the $9 I paid for it.

My friend ordered the Mickey's Diner sausage omelet with hash browns and toast. I noticed they put the eggs in a stainless steal malt shop cup and mixed them with an ice cream mixer for 3 minutes. It must by why they are so fluffy. They put the eggs into a small pan and flip it once, load it with sausage and fold it over.

It was a big fat omelet stuffed with big chunks of sausage. She had way too much food for one person and maybe two people. Here meal was about the same $11.

The Mickey's Diner cook was very funny and made us all laugh more than once. It was hypnotizing to watch him cook all of the orders at one time keeping everything straight. It is a wonder that the staff doesn’t get hurt working together because of the close corners they share while performing their jobs.

Mickey’s Diner is a definite must do if you are in the town of St. Paul Minnesota.

Mickey's Dining Car Website

Enjoy