Tuna Fish Cakes

Tuna Fish Cakes

These Tuna Fish Cakes turned out amazing. This tuna recipe was inspired by my brother’s suggestion to come up with a recipe to use all those cans of tuna fish in the pantry. So this tuna recipe is that way but it may be a reason to go buy more tuna fish.

Tuna Fish Cakes

I started the tuna fish cake recipe with two cans of tuna fish in a large bowl but it is fine to just half the recipe for just one.

I diced up very small celery, yellow pepper, onion, and one whole jalapeno (about 1/2 cup total). Add this to the tuna and stir. Next add 2 eggs, sriracha sauce to taste (leave it out if you don't like hot and spicy), finely shredded cheese (whatever amount you want), whatever seasoning you like and then bread crumbs or some other crumble mixture. (crackers, pretzels, bread crumbs, or crumbled potato chips) I used seasoned stuffing that I finely ground in the food processor. Use enough to make the patties stick together. They will be kind of crumbly but squeeze them together good.

Heat a pan with a little oil or nonstick spray. Drop in the tuna fish cake patties when the pan is hot and cook on that side a few minutes. You can make then whatever size you want, small for an appetizer or large for dinner. Try not play with the tuna fish cakes too much because they will fall apart. Flip very carefully and cook on the other side a few minutes. Shut off stove and sprinkle with cheese and let melt. I used mozzarella but you can use whatever you like or have on hand.

When the cheese is melted on the tuna fish cakes they are ready to eat.Very quick meal with a very inexpensive high protein tuna recipe product.

Enjoy




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Chicken Fried Steak

Chicken Fried Steak is a great Sunday dinner.  Chicken fried steak is crunchy and has a wonderful flavor. The recipe is easy and I baked it instead of frying it which makes it a little healthier.

Chicken Fried Steak

Pre Heat oven to 350 degrees.

I started the chicken fried steak by cutting up a sirloin round steak into portions about the size of you palm. I then took a mallet and pounded out the steaks on both sides. I seasoned them and set them aside until I was ready to coat them.

I used one bowl for an egg wash which had in it 2 eggs, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, and hot sauce.

The second bowl had flour, corn flakes, Cajun seasoning, chipotle seasoning, garlic powder, paprika, Italian seasoning, sriracha seasoning, and salt. A few shakes of each will work.

I took the steak and put it into the egg wash then in the flour corn flake mixture until it is coated completely. I sprayed the bottom of a glass bake dish with nonstick spray and put the steaks in the dish along with a few pats of butter around the steaks.

The chicken fried steak went into the oven for 35-45 minutes. The inner temperature of the steak should be 140 – 160 degrees.

Gravy

While the chicken fried steaks are cooking I made up some gravy for them. I took some sliced mushrooms, a garlic clove, sliced onions, Worcestershire sauce, steak sauce, and butter. Cooked them on low heat until the onion is translucent.

I then added 2 tsp at a time of Wondra flour and stirred until it absorbed all the butter and juice. I then put in ½ cup of half and half. Stir that until it is smooth. When that comes to a boil I turned down and let cook for a few minutes. After a few minutes it will start to thicken and if not I added another spoonful until it was as thick as I needed. If it is too thick you will need to add some more half and half.

Let the chicken fried steak cool for a few minutes before serving when it comes out of the oven. Top with Gravy and enjoy.

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Pizza Mac and Cheese

This recipe was inspired because I needed to use up some prepared bags of Mac and Cheese. It seemed to boring so I did what I always to and spiced it up.

Pizza Mac and Cheese Casserole

I started by boiling a prepared bag of  Mac and Cheese per the package instructions.  If you want you can just start with Macaroni because there is enough cheese to not miss the powder cheese packet.

Then I added to the Mac and Cheese about 2oz of cream cheese, scoop of sour cream, and some shredded mozzarella and lots of cheddar cheese ( any amount is fine). This is where I will taste it to make sure it is spicy because I love spicy.

You can add all kinds of ingredient. Pepperoni, sausage, finely chopped onion, red peppers, and mushrooms to it.   You can add an pizza seasoning you would like.  For example:  red pepper flakes, italian seasoning and celery salt.  You can add some pizza sauce if you would like that but it is not a must.

I put the cheese in a pan and topped with of course more cheese, whatever flavor you like, some seasoned bread or cracker crumbs of your choice and a few pats of butter on top.

Bake the pizza mac and cheese at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes or until crumbs are toasted and the center is hot.

Enjoy.



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Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo

This is a wonderful comfort food meal that is great when the weather gets cold.  The homemade fettuccine recipe was posted yesterday so if you want to make it from scratch check this blog.

Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo

 

Ingredients:

6 ounces of Homemade or box Fettuccine

1 lb of Chicken breast

 

Alfredo Sauce:

Pint of heavy cream

1 stick of butter

¼ cup fine chopped onions.

¼ cup mushrooms

3 TBS Italian Seasoning

1 TBS Garlic Powder

1 TBS Pepper

Chopped parsley for garnish

1 Cup shredded Parmesan cheese

1 Cup shredded Romano cheese

 

Sauté chicken in a pan until cooked internal to 170 for the Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo.  Cut into small pieces after it is cooled and set aside.

To prepare Alfredo sauce:

Sauté the mushrooms and onions.  Heat heavy cream over low-medium heat in a deep sauté pan. Add butter and let it melt. Sprinkle in cheese and stir to incorporate all but a few onces of cheese. Stir in sautéed mushrooms and onions.  Season with garlic, Italian seasoning black pepper.

 

In a large stockpot, cook fettuccine in plenty of boiling salted water for 3 minutes. Drain the Fettuccine and add it to the sauté pan of sauce, gently toss the noodles to coat in the Alfredo sauce. Transfer Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo to a warm serving bowl. Top with more grated cheese and chopped parsley.

 

Enjoy

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Homemade Fettuccine

I decide to try and make homemade pasta and ended up with making Fettuccine. It was work but well worth it and the recipe is easy. The work was rolling out the dough. I found a trick to cutting it so it was easier than I had thought. It tasted really fresh and we used it to make two meals that week. I will post both of them this week.



Homemade Fettuccine

I started making the homemade Fettuccinee by taking 2 cups of flour and making a well with it. I put 3 eggs into the well along with ½ tsp of Salt and stirred it by hand.

When it was mixed I added ½ tsp of Olive oil to the fettuccine recipe, covered it with plastic and put it in the refrigerator for atleast 4 hours.

The fettuccine dough sat for 4 hours I took it out and split it in half so it was easier to roll out.

Once rolled out the fettuccine dough very thin then I rolled up the dough.

I cut the fetuccinne into small pieces off the end and unraveled them. Behold there was the Homemade Fettuccine.

I then boiled Fettuccine for about 5 minutes. You don't want to cook it too much because if you add sauce it will continue to cook and you don't want it mushy.

I drained the Homemade Fettuccine and put it in the refrigerator for the next day when I made an Alfredo sauce and red sauce. 

Enjoy

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Margarita Beef Burger

This is a wonderful burger recipe that is light and full of flavor. The lime mayo is tangy yet sweet. Bring on the burger cooking season.

Margarita Beef Burger

Makes 4 Burger Patties

1 pound lean ground beef, chicken or turkey.

½ cup combined Onion, Jalapeno, and green pepper.

Juice from 2 Limes

Lime zest of 2 Limes

4 TBS Tequila

1 tsp salt

½ Cup Parmesan cheese

¼ Shredded Italian cheese

10 small spinach leaves

4 Brioche Buns

Lime Mayo

1 Cup Mayo

Zest of ½ Lime

Juice of ½ Lime

½ tsp salt

1 tsp of sugar

Combine first 7 ingredients and form into 4 patties. You can omit the Tequila if you want and it is no big deal.  Let sit for a few minutes while grill warms up.

Grill, bake or fry the margarita burgers until done and 160 degrees internally.

Make burger mayo by combining 1 cup mayo with lime zest, lime juice, salt and sugar. If these are for adults only you can add 1 tps of Tequila to the mayo. Put covered in refrigerator until margarita hamburgers are ready.

Shut off grill and sprinkle the margarita burgers with ½ cup Italian cheese blend and let melt. Warm the bun halves on grill while waiting for cheese to melt.

Serve one bun with the margarita burger, top with spinach leaves and lime mayo.

Enjoy

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Goulash

This is the Flashback dinner recipe.

This goulash recipe that my mom made on a regular basis was among many hotdish recipes she had in her recipe box and I still love it today.  Beef goulash  is one of the best comfort foods of the past and is also known as beef tomato hotdish up north. You can make old fashioned goulash a variety of ways so don’t worry about following the recipe just sub out what you don’t have in the cupboard for what you do.Cooking is not a science so don’t worry about measurements either.Here is the recipe.

Goulash

I started the easy goulash recipe with a pound of ground beef and fried it up with some peppers, onions and celery.You can add or omit any of the veggies above.

I added some frozen meatballs to the goulash that I had in the freezer too and cut them in half.When that was warm I added some spaghetti sauce, can or two of tomatoes. Now you can use whatever red sause or tomatoes. Tomatoe paste, puree or any other will work.  Spaghetti sauce works well in this goulash recipe because it has lots of seasoning in it already. If you would like to make sauce from scratch I have added a link to a recipe for that below. You can add salt, pepper, garlic, parsley, oregano, basil or just some Italian seasoning.You can add any other seasoning you like.Let it simmer for a bit so the flavors can get happy together.

Boil some noodles for the hotdish like goulash. The choice is up to you so whatever you have you can use.I used egg noodles but the original goulash my mom made called for plain macaroni.

When they are done add them to the sauce and toss.Warm the old fashioned goulash and it is ready to serve.Add some cheese on top when you dish it up. This is wonderful old fashioned beef goulash.

Enjoy


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Mashed Potatoes

Mashed Potatoes loaded with all kind of goodness. They can be made with any or all of the ingredients below. You can pick which ones you like best. These mashed potatoes are a devine comfort food to enjoy any time of the year.


Mashed Potatoes

Start this mashed potato recipe with cooking potatoes by boiling them in salted water until tender. I used baby red potatoes and left the skins on but you can prepare them for boiling any way you want. Once they are cooked so that you can poke a fork in them without resistance you can rinse the water off them. I mash them and add 1 to 2 sticks of butter which are added for the goodness, one 8 once package of cream cheese, some fresh garlic (garlic seasoning will work too),and 1 or 2 big scoops of sour cream any flavor you like ( I used onion and chive sour cream). You can add some cheese if you want too. I never said this mashed potato recipe was on your diet.



Once the mashed potatoes are all mixed and mashed up then add some salt, pepper, chives,parsley, Italian seasonings. This is where you can add any other seasoning you like to this mashed potato recipe. Make sure to taste and add more of anything above it it seems to plain because potatoes can absorb alot of seasoning.

Serve hot.

Enjoy this wonderful Mashed Potato Recipe.



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Bloodymary Chili

Chili is a wonderful recipe for cool fall days. It is easy and can be made in the crockpot so that you can still do all your fall activities and there is plenty of leftovers for the entire week.

Bloodymary Chili

I start the Bloodymary Chili with sauté onions, mushrooms, peppers, celery and beans, with some ground beef.The meat part of this chili is up to you.  You can add anything from ground turkey or chicken,beef shredded or ground omit it all together.

Add a 2 Cups of Bloodymary tomato mix, a can or two of diced tomatoes with the juice to the chili. Add a few tablespoons of some pickle and olive juice to the mix.  You can add a package of chili seasoning if you have one or just some chili powder, onion powder, celery salt, hot sauce or tabasco, and garlic.

I then add to the Bloodymary Chili beans and they can be whatever you like and have on hand.I used black beans and kidney beans.I then added corn or another other ingredient that I might have missed. Leave the spicy chili on low for a few hours. During this time if it seems to dry you can add some more tomato juice or another can of tomatoes until it is at the Chili is the consistency you like.

Serve the Chili hot with cornbread, olives, cheese, sour cream and beef sticks.  The cornbread recipe is below.



Cornbread Recipe

Enjoy

Apple Pie

Apple Pie

 

Crust:

2 ½ Cups all-purpose flour

1 Cup cold Butter cut into 10 slices

1 tsp salt

2 tsp Sugar

6-10 TBS Ice water

 

 

Filling:

4 cups of Apples peeled and cored.

1 ½ Cup Sugar

½ Cup Brown Sugar

4 TBS Cornstarch

2 TBS Cinnamon

 

Egg Wash:

1 egg

¼ cup milk

 

 

Directions:

 

Put Flour, salt and sugar in a food processor and mix together.  Add the butter and pulse until it is crumbly.  Add ice water one TBS at a time until the dough holds together.  Divide it to two equal parts, cover with plastic and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

 

Pre heat oven 350 Degrees

 

Roll out dough for the bottom of the Pie.  Cut it to within a ½ inch from the pie plate rim.  Set aside.

 

 

Put sliced apples, sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, and cornstarch together.  Stir well to incorporate the sugar with all the fruit.

Pour into pie pan and roll out second crust to cover pie.  Cut to a ½ inch of the pie plate rim.  Squeeze the ends together tight to hold all the juice inside while it is cooking.

 

 

Put a few slits in the top of the pie for steam to escape and brush crust end with egg wash.  Sprinkle with sugar and bake in oven.

Bake on 350 degrees for about 50 minutes until it is golden brown. 

Let cool and serve.

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