Cooking with Ben

Ben made dinner Tonight

I put them in the oven but he did everything else. He made sure that one was put in the fridge from Lisa to have after work.

Unsloppy Joes

 

Ben and Julie helped me make dinner and brownies tonight. We saw this and thought it would be a recipe to try with the kids. They turned out great, and the kids had fun helping make them.

1 lb  ground beef, cooked, drained

1 can (15 oz) sloppy joe sauce

1 teaspoon chili powder

1 can (16.3 oz) Pillsbury® Grands!® refrigerated biscuits

1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese (2 oz)

1. Heat oven to 375° F. In large skillet, cook ground beef over medium-high heat until beef is thoroughly cooked, stirring frequently; drain. Stir in sauce and chili powder; simmer 5 minutes.
2. Press each biscuit into 6-inch round. Spoon 1/3 cup meat mixture and about 1 tablespoon cheese onto center of each round. Fold dough in half over filling; press to seal. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
3. Bake 9 to 14 minutes or until golden brown.

Easy Ham and Noodles

We had a lot of ham left over from yesterday. I wanted to find some recipes, so no one would get tired of ham. The kids seemed to really like this one. I am going to post this on the family recipe blog and if any of the other recipes I found today work out you will be able to find them there. This recipe was more of a guideline, I did not measure anything, and I am not sure I was all that close on some things.

Ingredients:

2 cups cooked noodles

1 cup cubed, cooked ham

1/2 cup cubed cheddar

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1/2 soup can of milk

Directions:

Place everything in a 9x9 casserole dish and bake at 375 degrees for 25 – 30 minutes.

Easy Beef and noodles

This is one of the easiest recipes.

Take 2 pounds Stew Beef, 2 packages of dry onion soup mix, and a stick of butter and combine in the crock. Cook on low for 8 hours and serve over noodles. It turned out good. Next time I may thicken the sauce once it is done cooking and maybe serve over rice.

Beef Stew

Last week Lisa said that she wanted a slow cooker Beef stew recipe. I found one and she got the supplies when she was shopping. I made it today.

Ingredients:

2lbs stew beef (used slightly more)
1/4 cup flour
4 large carrots (used a bunch of baby carrots)
4 or 5 good sized potatoes (called for 3 lg)
1 cup condensed beef broth (used 1 beef bouillon cube dissolved in 1 cup boiling water)
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/3 cup soy sauce
1 large onion
1 8oz can tomato sauce (we had a larger can and I guessed the amount


Directions:

Layer potatoes, then carrots. Mix the meat, soy sauce, salt, pepper and flour in a bowl, then layer on top of the carrots. Chop onion and spread on top of meat. combine beef broth and tomato sauce and pour over everything. Heat on low all day. This afternoon I realized we did not have any cottage cheese, and had Lisa pick up some while she was out. Lisa thinks it is odd that we put cottage cheese in our stew. It turned out good. Amy and the kids joined us for dinner.

Lisa's Bday dinner

Lisa wanted ham and "potatoes out of a box" for her Birthday. So, I cooked a ham in the slowcooker and made her potatoes. The ham was bigger than I though so we have lots of left overs.

Dinner - Beef Roast

Lisa Cooked yesterday. She was so excited to get to use the slow cooker. She invited mom and dad over to join us for it. It turned out really good.

Cooking review - Apple pie

This turned out ok.

Cooking review - Slow cook Pot Roast

This turned out great. I have lots of leftovers.
Here is the recipe.

3 to 4 pound beef pot roast
I used baby carrots and potatoes (cut up) I like the red potatoes
2 envelopes dry onion soup mix
3/4 cup water

Brown the roast in a little oil in a frying pan.
Arange the spuds and carrots in the slow cooker, and put the roast on top.
Combine the mix and water and pour over everything in the slow cooker
Cook on low for 9 to 10 hours

Cooking review - hotchocolate

This is a very easy recipe and it came out ok.

4 cups milk

1/4 cup sugar

1/3 cup chocolate syrup

mix it all in the slow cooker and cook on low until hot about 2 hours.

We double the recipe and added extra chocolate for good measure. Mom got ice cream to have in it. Sister beck thought putting Ice cream in a cup of hot chocolate was odd, but liked it.

Cooking Review

I cooked the chops on the grill and made real potatoes. It turned out good.

Cooking review - Slow cooked Apple Crisp

Apple is my favorite kind of Crisp. As it was cooking it just smelled so wonderful. Then I had my bowlful and it was good. I think I will be making this again soon. I may use more apples next time. For those of you who have been asking for recipies, here you go:

6 cups apples ( peeled and sliced)

6 tbsp butter

3/4 cups oats

1 tablespoon cinnamon

3/4 cups btown sugar

1/2 cup flour

-spray crock pot with non-stick cooking spray

- placed apples in crock pot

- melt butter

- stir in all other ingredients with butter

- sprinkle over apples

- cook on high for about 3 hours

Cooking Review - Meatloaf

I made meatloaf in the slow cooker today, and Mom and Dad brought over potato salad and green beens. It turned out ok. It was a tiny bit dry but not too bad. I did not get the camera out until I was going for seconds.

Cooking review - Cherry Cobbler

I made cherry cobbler today. It turned out good. It was not hard to make either. This worked out well in the smaller crock pot that I have. Crockpots are great.

Cooking Review - Peach Cobbler

It turned out good. The recipe would have worked out better in a smaller slow cooker. It did not last very long. One trip to Mom and Dad's house and it was gone.

YSA FHE

The young single adults had Family home evening over at my house today. They wanted dinner and a movie. They were planning to have hamburgers and chips and what not. I decided to make the sloppy Joe and bake bread again. They did not bring much meat so it was a good idea to have the stuff I made. The sloppy joe turned out better this time, but the bread came out a little bit darker. It was still good though.

Cooking Review - Slow cooker

I broke in the slow cooker today. I made sloppy joes. I did not follow the recipe too well. I put in have the peppers and onions that was called for. It turned out good.

This is how I made it:

Brown 2 pounds ground beef with 2 medium onions cut into slivers. Then I put that in the slow cooker with 2 medium red peppers sliced up, 1 medium green pepper sliced, 1 cup ketchup, 1/4 cup vinegar, 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper, 1 tablespoon chili powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper. Mixed it all up and cooked on low for 8 hours.

Cooking review - Cookies

So tonight I baked cookies. They turned out good. None burned and like usual my first batch was the best. Nothing fancy just chocolate chip cookies, but I was able to confirm what I had guessed before I made the Bread... my oven runs about 25 degrees higher than it says. I baked both at the lower temp with good results. Too many cookies and I have chocolate milk....

Cooking review

I made some white bread on Saturday. It turned out good. I will have to see how well the next batch turns out. I took half a loaf to Mom's and putting more than half a loaf in the freezer. It is different cooking for one. Not many recipies are designed for just one. I end up throwing stuff in the fridge or freezer, and having leftovers another time.