Taco Soup

This is a family favorite and is super easy! I will post a picture the next time I make it.

1lb ground beef
1 taco seasoning packet
1 can pinto beans
1 can black beans
1 can white beans
2 cans kidney beans (do not drain any of the beans)
1 can tomato sauce
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can corn (you can use frozen corn too)

Brown the ground beef, drain off fat, then add taco seasoning. Put beans, tomatoes, and corn in crock pot or large pot on stove, add the ground beef. Cook on the low in the crock pot for about 2hrs, cook for about 1 hr on the stove on low. It basically just needs to warm up but is much more savory if you cook it for a bit.

Serve with shredded cheese and sour cream on top. We like to add tortilla chips or Fritos to it to give it a little crunch. It freezes fabulously as well. Enjoy.

Skillet Enchiladas

These are easy and delicious.

You need:
1lb of meat - ground beef or chicken
Diced onion

1/2 cup of milk
1 10oz can of enchilada sauce - green or red, either is fine
1 can cream of mushroom soup undiluted
flour toritillas
grated cheese

2 tblsp diced green chili

Heat skillet and brown meat and onion.
Add enchilada sauce, soup, milk and chilis
Bring to a boil. 
Turn down. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes.

Fill tortillas with cheese and roll up.
Bury in soupy sauce mixture.
Cover with cheese.

Cover and heat for 5 minutes or so until cheese is melty.

Serve with salsa and sour cream.

*You can use less meat and add some black beans to it instead. Whatever you fancy.

Thai Red Curry:

For this delicious recipe go here. You won't be sorry!

Hello and thank you for the warm oven welcome.....

This is such a simple recipe that I think it funny to even post but for the fact that many of us have extra potatoes ...We all need something warm to eat and this is so inexpensive to do ..Gama Idell taught me how to to this oh so easy and yummy potato recipe ...

Please forgive me as most of my recipes are from my mind measurements and I really do cook to taste....That is why I have given you all pictures ...lol

Pre-Heat Oven to 375ish depends on where you live altitude and all

Take 4 to 6 baking potatoes and cut them up into cubes
(Or the size that makes you happy)
Chop two onions
(What ever kind you have or like)
Now add chopped Garlic
(One clove is good but again your taste is important)
Now mix it all together on the baking sheet coating it all in Olive oil
Season to taste
Salt ---pepper---Paprika
and any other seasons that you like

Place it on the middle rack in the oven turn the potatoes once while cooking about 20 minutes in...then they become a bit brown yet not crunchy....

Voila yummy in the tummy roasted potatoes for all

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

This may not be kosher, and may be a little tacky but my first recipe contribution can be found on my blog here.

Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas:

This is a recipe Stuart makes when we're having people over. They always ask for the recipe and I never get around to giving it to them... Today is your lucky day.

Indgredients:
12 flour or corn tortillas
¼ cup chopped onion
4 cups sour cream
1 tsp. garlic powder
2-3 cups cooked chicken, cut up
1tbs or more chili powder
1 can cream of mushroom soup
2-3 cups grated cheese
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 large can refried beans
1 small can green chilies

In a large bowl, mix together chicken, sour cream, soups, chilies, onions, garlic powder, and chili powder.
Add 1 ½ cups grated cheese.
Mix.
Down the center of each tortilla, spread a line of refried beans, then a line of sour cream mixture.
Fold ends to middle and roll up.
Place seam side down in a 13x9” pan.
Continue with all tortillas.
Then spread remaining sour cream mixture on top.
Sprinkle remaining cheese over all.
Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes.

Kimbap (Korean style sushi)

This one is a little bit exotic but is one of my most favorite healthy foods ever!

After having lived in Korea I get occasional cravings for seaweed rice roll its SO good! (I made the video for another post last summer while experimenting with my new mac!)

Basically each roll makes about eight pieces minus the end’s. Kimbap stores ok wrapped in foil and kept refrigerated. but It's best eaten right after it is made.

Good kimbap has about 7 different fillings- which ingredients I can not find here! For one simple roll kimbap you will need:

a bamboo mat to roll sushi with

1 sheet sushi nori (seaweed)

1 parboiled carrot cut into strips length wise but not too cooked, you want it with some chew to it!

1 cucumber cut strips length wise

2 fish (crab) sticks sliced in half longways

1 egg beaten lightly with a fork and fried, then cut into strips

1 smoked sausage and/or 4 crabsticks

1tsp sesame oil for brushing (tastes great and helps sesame seeds stick)

1/2tsp toasted sesame seed’s to garnish

Soy sauce to acompany

You need rice that is sticky, you can use sushi rice or.. what I do- a MUCH cheaper alternative- use pudding rice instead I wouldn’t even know the difference really after even having eaten loads of it in Korea. Rice cookers can cook the rice to perfection, otherwise I think two cups of water to every cup of rice about does it. Once rice is cooked you can mix in some rice vinegar (optional) then put the rice aside and let cool.

meanwhile parboil carrots, and slice all vegetables, smoked sausage, fishsticks, thinly scrambled eggs (whatever your filling) in long slender strips (not too chunky) I also make another one using just processed cheese and tuna that kids often prefer.

Put the seaweed on bamboo mat shiny side down and spread rice on about 1cm thick careful not to cover the edges (wetting your fingers with water will stop the rice sticking to them and make rice easier to spread!)

Put the fillings in the center of the layer of rice

Roll using the bamboo mat (this can take some practice first)

Wet the inside of the edge being rolled towards with water and roll firmly over it to seal

Before slicing, brush top with sesame oil and sprinkle with sesame seeds

serve with a small accompaniment of soy sauce.

For more on how to roll with bamboo mat see video below.

Enjoy!