Pasta & Beef Salad With Horseradish Dressing

I feel bad since today my husband only bring fresh slice fruit to work. I didn't feel want to fix anything (sorry sayang!)..I even told Khadijah to eat at school and she really don't mind :D..

Well, enough for being lazy...I have pasta, roast beef and frozen veggies. I remember I made this long time ago, the recipe is from CREAMETTE website..it's easy and I think taste fine :)


Cook pasta according to package direction, drain. Rinse with cold water to cool quickly, drain well. Meanwhile, in large bowl stir together mayonnaise, horseradish, vinegar and seasonings, stir in cooled pasta, beef and mixed veggetable. Cover, refrigerate. If like stir in 3/4 onions, springkle top with remaining onions.

Ingredients:

1 pg. (10 oz) frozen peas and carrot

1 can (2.8 oz) french fried onion, devided (optional)

3 cups (8 oz) rotini

1 1/2 cups mayonnaise

3 tbs. prepared horseradish

1 tbs. white vinegar

1/4 tsp. garlic powder

1/4 tsp. ground black pepper

1/4 tsp. salt

1 1/2 cups thin sliced cooked roas beef strips

Beef Stick (Summer Sausage)

2 pounds lean hamburger (ground chuck)

1 tsp. cracked pepper

2 tbs Morton Tenderquick (DO NOT SUBSTITUTE)

¼ tsp. onion powder

½ tsp. garlic powder

1 ½ tsp. liquid smoke

1 cup water

1 tbs mustard seed

Mix all ingredients well

Refrigerate 12 – 24 hour

Shape into log

Bake on a rack 1 hour and 15 minute at 300 degrees. Turn once during baking. Cool, wrap in foil and refrigerate or freeze

Hint: The fresher the spices the stronger the flavor. If spices are not as fresh you could heap the amounts.

Morton’s Tenderquick is a meat preservative and can be difficult to find. Ask your grocer or check with a farm supply store such or search online for a supplier.

Chicken Pot Pie

It has been awhile since I make chicken pot pie for our dinner. So I think tonight is the night lol...anyway, for the pastry I always use Tyler Florence from Tyler Ultimate recipe. I’ve been using this pastry recipe since the first time I learned cooking and I like it. It is good and easy to follow. But the filling, I just make my own simple recipe by using secret ingredient (condensed soup cream of chicken), my friends, my husband and now my daughter love it and they think it is delicious

Chicken Pot Pie

Pastry recipe

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling

3 tablespoons sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 lemon, zested and finely grated

3/4 cup (1 1/2 stick) cold, unsalted butter, cut into small chunks

1 egg yolk

2 tablespoons ice water, plus more if needed

Directions

Combine the flour, sugar, salt, and lemon zest in a large mixing bowl. Add the butter and mix with a pastry blender or your fingers until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add the egg yolk and ice water and work that in with your hands. (Or do the whole thing in a food processor, pulsing a couple of times to combine the dry ingredients, and then pulsing in the butter, and then the egg.) Check the consistency of the dough by squeezing a small amount together between thumb and forefingers: You want there to be just enough moisture to bind the dough so that it holds together without being too wet or sticky. If it's still crumbly, add a little more ice water, 1 teaspoon at a time. When you get it to the right consistency, shape the dough into a disk, cut a half and wrap it in plastic. Put it in the refrigerator and chill for at least 30 minutes.

For filling

3 Boneless skinless chicken breast or leftover chicken

1 Can (10,75oz.) condensed soup cream of chicken

1 Bag (12 oz.) Frozen vegetable (peas and carrots)

Direction

Dice the chicken and cooked until no longer pink, add frozen vegetable and let it cook for a couple of minute and add the soup. Cook more until heated through. Set aside

Meanwhile, on a lightly floured surface, use your hand to slightly flatten 1 dough ball. Roll dough from center to edges into a circle 12 in in diameter.

Awsome Slow Cooker Pot Roast

I just want different kind of pot roast for tonight dinner and found this recipe from allrecipe.com. My husband said it is delicious!!

Ingredients

2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of mushroom soup

1 (1 ounce) package dry onion soup mix

1 1/4 cups water

5 1/2 pounds pot roast

Directions

1.In a slow cooker, mix cream of mushroom soup, dry onion soup mix and water. Place pot roast in slow cooker and coat with soup mixture.

2.Cook on High setting for 3 to 4 hours, or on Low setting for 8 to 9 hours.

Strawberry Shortcake

This is very simple dessert that my mother in law told me when the first time I came here. My husband and my daughter love it and it only take a few minute to make it.

1 Bag Strawberry, quarter and add 2 or 3 Tbs sugar then cool in the refrigirator
Pound Cake
Cool Whip

Top the pound cake with strawberry, top with cool whip

Turkey Bacon Cheeseburger Meatloaf

I tried this Paula Dean recipe for meatloaf, the original recipe is using bacon, but we don't eat pork so I change it with turkey bacon..It is delicious and I definetely will make it again!

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground chuck
• 10 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
• 1 (8-ounce) package sharp Cheddar, grated
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/4 cup bread crumbs, toasted
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/3 cup ketchup
• 2 tablespoons prepared mustard
• 1 (3-ounce) can French fried onions

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl, combine the ground chuck and next 8 ingredients, mixing well.
In a small bowl, combine the ketchup and mustard. Stir 1/4 cup ketchup mixture into meat mixture, reserving remaining ketchup mixture.
Press meat mixture into a 9 by 5 by 3-inch loaf pan, or shape into a loaf and place on a rack in a broiler pan. Spread remaining ketchup mixture over loaf. Bake 40 minutes. Top with French fried onions; bake another 10 to 15 minutes, or until meat is no longer pink.

Oatmeal Cookie

Oatmeal Cookies
Recipe adopted from myrecipes.com

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick), softened
• 1 1/4 cups oatmeal
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons whole milk
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (I use spekulaas spices)
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves (I use spekulaas spices)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped (I omit it)
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method :

Preheat oven to 375° F. Lightly coat a baking sheet with cooking spray. In a medium mixing bowl, combine the brown sugar and butter until well blended. Add the oatmeal, egg, and milk, stirring well. In a small bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt. Gradually add to the oatmeal mixture, stirring well. Stir in the walnuts, raisins, and vanilla. Drop the dough by tablespoonfuls, spaced about 1 inch apart, onto the baking sheet. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool. Repeat with the remaining dough.

Pound Cake

Ingredients

6 tbs butter
2/3 cup granulated sugar
4 egg yolks
1 1/4 cups cake flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt
1/3 cup milk
2 tsp finely grated lemon peel
2 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
1/2 tsp lemon extract (optional)

Preparation:

heat oven to 350 butter and flour a 5x9x3-inch loaf pan
in a mixing bowl, cream the butter with sugar until light. in a separate bowl, beat the egg yolks until pale and mixed with creamed mixture.
sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. gradually add flour mixture to the butter mixture, alternating with milk. blend in the lemon zest and juice and the extract. spoon batter into the prepared loaf pan. bake until  a wooden spoon come out clean and the cake pulls away from the sides of the pan, about 45 to 50 min. cool in pan or rack for about 10 min before remove it...if desired, sift powdered sugar on top, but i just eat it as it is and taste so good...