I've been baking sourdough breads lately. Lots and lots of sourdough bread. I started my own starter by letting the starter develop it's own yeast and grab what it could out of the air. Neat process. Takes a bit of forethought in the baking as it has taken up to 17 hours for the dough to double in size. But I've found that now that the starter is older it doesn't take as long. This batch did what I wanted for doubling in about 4 hours! I think that's a record. The rolls I'm making currently are light and tasty - when I baked the first batch a 2nd batch was immediately requested because the first is awaiting a party... Lightly sweet with a soft texture.
I've also been experimenting with pasta. Made egg pasta spaghetti last night with an alfredo-style sauce with chicken and mushrooms. Quite tasty. The girls and I will be having it again for dinner tonight. Today I made ravioli style pasta for lunch. Stuffed with cottage cheese flavored with garlic, oregano and basil. It turned out too runny in the filling. I think it needs to be drier. But the pasta was lovely, light and tender. I'll toss some recipes up when I have a few more minutes. For now I'm getting ready for a b'day party this weekend. Little one is turning 1!!!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Bok Choy Stir Fry
2 Tbps vegetable oil
1 lb chicken or tofu
3-4 green onions (or 1 medium onion)
5 or more bunches of baby bok choy
2 Tbsp Terryakki sauce
2 Tbsp soy sauce
2-4 Tbsp Olive oil
1/4 cup peanuts (optional)
Dice chicken or tofu and white parts of the onion. Saute in hot oil until browned and mostly cooked through.
Slice baby bok choy into bite sized pieces (washed well) and add on top of chicken or tofu mixture. Add in sauces and olive oil and mix well. Cook until bok choy is slightly wilted and heated through.
Garnish with green parts of the onion and peanuts (if using)
Serve over rice or by itself.
1 lb chicken or tofu
3-4 green onions (or 1 medium onion)
5 or more bunches of baby bok choy
2 Tbsp Terryakki sauce
2 Tbsp soy sauce
2-4 Tbsp Olive oil
1/4 cup peanuts (optional)
Dice chicken or tofu and white parts of the onion. Saute in hot oil until browned and mostly cooked through.
Slice baby bok choy into bite sized pieces (washed well) and add on top of chicken or tofu mixture. Add in sauces and olive oil and mix well. Cook until bok choy is slightly wilted and heated through.
Garnish with green parts of the onion and peanuts (if using)
Serve over rice or by itself.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Leek and Potato Soup
I got a big bunch of leeks from my food co-op yesterday and my DH grabbed me a bag of potatoes, so it's time to attempt my first leek and potato soup.
Ingredients:
6-8 Potatoes, peeled & cut into pieces
1 large leek
2 ribs celery
2 carrots
salt
pepper
I started with a pot of boiling salted water and put in some cubed peeled and cubed unpeeled potatoes. Should have cooked the unpeeled ones first so I could have pureed the soup easily before adding in the "chunky" veggies. Live and learn.
Anyway, cook the potatoes until they start to get soft, then add the washed and chopped leeks. Then puree after it's been cooking a while and the leeks are soft.
Toss in celery and carrots cut up small. Add S&P to taste. Since the water was already salted with a good tsp of salt, I didn't need any more.
That's it. Easy, simple, tasty, vegan even!
Ingredients:
6-8 Potatoes, peeled & cut into pieces
1 large leek
2 ribs celery
2 carrots
salt
pepper
I started with a pot of boiling salted water and put in some cubed peeled and cubed unpeeled potatoes. Should have cooked the unpeeled ones first so I could have pureed the soup easily before adding in the "chunky" veggies. Live and learn.
Anyway, cook the potatoes until they start to get soft, then add the washed and chopped leeks. Then puree after it's been cooking a while and the leeks are soft.
Toss in celery and carrots cut up small. Add S&P to taste. Since the water was already salted with a good tsp of salt, I didn't need any more.
That's it. Easy, simple, tasty, vegan even!
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Happy Valentines Day!
Just stopping by to wish you all a Happy Valentines Day! Hope everyone has a wonderful love-filled day!
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Granola with Steel Cut Oats
I got adventurous this last week and decided to attempt to make granola cereal with steel cut oats. I did some online research into the idea to see if anyone else had done it, and someone said they had. So on I went to attempt my steel cut oat granola. Here's what I came up with:
Ingredients:
6-8 cups steel cut oats
1/4 cup oil
1/2 - 3/4 cup honey
1/2 - 3/4 cup brown sugar
2 cups chopped mixed salted nuts
1 1/2 cups chopped dried apples
1/4 cup ground flax seeds
1/2 cup dried currents (or raisins, but I had currents)
Mix up the oats and the oil and spread them in a pan and toast in a 350 degree oven until lightly toasted, stirring every 10 minutes.
Heat in a small sauce pan the honey and brown sugar until liquid and combined.
Once the oats come out of the oven, lower the oven to 250 degrees.
In a large bowl combine the oats, honey/sugar mixture, nuts, apples, flax, currents - or any other dried fruit and nuts. Stir until everything is completely coated. Spread in a 9X13 pan or a rimmed baking sheet and bake for 45-60 minutes until very lightly browned. Remove from oven and allow to cool to warm, then cut into pieces and allow to cool completely in the pan.
To use, either break into pieces and eat dry, or top with milk for a cold cereal. My favorite is to put a chunk in a bowl, top with milk and zap it in the microwave for 3 minutes. Stir and let sit for 5 minutes or so until it gets thick - eat!
Happy Eating!
Ingredients:
6-8 cups steel cut oats
1/4 cup oil
1/2 - 3/4 cup honey
1/2 - 3/4 cup brown sugar
2 cups chopped mixed salted nuts
1 1/2 cups chopped dried apples
1/4 cup ground flax seeds
1/2 cup dried currents (or raisins, but I had currents)
Mix up the oats and the oil and spread them in a pan and toast in a 350 degree oven until lightly toasted, stirring every 10 minutes.
Heat in a small sauce pan the honey and brown sugar until liquid and combined.
Once the oats come out of the oven, lower the oven to 250 degrees.
In a large bowl combine the oats, honey/sugar mixture, nuts, apples, flax, currents - or any other dried fruit and nuts. Stir until everything is completely coated. Spread in a 9X13 pan or a rimmed baking sheet and bake for 45-60 minutes until very lightly browned. Remove from oven and allow to cool to warm, then cut into pieces and allow to cool completely in the pan.
To use, either break into pieces and eat dry, or top with milk for a cold cereal. My favorite is to put a chunk in a bowl, top with milk and zap it in the microwave for 3 minutes. Stir and let sit for 5 minutes or so until it gets thick - eat!
Happy Eating!
Friday, January 15, 2010
New Version of Vegan Mac and "Cheese"
Upon my child asking for mac and cheese for the 3rd time in 2 days, I decided to try a vegan version of my own devising. For the sauce I cooked up some red lentils and pureed them with some cashews, olive oil and some of the pasta cooking water until it was smooth. Salt and peppered the sauce to taste (we like lots of pepper in our mac and cheese sauce). Then I put it over the cooked noodles. Looks just like home-made cheese sauce, has no dairy in it.
I think next time, though I'll either cook or at least soak the cashews to make them blend a bit smoother. It was good for a quick lunch.
Happy Eating!
I think next time, though I'll either cook or at least soak the cashews to make them blend a bit smoother. It was good for a quick lunch.
Happy Eating!
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Awesome Tutorial on How to Make Home Made Stickers
Found this at SkipToMyLou and had to share it. How to make your own lick and stick stickers from any paper. Great idea for magazines, scrap book paper, wrapping paper, etc.
Home Made Stickers
Home Made Stickers
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Holiday Crafting Success
The holidays are over. Crafting for the holidays was a success. Dishcloths for mom, market bag for dad, bears, dolls, shoe/slippers, blankets and a tent for the girls. A hobby horse for a nephew, a couple of pin-less message boards for brother and SIL. Still haven't finished that beautiful blue/green scarf - I'm in need of spinning up more wool. :-/
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
What's for Dinner Tonight? 1/7/2010
So, while I'm posting I thought I'd just keep on keeping on... and post the recipe for dinner tonight.
When cold weather hits all I want to eat is soup. Lots and lots of soup. Unfortunately not every one in my house is amenable to eating soup every night (and sometimes not at all, kids, sheesh!) :-) But it's soup night tonight and I had a hankering for Mushroom Beef Barley.
8 cups water
2 - 4 Tbsp beef boullion
1 lb cut of tender steak, cut into small spoon-sized cubes
2 cans of mushroom pieces
2 medium carrots, diced
1 medium diced onion or 1 Tbsp dried minced onion
1 cup barley
2 bay leaves
Salt and Pepper to taste
Put it all in a pot and let it cook at least 1 hour to get the barley tender. This soup is even better the next day after the flavors have melded well and the barley has made the broth a nice "milky" consistency.
When cold weather hits all I want to eat is soup. Lots and lots of soup. Unfortunately not every one in my house is amenable to eating soup every night (and sometimes not at all, kids, sheesh!) :-) But it's soup night tonight and I had a hankering for Mushroom Beef Barley.
8 cups water
2 - 4 Tbsp beef boullion
1 lb cut of tender steak, cut into small spoon-sized cubes
2 cans of mushroom pieces
2 medium carrots, diced
1 medium diced onion or 1 Tbsp dried minced onion
1 cup barley
2 bay leaves
Salt and Pepper to taste
Put it all in a pot and let it cook at least 1 hour to get the barley tender. This soup is even better the next day after the flavors have melded well and the barley has made the broth a nice "milky" consistency.
Bread Pudding
I was gifted (by my fantastic mom) a bread baker for Christmas, so here I am now baking bread - 4th loaf since Thursday (it's only Tuesday). But I also had a mostly dud loaf and some that was in need of eating quickly, so I whipped up a batch of bread pudding. Remember those eggs from the Co-op? Yeah, I have a ton :-) So here's the recipe I made up:
3/4 loaf of day-old hearty white bread (or wheat or whatever would work)
4-5 eggs, beaten
3 cups of milk
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 -1/2 cup sugar (I used a 1/4 cup)
Cut up the bread into cubes and spread evenly in a 8x8 pan (or the 6x9 works too). In a separate bowl or large measuring cup (or your blender), mix together eggs, milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla and sugar. Pour egg and milk mixture over the bread to coat well. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 35-45 minutes until the custard is set and is no longer runny. It could take up to an hour depending on how much liquid the bread soaks up.
Let cool briefly and serve in bowls with milk or cream poured over the top. Yum! For an extra treat, sprinkle the top with sugar before baking for a sweet brown crispy top.
3/4 loaf of day-old hearty white bread (or wheat or whatever would work)
4-5 eggs, beaten
3 cups of milk
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 -1/2 cup sugar (I used a 1/4 cup)
Cut up the bread into cubes and spread evenly in a 8x8 pan (or the 6x9 works too). In a separate bowl or large measuring cup (or your blender), mix together eggs, milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla and sugar. Pour egg and milk mixture over the bread to coat well. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 35-45 minutes until the custard is set and is no longer runny. It could take up to an hour depending on how much liquid the bread soaks up.
Let cool briefly and serve in bowls with milk or cream poured over the top. Yum! For an extra treat, sprinkle the top with sugar before baking for a sweet brown crispy top.
Fantastic "New" Drink Mix
Ok, so I wanted tea - but I wanted decaffeinated and I was out. Plus I wanted flavor... and not the berry tea bags that I had laying around. So I invented a new tea... without tea leaves. :-)
Brew in hot water:
2 or more sticks of cinnamon
2-3 cardamom pods
2 bay leaves (yes they're an odd addition but taste lovely)
and a couple strips (2-3") of candied ginger cut in pieces
Put in pot and let steep in hot water for a half hour to over night (or longer). Strain, heat up in the microwave for a hot drink, or poor over ice for a fantastic refreshing drink!
Ok, back to sipping...
;-)
Brew in hot water:
2 or more sticks of cinnamon
2-3 cardamom pods
2 bay leaves (yes they're an odd addition but taste lovely)
and a couple strips (2-3") of candied ginger cut in pieces
Put in pot and let steep in hot water for a half hour to over night (or longer). Strain, heat up in the microwave for a hot drink, or poor over ice for a fantastic refreshing drink!
Ok, back to sipping...
;-)
Friday, December 4, 2009
Baked French Toast and Variations
I belong to a food buying co-op and currently we have an abundance of eggs and bread - both of which we are getting more of tomorrow in our share. So had to get a good recipe to use some of it up. Here it is:
Baked French Toast
Makes 4-6 servings
Ingredients
Loaf of Bread (any bread will do)
2-6 eggs (depending on how creamy you want it)
Milk (or combination of milk and eggnog) to make ~4 cups liquid
Cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, etc for tasty flavorings
Method
Beat together eggs, milk and flavorings of your choice. I prefer cinnamon and vanilla.
Layer defrosted bread, with or without crusts, (I leave them on) in a 9x9 pan.
Pour egg mixture over bread layers slowly. You may have to wait until a bit soaks in before adding the whole 4 cups. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate over night. Press down on the bread so it all gets into the egg mixture.
Bake 350 for 30-45 minutes until puffed up and baked through. A knife inserted will come out clean.
Top with syrup, fruit topping (slicing apples, cinnamon, sugar and heating in water with some cornstarch to thicken), yogurt, etc.
Variations
Layer cottage cheese or ricotta cheese with the bread, not too much. Makes a stuffed-type french toast.
Whisk plain, fruit, or vanilla yogurt in with the milk and eggs.
Baked French Toast
Makes 4-6 servings
Ingredients
Loaf of Bread (any bread will do)
2-6 eggs (depending on how creamy you want it)
Milk (or combination of milk and eggnog) to make ~4 cups liquid
Cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, etc for tasty flavorings
Method
Beat together eggs, milk and flavorings of your choice. I prefer cinnamon and vanilla.
Layer defrosted bread, with or without crusts, (I leave them on) in a 9x9 pan.
Pour egg mixture over bread layers slowly. You may have to wait until a bit soaks in before adding the whole 4 cups. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate over night. Press down on the bread so it all gets into the egg mixture.
Bake 350 for 30-45 minutes until puffed up and baked through. A knife inserted will come out clean.
Top with syrup, fruit topping (slicing apples, cinnamon, sugar and heating in water with some cornstarch to thicken), yogurt, etc.
Variations
Layer cottage cheese or ricotta cheese with the bread, not too much. Makes a stuffed-type french toast.
Whisk plain, fruit, or vanilla yogurt in with the milk and eggs.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Holiday Crafting II
Finished the tent for the girls for Christmas. Looks like fun. Can't wait to give it to them!
(disregard the basement mess, please)
Thanksgiving Cooking
Thanksgiving was a success. Mom and I made 5 pies and a pan of corn bread in about 3.5 hours on Wednesday night.
Got a picture of our spread as well: Turkey, mashed potatoes (mom's fantastic make ahead ones), green bean casserole, dad's home made stuffing, bro's vegan mac and cheese, fresh baked bread, and baked squash. Not pictured is the cranberry jello/relish and the corn bread and gravy.
Our pretty holiday table.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Spinning a Yarn...
I'm working currently on spinning a wonderful blue, green, purple yarn for a Christmas gift. It's slow going, but beautiful stuff.
This is the hat that's already done and was Birthday present. More yarn for a scarf in the works.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Beef and Gravy with Mashed Potatoes
Decided on a different dinner this evening. It's been ages since we've had mashed potatoes (probably since last Thanksgiving) and I don't think I've ever made Beef "Tips" and Gravy since I was married, so I thought I'd give it a go from scratch. It was quite easy.
Beef and Gravy
2 Small Steaks (I used two small NY strip steaks)
Flour
Garlic powder
Salt
Pepper
1 Chicken Bouillon Cube
2 Tbsp corn starch
2 cups water
Dried minced onion
1 can mushrooms (optional)
Mix together a few Tbsp of flour with garlic powder, salt and pepper. Cut 2 steaks into small strips (bite sized). Coat the steak pieces in flour mixture. Brown steak in batches in a skillet with a bit of olive oil. Once all the meat is browned put back in pan on med-low heat, sprinkle in some dried minced onion. Mix corn starch with bouillon cube and water until smooth and combined, pour over beef, add in mushrooms if using, and cover. Simmer until thickened and bubbly.
Serve over mashed potatoes.
Mashed Potatoes
potatoes (I used 6 tiny potatoes and had mounds left over from the 3 of us)
salt
water - fill the pot 2/3-3/4 full
butter - 1/4 cup ish - more if wanted
milk - enough... don't know how much.
Boil potatoes in a large pot of salted water until soft (if you stick a sharp knife in and lift up a potato it should fall off). Drain off water, mash potatoes in the pot skins and all. Add in 1/4ish cup butter mash until melted. Pour in milk and mix until creamy.
We served this tonight with steamed baby carrots. Hit with the now 3 year old (or will be in 2 days)!
Beef and Gravy
2 Small Steaks (I used two small NY strip steaks)
Flour
Garlic powder
Salt
Pepper
1 Chicken Bouillon Cube
2 Tbsp corn starch
2 cups water
Dried minced onion
1 can mushrooms (optional)
Mix together a few Tbsp of flour with garlic powder, salt and pepper. Cut 2 steaks into small strips (bite sized). Coat the steak pieces in flour mixture. Brown steak in batches in a skillet with a bit of olive oil. Once all the meat is browned put back in pan on med-low heat, sprinkle in some dried minced onion. Mix corn starch with bouillon cube and water until smooth and combined, pour over beef, add in mushrooms if using, and cover. Simmer until thickened and bubbly.
Serve over mashed potatoes.
Mashed Potatoes
potatoes (I used 6 tiny potatoes and had mounds left over from the 3 of us)
salt
water - fill the pot 2/3-3/4 full
butter - 1/4 cup ish - more if wanted
milk - enough... don't know how much.
Boil potatoes in a large pot of salted water until soft (if you stick a sharp knife in and lift up a potato it should fall off). Drain off water, mash potatoes in the pot skins and all. Add in 1/4ish cup butter mash until melted. Pour in milk and mix until creamy.
We served this tonight with steamed baby carrots. Hit with the now 3 year old (or will be in 2 days)!
Friday, November 6, 2009
Holiday Crafting I
I finally got restarted on my holiday crafting. Got down to the sewing machine and started on some bears for the girls for Christmas. They're an old pattern that I've been making for years. Fleece bears, and left over fleece from other projects. One is grey with variegated blue ear insides and feet bottoms, the other is the variegated blue with grey ear insides and feet bottoms. Both are stitched, but I ran out of stuffing. I guess I make a trip to JoAnn's!
Also on the Christmas list for the girls are home made dolls. I'm still working on the pattern a bit - got stuck on the hands. One head, body and legs are done, other head pending design.
Many more projects in the works but I dare not list them here as they're for people that can read (and read my blog). I don't want to spoil the surprise! :-)
Also on the Christmas list for the girls are home made dolls. I'm still working on the pattern a bit - got stuck on the hands. One head, body and legs are done, other head pending design.
Many more projects in the works but I dare not list them here as they're for people that can read (and read my blog). I don't want to spoil the surprise! :-)
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
In Pursuit of Strawberry Cake (Vegan)
I've been looking for the past week and a half for a good strawberry cake that is vegan. That means no jello mix. The 2yo turns 3 in a week and a half and requested a strawberry cake. I like to make the cakes vegan so that everyone in the family can enjoy without making two cakes :-/ So, the inventing began. Couldn't find anything that I had all the ingredients to, so I adapted my chocolate cake recipe as a starter. This is what I came up with:
2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 oil
2 tsp ground flax seed mixed with 1/4 warm water and whisked until thickened like eggs (binder)
3/4 cup berry puree (I used mixed berries for starters because I have more of those)
2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
1Tbsp vanilla
1 cup cold water
Bake 350 in 9" round pan or in cupcakes (I did both for this experiment) for 20-30 mins. The cake took 25, the cupcakes took 20. I got 1 9" round and 10 cupcakes. The cake is light and fluffy and dark purpley blue. (The mixed berries had blueberries, raspberries, and black berries.) Tastes great, just sticks to the cupcake wrappers. Not sure about how to get the cake version out of the pan as I forgot to grease and flour it... :-/ There's always tomorrow for another experiment and this time with flour and grease!
UPDATE: Once the cake was tasted (she liked it, btw), she said, "Well, maybe chocolate..." Ugh! 2yos! :-) Also, the cake came out of the pan VERY easily! Yay!!!
Birthday girl with her cake ready to blow out candles.
Cake and ice cream - you can nearly see the strawberry red center layer. I went for a chocolate and strawberry cake just to cover all my bases.
2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 oil
2 tsp ground flax seed mixed with 1/4 warm water and whisked until thickened like eggs (binder)
3/4 cup berry puree (I used mixed berries for starters because I have more of those)
2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
1Tbsp vanilla
1 cup cold water
Bake 350 in 9" round pan or in cupcakes (I did both for this experiment) for 20-30 mins. The cake took 25, the cupcakes took 20. I got 1 9" round and 10 cupcakes. The cake is light and fluffy and dark purpley blue. (The mixed berries had blueberries, raspberries, and black berries.) Tastes great, just sticks to the cupcake wrappers. Not sure about how to get the cake version out of the pan as I forgot to grease and flour it... :-/ There's always tomorrow for another experiment and this time with flour and grease!
UPDATE: Once the cake was tasted (she liked it, btw), she said, "Well, maybe chocolate..." Ugh! 2yos! :-) Also, the cake came out of the pan VERY easily! Yay!!!
Birthday girl with her cake ready to blow out candles.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Quick Easy Meal: Hamburger Stroganoff
Hamburger Stroganoff
1 lb hamburger/ground beef
dried or fresh minced onions
garlic powder or fresh cloves of garlic
2 cans mushrooms
1 can cream of mushroom soup
S&P
Yogurt - 2-3 Tbsp
1/2 lb bag of cooked wide egg noodles, noodle twists, etc. Any large, short, flat-ish noodle will work
Brown hamburger and onion and garlic in skillet. (If using dried minced onion and garlic powder, wait until the hamburger is mostly browned before adding.) Season with S&P to taste. Add in 1 can of cream of mushroom soup and 2 cans of mushrooms. Add 1/2 can of water (from the soup can). Stir to combine and heat until bubbly. Stir in 2-3 Tbsp plain unsweetened yogurt.
Serve over cooked noodles, or rice would probably be tasty too. Broccoli is our favorite veg to put with this meal.
1 lb hamburger/ground beef
dried or fresh minced onions
garlic powder or fresh cloves of garlic
2 cans mushrooms
1 can cream of mushroom soup
S&P
Yogurt - 2-3 Tbsp
1/2 lb bag of cooked wide egg noodles, noodle twists, etc. Any large, short, flat-ish noodle will work
Brown hamburger and onion and garlic in skillet. (If using dried minced onion and garlic powder, wait until the hamburger is mostly browned before adding.) Season with S&P to taste. Add in 1 can of cream of mushroom soup and 2 cans of mushrooms. Add 1/2 can of water (from the soup can). Stir to combine and heat until bubbly. Stir in 2-3 Tbsp plain unsweetened yogurt.
Serve over cooked noodles, or rice would probably be tasty too. Broccoli is our favorite veg to put with this meal.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Collard Greens: A new old vegetable
I know I hadn't had collard greens before and I'm sure many others haven't either. But since I joined this food co-op we've gotten some "new" and different vegetables that I haven't tried before, like collard greens and kale, that I now have to figure out how to cook.
On Sunday we boiled them until tender then sauteed them in olive oil with some salt, pepper, garlic, lemon juice and bacon bits. Very tasty. Tonight I decided to make a meal of them. I started by cutting some beef and chicken in to cubes and browning it in a bit of olive oil. Then added in minced onion, garlic, S&P. Cut the thick stems off the collard greens and chopped them into smaller pieces and sauteed them with the meat. When the meat was browned sufficiently I added in a cup of brown rice and the rest of the collards chopped into medium pieces along with 2 cups of water. I simmered the whole deal on the stove for about an hour and a half and dinner was served.
Tasty, filling and easy. The adults liked it, the 2yo not quite sure about it, but she did eat some.
On Sunday we boiled them until tender then sauteed them in olive oil with some salt, pepper, garlic, lemon juice and bacon bits. Very tasty. Tonight I decided to make a meal of them. I started by cutting some beef and chicken in to cubes and browning it in a bit of olive oil. Then added in minced onion, garlic, S&P. Cut the thick stems off the collard greens and chopped them into smaller pieces and sauteed them with the meat. When the meat was browned sufficiently I added in a cup of brown rice and the rest of the collards chopped into medium pieces along with 2 cups of water. I simmered the whole deal on the stove for about an hour and a half and dinner was served.
Tasty, filling and easy. The adults liked it, the 2yo not quite sure about it, but she did eat some.
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