Beef Chuck Roast

My mother would cook a roast. The house smelled wonderful. the roast was amazing. The roast and gravy she learned from my fathers mother. So this recipe was from my grandmother. Serve your roast with mashed potatoes, corn and carrots from the pot. This dinner is the quintessential home cooked meal.

Ingredients
beef chuck roast
Beef base
water
4 carrots
1 onion
2 cloves garlic
Salt and Pepper
Cornstarch/ water

Method
Brown roast in a pan on stove, season with garlic salt, and pepper. Move roast to a roast pan with a lid, use pan to make beef stock. I use better then bouillon Beef base and water. Add stock to roast pan with carrots, quartered onion and garlic cloves.
Cook at 250° for 2 hours and turn the heat up to 350° cook for up to 2 more hours until meat is falling apart, make sure you cover and check water level throughout cooking time. When meat is done transfer all liquid to a pan simmer. Add Cornstarch to water and mix until smooth. Add to liquid to thicken. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Taco Meat

So Taco's that on is a easy meal. Taco meat will make your meal. Most people just season the meat with taco seasoning and call it good. Sure call it good, I call mine better. I like the simple taco seasoned meat. But do that and add my secret ingredient. Taco's couldn't be any better then this.

Ingredients
2lbs ground beef
1/2 onion chopped
taco seasoning
1c Pace
garlic salt

Method
Brown ground beef sprinkle seasonings generously, add onions. Drain off extra fat. Add pace, simmer on low/ medium for at least 10 min. Serve inside warmed shells from oven, lettuce, tomato, cheese and sour cream.

Chocolate Frosting

Whats better then chocolate cake with homemade chocolate frosting, and a glass of milk. Sin full.

Ingredients
1c butter
4c powdered sugar
1/4c heavy whipping cream, cream or milk
2tsp vanilla extract
3/4c unsweetened cocoa powder (buy good cocoa )

Method
Cream butter add sugar, and cocoa powder then almond extract, and then cream. Adjust if needed.

Buttercream

I love frosting. I don't like store bought. I have to make it, to love it. I use this buttercream for cakes and sugar cookies. It is very easy and very good.

Ingredients
1c butter
4c powdered sugar
1/4c heavy whipping cream, cream or milk
2tsp almond extract or vanilla

Method
Cream butter add sugar then almond extract, and then cream. Adjust if needed.

Ikea Swedish Meatballs

Swedish meatballs are so good. But just good until you've had them done right. When you make these you will know you've reached the ultimate. The best are Ikea made meatballs. But really home cooked Ikea meatballs are really better. I promise. These are loved so much I made them for Christmas dinner. Really I did. I add a few spices to the recipe to make it a little special. Serve the meatballs and sauce over mashed potatoes and a side of lingonberry jam.

Ingredients
1 lb ground beef
1 lb ground pork
1 egg
1c cream
2 1/2tbsp minced onions
1/4c rusk flour or bread crumbs
2 boiled mashed potatoes
5 tbsp butter
Salt and pepper
1tsp Allspice

Cream Sauce
1c beef stock
1/2c cream
1tbsp soy sauce
1tbsp flour
salt and white pepper

Method
Heat onion in butter in pan until golden. Combine meats well by kneading. Add the rest of the ingredients and combine until well mixed. Roll into balls and fry in butter until browned. I finish the cooking process in the oven at 350°

Heat stock in pan add cream and thicken with flour rue. Whisk together add rest of ingredients. Season with salt pepper to taste and a pinch of allspice.

Toss meatballs with the sauce.

IKEA's Real Swedish Food Book

Lo Mein

I love lo mein noodles. They are really hard to find, I think it is Cantonese. Where I am chow mein is what there is. So I decided to try to make my own lo mein. With years of perfecting I have a recipe that I am proud of. You can use any kind of meat, or just veggies or tofu. I love to marinade the meat in Trader Joes Island Soyaki. The noodles are very specific you want a Chinese egg noodle or yakisoba. Stir fry noodles, fresh refrigerated not dry noodles. Serve with rice, gyoza or any Chinese dish you love.

Ingredients
2tbsp wok oil or olive oil
16 oz fresh Chinese egg noodles
1lb meat pork, beef or chicken
1/2 of each bell peppers red or green
1/4c green onion chopped
2 cloves garlic
1/2tbsp fresh ginger
1tbsp soy
1 bundle broccoli
1/2c cabbage
1/2c carrots
1/4c mushrooms
1/2c snow peas or bean sprouts or both ;)

Method
Heat oil in wok pan, add garlic and ginger, then meat until cooked add all veggies and stir fry, add noodles and toss and stir fry until cooked. Garnish with some green onions.

Fried Rice

Rice, well I've never been great at cooking rice, until I met my boyfriend. I still can't cook rice right so I just got a rice cooker. My boyfriend rarely cooks, when he does he makes fried rice. Its really good. Here is my interpretation of the recipe.

Ingredients
3c rice
6c water
1 clove garlic crushed
2tsp fresh ginger
1/2c broccoli
1/2c bell peppers chopped
1/2c carrots
1/2c peas
2tbsp chopped green onions
white pepper
soy sauce
2 eggs

Method
Cook rice with water. Heat oil in wok or large frying pan saute garlic, ginger. Add all of the vegetables and cook until tender, add cooked rice and srir fry together with soy sauce. Add green onions and peas. move rice over to make a spot in the pan to fry the eggs. Scramble the eggs on the side of the rice, when cooked, mix into the rice.