Showing posts with label cooking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cooking. Show all posts

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Cheesy-Beefy Melt Burritos...Eat Your Heart Out Taco Bell


So Taco Bell discontinued our favorite 99cent burrito.  If you didn't know, the Cheesy Beefy Melt Burrito was a classic and a favorite of mine at this fast food place.  So my husband and I decided, who needs 'em?  No more fast food!

Here's how we did it:

8 flour tortillas
1 lb. ground beef
1 can of nacho cheese
1 package of taco bell taco seasoning
Sour cream
1 package of Lipton's Mexican Rice

Prepare all as indicated on the package...and TA-DA! You have your very own amazing Cheesy Beefy Melt Burritos.

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Grandma Jo's Zucchini Bread

One of my favorite treats at Grandma's house has always been warm zucchini bread.  She'd go out to Dad's garden every summer and pick fresh zucchini's and always, always made zucchini bread.  Mind you, it wasn't every day, or every week for that matter.  It was always a special treat...and I have been cravin' that good stuff for weeks!  So today, I finally got around to it.  I made Grandma Jo's Zucchini Bread.


Now, you must remember, Grandma lives 1500 miles away.  Thank goodness for telephones, or else I may never enjoy the deliciousness for quite some time.  But, with today's wonders, I was able to call her and make my own recipe card.  So blame me for the poor directions.


Yes, that's butter melting on top.  Paula Dean would be proud.

And Grandma said use TWO pans...well, I only had one.  So I had to improvise.


It's bite sized...It's fresh...and it's smothered in butter!  Why yes ladies and gentlemen, I give you the ZUCCHINI BREAD MUFFIN!

Mike loved them...and I'm sure Eggs would too if I ever let him get his paws on them!

Friday, July 29, 2011

Ivy's Totally Awesome Tuna Casserole

My Prep & Cook Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients:
1 package of no yolk noodles
1 large can of chunked tuna in water
1 large bag of shredded cheese
1 package of frozen peas
1 can of condensed cream of mushroom soup
ranch dressing mustard, pepper and salt for flavoring

Directions:
1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. half the package of noodles according to package directions and drain
3. Place half the package of peas with 2 tablespoons of butter in microwave and cook for approximately 3 minutes or until completely thawed--then drain peas
4. Drain water from tuna and pour tuna into a large mixing bowl.  Add cream of mushroom soup, thawed peas, drained noodles, 1 or 2 hand fulls of shredded cheese (Yes, I said hand fulls, measuring isn't my style),  add about 4-5 teaspoons of ranch dressing and 4-5 teaspoons of mustard (or do like I do and just squirt some in the bowl until it looks good), a dash of salt and finally a dash of pepper.
5. Mix ingredients lightly and then pour or scrape a layer of the mixture into a greased pan or dish.-Use about half of the bowl.
7. Spread a layer of shredded cheese on top of the mixture and then add the rest of the contents of the bowl on top of the cheese.
8. Finally, top the entire monstrosity with as much cheese as you desire and bake for approximately 15-20 minutes, or until slightly brown on top.