Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Archive for the ‘Main Dish’ Category

Cowboy Nachos

Posted in Main Dish, Quick and Easy, Recipes, tagged , , , on March 30, 2012| Leave a Comment »

A couple of months ago, I noticed cowboy nachos on a menu and the thought intrigued me. Not enough I ordered them, but it piqued my interest and I started looking up recipes online.

The two things I learned from all the recipes I found were:

1. You must include beans

2. You can use cheap cuts of beef

So I decided to make up my own recipe and give this a whirl. Captain Cavedweller was pretty glad I did.

The recipe is easy and really quite tasty. Give it a whirl!

Ingredients

 

Start by cooking your brisket.

 

I cut mine in half, stuffed it in the slow cooker, added a can of chicken broth and some seasonings. Eight hours later, I had perfectly tender meat.

 

Bake fries in a single layer in the oven.

 

Start building your nachos with the fries first.

 

Followed by the chili beans.

 

Dollop on sour cream.

 

Layer on slices of meat and sprinkle (or drench if you are Captain Cavedweller) with barbecue sauce.

 

Top with cheese and olives - then enjoy!

Cowboy Nachos

beef brisket, cooked and sliced thinly

waffle fries

can of chili

shredded cheddar cheese

sour cream

barbecue sauce

sliced olives

Start by cooking the brisket. I put mine in the slow cooker for eight hours with a can of chicken broth and some salt and seasoning. If you have a good barbecue joint in your town, you could also pick up brisket already cooked if you are in a hurry to put this together.

About 20 minutes before you are ready to serve, pop the fries in a single layer in the oven and bake until golden (following package directions).

Ten minutes before the fries will be done, remove the meat from the slow cooker and let rest for about five to seven minutes. Cut into thin slices.

Cook chili according to can directions (I nuke mine since it takes less time and then I can serve in the same bowl!).

You can let people put on their own toppings or you can make a huge platter – your choice. Just layer on fries, chili, sour cream, meat, barbecue sauce, cheese and olives.

That’s it.

Hearty, flavorful and so good!

Enjoy!

She Who Will Be Making These Again

 

Read Full Post »

Hamburger and Noodle Dinner, aka Noodle Goo

Posted in Easy Recipes, Fast Recipes, Main Dish, Recipes, tagged , , , , on January 20, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I know I promised to have some fabulous recipe for today.

That was before the snow, ice, freezing rain, more snow, ice and freezing rain.

Before we spent approximately an extra hour and a half scraping ice from windows and getting to and from work each day and Captain Cavedweller had to work late each evening.

Before my cupboards ran bare and we put off a trip to slide into the grocery store.

So, I will instead share a recipe that I like to make when we need a little comfort food, when I’m in a big hurry, or the pantry is severely in need of restocking.

We call it Noodle Goo (such an appetizing name, don’t you think?), but it is basically hamburger and egg noodles.

Noodle Goo

One Large Package of wide egg noodles
2-3 lbs lean ground beef
2 cans Cream of Mushroom Soup
1/2 cup shredded Colby-Jack Cheese
Salt and Pepper
All-purpose Seasoning
Heaping tsp. Onion Flakes
Put water on to boil (according to noodle package directions) and while it is coming up to temp, break the ground beef up in a medium skillet and start browning. Add a sprinkling of salt and pepper and some all-purpose seasoning (I like Mrs. Dash) and a spoon of onion flakes to the beef. While it is cooking, add the noodles to the boiling water and cook until fork-tender. Drain the water from the noodles and return to stove top. Reduce heat to medium-low and add the beef. Mix in the two cans of soup, give it a good stir and cook just until it all blends and the soup is hot. You can either mix in the cheese before serving, or plate the noodles and sprinkle cheese on top. You can also serve with spaghetti sauce that has been warmed.  Serve with a  nice tossed green salad and warm bread to complete the meal.

She Who Promises to Cook All Weekend and Have a Great Recipe for Next Week!

Read Full Post »

Beef Bundles

Posted in Appetizers, Easy Recipes, Main Dish, Recipes, tagged , , , , on January 6, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Beef Bundles

A few weeks ago, I had a gathering of people at our house and wanted to make something filling that would also fall into a finger food category. With a roast on hand, I decided to just make up a recipe.

It was a pretty good decision, based on the fact there weren’t many of these left after the party.

You could use this as an appetizer or as a main course, depending on how big you make the bundles.

 

Ingredients for Beef Bundles

 

Cook the beef in your slow cooker on low for six to eight hours.

 

When cooked, shred meat with two forks and let cool slightly. Mix with one can of cream of mushroom soup and 1/2 cup grated colby-jack cheese.

Separate a roll of crescent dough then add a heaping spoon of filling to each crescent. Bundle the dough around the filling and press edges to seal.

 

Place on cookie sheet and bake until golden brown.

 

Beef Bundles

1 3-4 pound roast

1 can chicken broth

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. seasoning

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1/2 cup shredded colby-jack cheese

2 tubes of crescent rolls

Put roast in a slow cooker with salt, seasoning and chicken broth for six to eight hours on low, depending on the size of your roast. I like to stab mine with the thermometer at about five hours to see if we are close to done. If not, I turn the temperature up a bit and let it finish cooking.

Once the meat is cooked, remove from the slow cooker and shred using two forks. (You can do this right before making the bundles of the day before.) Let the meat cool slightly, then mix in one can of cream of mushroom soup and the shredded cheese.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Unroll crescents and separate into individual triangles. Place a heaping spoon of filling into each triangle then fold dough around filling, making a bundle. Pinch to seal edges.

Place on a baking sheet and bake until dough is a golden brown.

Serve and enjoy!

(If you wanted, you could serve with barbecue sauce for dipping.)

She Who Liked These a Lot

 

Read Full Post »

Prime Rib

Posted in Main Dish, Recipes, tagged , , on December 30, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Captain Cavedweller and I had a tasty prime rib for Christmas dinner.

Here is the easy recipe so you can make your own at home!

Ingredients

 

Rub in spices.

 

Tent with foil, making sure air can get around the meat.

 

Stick in a thermometer to test for doneness. About 140 degrees gets you a medium done roast.

 

Slice and enjoy!

 

Prime Rib

1 rib roast

spices

salt and pepper

non-stick cooking spray

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Liberally coat a roasting pan (preferably with a rack) with non-stick cooking spray.  Rub salt and spices into roast then place rib side down into the roaster. Tent with foil and bake for 2 1/2 to 3 hours, depending on the size of the roast.

For a medium done roast, the internal temperature should get up to 140 degrees.

Remove from oven and let rest for 20 minutes before slicing. Then enjoy!

Read Full Post »

« Newer Posts - Older Posts »