There really are not that many tips for cooking rice the proper way. One of the most asked questions about rice is; How much rice per person should be cooked? One cup uncooked long grain rice will yield 3-4 cups cooked rice. One cup pre-cooked rice makes 2 cups cooked rice. To test to see [...]
Archive for May, 2011
This Parsley Rice Ring Recipe adds a simple touch of glamour to Shrimp Creole, creamed chicken, or ham. Ingredients 3 cups hot cooked rice 1/4 cup snipped parsley How To Make The Parsley Rice Ring Combine the hot cooked rice with the parsley; pack into an ungreased 5 1/2 cup ring mold Turn out at [...]
A good easy peach chutney comes in real handy when a recipe calls for it. I don’t have any neat stories to convey about this recipe. I think I found it in an old recipe book years ago. There is something very easy about a recipe that calls for canned peach as one of the [...]
Sift together 1 1/2 cups sifted all purpose flour and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cut in 1/2 cup shortening with pastry blender or blending fork till pieces are size of small peas. (For extra tender pastry, cut in half the shortening till mixture looks like cornmeal. Then cut in remaining till like small peas.) Sprinkle 1 [...]
Here we have an oven hash recipe that we came across while researching items for this site. It is pretty basic and is made with ground beef. The Worcestershire sauce lends a unique flavor to this dish. With this being a site that has lots of potato recipes you were probably expecting to something for [...]
I really do like the taste of a good stuffed green pepper casserole. When I was younger I really didn’t take a liking to the taste of green peppers. But as I got older I acquired a taste for green peppers and even onions. I smoked for a large part of my adult life and [...]
A mostaccioli casserole is made with ground beef, cut up tomatoes, and mostaccioli. Of course there are several other ingredients but you get the idea. I love Italian food and I certainly like sliced pepperoni on my Italian food. This easy mostaccioli recipe delivers on both counts. Ingredients For The Mostaccioli Recipe 1 pound ground [...]
This meat and vegetable casserole is hearty, filling, a low cost meal to prepare, and is as comforting as comfort food can get. Perhaps the only thing that this dish is lacking is our favorite side, potatoes! But more on that later. Sometimes you just want to eat a simple meal that is self contained, [...]
I will admit right up front that I love a good hamburger pie recipe. I’m one of those people that could eat a hamburger every day of my life and never get tired of them. And you need to ask yourself what is a hamburger dish without a proper potato side dish? Well your in [...]
The first time I thought about looking for a simple meat pie recipe I wondered if it would read like a chicken pot pie recipe. Well as it turns out the two are related by distant cousins. What would a meat pie be without some great potato recipes cooked up and placed inside of it? [...]
As a kid growing up in New York I was accustomed to being served an egg plant skillet as part of the weekly menu. My mother liked the ease of putting everything on one skillet, placing it in front of the kids and proclaiming that it was time to eat. When your living with 5 [...]
I was in San Diego the other day and had a really good quick chili con carne at a beachside lunch counter. When I got back home I decided that I should find a recipe for chili con carne and post it on this site. Well I made it back home to Las Vegas and [...]
When people think of curry or curried beef recipes they immediately think of Indian food. Food from India is becoming increasingly popular as word spreads through the internet and from increased immigration to the USA from India. You can walk through New York City or any large city in this country and find an Indian [...]
Beef goulash with noodles is one of those dishes that everyone likes and is simple to cook. The ingredients that you need to make a easy beef goulash recipe can all probably be found in your kitchen. Instead of cooking up some potatoes to use with this dish, we love potato recipes here at the [...]
Beef stroganoff round steak recipes have a special place in my heart. I was in the army in Colorado Springs, CO when I met my first wife. Back then I didn’t have too much money so the date I took her on was a dinner that I prepared myself in my sparse apartment. After talking [...]
Can you imagine if Warren Zevon had sung, “Gonna get a big dish of beef cabbage rolls”. The world would be a different place. We can be thankful that Warren was a better songwriter than I am. But he would have appreciated a good beef cabbage rolls recipes. I heard somewhere that cooking was one [...]
Some people will love this corned beef and cabbage casserole recipe and others will not. There are some people that just don’t like cabbage and some that just don’t like corned beef. I’m not one of those people. If your reading this then you are not one of those people either. You will probably put [...]
Cheese Manicotti Recipes are all over the internet and are a dime a dozen. So you might wonder why our particular stuffed cheese manicotti recipe is any better than all of the others. First let me say that would be a good question. Next let me tell you the answer. Time! Yes this recipe is [...]
The skillet dinner has really taken off lately. I’m not sure if it is the type of plate that the meal is served on that entices people to skillet dinners, or it is the whole everything on plate lets mix it up and throw it down syndrome that attracts people. Breakfast skillets started the trend [...]
Most people don’t think of BBQ meatballs when they do think about meatballs. But we are hoping to change your mind by posting this absolutely delicious and easy to make BBQ meatballs recipe. Made with ground beef and rolled oats the BBQ sauce has a lot places to soak in and add flavor. And just [...]