Beef and Broccoli

Prep/Cook: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

1 lb. boneless beef sirloin steak OR beef top round steak, 3/4" thick
1 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 can (10 3/4 oz.) Campbell's Condensed Tomato Soup (Regular or 25% Less Sodium)
3 tbsp. soy sauce
1 tbsp. vinegar
1 tsp. garlic powder
1/4 tsp. crushed red pepper
3 cups fresh or frozen broccoli flowerets
4 cups hot cooked rice

Directions:

Slice beef into very thin strips.

Heat oil in skillet. Add beef and stir-fry until browned and juices evaporate.

Add soup, soy, vinegar, garlic powder and pepper. Heat to a boil. Add broccoli and cook until tender-crisp. Serve over rice.

Tip: To make slicing easier, freeze beef 1 hr.

Serving Suggestion: Serve with glazed baby carrots: steamed carrots with a touch of butter, brown sugar and cinnamon. For dessert serve chocolate ice cream.

This is a recipe from Cowbell's Kitchen.

Celery-Stick Fingers and Dip

Prep: 5 min.

Bake: 15 min.

Ingredients:

1 8-oz. package cream cheese

3/4 cup salsa

8 oz. grated Cheddar

8 celery stalks, cut into 3-inch-x-1/2-inch lengths

1/2 cup sliced almonds

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Reserve 1 Tbsp. cream cheese and spread remaining cream cheese evenly in an 8-inch square baking dish. Spread salsa over cream cheese. Sprinkle with grated Cheddar. Bake until cheese is melted, about 15 minutes. Let cool slightly.

2. Place a dab of cream cheese on one end of each celery stick and press a sliced almond into cream cheese. Arrange celery fingers on platter and serve with hot dip.

One of the many recipes I have tried from All You Magazine.

Sausage and Roasted Pepper Pasta

Prep: 25 min.

Cook: 15 min.

Serves: 6

Ingredients:

1 lb. penne

1 1/4 cups broccoli florets

3 Tbsp. olive oil

4 links hot or sweet turkey sausage

1 cup chopped jarred roasted red bell peppers

2 Tbsp. chopped fresh parsley

1/2 tsp. salt

1/8 tsp. hot red pepper flakes

1. Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water according to package label directions, adding broccoli for last 3 minutes of cooking. Drain well in a colander.

2. In a medium nonstick skillet warm 1 Tbsp. olive oil over medium-high heat. Add sausage and cook, turning frequently, for 10 to 12 minutes, or until well browned and cooked through. Transfer sausage to a cutting board. When cool enough to handle, cut sausage crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices.

3. Return pasta and broccoli to cooking pot and add sausage, roasted peppers, remaining olive oil, parsley, salt and pepper flakes. Toss to combine well; serve hot.

Kitchen tips

Get saucy. If you prefer more of a sauce, reserve 1 cup of the pasta cooking water before draining the pasta and broccoli. Add the cooking water just a few tablespoons at a time to the pasta when tossing it with the other ingredients.

Add some cheese. To give the dish extra bite, sprinkle grated Parmesan or Romano on top just before serving.

A recipe I got from All You Magazine.

Home Made Chicken Strips

I was off from work yesterday and decided to make Chicken Strips for our lunch. It is very simple as long as you have the complete ingredients.

1 pound boneless chicken breast (cut into bite size)
Bread Crumbs
Cooking oil or vegetable oil

Steps:
1. Heat the oil in the cooking pan.
2. Roll the chicken strips into the bread crumbs.
3. Put the chicken strips in the heated pan.
4. Flip the chicken strips when one part turns golden brown and do it again.
5. Serve hot with white rice.

Chicken with Green Peppers and Onions

I cook this dish last Friday for our dinner. I used the left over from the Roasted Chicken that we have on Thursday. Here are the ingredients and the steps on how to prepare them.

Ingredients:

1 pound boneless chicken
3 whole peppers
1 small onion
2 cloves garlic
2-3 tablespoon of soy sauce
1-2 cups water
2-3 tablespoon cooking oil
salt
Cooking Direction:

1. Saute garlic, onion, pepper in a big pan.
2. Saute chicken until golden brown.
3. Add soy sauce and water. Let it boil for 10-15 minutes.
4. Put salt to taste it.
5. Serve hot and you can pair it with steam rice.

I hope you enjoy this recipe.

Marinated Chicken Legs

I made this chicken for our dinner. This is actually a recipe from my mother. I hope you will love it as much as we do.

Ingredients:

1 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar
5 teaspoon lemon juice
6-8 chicken legs or thighs
2 large garlic (minced)
1 pouch mama sita marinate mix
1 8 ounce bottle of sprite (optional)
1 cup vegetable oil

Cooking Directions:

1. In one big pan combine soy sauce, brown sugar, lemon juice, garlic, marinate mix and sprite. Add the chicken and marinate it for 24 hours.

2. You can either bake this chicken in the oven for 350 degrees for 1 and 1/2 hours. Or you can also cook this chicken through your grill or fry it.

3. Serve with white rice.

Spaghetti With Italian Sausage

I had my day off today and decided to cook spaghetti since I have the ingredients to do so. Way back when I was still in the Philippines my mother usually cook spaghetti during special occasion such as birthdays, Christmas, New Year and many more. As far as I can remember my mother use hotdog for toppings but today I decided to put Italian Sausage instead. Below, you can find the ingredients that you need as well as the step by step procedure on what to do.

What You Need

1 small onion chop
1 small garlic chop
1 lb. ground beef
12 0z. Spaghetti noodles (uncooked)
1 can 26.5 oz Hunts meat spaghetti sauce
1 16 0z. Italian smoke sausage
2-3 tablespoon oil
1 cup of shredded cheese

Make It

Sautes garlic, onion, Italian sausage in a large skillet on medium heat, then increase heat to medium-high. Add meat; cook, stirring frequently, until meat is browned. Stir in 1 can of meat spaghetti sauce. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, cook pasta as directed on package. When the pasta is ready you can either mix it with the sauce or put it separately. You can add the cheese on top of your spaghetti.


I put a small amount of sugar on mine. The above picture is the finish product.