Here’s a link to the recipe at CampbellKitchen - Beef Taco Skillet
Changes --
3 cups dry extra wide noodles for the tortillas. Cook the noodles while hamburger is browning.
Future Changes --
Next time, I will add more salsa. Will use 3/4 cup of salsa, instead of 1/2 cup. Used a favorite salsa from the Deli.
Served with a salad and a nice crusty Sour Dough French bread.
I look forward to the leftovers at lunch today.
The first recipe we are going to make is the Crescent Layer Bars, pictured above. Since we’re not fans of the vanilla chips, we are going to substitute peanut butter chips.
Gonna be mighty good with a cup of coffee.
I read about a most useful website in this morning’s paper --
http://foodsafety.gov
They even have charts telling you how long you can safely keep meats, poultry, eggs, dairy products, fruit and vegetables.
Lets you know how long you should hang on to that opened package of hot dogs.
It’s a very nice looking website and very navigable.
I just knew I should have taken the pic of the chicken that we had the other day, it was much prettier than this one. But, by the time I thought of taking pic, much eating had gone on!
Here’s the link to spatchcocking a chicken --
http://www.nakedwhiz.com/spatch.htm
A spatchcock chicken is a butterflied chicken and the above link tells you how to cut it to make it lay flat. We tuck the wing tips under the bird so they aren’t poking up.
This is the only way we make chicken any more. It is so tender & juicy.
DH cooks it on a Weber Propane Grill on indirect heat, burners set at MOM – medium, off, medium. 350° for 55 minutes. No peeking! The secret is to keep that lid closed for 55 minutes. No turning.
We have tried it with marinades and rubs, but the best way we like it is little bit of salt & pepper. That’s it. How much easier can you get? Probably take-out, eh? But, then that wouldn’t be as good-tasting as this chicken is!
Happy 21st Birthday Jason!
They’ve got a real good challenge going on this month for those who have Electric Quilt versions 5 or 6. You design a quilt that illustrates a favorite recipe and Electric Quilt will use the illustration to publish a PDF cookbook that will be available to participants of the challenge only.
Barb Vlack has a couple of examples here.
Most quilters I know are pretty good cooks and know what tastes good and usually create easy, fast recipes, so I can hardly wait to see the recipes that will be coming my way!
I know what recipe I will be contributing. I know what fabrics I will be using. I even have a block in mind. Now to get into EQ6 and have some fun designing.
Oh and hurry. Deadline is Monday June 1.
Who ever heard of water exploding?
I had read something about someone taking a cup of boiling water out of the microwave and sticking a spoon in the liquid and the water exploded & caused some serious burns.
Did not think too much about it. Thought it was was of those one-in-a-million occurrences
THEN it happened to me. I was lucky. The cup of water I was boiling was still in the microwave when it exploded. So, I was protected. I started out with 1 cup (measured) of water and after the explosion there was about 1/8 of a cup of water left in the cup.
Thought to myself what might have been. It is very scary when a close call like this happens. And an eye-opener.
I now boil water in a pan on the stove. No more microwaving to get boiling water for Jell-o. In an effort to save time, a serious injury could have happened. And, really, it doesn’t take all that much longer to boil water on the stove.
Practice safe boiling out there!
