Yummy! This was a fun one! Now, I never said I was going to be a gourmet chef or anything but I thought I'd mix it up a little bit. I'm TOTALLY an all american girl when it comes to eating; a cheeseburger and fries is the way to my heart... and my husbands! He actually picked most of these recipes and I was his sous chef. Here are our adventurous attempts from February-July 2009:
Spinach and Artichoke Calzones -February
Good, but a calzone shouldn't be made at home we discovered. They are SO much better from a pizza oven.
Noni's Lasagna- March
No recipe for this one (family secret!) but basically a lot of cheese, a lot of sauce and a lot of work! It's delicious, but I'll take Noni's homemade any day. The cooking lesson with her was the best party!
Cheryl's Pot Roast - April
Another family recipe from my husband's side. I made this with his mom's recipe and it was surprisingly delicious! She's not an easy one to compete with in the kitchen that's for sure.
2 to 3lb Bottom Round Roast-
Onion
1 can Hunts Petite diced tomatoes
1 Knorr Beef Boullion Cube
Small Red Potatoes - chopped into eighthscarrots, peeled and chopped
brown meat in olive oil on all sides on pot on the stove. sprinkle with salt and pepper. While browning slice an onion and put in pot with the roast while browning.
After meat has been browned on all sides, put it in the crock pot along with the onion. Add water to the pan you just browned it in - enough to cover the bottom. Add this water to the crock pot over the meat.
Next pour the tomatoes over the meat, add 3/4 can of water to the crock pot, then add boullion cube. Add your potatoes and carrots. Stir all together.
Cook on high temp in crock pot for 7 or 8 hours.
Sometimes I put slivers of garlic in the meat before browning.
You won't be single for long vodka cream pasta -May
I LOVE this!! I even taught my parents how to make it a couple weeks ago and they loved it too.
Chicken Enchiladas -June
Enchiladas are amazing!! Especially when a restaurant makes them for you...
Turkey Burgers -July
We played around with this recipe a little bit to suit our taste and it's still one of our favorites!!
So, I know that I should have taken a picture of each of these, but I honestly didn't think of it until I started writing this post. I searched my computer for pictures of me eating and I came up with nothing! So here is a picture of the worst thing I've ever eaten, Wrightsville Beach Smores. My uncle made these for us last summer and SWEARS this is what southerners call Smores, Graham crackers, marshmallow and CHEDDAR CHEESE! I convinced him to make half the real way, but I did try his specialty.
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