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I am so glad you stopped by. A couple of months ago I saw the movie Julie & Julia, where a young woman decides to take a year and make every recipe in Julia Child's French Cookbook. I enjoyed the movie very much and became intrigued. Maybe I could do something like that, so, I got out my barely used, 13 year old, Better Homes Cookbook and started flipping through. Thus began my cooking experiment.

Cooking is something I have always hated to do, it was a chore for me, not a pleasure. I am not a professional cook, and never will be, but the movie ignited a spark in me and revealed a new discovery, cooking can be fun!

I am learning that with patience, motivation, and good recipes anyone can be a good cook. Believe me, if I can do it, so can you! I hope you will experiment along with me and let me know what you think of the recipes I share.

I will post each new recipe I try along with a picture (I can't stand cookbooks that don't include pictures!) so you can see the final product. I will also share tips that I have learned along the way. For you seasoned chefs, the tips may seem like common sense, but for those of us who are dummies in the kitchen, they are epiphanies.

Happy Cooking!

Nancy

Friday, October 2, 2009

Beef Potato in One




This is a horribly uncreative name for a really good recipe. Sloppy Joe Bake better describes it, but isn't a great name either, maybe you can come up with a better name if you try it.

Ingredients:


2 lbs ground sirloin (we don't eat beef, so I used ground pork and I only used 1 lb.)
1 small onion, diced (Thank goodness, they told number of veggies rather than cups!)
1/2 green pepper, diced
1 can diced tomatoes
2 bay leaves
1 1/3 cups water
3 large Idaho potatoes, cut in round slices
1 pkg shredded cheddar cheese
2 tbsp cornstarch


Directions:


Brown beef, onions, peppers. Add salt and pepper to taste. Drain and add 1 cup water, bay leaves, tomatoes; simmer for 15 minutes. Remove bay leaves and add 1/3 cup water with cornstarch for thickening. In another skillet, brown potatoes in a small amount of oil until tender, and then drain. Place potatoes in casserole dish and pour beef mixture over. Add cheese to top and brown in oven at 375 degrees for 10 minutes. Let cool then cut in squares for servings.

Servings: 6-8

Notes from the Cook: This goes well with any green salad and hot bread. A real meal in one.

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This is my second time making this, I didn't think to take a picture the first time, so, shucks, I had to make it again (hope you can hear my sarcasm). We REALLY liked this. I think anyone who enjoys sloppy Joe's will like this recipe and it is a lot less sloppy!


Some personal suggestions, make sure you cook the potatoes in the fry pan until they are done, the time in the oven will not be enough to make them tender. I also left it in the oven longer this second time to make sure it was plenty hot, I would increase the recipe's bake time to 15-20 minutes.


Hope you enjoy!

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None of the recipes posted on this site are mine, they are all taken from other sources, or given to me to try. I am not nearly creative enough or good enough in the kitchen to have come up with any of them.

I also cannot promise that any of these recipes are going to turn out good, or taste good for that matter, so you try them at your own risk.

Enjoy!!! Nancy
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