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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

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Ground Beef Rice Skillet

This was an easy and healthy recipe. I added some seasoning and Soy sauce just to give it a little extra flavor, but it was a good meal.

Ingredients:

1 lb. ground beef
4 tbsp. cooking oil
1 c. chopped onion
1 c. bias cut celery 1/2 inch thick
1 clove minced garlic or garlic powder to taste
1/2 c. chopped green pepper
1 (4 oz.) can mushroom slices and pieces, drained
2 c. cooked regular rice
1 c. fresh peas or frozen peas, thawed
12 cherry tomatoes, halved
1 tsp. beef bouillon granules
2 tbsp. water

Prepare and assemble ingredients before starting to cook. Brown ground beef in 12 inch skillet over medium high heat about 5 minutes. Push browned beef to one side of skillet. Add oil, onion, celery and garlic, stir-fry 2 minutes. Cover and cook one more minute. Add green pepper and mushrooms. Stir-fry 2 minutes. Push vegetables to other side of skillet. Add remaining 3 tablespoons oil to center of skillet. Add rice cook and stir-fry 2 minutes. Add remaining ingredients together and continue cooking and stirring until tomatoes and peas are hot. About 2 minutes.

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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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