This is from How to Cook Everything (Completely Revised 10th Anniversary Edition): 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food, but made with one-third the meat because I had just 1/2 pound left from when I made Sunday Gravy. SERVINGS: I served 3 tonight with at least 1 leftover portion. I served it with rice and steamed…
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Make Ahead Mexican Ground Beef Mix
Another good one from Cheap. Fast. Good! Just a good basic Mexican flavored ground beef mix, suitable for burritos, enchiladas, taco salad, quesadillas, and nachos. In all honest, the first night we had it for burritos and I thought it would have been better without the sour cream. But two nights later on a taco…
Make Your Own Taco Seasoning Mix
I haven’t bought a packet of taco seasoning mix in years because when I make tacos I do this. But sometimes recipes call for a packet of taco seasoning mix and just a bit of cumin doesn’t seem like it will do the trick. Try this instead, courtesy of the book Make-A-Mix. Actually that’s a…
Italian Meatballs with Ground Pork and Ground Beef
This is essentially how my ex-MIL taught me how to make meatballs and they are very good! You can bake them in the oven if you’d rather. I was stovetop intensive yesterday so just cooked them in a skillet. I used some in the lasagna and froze the rest for other uses later, like Meatball…
Sunday Gravy aka Meat Sauce from The Sopranos
I somehow ended up with a great dinner (and then breakfast) based on two cookbooks based on fictional families, The Sopranos Family Cookbook: As Compiled by Artie Bucco and Food To Die For: Secrets From Kay Scarpetta’s Kitchen. First, was the Sunday Gravy from The Soprano’s cookbook, modified only slightly to make smooth sauce rather…