This is from one of my favorite cookbooks, The Complete Meat Cookbook. I use less salt and pepper than they call for. It seems plenty salty due to the soy sauce. Sometimes I use fresh ginger and sometimes ground. Mostly I use fresh garlic but if I’m in a rush I sometimes use the granulated….
Beef
Broiled Shepherd’s Pie #2 with Frozen Peas
Braised Beef Short Ribs aka Streak o’ Lean, Streak o’ Fat
I stumbled upon Mark Bittman’s blog the other day. He’s one of my favorite cookbook authors so I instantly subscribed, of course! I have mentioned before that I rarely watch cooking shows so almost passed over his videos. I’m glad I read the comments on his post about short ribs though, as they enticed me…
Beef Gravy without Drippings When You Need Beef Gravy In a Hurry
This is from The Fannie Farmer Cookbook: Anniversary, still one of my all-time favorites. One of those “if you could only pick one cookbook…” types. Luckily I don’t have to, but still, when you’re stuck for ideas this is a great resource. So the dinner situation was eldest was having her final driving lesson (yikes!…
Blue Cheese Burgers
The kids are finally old enough to enjoy experimenting a bit with hamburgers. I usually just mix in a bit of horseradish, mustard, ketchup and Worcestershire sauce. The other night I mixed in only salt, pepper, and Worcestershire, but most important I added a pocket of blue cheese in the middle of each patty. I…