Category: Beef
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French Dip Sandwiches in the Crockpot (Slow Cooker)
We had my niece and her husband down for dinner tonight and my daughter requested French Dip sandwiches in the crockpot (slow cooker). I first made this recipe on a Gingerbread House Decorating Day in 2002 according to my notes in the Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook: 700 Great Slow Cooker Recipes cookbook! I like noting…
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Shepherd’s Pie #4
I’ve played around with a number of Shepherd’s Pie recipes and I think tonight’s was the best yet. First, I will say yes I know that this technically was a “Cottage Pie” if you’re British apparently. I used ground beef rather than lamb. In my part of the US, it would be called Shepherd’s Pie…
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Spaghetti and Meat Sauce with Italian Sausage
We had some family friends over for dinner tonight. It’s not often we all get together, although the girls see each other sometimes and I have lunch with my friend periodically. It was such a nice evening, all together at one table. I wanted to make a dinner that didn’t have too much going on…
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Maybe Mom’s Baked Spaghetti Recipe
This is one from my childhood, except I just made it up as I went along since I didn’t have my mom’s old recipe handy. What I remembered is that it had cooked spaghetti and sauce, cheese, kidney beans, green peppers and ground beef. My mom used to make it in a large 9×13 pan…
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Steak from Big Daddy’s House
Okay, I’ve said before I don’t watch many cooking shows but somehow I stumbled upon Big Daddy’s House on the Food Network and was taken with his beef salad. You can see his original recipe here. I knew we didn’t do big spices and I took a little nibble of one of those chipotle peppers…