Category: World
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Spaghetti with Meat Sauce
A good use for boiled ground beef. When you want a meat sauce, heat up a jar or can of spaghetti sauce and add some already cooked ground beef to the sauce and heat through. This is great for last minute meals because you can thaw the already cooked meat in the microwave while you’re…
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Fajitas
I had some round steak I’d pulled out of the freezer and decided to make some fajitas. Before the steak had thawed completely, I sliced it into thin pieces. It’s much easier to slice meat thinly when it’s partially frozen. I made a marinade: 1/2 cup oil 1/2 cup red wine vinegar 1tsp sugar 1/2…
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Chicken Cutlets with Olio e Aglio
Company for dinner last night so we had 8 kids (ages 2 to 12) and 7 adults. I made chicken cutlets, homemade macaroni and cheese, angel hair pasta with olio e aglio (oil and garlic), a Caesar salad and had applesauce and carrot sticks on the kids’ table. Chicken cutlets. Pound the chicken until thin.…
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From the Freezer: Baked Penne with Meat Sauce
Made one of the kids’ favorites last night: baked penne with meat sauce. I pulled a bag of meat sauce from the freezer (about 2 -3 cups I guess) and thawed it and warmed it up while I cooked up a half a pound of penne pasta (little tubes). Drained the pasta when it was…
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Turkey Flautas
These were called “turkey tacos” when the recipe was given to me but I’d think of them as more like flautas. Whatever you call them, it was a great different way to use up the last of the turkey. Fried some corn tortillas just a minute or so on each side, then drained on paper…