Thursday, March 26, 2009

Smothered Steak

This is a recipe that I got from my mother-in-law:

Smothered Steak

1 pkg of tenderized, cube steak
flour
salt and pepper

Flour,salt and pepper, fry in a little oil. Remove, drain off grease. Return meat to skillet. Cover with water. Cover and cook for 1 hour. Remove steak again. whisk about 3 Tbl. flour with cold water. Add to skillet and whisk until smooth. Add a little water or more grease as needed. Add steak back and simmer for a few min. Serve with mashed potatoes or rice.
Warning: this is not a really healthy fat free meal, but it is so good. Especially since I haven't made it since before Landyn was even born.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

2 new recipes

Here are 2 newly tried, tested and approved recipes: Both are delicious!

Butter Baked Chicken and Gravy
(from Paula Deen's magazine this month)

1/4 c. butter, melted
1 c. all-purpose flour
1 1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. ground black pepper
1 (15oz.) can evaporated milk, divided
4 chicken breast
1 can cream of chicken soup
3/4 c. water
Hot cooked rice

Preheat oven 350.
Pour melted butter into a 13 x 9 inch baking dish.
In shallow dish, combine flour, salt and pepper.
In a separate shallow dish, add 1/2 cup evaporated milk. Coat chicken pieces with evaporated milk; dredge each in flour mixture. Place chicken in prepared dish. Bake, uncovered, for 35 minutes. Remove from oven and turn chicken.
In small bowl, combine soup, water, and remaining evaporated milk; pour over chicken. Return chicken to oven and bake for 35 min longer. Remove chicken from baking dish; whisk gravy in baking dish until smooth. Serve with rice.



Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 2/3 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 sticks margarine
3/ c. sugar
3/4 c. brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
2 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.Beat margarine, sugars, vanilla until creamy. Add eggs, beat well. Stir in dry ingredients. Stir in chocolate chips. Bake 9 min.