Evening guys and dolls! Dinah here, well in the typing sense but Ma's here as well in the background sense, ha! Back to fill your tummy's and those empty recipe box cards. It's super nice to be able to take a break from filling up my droid phone with all my tune age to write the blog. It's been 2 weeks and I'm still working on it. We're off to Frankenmuth on Sunday so I need some definite music therapy. Geoff and I are not equals on which bands rule our hearts. He's more Slipknot while I'm a lover of The Weepies and Amy Winehouse. So this is a nice breath of internet air for a bit. Let's get to this week's recipe. My pick, and as always kiddies I'm looking to change up the game on a weekly basis and this week I went in a different direction. Let's be honest, I'm always off in a different direction than everyone else but that's what makes me...me. HA! With my different direction in mind I went a tad out of my food comfort zone and stumbled across this:
Hamburger Stew
Ingredients:Servings:
4-6
1 1/2 lbs hamburger
1/2 tablespoon instant minced garlic
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon oregano
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
4 potatoes, cubed
1/2 yellow onion, chopped
1 (14 ounce) can carrots, undrained
2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, undrained
1 (14 ounce) can green beans, undrained
1 (14 ounce) can corn, undrained
1 (14 ounce) can peas, undrained
1 (4 ounce) can tomato sauce
Directions:Prep Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 45 mins
1
Brown hamburger, garlic, salt, black pepper, and oregano in a Dutch oven over medium heat; drain.2
Return meat to pot.3
Add Worcestershire sauce, potatoes, onions, carrots, tomatoes, green beans, corn, peas and tomato sauce.4
Stir to combine.5
Over medium-high heat bring to a slight boil; reduce heat to low; cover.6
Continue simmering stew, stirring occasionally for 30 minutes.7
This stew can easily be tweaked to your family's tastes. I have added cabbage, okra, zucchini and various spices.
So how did this come out? It was surprising good. Nice little walk out of the comfort zone. My only complaint was the peas. I LOATHE PEAS! They're like little unflavorful pests. I'm sorry for the hatred on this mini veggie for anyone who is a lover of these things but they need to be put in their untasty place. Besides those annoying little green bits this recipe is a definite keeper. I can't wait to make it again and mix it up.
Tid Bits:
*In this recipe we went with no salt added tomato's and no salt added tomato sauce and you can too.
*If you click on the name of this recipe it'll take you to (SAFE! Virus free, for those who were wondering lol) the website I got this recipe from. A lot of people wrote amazing ways to change it up, check out their comments on how to make this a few different ways.
Ma's Spot: Tonight was Dinah's pick and I was totally surprised when she picked this recipe. She doesn't really like vegetables and this seems more like I recipe I would fix usually but I loved it. I did add a little more Worcestershire sauce because I think Worcestershire sauce in any kind of tomato based dish is delicious. For those of you who watch your sodium intake (like myself) I recommend you purchase no salt added veggies and sauce. The next time I make it I'm going to try it with some beef but this dinner was a definite keeper for me. I made enough to put in freezer bags so I can pop it in the microwave the next time I'm in the mood for this dish.
*SNACK CORNER:*
It's time for snack corner! Where we take new snacks in the grocery store and break it down for you. We tell you which are hot and which are not. Let's get to this week's picks:
Dinah: This week's product was a request from my hunny. At his store they sell these cookies that look amazing but are on the tad expensive side. They come 9 in a box for $3.99. So here at Tuesday's With Dinah and Ma we aim to please. He wanted to know if they were worth it. So I picked up a box of Simply Indulgent Gourmet Ultimate Chocolate Chunk Cookies. Geoff wanted to try the carrot cake cookies they sell but carrot cake and myself are not friends so I opted for the chocolate chunk flavor and he didn't mind. While these cookies are on the expensive side I gotta say they were an extreme hit for me. I loved the chocolate layer on the bottom of the cookie as well as the chocolate chunks hanging out on the top. I thought for a second how could I justify spending so much cash on such a small amount of cookies and I found it! Whenever you buy Pepperidge Farms Milano (or any other kind of Pepperidge Farm Cookie) cookies you usually pay around $4 to $5 for 9 or so cookies and these cookies were bigger than say a milano based cookie. So blog readers for me this was a nice treat and I could see buying it again. So hunny this is a definite buy!
Ma: These cookies were good but for the price and what you get I have to disagree with Dinah. I think the taste was excellent but you can find better cookies for a cheaper price.
That's it guys for this week, aw no sad faces we'll miss you all too! No worries though, we'll be back next Tuesday same time and same channel and next week's Ma's recipe and it involves orange and chicken? WHAT! Are we nuts? haha. Come back and see what we are up to next. Have a great week guys!
Spoons & Spatula's
~Dinah & Ma
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