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London Broil

The Hungry Housewife — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:03:41 +0000

Hi my lovelies. Happy Saturday to you.

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Pressure Cooker Beef Stroganoff

The Hungry Housewife — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:12:25 +0000

My head is still spinning.

The holidays are all..Rush Rush Rush..

And then, BAM, it’s over in a second.

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Slow Cooker Meals & a True Story

The Hungry Housewife — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:11:20 +0000

My life has been crazy.

I might have just lost my mind.

Lemme tell you a true story.

Picture this…..

6:30 am and no coffee.

I have a headache.

Hovering over my dog who has a cold, making sure he eats some food so I can shove his antibiotics down his throat.

Twittling his pill in my fingers, just waiting, for him to take a few bites.

Did I mention I had not had my coffee yet and had a headache.

Walked myself over the the cabinet.

Poured myself some water.

AND. TOOK. MY. DOGS. PILL.

I put my dogs pill in my mouth and swallowed.

Like all the way down into my stomach.

Seriously, did you get that?

Me, a human with no body fur to speak off, took my dogs pill.

I stood there in shock, wondering if I had the nerve to make myself puke.

I decided I didn’t want to stick a toothbrush down my throat at 6:30 in the morning and prayed the pill would make me sick.

I obviously survived my little momentary lapse of reasoning, it was just an antibiotic.

You know you have some serious issues when your takes a dogs medication.

For real, my kids have stollen my brain and obviously what little bit I have left does not function without caffeine.

Sooooo, needless to say life has been a bit crazy around here.

I have been relying on my little slow cooker for some dinner time sanity.

Kinda strange as much as I use my slow cooker I don’t have more recipes here..

I am sure all of you have an awesome slow cooker recipe, right?

Crock-Pot is having it first ever nationwide search for the Ultimate Crock-Pot Crock Star.
Who ever shows the savviest slow cooker smarts will win a guest appearance on the Cooking Channel!!!!
All you have to do is upload your original recipe with a photo or video of yourself in action on www.CrockStars.com now through Oct 31st.
You can also win other fabulous prizes in the month of “Crocktober” by visiting Crock-Pots Facebook Page.

Here are a few Slow cooker Meals from me and around the web…

Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken Sandwiches - Me

Slow Cooker Pork Chops - Me

From around the Web

Shredded Tex-Mex Crock-Pot Chicken – GoodLifeeats.com

Slow Cooker Chicken Caesar Sandwiches- Thegirlwhoateeveryhing.com

Crock-Pot Beef Carnitas – EatLiveRun.com

Ultimate Beef Stroganoff - Melskitchencafe.com

Slow Cooker Nutella Crunch Cheesecake - Snappygourmet.com

Slow Cooker Apple Crumble – Howsweeteats.com

~ The Hungry Housewife

Cows are cute and all but…..

The Hungry Housewife — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 21:46:42 +0000

Cows are food.

Do you ever think about where your food comes from? More specifically, where your beef comes from…the journey it takes from birth to your plate? Probably not, I know I didn’t. All I knew is if my ribeyes were on sale at the grocery store and what night of the week I was going to cook them.

And the final product of beef on my plate was just plain delicious.

I had the wonderful opportunity to be sent to Omaha Nebraska by the Florida beef council. The Nebraska beef council wanted a group of us to see the journey of a cow.

What an interesting journey it is.

I have a whole new respect for beef farmers. I have never in my life met a group of people so proud of what they do, it was heart warming.

The first day of the Nebraska beef tour, we visited Greater Omaha Packing, a meat processing and packing plant. I really did not know what to expect. I am sure 99.9 % of the population has never been inside a meat packing plant.

It was EXTREMELY educational and I am glad I had the opportunity.

I cried…. I did, I cried. I was the only one that did. Like full on tears streaming down my face. I didn’t cry because the process was inhumane or abusive, because it WAS NOT. I just suppose the reality of the cute cow with batty long eyelashes actually needs to be killed and processed to make it to my plate.

From the time the live cow enters the facility until every portion of that cow has been processed, wether it be the meat we eat, to the membrane of the heart being stretched out to be used in heart transplants takes only 1 minute and 45 seconds. The process was mind boggling. Did seeing the process stop me from eating beef? Nope, sure didn’t. It made me realize that the cute cows are raised not to be cuddly, but to feed our mouths. I learned to separate my feelings.

We also got to experience feed lots. We traveled to the Albers feed yard and the Loseke Farm. Basically what happenes at a feed yard is the farmers buy small cows and feed them until they are ready to go to market. Cows are their livelihood. They take care of those cows like their children. You might think of a feed yard with cows just packed in small pins or yards with no where to move. So not the truth. Cow are natural herding animals. They like to stick close together. They are living in huge yards with plenty of room to roam around, they just like to snuggle I suppose..

You see all that room they have to dance around? They just like to be close.

Caring for cows is a very scientific job.

So many things are tracked by a computer. Each cow obviously has an ear tag with a number, and everything is tracked, any treatment that is done on that cow, or if they become sick, or even if they move pins, it is tracked. The farmer wants to know every single aspect of that cows live. The food they eat is also scientifically monitored. The cowboys go out every morning to observe the cows to make sure they are all happy and healthy. If one is acting not quite like themselves, they bring the cow in for observation. They truly want their cows to be healthy and happy.

Visiting the Wagonhammer Ranch was a beautiful sight. It was located in the Sandhills of Nebraska. The Sandhills have a much different landscape than the corn fields and cow pastures, they have rolling hills of grasslands, it’s quite beautiful. The Wagonhammer registered Angus herd of 400 momma cows that produce performance tested bulls and heifers for commercial cattlemen throughout the central US.

The Town and County Veterinary clinic was Ohhhhh so very different than my vet clinic. My vets office offers cute little dog bones and leashes while this vet clinic offers calf feeding tubes all sorts of large animal assescories.

Oh and they even have birthing suites..sometimes even cows need to have c-sections.

This is an injection syringe. Wooza, thats big. Imagine one of those commin’ at ya.

So next time you are eating that hamburger or filet, stop and think about where it may have come from. It’s a very interesting journey.

~ The Hungry Housewife

Beefy Breakfast Skillet

The Hungry Housewife — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:51:00 +0000

Scenario: You have out-of-town guests staying the night. Morning time rolls around and the big breakfast decision comes into the topic of conversation. Sure, everyone can get dressed and go out to brunch, but let’s face it – no one wants to get out of their pajamas because a few too many glasses of wine were consumed the night before. Anyways, there are always long lines at all the good breakfast joints in town. The decision is made to stay in to eat.

Okay, now another decision must be made….. what to eat?? You have the standard pancakes, but with a crowd, you slave over the pan making four pancakes at a time. No one can really sit down and enjoy breakfast together.

Then there are eggs. One person likes scrambled, another likes them over easy, and another likes them with cheese. Um, excuse me… last time I checked, a short order cook didn’t live here.

So, really, it’s simple. Make a delicious breakfast skillet filled with seasoned ground beef, onions, potatoes, spinach, tomatoes and topped with a deliciously fried egg.

My recipe is easy, tasty and will be sure to satisfy your overnight guests. I developed this recipe for The Florida Beef Council one morning in with the same situation as stated above. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Houseguests are always eager to be taste-testers!

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Beefy Breakfast Skillet

Author: Leslie Green – The Hungry Housewife

Recipe type: breakfast

Prep time: 10 mins

Cook time: 25 mins

Total time: 35 mins

Serves: 6

A tasty beefy breakfast skillet.

Ingredients

Beef

1 pound ground beef
½ teaspoon onion powder
½ teaspoon rosemary
1 teaspoon sage
1 teaspoon thyme
1 teaspoon marjoram
⅛ teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
½ teaspoon coarse kosher salt

Potatoes/Onion/Tomato/Spinach Mixture

1 large onion, roughly chopped
2 pounds potatoes, peeled and diced
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided
1 teaspoon season salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
¼ teaspoon coarse kosher salt
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup cherry tomatoes (1/2 pint)
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup spinach, packed
Eggs, fried to your liking (amount depends on how many people you are serving)

Instructions

In a large skillet over medium heat, add the ground beef, onion powder, rosemary, sage, thyme, marjoram, cayenne pepper and salt.
Cook until browned, then drain and set aside.
In the same skillet, add ½ tablespoon olive oil and onions.
Cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Remove and set aside.
In a medium bowl, mix together the diced potatoes, 1 tablespoon olive oil, season salt, pepper and kosher salt.
In the same skillet over medium heat, add 1 tablespoon butter and the remaining ½ tablespoon olive oil.
Add the potatoes in a single layer and cook for 5 minutes without stirring.
Stir and cook for an additional 3 minutes.
Add the cherry tomatoes and cook for about 3 minutes.
Add the garlic and cook for 1 additional minute.
Add the spinach and cook for about 1 minute, or until the spinach has slightly wilted.
Add the potatoes and beef back to the skillet and stir to incorporate.
Place the fried egg on top of each serving and enjoy!

Notes

Recipe was developed by Leslie Green – The Hungry Housewife for The Florida Beef Council.

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