Cookbook Project

[Pumpkin]

I hate onions. If I can taste them. If they're broken down in a stew or something it doesn't really bother me.

I'm glad sharky liked it at least x)

[sharkythesharkdogg]

It's an interesting point about it being frozen.

I thought it just sat in the fridge over night. We could try that next time.

Also, that whole cornbread recipe is the bees knees.

[noxious.sunshine]

Yeah.. I mean, with it sitting in the freezer, then everything freezes.. THe spices don't really get a chance to marinate the chicken other than the initial X amount of minutes until it's all actually frozen and like I said, it's all just sitting in one position. That's just what I imagine happened. I could be wrong entirely.

The only legitimate explanation I can think of for putting it in the freezer is to keep the citrus from breaking down the chicken some and making it mealy. But I don't think that amount of citrus juice would cause this to happen if it's just sitting overnight. Hell, I've made jerk chicken marinade that calls for lime juice and it sat in the marinade for like 3 days.. lol It turned out fine.

[Pumpkin]

Don't know what to tell you noxy, it wasn't exactly fun for me x). I kept forgetting to do it the night before so I'd have to plan something else short notice

Creamy Burrito Casserole

Recipe:
1 lb ground beef
1 pkg taco seasoning
6 tortillas
3 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 can cream of mushroom soup
4 oz sour cream
4 oz salsa

Brown ground beef and drain. Add taco seasoning. Mix soup and sour cream. Spread half on bottom of oven dish. Tear up 3 tortillas and spread over sour cream mixture. Put 1/2 meat mixture on top. Add 1/2 cheese and salsa. Make a second layer. Bake at 350 degrees F for 20-30 minutes.



Difficulty: *

Changes I made:
I used less tortilla than recommended and more salsa.

Thoughts:
I used mini-tortillas and I only needed 2 per layer to be proportional with the rest of the ingredients, so I wouldn't use 6 full sized tortillas.

Verdict:
It was pretty good. I'd have it once in a while, although it isn't my favourite dish. But it is pretty easy to make and I don't really have any complaints.

[Pheesh]

Which cookbook are these dishes from?

[Pumpkin]

My own cookbook. I found recipes from different cookbooks and online recipes and recipes given to me by others and such

Basically it's a mishmash of recipes from a bunch of different sources that sounded good or that sharky wanted

[Night Fury]

Seconding the weirdness of the chicken freezing. It's not something I would do. Definitely would try a 'shake n bake' technique to marinade but yeah - I can't see the benefit of freezing it, personally.

Also, a tip for you to make your sauces less 'watery' which you have mentioned on a couple of recipes is to cook down your tomatoes beforehand to let them thicken and to really release the flavour before you add it to stuff!

[Pumpkin]

Thanks for the tip, I'll make sure to remember that when I recook some of these recipes

[noxious.sunshine]

I'm just making an observation and giving you a tip. Not really sure where the "I don't know what to tell you" is coming from or what the point of it is.

[Pumpkin]

It's just you mentioned it 3 times about the frozen, so it felt like you were blaming me or something when I was just following the recipe xD I'm certainly not going to freeze it first next time

[noxious.sunshine]

I mentioned it once.

And then I elaborated on it.

SO that's only 2 times. Not 3.

I'm not "blaming you" for whatever cooking mishap you may have had because you followed a recipe. Like I said, it was just an observation.

[Freya]

ANYWAY

That burrito casserole looks good. I'm all about casseroles and crockpot stuff. I hope you have some crockpot recipes too!

[Pumpkin]

I appreciate the advice noxy and I will certainly keep it in mind for the future. It's a shame I spent the time freeing it overnight when I was tired and just wanted to sleep because of race weekend >.> Darn chicken recipe

I don't think I have any crockpot recipes. Maybe one or two. I do have some stews which I imagine can be easily modified for crockpot. The casserole was pretty good.

Also, I'm going out of town next week and we still have leftovers to eat before we leave, so this won't be updated until I return~

Recipes planned for that week:
Penne with Sausage
Steak Chasseur
Deluxe Mashed Potatoes
Sauteed Broccoli with Butter & Garlic
The rest to be determined

I never realized how much I like broccoli before this challenge

[Psychotic]

Steak Chasseur

You have my attention. I don't know what a chasseur is (NO SPOILERS GUYS JEEZ) but I'm all aboard the steak train.

[Freya]

I was thinking the same thing! I have no idea what a chasseur is and I don't want to google because I want to find out.