Hamburger Au Poivre

If you love mushrooms then you would LOVE this recipe!! It was wonderful!! Enjoy.
Ingredients:

3 cups instant potato mix such as Betty Crocker Potato Buds
3 cups boiling water
3 Tbs grated Parmesan
2 Tbs butter at room temperature
3 Tbs chopped fresh parsley
3/4 tsp salt
2 10oz pkgs white mushrooms
1 1/2 lbs ground beef
1 env. onion soup mix
1/4 cup beef broth
4 tsp cracked pepper

• Preheat oven to 425F. Line jellyroll pan with foil. Combine potato mix, water, Parmesan, butter, 2 Tbs parsley and 1/2 tsp salt until thickened; reserve.
• Chop 2 cups mushrooms. Slice remaining mushrooms; reserve. Combine chopped mushrooms with beef 2 Tbs dry soup mix, 2 Tbs beef broth, 1 tsp pepper and remaining salt. Form into 6 patties, Press remaining pepper onto patties.
• Coat nonstick skillet with cooking spray; place over medium heat. Cook patties , turning once, until browned, 4 minutes per side. Transfer to pan; cover to keep warm.
• In same skillet over medium heat cook reserve mushrooms until softened, 2 minutes. Add 1/2 cup water, remaining soup mix, beef broth and parsley. Cook until thickened, 2 minutes.
• Transfer potatoes to large pastry bag fitted with medium star tip. Spoon half of mushrooms sauce over burgers; pipe potatoes over. Bake until potatoes are lightly browned and burgers are heated through, about 10 minutes. Serve with remaining mushroom sauce.
  

The recipe is from Woman's World mag. We truly enjoyed the recipe but we added more beef broth to the sauce and used mushroom onion soup mix. In addition we used 2 pounds meat because I was lazy and didnt want to weigh out the meat.

Hope you enjoy! Look forward to more recipes that we like!

Trying new recipes

Michael and I have been trying to get a swing of getting new foods/recipes in the mix of meals. This week we decide to do a new recipe almost everyday. So far we have done 4 different recipes and have really only liked one of them. The others were not to our likings.
Recipes:

1. Chicken & Cornmeal Dumpling - not enough flavor and the dumplings were not that great! Going to us the rest of the broth and veggies for chicken and noodles.

2. Cheddar Turkey Burger - didn't like the flavor but we like turkey burgers

3. Hamburger Au Poivre: Loved this recipe!! Basically a hamburger steak with mashed potatoes and mushroom gravy!!

4. Hearty Chili Mac: To think and tasted like it was missing something. We added small can of tomato juice to it but didn't help it out.

5. 3 Cheese Chicken and noodle (Saturday)
6. Chicken Parmesan (different breading and style) (Sunday)

Next week we have some more to add to our list. Just getting tired of the same foods and need a mix up on things.

Apple Pie

Today I just felt in the mood to bake and do something in the kitchen. Maybe because today I went to the social security office to change my name. Tomorrow when I wake up I will officially be Melissa Reef! Then comes all the hard work to change my name on all the other fun stuff: bills, credit cards, banks, and etc. Just want to enjoy the day today!


Crust:
***Makes - 2p1 Shell crust or 1-2 layer pie crust
2 C Flour
3/4 C Fat
1 t Salt
3 T Water
1 Egg
*Omit the egg if desired and add 2 more T water
Add 1 tsp of cinnamon if desire

Cut fat into flour; add salt. Beat egg and water. Add fat and flour mixture to egg water mixture.
Bake on 425* for 30 minutes with shiny foil on
Bake on 350* for 30 minutes with foil off
Total bake time: 1hr

Pie Filling:
1 cup sugar or 1/2 cup splenda for baking
1 1/2 tsp apple pie
1/2 t cinnamon
dash of salt
5 cups of peeled and chopped apples
2 T butter

Mix dry ingredients together; Toss fruit with dry ingredients. Dot with butter. Put crust on top. Put slits or cut holes in top crust to release boiling.

Meatloaf

Ingredients:

3 lbs Hamburger ( I prefer 97/3)
2 eggs
Salt and Pepper
3/4 to 1 sleeve of crackers
1 med onion
1 tsp mustard
1 1/2 cup Ketchup
Ketchup on top

1. Preheat oven to 350* and spray 9x13 baking pan with cooking spray
2. Prepare onion (chop into small pieces)
3. crush crackers not to fine
4. In a large mixing bowl combine hamburger, eggs, crackers, onions, salt and pepper. Mix well.
5. Add ketchup and mustard in the bowl and mix well (better if you use your hands)
6. Put mixture in baking dish and round out and flatten to about 2 inches deep.
7. Top the loaf with ketchup (this is so it doesn't dry out)
8. Bake loaf in oven for 120 minutes (watch it to make sure it doesn't get dry on table, if it does put more ketchup on top)