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Mom’s Oxtail Soup

liv — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 01:41:10 +0000

My mom makes great oxtail soup. She sent me a recipe out of a Chinese Cookbook (don’t know which one, sorry) when I asked her for the recipe a while back but haven’t been able to post it, heck I haven’t even been able to make it! I need to get on that soon…

Ingredients:

2 lbs beef or Oxtail

6 onions – shredded

3 stalks celery – sliced

1 carrot – sliced

1/3 lbs cabbage – sliced

6 tomatoes – diced

1 green bell pepper – sliced

1 can tomato paste

4 bay leaves

10 cups water

Seasoning Ingredients:

1 tsp ground black peppercorn

1/2 lemon (for squeezing the juice)

2 cloves garlic – chopped

1 and 1/2 tsp salt

Directions:

1. Wash beef and dice. Scald and rinse in cold water. Drain.

2. Stir fry garlic. Add beef and fry until fragrant. Set aside.

3. Heat oil and fry onion until soft. Add celery, carrot, cabbage and cook till fragrant. Set aside.

4. Heat 2 Tbsp of oil. Fry tomatoes. Add tomato paste and 1 Tbsp of sugar. Fry until fragrant.

5. Boil water. Put in all ingredients and seasoning. Bring to a boil and then turn heat to medium. Cook for 2 hours. Shift to low heat and simmer for another 2 hours until the soup turns thick. (You can also use a slow cooker this way too).

6. Enjoy

Grocery Shopping Adjustment

liv — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:28:54 +0000

Can anyone tell what is new in my grocery list?

Brown Rice
Whole Wheat pastas
Whole wheat bread
Chicken breasts
Ground Turkey
(Choice or Select) Extra/Lean ground beef
Oatmeal
Milk
Greek Yogurt
Fish fillets
Cereal (Cheerios!)
Flax seed

Cooking is going to be mighty interesting! One tip I have is that if you are (like me) a lover of white rice and normal pasta, start with the half & half (half normal and half whole wheat)…and then start moving towards whole wheat. Might taste odd at first, but that is the beauty of baby steps.

Greek Yogurt

liv — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:06:07 +0000

My roommate introduced me to Greek Yogurt, insisting that it is delicious. I have heard it featured on cooking shows saying something about how it’s good for you and it’s really creamy. It wasn’t until I bought a plain flavored one of it and realized it was REALLY creamy, that the light bulb went off in my head…”hey, I can use this as sour cream!”…what a random thought. It is a great food that serves multiple purposes. Next time you bake a potato, consider using plain greek yogurt instead of sour cream. Next time you’re in the mood for yogurt, consider getting greek yogurt and dropping cut up fruit into it. YUM!

{Picture from cookingwithamy.blogspot.com}

Mushroom Caps with Bacon Bits and Cream Cheese

liv — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:32:59 +0000

Hey Scott, thanks for letting me nag you so I could post your recipe you left on my Facebook on my blog!

“ok here is a really easy one. get some small mushrooms and pull out the steams so they are just mushroom caps. fill the caps with bacon bits add a spoon of cream cheese on top then throw them in the oven at 350 until the tops look done. SOOO GOOD!”

I’ll let the public assume the amount they need.

Meat Rub #1

liv — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:30:55 +0000

So Shawn made a prime rib for our Christmas dinner this year. After lots of research all over the internet, he came up with the following meat rub to put on the meat.

Onion powder
Garlic powder
Sea salt
Fresh ground pepper
Soy Sauce (note: this should be just enough to wet everything, it has the consistency of wet sand)

Shawn just kind of “winged it”…just figure out what your taste is. Stay tuned for the rest of the directions with the roast.

Hiya

liv — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:26:45 +0000

I need to learn how to cook…or finally get the recipes I’ve collected (and recently found) compiled into one place! Hence, the blog. Enjoy!