Welcome To Cookin With Kathy

Welcome to my first blog about cooking. I love to cook and have been asked to share what I do. So this is it! Be patient with me, this is the first time I've ever done anything like this.





Thursday, October 21, 2010

Mini, portable not so sloppy joes!

Ok, have I gotten your attention with that? Hee Hee Well if you read the Mini chicken pot pie recipe, you already have the idea for this one as well.

1 lb ground beef
1 can manwhich or what ever you use to make sloppy joes
2 - 3 cans Grands (or any large biscuit)

Preheat oven to what ever it says on your biscuit package. Make your sloppy joes. Take a biscuit and smash it out to make the thinnest and largest circle you can. Put a dollop of sloppy joe in the middle and close it up. Pinch off as best you can. If you are really seeping or can't seem to get it closed, you have to much in there. Take some out and start again! Once you get it closed, put it closed off side down in a muffin pan sprayed with cooking spray! Once the pan is full, cook according to package directions adding 5 - 8 more min. to get it completely cooked. Just keep an eye on them so they don't burn. Each oven is different, so you should be able to tell when they are cooked. Nice and golden brown on top and not mushy biscuit! Serve! Again, I try and serve with apple sauce or salad or any type of vegetables!
Enjoy my friend!
Kathy!

Mini, portable, super yummy chicken pot pies!

Ok, so your gonna love this! My kids think these are the best ever! They are so simple and easy and I have to admit, these are a Kathy Heier original recipe! Are my other recipes original, yes. Just like any other recipe, there is always a base to a recipe, it's just how we as individuals, tweek it! So, here it is.

1 Large can chunk chicken! (If I have the time, I will cook a chicken breast and cut it up!)
1 can Cream of Potato Soup
1/2 can Cream of Chicken Soup
1 can Mixed Vegetables (you can make this anything you want ** see below)
2 - 3 can GRANDS biscuits! You have to have the large biscuits or it wont work. They don't have to be "Grands", just make sure they are big.

Preheat oven to what ever time it tells you on the biscuit package. When you cook these, you will need to cook them for about 5 - 8 min. longer than the package directions to make sure the inside with the mixture gets totally cooked.
In a large bowl, mix first 4 ingredients. Take your biscuits and start to smash them out into the largest, flattest circles you can. When done, spoon a little bit of the mixture into the middle of one of the circles. Close the biscuit up as best you can, trying to pinch off anywhere you can. If it's seeping out goo, then you've put to much into it! Once you have it pinched off, you need to put it PINCHED SIDE DOWN in a muffin pan sprayed with cooking spray! Once the pan is full, you can cook it! When you are done, you can serve them. I tend to serve them with a salad or some apple sauce. They also refrigerate REALLY well and make great snacks for the kids the next day! My son will eat them non-stop until they are gone! =)
Enjoy my friend!
Kathy!

Beef Stroganoff

This is yummy, quick, easy and I'm sure will become a favorite in your home.

1lb Ground beef
2 - 3 cloves of Garlic (or 1 big spoon full of minced from a jar) I prefer fresh!
1/2 a medium onion minced
1 bag No Yolk egg noodles
1 Lg. Can Cream of Mushroom soup
(Little bit of milk)
2 - 3 heaping spoon fulls of sour cream

In a large, deep skillet, cook the ground beef, garlic and onion until meat is fully cooked. At same time, make sure to cook the noodles according to package directions.
When meat is finished, drain off any grease and place meat mixture back into skillet. Add cream of mushroom soup to mixture. Add just a little bit of milk at a time to make it more of a "sauce" consistency. Then add your cooked noodles and mix well. When done, add sour cream and gently mix together. Serve!
I usually serve this meal with green beans and a biscuit. It's a little starchy, but it's goon on those cold evenings!
Enjoy my friend!
Kathy!