Cubed Steak in Tomato Gravy

Cubed Steak in Tomato Gravy

Ingredients:

• 2 or 3 cubed steaks cut into strips
• 2 TBSP. flour
  
• 2 or 3 cans stewed tomatoes--pureed
• salt, pepper, garlic powder, soy sauce (optional) to taste
• 2 TBSP. EVOO

Directions:
Coat strips of cubed steak in flour and brown over medium heat in EVOO.
Place pureed stewed tomatoes in crock pot.
Add seasonings and steak strips to crock pot.
Cook on low for 6 hours or high for 3 hours.

Serve over rice or mashed potatoes.



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August 24th-August 30th

You would think that I haven't eaten this whole summer since I last posted a couple of months ago. But if you thought that, you would be wrong my friend and the proof is in the scale!!

So here I go with a weekly meal plan again!

MONDAY

• Cubed Steak with Tomato Gravy--this is my mother-in-laws recipe so I am going to give it a stab! Don't really have a recipe, so I'm gonna wing it. If it turns out good, I will post how I made it!--recipe added
• Served over Rice
• Broccoli
  
• Spreads-for dessert--recipe

TUESDAY

• Chicken Tenders--nothing special here, I'm buying the precooked chicken tenders this week.
• Mashed Potatoes
• Cream Gravy
• Green Beans
• Strawberry Shortcake--recipe

WEDNESDAY

• Navy Beans with dumplings
• Corn Bread
  
• Green Salad
• Jello-O

THURSDAY

• Stuffed Green Peppers--recipe
• Mashed Potatoes
• Green Beans or Broccoli or both depending on what I have leftover
• Pudding

FRIDAY

• Out to eat!

SATURDAY

• Chicken Spaghetti--recipe
• Olive Cheese Bread--recipe
• Fast and Easy Tiramisu--recipe

SUNDAY

• Quick and Easy Potato Soup--recipe
• Grilled Cheese

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Chicken Spaghetti

CHICKEN SPAGHETTI

INGREDIENTS:

• 3 skinless, boneless chicken breasts

• 1 (8 ounce) package spaghetti

• 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup

• 1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chile peppers(Rotel)

• 1 pound processed cheese food (eg. Velveeta)--I use half Velvetta and half Cheez Whiz
  

• salt/pepper and garlic powder to taste

DIRECTIONS:
Boil chicken in a large pot of salted water. When chicken is done, remove from pot, keeping water/broth at a boil. Cut up chicken or shred and set aside. Put spaghetti in boiling chicken broth and cook for 8 to 10 minutes, until tender.
When done, drain broth. Return pot with cooked spaghetti to stove, put over low heat. Add shredded chicken, soup, diced tomatoes with chile peppers and cheese. Season with salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste.

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Stuffed Green Peppers

STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS

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• 6-8 large green peppers

• 1 lb ground beef

• 1/2 onion diced

• 1 bag shredded mozzarella

• 2 medium cans tomato sauce

• 2 cups rice

Wash green peppers, cut off top and scoop out insides carefully. Set aside.

Cook rice according to package directions. Brown the ground beef and onion in a skillet, drain off grease and add tomato sauce (leaving some to cover bottom of cooking dish).

Add cooked rice to meat mixture and stir together well. Place some mozzarella in bottom of green peppers and then spoon in meat mixture, packing down carefully until filled.

Sprinkle mozzarella on top.

Bake at 375°F in a covered roasting pan or baking dish with foil over top until green pepper is slightly soft.

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Fried Oreos!!

While in Gatlinburg, Tennessee for our summer vacation I had fried Oreos for the first time!

They were so good that I decided to try and make them at home.

So I bought this funnel cake batter

dipped the oreos in the batter and fried them in some canola oil

sprinkled with some powdered sugar

and viola!! 

I'm telling you, these are amazing! I used reduced fat oreos so I'm sure they were very low calorie and heart healthy too!! 

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5 Minute Chocolate Cake

Can you believe my personal trainer sent this to me-- Does that mean I have approval to eat it, even if it doesn't, I'm digging in!! Yum Yum

5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE 4 tablespoons flour 4 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons cocoa 1 egg 3 tablespoons milk 3 tablespoons oil 3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional) A small splash of vanilla extract 1 large coffee mug (MicroSafe) Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly. Pour in the milk and oil and mix well.. Add the chocolate chips (if using) and vanilla extract, and mix again. Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts. The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed! Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired. EAT ! (this can serve 2 if you want to feel slightly more virtuous). And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world? Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or night!

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June 15th-June 21st

MONDAY

• Red Beans and Rice-leftover from last week
• Cornbread
• Green Salad

TUESDAY

• Grilled Chicken
• Broccoli and Rice Casserole--recipe
• Coca Cola Cake--recipe

WEDNESDAY

• Spaghetti and Meatballs
• Green Salad
• Jell-O

THURSDAY

• BLT's
• Chips
• Carrot/Celery with Ranch Dip

FRIDAY

• Out to eat

SATURDAY

• Hamburgers/Hotdogs on the grill
• Broccoli Slaw--recipe
• Baked Beans--recipe

SUNDAY

• Grilled Cheese
• Tomato Soup
• Green Salad
• Triple Chocolate Surprise--recipe

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