Meal Prep 11/26/18

One Pot Beef Stroganoff

I used a 12 qt stock pot to cook this meal. It left plenty of room for stirring without splashing, which was nice.  

Chop and saute 1/2 lg sweet onion, 3 tbsp garlic, and 1 tbsp ginger root.  When the onion begins to brown, add 2 lbs stew beef.  Chop 12 carrots and 6 large celery sticks

Add 21 oz condensed mushroom soup, 1 can of Guinness, 12 oz marinara sauce, and 14.75 oz golden creamed corn.  Mix well, then add chopped carrots and celery.  

When carrots are soft, add 1 lb egg noodles.  When noodles are just about done, add 12 oz frozen peas.  Cook til done. 

Makes 11-12 servings. 

Meal Prep : 5/22-5/26 One Pot Meal

Chicken

Veggies

Quinoa

Ingredients : 

1/3 onion, chopped 

2 B/S chicken breasts, chopped

1 c chicken broth

honey mustard

3/4 c quinoa

12 oz frozen broccoli

12 oz frozen cauliflower

garlic powder

salt

corn starch

Brown the onion in a large skillet on medium heat with some olive oil.    Next add the chicken, garlic powder, and salt, and cook til most of the pink is gone.    Then add all remaining ingredients except the corn starch.  Cover and simmer until the quinoa is done.  (10-15 minutes).  If there is too much liquid left, mix a teaspoon of corn starch with a bit of cold water, then add to the skillet and stir til thickened, then remove from heat.  

Notes : The broccoli had lost it's bright green color by the time the quinoa was done, so I know I overcooked the veggies.  They should probably be added a bit later.  

One Pot Meal : Beef Stroganoff

I bought a huge 5 qt skillet about 2 months ago, and it is a great addition to my kitchen!  It was the perfect size for tonight's stroganoff, and there was even room to spare (a/k/a room to stir the food without any spilling over the sides).

Side note : spell check wants me to change stroganoff to "strongman."  strange...

One Pot Beef Stroganoff

3 cloves garlic

1 in chunk of ginger root

1/4 onion

4 carrots

2 stalks of celery

1 lb stew beef

1 can mushroom soup

1 can cream corn

1+ c marinara sauce

1/2 c heavy cream

1/2 can Guinness

egg noodles

Chop all of the chop-able ingredients.  Brown the onion, garlic, and ginger in some olive oil.  When they start to brown, add the beef.  Let the chunks of meat start to brown, then add all remaining ingredients except for the pasta.  Stir well, cover, and let cook until the meat is almost done, stirring occasionally.  When the meat is almost done, add the pasta and cook until done.  

This stroganoff is definitely my favorite that I have made so far, the consistency was perfect 

and it was really delicious!

PB Beef & Broccoli

I haven't actually tasted this yet...I made it after dinner because I felt like playing in the kitchen.  I could taste a spoonful now, but I'm really not hungry.  I'll try it for dinner tomorrow.  

Ingredients

thin steak (I used .7 lb)

3 c chopped broccoli

2 carrots

2 cloves garlic

sm. chunk of ginger

2 huge spoonfuls of crunch peanut butter

soy sauce

Directions

Brown the garlic and ginger with olive oil in a large skillet.  Chop the meat into bite-sized pieces and add them to the skillet.  Grate the carrot and add it and the broccoli.  Sprinkle with soy sauce.  Add PB.  

Stir well.  

I prefer fresh broccoli, but the selection was not good this week so I had to dig in my freezer for the 

freezer-burned variety for tonight's episode of playing in the kitchen.  

I thought I could chop the meat while the ginger/garlic was browning, but the pan was hotter than I thought it was.  They certainly got brown...or burnt. 

And then I thought it would be a good idea to grate the carrot directly over the skillet.  There are now little bits of carrot all over my kitchen.  And me.  Why must it be so messy?!

I'll toss this with some angel hair pasta tomorrow night.