Chicken Fried Steak

This meal is really great, it may seem complicated, but it really is not too hard. For the flour and egg mixtures I like to use glass pie plates.
Ingredients
5-6 cube steaks
All purpose flour in a shallow pan, salt pepper and garlic powder added for flavor.
2-3 eggs stirred
oil for frying steak in about 1-2 inches deep
2 tablespoons flour, 2 cups milk, chicken bouillon for gravy

to start off turn your oil to medium high heat, then dredge each steak in flour, then egg, then into the flour again, repeat with all of the meat, the oil should be hot by now, I usually sprinkle a little bit of the flour into the oil, if it sizzles it is ready. Depending on the size of the meat only add 1-2 steaks at a time to the oil, if you have too much overcrowding then the oil will cool down. Cook about 4 minutes on each side, the steak will be golden brown, place on paper towels to absorb the oil. After all steak is cooked drain all but 2 tablespoons oil off, place pan back on burner and add two tablespoons flour, once a paste is formed add milk, whisk until smooth, then you can add the chicken bouillon, I usually use 1-2 cubes, I also like to add a little garlic powder, salt and pepper. Taste to adjust the flavors to your liking. I serve this with corn and mashed potatoes, I like the gravy on the steak and the potatoes.

Pot Roast

It is freezing today, so I thought I should make something that will warm all of us up. Pot Roast is one of the best comfort foods, and it is really easy, I have once again decided to use my crock pot.The great thing about slow cooking meat is you can make even the most inexpensive cut of meat tender.

Ingredient List
1 4-5 pound roast, any cut will do
1 medium onion
tomato paste, just a couple of tablespoons
2-3 beef bullion packets
garlic powder
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup all-purpose flour

To start just place the roast in the crock pot, now just slice the onion and place on top of the roast,in a bowl combine the tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, beef bouillon,and about a cup of water, pour this mixture over roast and onion. Set your crock pot to low and it will take about 8 hours. High and it will take about 6. The best way to tell that the roast is done is that the meat will fall apart. the next step is to make the gravy. Pour all of the liquid from the crock pot into a large saucepan, you need to bring this to a boil, while you are waiting for this, mix the flour with cold water in a bowl, a whisk is best for this make sure there are no lumps, now when the liquid is boiling add the flour mixture, using your whisk continue stirring the liquid after about 2 minutes you will see everything start to thicken up, if it gets too thick add more water, if it is too thin you can make another slurry (that is what the flour and water mix is called). Once things have thickened up you can turn the heat to low, and you can carve your roast. I like to make mashed potatoes, homemade bread and carrots to go along with this.

Sausage and Pepper Grinders, Smells like a Fair in Here

So I work at home yet I hardly ever use my crock pot, I like to use my hands more when I am in the kitchen, but this recipe is so good. I have used jarred sauce here, but I have also done this when I have leftover home made sauce. This recipe is also easy to adjust the amounts of, just be sure that your crock pot is big enough. This recipe will make about 4 good size grinders with a good snack leftover for the next day.
Ingredient List
6 Sweet Italian Sausages, you can use spicy
drizzle of olive oil for pan
1 Jar Spaghetti sauce
1 medium onion
2 red bell peppers
1 package rolls, at my grocery store bakery they are called steak rolls
yellow mustard or whatever condiments you want

So last night I thinly sliced the peppers and onion, I put them into the ceramic part of the crock pot and I put them into the fridge, then this morning, I browned the sausages in a little bit of olive oil, I then sliced them lengthwise and put them into the crock pot with the veggies, I had some of a 10 serving size jar of jarred sauce in the fridge so I poured that in then I added a little bit of water to the jar and shook it up to make sure I got everything, once everything is the crock pot make sure that there is a little bit of sauce on everything, I set my crock pot to high because I am home all day and thought maybe I would get an early snack, but you can set it too low, this is pretty simple you'll know it is done when the veggies are very tender. I like to put a couple of sausage slices on a bun with some of the veggies and a little yellow mustard, it is pure heaven. Who can resist a meal that makes your house smell like the fair. As far as sides go french fries or onion rings would be great.

It's not that Hard, Get into your Kitchen Now

So I have decided to start a blog, I must have been blind, I have just found out about this craze called blogging, so I figure if I am going to blog then I should really write about something that I love and that might help others. I love to cook, bake, anything to do with food I love, I also am obsessed with kitchen gadgets. So here I will show you how easy it is to create great meals, even if you don't have a fancy smancy kitchen. This will be a learning experience for both of us as I have never really written down any of my recipes, a lot of them come from remembering my mom cooking, some I created by accident.Stay tuned, the first recipe will be sausage and pepper grinders that simmer in the crock pot all day long.