Easy Stuffed Mushrooms

Way better than any you'll find at a restaurant...

12 whole mushrooms
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 8oz package of cream cheese
2tsp olive oil
Parmasan cheese and cheddar cheese for sprinkling
salt and pepper

Preheat oven to 350
Clean Mushrooms, removing stems and hollowing them out
Heat skillet over medium heat, adding oil and minced garlic
Once garlic is lightly browned, chop mushroom stems and add to mixture
Saute 5 minutes
Cut cream cheese into small cubes, add to mixture
Lower heat and mix until cheese is smooth
Cover a cookie sheet with foil, spray with pam and spread mushrooms out
Fill each mushroom with mixture
Sprinkle with Salt, Pepper and Parmesan cheese
Sprinkle with cheddar cheese
Bake for 20 minutes, let cool for 5 minutes before serving

Amazing Steak Marinade

Most my meals are made for two people, this one is no different, it's perfect for two sirloin steaks, so if you want to make more, feel free to double up on the ingredients.

1/4cup Soy Sauce
1/4cup Honey
3 cloves garlic (i love garlic, you may have noticed, so feel free to go down to 2 cloves)
1tsp ginger
1/2tsp salt
1tsp pepper
1/4cup olive oil

Mix all ingredients together except for salt and pepper
Sprinkle steaks with salt and pepper
Pour marinade over your steaks
Cover with plastic wrap and place in fridge for 2-24 hours, the longer the more pronounced the flavor will be
Grill
ENJOY :)

Homemade Meatballs

A pretty quick and easy meatball recipe

1/2lb ground pork
1/2lb extra lean ground beef
1Tbsp garlic powder
1Tbsp basil
1Tbsp oregano
1Tsp red pepper flakes
1/4cup bread crumbs
1 egg

Mix all ingredients together
Form into small balls, makes about 24
Place on cookie sheets greased with Pam cooking spray
Place in over, on high broil, on second rack for 5-10 minutes, or until lightly browned
Place in slow cooker with sweet and sour sauce (see recipe on this page)
Cook on low for 6-7 hours

Easy Slow Cooker Pork Chop Supreme

Another tasty, very easy slow cooker recipe

2 Butterfly Pork Chops
10-12 Baby Potatoes
1 clove garlic, minced
1 can cream of mushroom soup

Brown Pork Chops in a skillet over medium heat
Spray slow cooker with cooking spray
Wash and place baby potatoes in bottom of slow cooker
Place browned pork cops over potatoes
Sprinkle with minced garlic
Mix mushroom soup with 1/2 can water
Pour over pork chops and potatoes
Cook covered on low for 6-7 hours

Lemon Butter Pickerel

This is a great, somewhat healthy pickerel recipe. A nice substitute for beer battered deep fried fish.

2 Pickerel Fillets
2 TBSP Butter
2 TSP Lemon Juice
1 Clove Garlic
1 TSP Dill Weed
Salt and Pepper
Flour

Preheat frying pan over medium high heat with 1TBSP of olive oil
Salt and Pepper pickerel fillets
Toss pickerel fillets in flour
Fry pickerel in frying pan over medium high heat for 3-4 minutes a side, or until fish flakes easily
Remove fish to another plate and keep warm
Melt butter in saucepan
Add chopped garlic, lemon juice, and dill weed to butter and lower heat to medium low
Simmer for 3-4 minutes, or until garlic is browned slightly
Pour sauce over fish, let soak in for a couple of minutes before serving

Mmm

Fried Ravioli

Vegetable Oil
Frozen Cheese Ravioli
1/2 can beer
2 eggs
Italian Bread Crumbs
Parmasan Cheese

Heat oil in a deep skillet until oil bubbles when it is lightly splashed with water
Soak Ravioli in beer and egg mixture
Toss soaked ravioli in bread crumbs, coating well
Fry Ravioli in batches, 2-3 minutes a side, or until golden brown
Remove Ravioli
Sprinkle with Parmasan Cheese
Serve with warm marinara sauce for dip

Sweet Potato Beef Stew

1 Package stewing beef
2 cans mushroom soup
1 can beef broth
1/2 cup peas
1 cup green beans
1 cup carrots
5 small sweet potaoes chopped into cubes

Toss beef with flour in a plastic bag
Warm oil in a skillet and brown beef
Mix mushroom soup and beef soup together in a seperate bowl
Place browned beef and all vegetables in slow cooker
Pour soup mix over
Stir to evenly coat, add water to achieve the consistancy you want
Cover and cook on low for 8hours

Sun Dried Tomato Pasta

We love pasta, and I love experimenting with new sauce ideas, instead of always eating the same old meat sauce. Here's a recipe for a really tasty sun dried tomato pasta sauce.

1 jar sun dried tomatoes in oil
1 can diced tomatoes
1Tbsp basil
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1Tbsp red wine vinegar
2Tbsp extra virgin olive oil

In a medium sauce pan, heat oil from sun dried tomatoes, and olive oil.
Over medium heat, saute garlic for 2 minutes, or until lightly browned.
Add basil, sun dried tomatoes, and canned tomatoes.
Simmer for an hour.
If you don't like the chunks of sun dried tomatoes, pour sauce in blender and pulse a couple of times.

This sauce is great on tortelini, or any pasta for that matter.

Sweet and Sour Sauce

Finally figured out the perfect sweet and sour sauce. Amazing on meat balls in the slow cooker, and really easy.

2c Ketchup
1c Brown Sugar
1Tsp Soy Sauce
2Tsp White Vinegar

Mix the above ingredients until blended. Pour over meat balls in slow cooker, cook on low for 7 hrds. Mmm

Dill Butter Tilapia

We're both fish lovers in our household, we usually eat salmon and tilapia at least twice a week. This is my absolute FAVORITE tilapia recipe. There are never any left overs after this one.

2 Tilapia Filets
3 TBSP Butter
1 TBSP Dried Dill
1 TSP Garlic Seasoning

Melt butter in a saucepan, add dill and garlic seasoning.
Preheat oven to 375F.
Run tilapia under cold water, pat dry.
Spray baking pan with cooking spray, place tilapia in the pan, pour sauce mixture over filets.
Cook for 25-30 minutes, or until fish flakes easily.

I usually serve this over rice, or with a side of roasted vegetables.