Category Archives: Beef

Easy Tender Crock Pot Brisket

I love the show Cooks Country on PBS.  They thoroughly evaluate recipes and cooking equipment  and give everyone only the very best.  The show is a lot of fun to watch too.  I normally catch it half way through and … Continue reading

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Cooking with a Schlub: Pasta Bake

In my continuing aim to teach Ben how to do some simple and healthy cooking (beyond chicken pesto pasta and Mac n Cheese) I decided to show him how to make a super simple pasta bake that is full of … Continue reading

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Perfect Meatloaf

I love meatloaf.  I do not know why it is always mentioned with derision on TV, b/c the stuff is very good.  Even with my old way of doing it, it was still like a burger in a different form.  … Continue reading

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Easy Steak Rubenade

I first came up with this idea about a month ago.  Ben and I stalk the meat sale bin at the grocery store.  When you are really lucky you will find a great cut of steak for very inexpensive.  For … Continue reading

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Not Your Grandmother’s Pot Roast–Gourmet and Abridged Versions

It’s been a while since I have been on here.  I went through this strange phase where I did not want to cook or go to the grocery store.  I don’t know why, but for some reason it didn’t feel … Continue reading

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Vegeterian (or not) Lasagna

I was not expecting to do lasagna this week, but then I saw that eggplant was on sale for a dollar each.  That being a great deal, I had to come up with a way to use it.  I thought around … Continue reading

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Snow Day Chili

Whenever it gets cold and gross and I am looking for something simple and hearty, I always head for chili.  I love this recipe because you can make it in a crock pot, you can throw in whatever you want, … Continue reading

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Sloppy Bens

I didn’t want to do much cooking today, and I had ground beef handy.  And I wanted something simple and fast.  I thought about doing traditional sloppy joes with the McCormick mix, but I didn’t have any of the mix.  So I … Continue reading

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Low-Fat Crock Pot Beef Stroganoff

This Christmas my mom cleaned out her cookbook cabinet and one of the books I inherited was Fix it and Forget it Lightly by Phyllis Pellman Good.  I just opened it at random and saw a recipe for crock pot beef stroganoff.  … Continue reading

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