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Grammyvb's Quick Week Night Meal!

I have a suggestion for several of the ladies that were looking for quick and easy meals to put on the table in a hurry.

I make mock stroganoff with small meatballs, using a melon scoop, then bake them(350 degrees) ahead of time and freeze till needed. For the sauce, the ingredients are mushroom soup, beef gravy mix, in fairly even amounts, warm together on simmer. Meanwhile, slice some onion, and mushrooms, canned are ok, saute in a skillet with butter, add several cloves of garlic, crushed, to skillet and stir and cook for several minutes to bring out the flavor of the garlic. Add this to your soup/gravy mixture, remove from heat and add sour cream to taste. You can use wide egg noodles or linguine, and spaghetti works in a pinch.

Men & children really like this one because of the meatballs, make sure when seasoning the meatballs you should use italian seasoned bread crumbs and an extra dash of oregano.

Hope someone can use this. Thank you again Eemma!

 

2/27/2009 1:14 AM
2 Replies to Grammyvb's Quick Week Night Meal!

Meatballs with melon scoop? So they are cute bite sized? How fun! thank you for sharing. :D Sincerely, Cate

2/27/2009 10:57 AM

You're welcome Grammyvb.  I will re-post my recipe for no knead bread here as it is easy - not quick, but easy.  I don't see why any pot you use for a dutch oven won't work for making it.  I would try to keep the size to a large pot though the 4 to 6 gallon size it suggests or use two smaller pots.  I would love to hear how it comes out when anyone makes it.


No-knead Bread




3 cups bread flour

1 packet ( 1/4 ounce) instant yeast


1 1/2 teaspoons salt


Oil as needed.


1. Combine flour, yeast and salt in a large bowl. Add 1 1/2 cups water and stir until blended; dough will be shaggy. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Let dough rest about 4 hours at warm room temperature, about 70 degrees.


2. Lightly oil a work surface and place dough on it; fold it over on itself once or twice. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rest 30 minutes more.


3. At least a half-hour before dough is ready, heat oven to 450 degrees. Put a 6-to-8-quart heavy covered pot (cast iron, enamel, Pyrex or ceramic) in oven as it heats. When dough is ready, carefully remove pot from oven. Slide your hand under dough and put it into pot, seam side up. Shake pan once or twice if dough is unevenly distributed; it will straighten out as it bakes.


4. Cover with lid and bake 30 minutes, then remove lid and bake another 15 to 30 minutes, until loaf is beautifully browned. Cool on a rack.


Yield: 1 big loaf.

2/27/2009 2:33 PM

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