Cooking 101

As a young lady, I never showed much interest in learning to cook. I never even really learned how to boil an egg until I was already a mom. I mean, I understood the basics. Start with cold water make sure egg is already in water and then bring to a boil. That was the extent of my knowledge concerning boiled eggs. Then again, I had never really had much use for boiled eggs until after I was married seeing as I don't like boiled eggs. I like devilled eggs, but I had never been in charge of preparing them.

Now, as a mom living in an area where everyone knows how to cook, I get picked on quite frequently for not knowing how. I have begun to push myself to learn how to cook. I have learned to prepare quick meals and also to do many slow cooker recipes.

One of my favorite slow cooker recipes is Slow Cooker Salisbury Steak. It takes a little bit of prep work, but it turns out so good it just melts in your mouth!

 Picture from allrecipes.com

I also love Lawry's marinades and my favorite is their Steak & Chop marinade. I know that I can throw some pork chops or steaks in a zip lock bag in the morning with some of the Steak & Chop marinade and put it in the fridge to defrost and marinate at the same time. Then, when I get home from running errands, I can just pull them out and grill, broil, or pan-fry them. So tasty no matter how they get cooked! I try to pair it with easy sides that are kid-friendly like mac & cheese, baked beans, green beans, or corn & peas.

Happy Cooking!!!

Homemade Holiday Sandwich

Ingredients:

Food Lion sub rolls (6"), cut in half

Sliced turkey

Stove Top stuffing

Turkey gravy

Whole berry cranberry sauce

Directions:

Prepare the stuffing, gravy, and cranberry sauce according to the directions. Next turn the oven on low broil and place the rolls open face on a cookie sheet. Place the cookie sheet in the oven on the center rack for 1-2 minutes, flip rolls and repeat. Remove from oven. Put sliced turkey on the sub, add stuffing and top with gravy. Add cranberry sauce to top bread and place in oven for 3 minutes. Close sandwich, cut in half, enjoy!