Sunday, August 28, 2011

Week 2 - Featured Chef: Jeannette Maurer... my Grandma!

This week's featured chef is none other than my grandmother! Since I can remember (and before I can remember) she has been cooking and serving some of the best food that exists. My grandmother and grandfather have six children and too many grandchildren and great-grandchildren to count .... well for me anyway:) My grandma is a fantastic cook and for every one who has a favorite recipe of hers (I know you probably have many favorites), please feel free to comment and include which recipe of Grandma's is your favorite! Grandma's chosen submission for Week 2 of Eat 'n' Meet, without further ado.......

TURKEY TETRAZZINI

8 oz. thin spaghetti, broken into 3-inch lengths, cooked, rinsed and drained.
1 ½ c shredded cheddar cheese     
4 oz sliced mushrooms
¼ c parmesan cheese, divided        
¼ c chopped onion
2 to 3 c diced cooked turkey           
½ c chicken broth
2 T diced pimientos    
¼ c white wine
1 T butter     
salt & pepper to taste
1 can cream of mushroom soup

  Combine spaghetti w/1 c cheddar cheese & ½ of parmesan
cheese.   Add turkey & pimientos.  In a skillet melt butter and sauté mushroom & onions until tender; add to turkey mixture with remaining ingredients.  Gently stir & place in greased casserole & sprinkle with remaining cheese.  Cover & bake 45 min @ 350 deg or until hot & bubbly.  Serves 6 to 8.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Week 1 - Featured Chef: Shana Fleming

I am pleased to announce our first featured chef on Eat 'n' Meet, Shana Fleming! Be sure to check out her blog http://extensiondeepintheheartoftexas.blogspot.com!


This is a great recipe. I found it somewhere on the web, but I cannot remember where. The flavor is mild (not hot) so it works well for children. I made them, wrapped them in foil and froze them for my children’s breakfast before school. It makes a lot so it is a good recipe to keep on hand when having people sleep over. You can just make it the night before and reheat it. My oldest loves it with sour cream on it. 
Enjoy!  
Sausage and Egg Breakfast Burritos

6 Tablespoons butter
1 (32 ounce) package frozen square hash browns country-style
1 (16 ounces) pound hot Jimmy Dean pork sausage
6 eggs
1 (4 ounce) can diced green chilies
1 (15 ounce) can Hatch green chili enchilada sauce (or some other brand green chili)
6-8 slices of thick bacon, cooked until crispy 
1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
10 large tortillas or more small ones

Melt butter in a large skillet and add hash browns in a single layer (you may need two skillets). Cook hash browns according to package directions or until browned. 

While hash browns are cooking, you are going to use one pan to cook everything else, one ingredient at a time, and then add it to a large pot where you will mix everything. 

Brown sausage in a separate pan. When sausage is done, add it to a large pot. Scramble eggs in the skillet and add to the large pot. Add diced green chilies, green chili sauce, and bacon (optional) to the large pot. When the hash browns are done, add them to the large pot and incorporate gently. Add the cheddar cheese and fold in gently until melted. 

Fill warm tortillas with filling and enjoy! We like to make burritos, wrap them in aluminum foil, and store them in the fridge so they can be easily warmed up for breakfast or for company. Makes around 20 regular burritos.

Welcome!

Hi everyone! I love to cook and I love to try new recipes! It seems like the best stuff always comes from your family and friends - you guys have great taste!  So I created this blog as a way for all of us to share great recipes amongst each other so we can all eat great food:)

I would like to have a featured recipe of the week, every week, brought to us by none other than.... YOU! I also thought it would be a great place to share questions and ideas (ex: coupons available, great supermarket sales, etc). Each week our "featured chef" will share his or her delicious recipes and anxiously await to hear your thoughts/comments on how the recipe turned out for you and your family!

It is true the best times happen with your family around the dinner table, so ..... AMEN - DIG IN!