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Mexican Seasoning

5/6/2015

As you know I like to cook and I don't care if it takes an hour or so because I know that I am eating food that I know where it came from and I can pronounce. Also that a scientist didn't create it works really well for me.

But...there are times where I want it and I want it now or I don't have time to fool with it. I have my own seasoning blends that I try to keep on hand so I can flavor something the way I want without having to measure out a hundred spices.

We wanted to make Mexican beef with peppers the other day but I wanted to do it quickly so I got the already made mexican seasoning I had made and just added 3 Tablespoons to 2 lbs of beef and we ate for three meals! Quick and easy. Here's the recipe:

What You Will Need:
1              TB                           Salt
2              TB                           Chipotle or Ancho Chili Powder
1/2           TB                           Black Pepper
1/2           TB                           Ground Cumin
1/2           TB                           Granulated Garlic
1              tsp                          Ground Turmeric
1              tsp                          Oregano
1              tsp                          Thyme
1/8           tsp                          Ground Cayenne Pepper

What You do:
1. Mix well and store in an airtight container.

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Lunch Today

5/6/2015

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Man! It was difficult to get lunch (and dinner) together for today. I had lined something up for 7:30 this morning at my house but the person didn't show. But I had spent my time getting ready and didn't get around to making a lunch I could take. Of course, I could buy a lunch but I knew I could come home at lunch and figure something out.

So I had some salad mix and various things in the fridge. I added some black olives, grape tomatoes, and cheese, then heated up some leftover chicken and some leftover bean sprouts and added that. But I didn't have a dressing. I saw the Avocado Cream sauce from fish tacos the other night so I added some Mexican seasoning, thinned it with some water and I had a beautiful salad and a delicious dressing!

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What's Your Recipe Box?

5/5/2015

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We had these friends who moved away but when they lived here we would invite them over for dinner and they would make a big deal about the food. What I really think is that he never cooked but I think she liked to cook but it was too big of a deal so she would do the basics and come eat with us.

One night I went to get a recipe out of our cabinet and she saw that my recipe box was a baby wipes container. Perfect size and, at the time, it hadn't been that long that we had been using them for their intended purpose. As I pulled the plastic container filled with all my own (and others) recipes, the wife just stared at me with her eyes wide. Feeling self-conscious I asked her what was wrong and did she need some CPR. She turned to her husband and said, " See, people who just like to cook keep their recipes in just any old thing and don't have a fancy organizer for it. I assured her I had never had one and I was just trying to make do with what was on hand.

Right now, with this web site, this is the first time I've tried to really organize them with my main motive being to have them for my children now that they are coming of adult age, but also to have time-proven recipes that are fairly easy that you guys can use to get into cooking for yourselves.

The baby wipes container finally got a big rip in it and I had to replace it. I wanted something that I could keep on my counter instead of hidden away and one day when I was in one of my favorite stores, it hit me and here is what I've had for many, many years and it sits on the counter. It's not fancy but it does it's job.

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Brussel's Sprouts

5/4/2015

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Let's talk about Brussel's Sprouts for a minute. First of all, this is the correct spelling because they grow in Belgium and that's where they first became popular. They are from the cabbage family but do NOT grow like a cabbage. Not all people like them and some even hate them but I love them and this post is for the love I have for them.

I have a couple of recipes on here for cooking them but not one for just steaming them which is how I like them best. Here is what you do:

1. Chop the little ends off of them.
2. Remove any leaves that just fall off and cut them in half.
3. Bring a pan of about 2 inches of water to a boil.
4. Put in the Sprouts and let cook for about 5 minutes.
5. Drain them, put copious amounts of butter and some salt and stir.
6. Pounce on them and eat every one of them!

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Mongolian Beef

5/4/2015

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We've been on a roll here with new recipes! My wife said she wanted Mongolian Beef so we set about to try and find some recipes that we could simplify and flavor-fy but found that this is a really simple dish to make, the only thing that even seemed hard about it was standing there frying the thin pieces of flat-iron steak (flank steak).

The key to frying mean that has a coating on it is to almost OVER season the coating mix so that it translates into flavor for the meat.

I cooked the meat for 4 minutes on the first side then 2 minutes on the next but keep in mind that the oil was hot and the steak was thin. It came out perfectly. I cooked it on medium-low which is about a 4 on an electric but I let the pan come up to heat before I started cooking and I gave it a minute between batches to come back up.

Since we are doing Paleo this month I substituted Maple Syrup for the Brown Sugar and we did broccoli slaw for the bed instead of rice. I'd rather have rice but it was good. It was real good.

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May Challenge (for myself)

5/2/2015

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The month of may is going to be a big one. It takes place in Jackson Mississippi, it involves replacing old habits with new ones focusing a lot on physical fitness and so far I'm the only one who knows about it. Here's how it goes:

1. I will do some form of cardio every day.
2. I will do 5 ab exercises every day.
3. I will do upper or lower body every other day.
4. I will eat paleo for the entire month.
5. I will post to this blog every day for the month.
6. I will post AT LEAST 15 new recipes this month.
7. I will spruce up the web site with better writing and some maintenance stuff.

I started yesterday and the only thing I didn't do was the blog post (of course). So today I will do two blog posts. I've already done all my exercises and I'm making a list of what we can eat for the month so we don't have days where we might slip. I'll go to the gym tomorrow and weigh myself. I've taken some pictures that would scare Count Dracula and I'll post them before and after at the end of the month. Hopefully they will not look exactly the same.

So wish me luck and I'm off!

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