Sunday, January 27, 2013

Super fast pot pie

First off.... Sorry about the sad picture. But you can tell it was loved!



Super fast pot pie!
1lb. stew meat
1/4 C. onion diced
2 celery sticks diced
2 carrots diced
1 8oz container (baby bella) crimini mushrooms
1C beef stock
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
1tsp. dried tyme
1 Tbs. flour
Place all above in pressure cooker and cook for 20-30 min on high.
Meanwhile set out frozen puff pastry to let thaw.
When filling is done stir in 1 C. shredded cheddar cheese. Then scoop into pie pan and cover with
thawed puff pastry dough. I just fold up the extra and pile on top like Jamie would.
Bake in 350˚ for 45-60min.
( If stew seems too watery add 1Tbs cornstarch mixed with 2Tbs cool water to finished
stew before putting in pie pan.)

Winter dinner from the slow cooker!

For my birthday this year Danold and I bought this awesome 3 in 1 slow cooker, pressure cooker, and rice cooker combo. So far it has been the best kitchen contraption I have ever owned.
Okay... second only to the best invention ever... the Ikea, grate into the container w/ lid, cheese grater!!! Which I have sent to everyone for Christmas at least once... maybe twice. It's that well... great!
 Anyway back to the 3 in 1. I luuurve it! I just toss things in and ten minutes or eight hours later, depending on the immediacy of the hunger, out comes an awesome meal that I just pushed a button and ignored for a while. So today's project began last night with Danold sharing the feeling that we need to use up the many squidgy looking carrots that have been taking up valuable real estate in the garden. So hmmm....carrot cake anyone? Sounds... awesome but.. nope just checked and I'm pretty sure I didn't get a fancy food processor to grate up those 3 cups of carrots. I got an awesome slow cooker combo thingy. So, soup it is!


In the pot ready to be delicious .. in 3-4 hrs.

Danny's cheese and cinnamon rolls will go great with BBSoup!

Widgy, wodgy, squidgy garden carrots

Tah dah! BB soup under cheese with cheese bread and... hey how'd that cheese grater get in there? Silly grater always makin' new friends.

 Slow cooked black bean soup baby!
1/4 C. onion diced
2 carrots sliced into coins
2 celery stalks diced
2 cloves garlic crushed
1/2 tsp. salt
1Tbs. chili powder
1Tsp. cumin ( I like half seeds and half powder so you get that zing of cumin when you bite into one)
1 can (14.5oz) crushed tomatoes
1& 1/2 C. Water and chicken bullion
1C dried black beans (or if you want to stove top it.. 2 (16oz) cans)
Put all in slow cooker on high for 4 hours.
Top with shredded cheese, sour cream, cilantro.. etc. 
I let you know the pressure cooker time when I try that method. Probably soon because this soup is tasty and we still have more carrots lurking I'm sure.