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Crockpot Oriental Beef and Noodles from the blog of Sweet Tea in Texas http://sweetteaintexas.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/oriental-beef-and-noodles/ 1 package frozen broccoli (or stir fry veggies) 2 pounds beef stew meat, cut into 1 inch cubes 1 (12 ounce) bottle stir-fry sauce, any flavor 1/2 cup water 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes 2 (3 ounce) packages ramen noodles, broken 1/4 cup chopped onion Place frozen vegetables in the bottom and top with stew meat. In a medium bowl, stir together stir-fry sauce, water, and red pepper. Pour over stew meat and vegetables in cooker. Cover and cooked on low for 6 hours At the end of cooking time, Stir noodles into meat mixture. Cover and let stand 10 minutes more. We decided the ramen seasoning packets made the dish too salt so we eliminated that ingredient.

So I have a small restaurant post I want to make Cheesecake Factory has a small plates menu. I've never really looked at it and ordered off it before this past week. The fried zuchinni are SO good, plenty for two people and it's only $4 which is cheaper than my favorite drink at Cheesecake Factory, the raspberry lemonade. The zuchinni come with CFs homemade ranch dressing which is also very good. I think I will attempt to use the small plates menu more often I ordered an entree of their seasonal specials menu and it was crispy chicken, with prosciutto, basil pasta, arugula, and a white sauce. It was really good and of course plenty for two meals. **Edit** I've also had their fried mozz and those are DELISH. I've ordered them at least three times. Try the small plate menu!

I feel like I'm channeling Sandra Lee. My husband is sick and not wanting much in the way of food. I decided to make something for myself that he doesn't eat. Shepherds Pie! It was getting late and we went to the grocery store at 7:30 and didn't get back until 8:30. So I bought some quick store products to make things go faster. Shepherds Pie About 1 lb ground beef 1 can of yellow corn, drained I had some really small carrots to chop up Chopped green onion, about half a bunch. Almost a whole bag of frozen peas 1 jar of beef gravy A scoop of minced garlic from a jar 1 package of microwave ready mashed potatoes Shredded cheddar cheese salt pepper Bacon Bits First I put some olive oil in my pan and browned the ground beef. Then I drained the liquid out. I added all my veggies into the pan and cooked them for about 5 minutes. I sprinkled in my salt, pepper, and bacon bits. Then I poured in the brown gravy and mixed that with the meat and veggies. I poured the meat and v...

Yesterday we had a fall party. We made massive amounts of food and do not have leftovers! It was crazy. We had ribs, bbq kielbasa, chili, brie and pear salsa quesadillas, baked apples, sweet potatoes, jalapeno popper dip, my mom brought two cakes, an apple and a pumpkin, and my neighbors brought over food too! Finally I have a photo heavy post :) My crockpot chili. We had cheddar, sour cream, cornbread, and tortilla chips as toppings. This was a double batch. 2.5 pounds of meat and none of it leftover The kielbasa was sliced and browned in a skillet and I made my meatball BBQ to pour over the kielbasa bites. This was two packages worth of beef kielbasa and there was not one bite leftover We bought 6 racks of ribs at Costco (unsauced & unseasoned). Anthony did a dry rub the night before, got up early the next day to cook them in the oven for about 2 hours, then he put them on the grill on tin foil because they were already falling apart and he sauced them at that ...