Beef Gravy (Swedish Meatball Gravy)

I am going to post this seperately as it was inside of the meatball post originally, but I thought it might be easier to find on its own too.
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Ingredients needed:
2 cups beef stock
2 tablespoons flour
1/4 cup heavy cream
¼ cup cold water
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper

1. Pour beef broth into pan, heat to boiling.
2. In a gravy shaker, mix the flour with water until smooth.
3. Whisk flour mixture into warm gravy, and let simmer, whisking constantly to prevent lumps, until thickened slightly, about 3-5 minutes.
4. Add the cream and season with salt and pepper to taste.
5. Pour over meatballs in slow cooker and let simmer.

ENJOY!!

Happy Administrative Professionals Day!

Spagetti/Lasagna Sauce

This is my recipe for sauce, just kind of made it up, trying this and that throughout the years.
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Ingredients Needed:
1 pound Italian sausage
15 ounce can tomato sauce
15 ounce can crushed tomato
3 tsp. Italian seasoning
Lawry’s season salt
onion salt
½ tsp. garlic powder
½ tsp. Tarragon
Dash of rosemary
2 tsp. sugar

1. Brown 1 pound Italian sausage, drain fat.
2. Stir in the rest of the ingredients. Season to taste.
3. Let simmer for one hour on low heat.

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Variations
As usual, you can use whatever meat you like, in fact, when I double this recipe, I use a pound of sausage and a pound of ground beef, but you can use chicken or turkey, etc.

ENJOY!!

Beef Enchiladas

This is a recipe that I made up having watched others do it, so its my version and I never have complaints or leftovers!
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Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Ingredients needed:
2 pound ground beef
2-16 ounce cans enchilada sauce
1 -15 oz can of refried beans
12 flour tortillas
32 ounces shredded colby/cheddar (set aside half for later)
chopped lettuce
diced tomato
sour cream
salsa
onion salt/Lawry’s seasoning
chopped onion/olives

1. Brown ground beef, season with onion salt and/or Lawry’s, drain fat.
2. Heat enchilada sauce in large, wide skillet until lukewarm.
3. Dip flour tortilla in enchilada sauce, add meat, beans, cheese, roll, closing in
both ends so nothing comes out. Place in cake sized pan sprayed with
Pam. Repeat until you run out of meat.
4. Pour any additional sauce on top of enchiladas. Sprinkle cheese on top.

Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until cheese has melted. Top with
favorite toppings (lettuce/tomato/cheese/sour cream/salsa/onion/olives).

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Variations:
You can use green sauce if you like, I just prefer red. You can also substitute the meat to your
liking chicken, turkey, etc.

ENJOY!!

Zuppa Toscana(Italian Sausage Potato Soup)

This is a recipe I got from a girl at work. It is very similar to Olive Garden's Zuppa Toscana.
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Ingredients Needed:
1 lb ground Italian sausage
1½ tsp crushed red peppers
1 large diced white onion
4 Tbsp bacon pieces
2 tsp garlic puree
10 cups water
5 cubes of chicken bouillon
1 cup heavy cream
1 lb sliced Russet potatoes, or about 3 large potatoes
¼ of a bunch of kale

1. Sautee Italian sausage and crushed red pepper in pot. Drain excess fat, refrigerate while you prepare other ingredients.
2. In the same pan, sautee bacon, onions and garlic for approxiamtly 15 mins. or until the onions are soft.
3. Mix together the chicken bouillon and water, then add it to the onions, bacon and garlic. Cook until boiling.
4. Add potatoes and cook until soft, about half an hour.
5. Add heavy cream and cook until thoughouly heated.
6. Stir in the sausage.
7. Add kale just before serving.

ENJOY!!

Happy April Fools Day!!

Mock Chicken Pie

I thought this recipe was appropriate for today since it is April Fools Day. It is a family favorite in the Peaslee household.
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Ingredients Needed:
6 tbsp. butter
6 tbsp. flour
salt
pepper
3 cups milk
4 carrots, sliced & cooked
4 potatoes, cut in sm. pieces & cooked
1 can of tuna
1 can of peas
Bisquick dough - enough to cover casserole dropped by tablespoon

1. Make white sauce with melted butter, flour, salt, pepper mixed together. Add milk. Stir until thick.
2. Add tuna, peas, carrots and potatoes.
3. Pour into casserole dish.
4. Bake 30 minutes - temperature on Bisquick package.
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Variations:
You can use a bag of frozen mixed vegetables in place of the vegetables mentioned above. You can also use small canned biscuits in place of Bisquick.

ENJOY!!