Thursday, May 29, 2008

Steak Roll Ups With Blue Cheese

I stole this recipe from A Year Of Crockpotting. I altered it a bit. These are with my changes.


One tray of thin steaks ( usually about 5-6 dollars at safeway)
Soy Sauce

Red Wine ( I used merlot - barefoot- my favorite brand of wine- everything they make is fab)
6 cloves garlic chopped coarsely
Blue cheese
gouda cheese


Roll up the cheese into the beef and place in crock pot with the rest of the ingredients. Cook on low for 4-5 hours or so. The original recipe had 2 T Worcestershire sauce and no gouda in it. I added some various spices (3 onion ).


It was quite tasty the meat actually remained in rolls but the cheese bubbled out. I am not sure if I rolled them too tight. Next time I would add some beef broth and less of the soy/red wine mix. I served it with steamed potatoes ( butter and lemon dill sprinkled on ) and green beans both cooked in the steam bags in my microwave. I also started with a iceberg/cucumber salad with blue cheese dressing and croutons and bacon bits.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

cheesy chicken and salsa

I have no stove and oven. Mine is toast. So I am stuck with crock pot, rice cooker, microwave, deep fryer, george foreman grill and bbq. Not too bad.... It's the odd stuff like pasta that is hard to cook ;-) I am buying a stove and will get it in the middle of june, so this will be a creative time. What a better time to start a recipe blog. I will get organized and take pictures of the food in time.

Cheesy chicken and salsa in crock pot. It was thrown together with ingredients I had in the cupboard/fridge

Tostitos con queso sauce- 1 jar
Salsa 1 jar
Chicken breasts
mix together.... cook for 8 hours on low or 4 on high
add steamed broccoli near the end.

serve on rice. Add shredded chesse to garnish. Sour cream to taste.

Quite tasty - didn't take a picture , but this tastes better than it looks.

Now if you don't have it, just bring me a check for the water

Frim Fram Sauce

I don't want French-fried potatoes,
Red, ripe tomatoes.
I'm never satisfied.
I want the Frim Fram Sauce
With the au-sen-fay
With chafafah on the side.

I don't want pork chops and bacon.
That won't awaken
My appetite in side.
I want the Frim Fram Sauce
With the au-sen-fay
With chafafah on the side.

Well, you know,
A girl, she really got to eat,
And a girl, she should eat right.
Five will get you ten
I'm gonna feed myself right tonight.

I don't want fish-cakes and Rye bread,
You heard what I said.
Waiter, please, I want mine fried.
I want the Frim Fram Sauce
With the au-sen-fay
With chafafah on the side.

Shoo, doo-doo-doo-ya, doo, doo;
Shuuba doo-ya doo, sheeya-did'n'doo.

I don't want French-fried potatoes,
Red, ripe tomatoes.
I'm never satisfied.
I want the Frim Fram Sauce
With the au-sen-fay
With chafafah on the side.

I don't want pork chops and bacon.
That won't awaken
My appetite IS HIGH. *************
I want the Frim Fram Sauce
With the au-sen-fay
With chafafah on the side.

Now you know,
Girls. we really got to eat,
And you know we should eat right.
Five will get you ten
I'm gonna feed myself right tonight.

I don't want fish-cakes and Rye bread,
You heard what I said.
Waiter, please, I want mine fried.
I want the Frim Fram Sauce
With the au-sen-fay
With chafafah on the side.

Ooh, with chafafah, uh, on the side.