Thanks Virgie, a family friend for 40 years, for this easy recipe! Quick and easy! Delicious skillet meal in minutes. Serve over the traditional rice or egg noodles for a comfort food experience.
For a surprise twist to Stroganoff try this recipe too, here.
Thank you again Virginia Botkin Stanley. Besides the good food we enjoyed the dips in your pool too.
You may not think of this as a Valentine’s Day meal but my Valentine does! This fills the bill for pasta Sunday too. How perfect is this! May you have a day filled with love and good food.
Great Game Day Dip! Super fast to put together. Make it spreadable for crackers or add a little mayonnaise or sour cream for a creamier textured dip. If you’re in charge of Super Bowl Sunday snacks you’ll appreciate the simplicity. And believe me it will go fast. Just the right amount of heat … a happy medium for everyone. Slice and serve extra jalapeño on-the-side for those who must have hot.
Portuguese Croque Monsieur
Green Bean Bacon Bundles
Taquitos with Guacamole
Linguica Stuffed Mushrooms
Mexican Style Hot Pockets
Margherita Triscuit Pizza
Portuguese and Italian Sausage Sliders
Tapenade
Chicken Dip
Steak Stuffed Bakes
Apple Empanadas
Coming up … Have I a new delicious dessert for you. Soon! Get your 9″ springform pan ready. Here are a few of my favs for Valentine’s. Some are time intensive and others, not so much. All perfectly delicious. Enjoy!
Tiramisu Red Wine Dessert Sauce Chocolate Pie Oatmeal Raspberry
Yep, I definitely have a prejudice about Valentine’s … Must haves: My Guy’s Favorites, Hors d’oeuvres & Wine, Chocolate, Rich Desserts, & Roses. Oops, forgot Jewelry. I have four children and we do our Valentine’s Day cards and cookies but the night is mine. And hopefully it isn’t alone … a great Italian movie, in a pinch.
Italian Cuisine is most often my choice but I’ve made roasted turkey, brisket, prime rib, broiled chicken, or just had wine with hors d’oeuvres depending on the guy. lol It’s just fun to cook up something he likes.
Some great food ideas for Valentine’s. More … Decadent Valentine’s Desserts next Post.
Wine & Cheese
Bruschetta
Salmon with Pasta
Italian Pantry Pasta
Crostini
Blue Cheese Filet
Stuffed Mushrooms
Scallops
Braciole
Ribs and Garlic Mash
German Chocolate
Chicken Involtini
When the sun’s out everything gets done. At least for me! I’ve been wanting to plant geraniums in my kitchen window box and bake these Triple Good Bars, an old Quaker Oats recipe. Today was the day! I wasn’t sure about this old recipe from my mother’s recipe box. Sweetened condensed milk and raisins, hmm? (Sweetened condensed milk is often used in dessert recipes.) I admit when cooking with this stovetop the smell is sometimes more than strong. But I have used this product many times with wonderful results. It more than works here too! You may already know sweetened condensed milk is evaporated milk sweetened with sugar. You can make your own if you choose but I appreciate the fine product Borden’s puts out.
Rich creamy filling and sauce stirred up in minutes without cooking. Fill the tortillas, spread with sauce and bake for 40 minutes at 325 degrees F. Ready to eat! Yes, we do those homemade sauces too but this is for that quick meal. It’s so good you may replace your simmered sauce recipe with this one permanently.
Don’t know about your guys but mine pull out all the stops for the Super Bowl. It’s one day we don’t worry about overindulgence. Yep, we pay for it the next day! Steve with his massive rock hard biceps looks pretty cute eating chicken wings. Don’t tell him I said that. Can you imagine the guys eating a few and being satiated! Me either. So, I just changed the chicken wings to drumsticks. You can still serve that special dip right along side.
This drumstick recipe is very simple and we call it Estrada’s Kitchen Chicken, our family’s favorite restaurant in the day. Their chicken was always praised and you’ll be surprised that the ingredients are nothing special. It’s in the cooking. If you feel it’s too plain for you just substitute a little, or a lot, of dry Hidden Valley dip ingredients to the flour. Just know you will need to step back on the salt (or that beer is going to go faster than you thought).
Enjoy!
One of my kids’ favorites back in the day! Mildly spiced and a little kick bring this favorite up to date. Nope we never bought Hamburger Helper. (The convenience of a box mix rarely crossed my mind. It seemed extravagant. Ha!)
My recipe was made from just looking at the box and guessing the taste. So, if this isn’t close don’t be surprised. Just know this is a tasty quick meal kids like.