Salisbury Steak

  Autumn is coming and with it cooler temperatures. I don't know about you but I am more than ready.  It's time to fire up the old stove and bring out the comfort food.  Here is a very easy recipe for Salisbury steak.  This is a great go to recipe for those nippy nights.  Serve it with rice or potatoes, and the veggie of your chose.  Now that is comfort food.













Salisbury Steak

Ingredients:

1 can mushroom soup
1 lb hamburger meat
½ cup fine dry bread crumbs
1 egg, slightly beaten
¼ cup onion, chopped
1/3 cup water

Directions:
   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
   Mix ¼ cup soup, meat, bread crumbs, egg, and onion. Mix thoroughly.
Shape into 6 patties.  Place in shallow baking dish.  Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes.  Spoon off fat.
   In small bowl, mix remaining soup and water.  Pour over meat in baking dish.  Bake an additional 10 minutes.  Remove and serve.

Makes 6 servings.

Meat and Potato Casserole

   Here is a casserole with under 5 ingredients.  It goes together fast and tastes great.  If you got a meat and potatoes man in the house, this is perfect. If you want you can always add your own special touch to this recipe too.  Add a vegetable or saute up some extra mushrooms.  Your imagination is the limit.

Meat and Potato Casserole

Ingredients:

1 lb ground beef
1 can mushroom soup and 1 can water
4 medium potatoes
1 medium onion, chopped

Directions:
   Preheat oven  to 350 degrees.
   Brown beef and onions in skillet until meat is almost done.  Add soup and water.  Cook over low heat until blended.  Add salt and pepper to taste.
   Peel and slice potatoes into thin round slices.  Arrange in casserole dish, layer on layer until all potatoes are used.  Pour beef and soup mix over potatoes.  Cover and bake in preheated oven until potatoes are tender.

Chili

   Fall is just around the corner, with cooler days and even cooler nights.  I can't wait.  Friday night football games and fall festivals.  What goes really good with a little nip in the air?  Chili... Here is a quick chili you can make up in less than 30 minutes.  Serve with warm cornbread fresh from the oven.  Just the right meal for fall nights.

Chili

Ingredients:

1 lb hamburger meat
1 Tbsp shopped dry onion, or ½ fresh onion, chopped
1 can tomatoes
1 can pinto beans
2 Tbsp chili quick, rounded
dash of black pepper

Directions:


   Brown hamburger meat and onions (if using fresh onion) in skillet.  Drain excess fat from skillet.  Add remaining ingredients to skillet and simmer 15 to 20 minutes.  Keep adding enough water to keep from sticking, while cooking.

              What can I say...I'm from Texas...Part Aggie...Part Longhorn...

Ground Beef Casserole

   This casserole is the ultimate in comfort food.  Hamburger, cheese, mash potatoes in a creamy sauce.  What more can you ask for... except a cook to make it for you. 

Ground Beef Casserole


Ingredients:

1 lb hamburger meat
½ cup onion, chopped
1 package (10 oz) frozen peas, cooked
½ tsp salt
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of celery soup
2 tsp prepared mustard
2 cups mashed potatoes
½ cup grated cheese


Directions:
   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  
   Brown hamburger meat and onion in skillet. Pour off grease.  Add peas, mushroom soup, celery soup, salt and mustard.  Pour into baking dish.  Arrange potatoes around edge of dish.  Sprinkle with cheese. 

   Bake 30 minutes in preheated oven. 
  
   Remove from oven and serve.



 

Lipton Meat Sauce And Lipton Chopped Beef Stroganoff

   I decided to do a Tuesday Two-fer.  Here are two quick recipes made with Lipton dried soup mix and hamburger.  Shh, don't tell the cows.  Bring out the skillet and get cooking.  Throw pasta or rice in a pot of boiling water.  Toss together a salad, and you got a quick meal that tastes great.












Lipton Meat Sauce

Ingredients:

1 lb Hamburger meat
1 envelope dry onion soup mix
1 can tomato sauce or puree
1 cup water

Directions:
   Brown hamburger meat in skillet. Pour off fat.  Add soup mix, water, and tomato sauce.  Simmer 15 minutes.  Serve on pasta or rice.






Lipton Chopped Beef Stroganoff

Ingredients:

1 ½ lb hamburger meat
1 envelope dry onion soup mix
3 Tbsp flour
1 small can tomato puree
2 ½ cups water
½ cup sour cream

Directions:
   Brown hamburger meat in skillet. Pour off fat.  Add soup mix, flour, puree, and water.  Simmer 10 minutes.  Stir in sour cream.  Serve over egg noodles.

Alright. How told the cows?

Egg Noodles with Ground Beef...

   Egg noodles, Ground beef and cheese, what could be better.  Slice up a loaf of bread.  Toast it with a little butter and sprinkled with cheese.  A salad served on the side.  Pour yourself the drink of your choice.  And you have got yourself a great meal.  To think it only took one skillet...less dishes to wash. Woo Hoo...  Okay I'm a little corny...Hey, I bet cornbread would be great with this recipe too.













Egg Noodles with Ground Beef

Ingredients:

1 lb Ground Beef
1 medium Onion
½ green pepper
1 can (14 ½ oz) can tomatoes or 6 oz can tomato paste
½ cup water or enough to keep noodles from sticking together
1 tsp Chili powder
Salt and Pepper to taste
Grated cheddar cheese to top.

Directions:
   Brown ground beef, onion, and green pepper in large skillet. Pour off grease.  Add in tomatoes or tomato paste, seasonings, water and egg noodles.  Cook until noodles are soft.  Add more water if noodle start to stick together. Top with grated cheese and let melt.
   Serve.

Lipton Campfire Bean Dinner

   Today's recipe is another quick skillet meal.  When I look at the title I can just picture cowboys sitting around a campfire, stirring a cast iron skillet or dutch oven.  In the background you can hear the cows and an occasional horse. .... Okay drifted off there for a second, sorry.

Lipton Campfire Bean Dinner

Ingredients: 


1 ½ lb. Ground Beef
1 envelope Lipton Onion Soup mix
1 can (14 oz) Red Kidney Beans
1 can (14 oz) White Beans
¼ cup Chili Sauce
1 ½ cups water

Directions:
   Brown ground beef in large skillet. Pour off grease. Add soup mix, beans, chili sauce, and water.  Reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes.
Serve.


                           

                                 So their not cooking... they still look good.

Western Hash

   My mother had to feed a family of 6 on very little money.  She collected a lot of quick skillet meal recipes.  This was before Hamburger Helper came along.  Back when a mom's best friend was a pound of hamburger, a good skillet and a can opener.  I pretty sure a new hamburger recipe made the rounds faster than the call your mom got when you did something wrong.  I really hated those calls.

Western Hash

Ingredients:

1 lb ground beef
1 cup green pepper, chopped
½ cup onion, chopped
1 can (14 ½ oz) Tomatoes, juice and all
½ cup uncooked rice
½ tsp chili pepper
Salt and pepper to taste
2 cups grated cheddar cheese


Directions:
   Brown ground beef, peppers, and onions in large skillet. Add in tomatoes, rice and seasonings. Stir to combine.  Simmer 25 minutes, add water if necessary.
   Top with grated cheese and let melt.
   Serve.