Potato Pancakes

OMG AMAZING!!! I love potato pancakes. The key is not to put too much oil in the pan. Less is more for sure. My first batch in the pan had the perfect amount of oil. My second batch not so much. I had too much oil and they were soggy oily.

Ingredients:

2 large potatoes
1 small onion
1/4 cup milk
1 egg, beaten
1 tbsp flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper

1 - 2 tbsp oil (this all depends on what size pan you are using)

Procedure:

Peel potato. Grate potato and oil. I grated them in the food processor.
In separate large bowl, beat the egg, salt, and milk. Add the potato mixture and flour. Stir.
Drop with spoon into hot oil in the skillet or pan. Brown on both sides.

Great with applesauce or sour cream.

Barbecued Hamburger (Like Sloppy Joe w/ a twist)

This recipe was good although I make something similar and it's less calories so I'll stick with that one! I'll also include my recipe so you guys can decide which one you want to make. I put veggies in mine and use actual BBQ sauce. This way I don't feel so bad eating sloppy joe's, I at least get some veggies in there.  ;0)

And of course I can't follow directions exactly!! I added garlic, surprise surprise! I replaced the ground beef with ground turkey and put it on Healthy Choice sandwich bread, unbuttered. Toast the bread for texture.

The recipe called for monosodium glutamate, which I looked up on the internet because I had no idea what this was. Google responded with, MSG! Really! Do stores actually sell this? I left this out.

Ingredients:

1 lb ground beef (ground turkey)
1 onion, chopped
1/3 cup butter
1 1/2 cup catsup or chile sauce
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp monosodium glutamate (left out)
1 tsp pepper

Procedure:

Place butter in pan, heat and saute onions for about 5 min on medium heat until just starting to brown.
Add ground beef to pan and brown.
Add Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Mix.
Add catsup or chile sauce. Mix and heat until hot.

Serve on buns with a little butter. Place under broiler for a few minutes - put on hamburger.

My version of BBQ hamburger:

1 lb ground turkey
1 green pepper, diced
1 onion, diced
1 carrot, chopped
1 tbsp garlic
1 tbsp oil
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1/2 - 1 cup Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce (depending upon how much sauce you like!)

Procedure:

Heat oil in pan on med/high heat. Throw a piece of onion in the pan to test for hotness. If it sizzles, the the oil is hot enough.
In pan, put the onion, carrot, green pepper. Saute for about 5 minutes (med/high heat).
Add the ground turkey, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, salt & pepper. Brown.
Once the ground turkey is cooked, add the Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce, mix and heat.
Serve on buns or toast.

Macaroni & Tomatoes

I was kind of excited to make this one. Macaroni, I like. Tomatoes, I like.  But, I have to say I didn't really like this one. It didn't have much flavor, and I do wonder if it's because instead of using ground beef I used ground turkey. If someone makes this one exactly, I would like to know your thoughts. I just felt like it was missing something. I even put cheese it in at the end because it just lacked flavor. Either way, here goes:


Ingredients:

1 lb ground beef
1 can tomato soup
1 onion, chopped finely
1 1/2 cup macaroni dry, will make 3 cups fully cooked
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp garlic
1 tsp parsley
1/2 green pepper, chopped

Procedure:

Brown ground beef, onion, green pepper. Drain. Add tomato soup and half can of water, pepper, garlic, and parsley. Heat completely.
Cook elbow macaroni; drain and add to ground beef mixture.