Salisbury Steak with mushroom gravy

I made Salisbury Steak with mushroom gravy last night. I did follow the recipe...except...I bought canned gravy. Um, I will not do that again. I did like this, and I will make it again, but, I will try different gravy or attempt to make my own.

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Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy

1 lb lean (at least 80%) ground beef
1 egg
1/2 cup Original Bisquick® mix
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 medium onion, cut in half, then sliced
1 jar (4.5 oz) Green Giant® sliced mushrooms, drained
1 jar (12 oz) beef gravy

1. In large bowl, mix beef, egg, 1/4 cup of the Bisquick mix and the pepper. With wet hands, shape beef mixture into 6 oval patties, about 1/2 inch thick. Lightly coat patties with remaining 1/4 cup Bisquick mix.

2. In 12-inch nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Arrange patties in single layer in skillet. Add onion slices around and on top of patties. Cook 12 to 16 minutes, turning patties once and stirring onions occasionally, until meat thermometer inserted in center of patties reads 160°F.

3. If necessary, spoon fat from skillet and discard. Add mushrooms and gravy to skillet. Turn patties to coat with gravy. Heat to boiling.

High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): No change.

Sweet & Sour Chicken

I made Sweet & Sour Chicken from the blog My Kitchen Cafe. It was more work then I normally like to spend on dinner. But, oh my, it was so worth it. I did make the extra sauce as she suggested and used it for the egg rolls. No, I did not make the egg rolls. I bought frozen ones. :)

Try this. It is good.

Wordless Wednesday

Family Camp 2009

Every year we do a family camp during Labor Day weekend. Our "normal" group is us, Jim & Heather and some of their adult children, Julie & Austin and Terry & Nick. This year "others" came and went through out the weekend. The weather could have been nicer, but we still had a great time.


This year we went to Mason Lake in Shelton.

Thanks for the prayers

My friend K sent me a text today. Her test came back benign. HOORAY! Thanks for the prayers.

Prayers for K

My friend K has asked that I not share her name, yet, but she needs some prayers. Today K had a biopsy on her breast to check for cancer. Please, keep K in your prayers or send some happy thoughts her way. I love her a lot. Thanks.

9

Do you have $9?
http://cfhusband.blogspot.com/2009/09/9.html

September 2009 Meal Plan

Sept 1 ~ Ham & Cheese Omelets, hashbrowns
Sept 2 ~ Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, greenbeans
Sept 3 ~ Mexican Chicken, white rice, mandarin oragnes & pineapple (Sunshine Salad)
Sept 4 ~ Hamburgers, roast potatoes
Sept 5 ~ Steaks, baked potatoes
sept 6 ~ Potato Slabs
Sept 7 ~ Lentil & brown rice casserole
Sept 8 ~ Breakfast burritos, fruit salad
Sept 9 ~ BLT with avacodo, chips
Sept 10 ~ Salisbury Steak, mashed potatoes, broccoli
Sept 11 ~ Crockpot 3 packet pot roast
Sept 12 ~ Kielbasa bean soup
Sept 13 ~ Navajo tacos
Sept 14 ~ Spinach & cheese quiche (modified from the recipe)
Sept 15 ~ Biscuits & gravy, srambled eggs, fruit
Sept 16 ~ Jambalaya
Sept 17 ~ Crockpot sour cream and salsa chicken, white rice
Sept 18 ~ homemade pizza
Sept 19~ Grandma Mack's breakfast casserole
Sept 20 ~ Sloppy Joes, chips
Sept 21 ~ Cheese ravioli with pasta sauce
Sept 22 ~ French toast, eggs, bacon
Sept 23 ~ crockpot mac & cheese
Sept 24 ~ Sweet & sour chicken, egg rolls
Sept 25 ~ Beef pot pie
Sept 26 ~ Swill
Sept 27 ~ Spaghetti
Sept 28 ~ Broccoli cheese soup in bread bowls
Sept 29 ~ S.O.S.
Sept 30 ~ hmmm, missed one day...oh well....

Tate

This is just one of the great photos Kate McElwee took during our family shoot in July. Thanks again Kate. We had a great time and can't wait to have a family shoot in Boston. :)

A very cool giveaway

Check out these cool bikes! And they are doing a weekly giveaway!



(Thanks Paige!)

Mowing the lawn

I was surprised to look out and see this......Tate is sensitive to loud noises. He usually hides inside, and makes me close doors and windows when Chris mows the lawn.

Jet Wash Open, Disc Golf

This past weekend Chris played in the Jet Wash Open in SeaTac, WA. This course is right by SeaTac airport. It is very loud. I didn't get to watch Chris play as we had a play date with another disc golfers wife and her two kids. Tate had a great time!

So did Chris....I cant believe I don't have pictures....but my camera is still in time out.

Chris got FIRST PLACE!! WOO-HOO!

http://www.pdga.com/tournament-results?TournID=9423#Advanced

Congrats Chris! We love you!

Need meal inspiration?

I didnt do a menu this week....but if you need ideas, go to Menu Plan Monday on I'm an Organizing Junkie's blog.

http://orgjunkie.com/2009/08/menu-plan-monday-august-17th.html

Spinach-Stuffed Pasta Shells

1. I can not remember which cook book I got this from, which is a bummer because I really like this recipe. I checked it out from the library awhile ago.

2. I should have taken a picture...but my camera is being dumb so I put it away. I am mad at it.

Spinach-Stuffed Pasta Shells

12 dried jumbo shell macaroni
1 10 oz package frozen chopped spinach, thawed
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2 cups shredded Italian cheese blend (8 oz)
1 cup ricotta cheese
1 26-32 oz pasta sauce

1. Cook jumbo shells according to package directions; drain. Rinse with cold water; drain again. Set shells aside. Meanwhile, drain thawed spinach well.

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. For filling, in a medium bowl stir together spinach, eggs 1 1/2 cups of the Italian cheese blend and the ricotta cheese. Spoon a generous 2 rounded tablespoons of the filling into each jumbo shell. Arrange shells in a 2 quart square baking dish. Pour pasta sauce over shells.

3. Bake, covered, in the preheated oven about 40 minutes or until heated through. Sprinkle with remaining 1.2 cup Italian cheese blend. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. Makes 4 main dish servings.

Make ahead directions: Prepare as above through step 2. Cover with plastic wrap, then foil. Chill for up to 24 hours. To bake, remove plastic wrap and replace foil. Bake in preheated 375 degree oven for 50 to 55 minutes or until heated through. Continue as directed.

Adrienne's notes: I did not have Italian Cheese Blend. I used 1 cup of mozzarella and 1/2 cup mild cheddar for the filling and 1/2 cup mozzarella for the top and sprinkled Parmesan on as well. I cooked 20 shells and had enough filling for 18.

Sturgis, SD

So, I was going to post a pic from Sturgis and the computer will not read my card and I forgot the cord. Stupid! I will see if I can figure out how to make it work. We are having a great time!!