Meatball Stroganoff

Meatball Stroganoff
adapted from the Meatball Stroganoff recipe at cooks.com


1 pound ground beef (or turkey)
1/3 cup dry bread crumbs
1/3 cup onion, chopped (or rehydrated dehydrated onion flakes)
1 egg, slightly beaten
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 - 1/2 tsp garlic powder (or 1/2 tsp minced garlic)
1 can cream of mushroom with roasted garlic soup (cream of mushroom soup is fine)
2/3 cup sour cream
1/4 - 1/2 cup water
cooked noodles

In a large bowl combine hamburger, bread crumbs, onion, garlic, salt, and egg. Mix thoroughly and shape into balls of whatever size you want. Bake on broiler pan (or cooking rack set in pan to catch the any grease). Put meatballs in skillet (sauce pan, whatever) and add soup, sour cream, and water. Cover and simmer for 20 - 30 minutes, or until thickened. Serve over hot egg noodles.

note: I've used ground turkey without any problems 

Pot Roast (a la me)

[I promised a friend that I'd add this "recipe" to this collection so that he knows how to do it in the future.]

1 pound frozen piece of boneless roast-type beef
1 small onion, sliced, rings not separated
1 pound baby carrots (or big carrots chopped)
2 pound new potatoes (or big potatoes, cubed)
2 cups beef broth (or 1 can cream of mushroom soup, or 1 can cream of anything you like soup)

Line bottom of crock pot with onion rings. Top with a layer of potatoes. Add frozen beef. Surround beef with remainder of potatoes and carrots. Pour beef broth over everything. Put top on crock pot. Cook on HIGH for approximately 6 hours (more or less, depending on if you used more or less beef) or LOW for approximately 12 hours.

Easy Pork Chop Packets

[adapted from a Reynolds foil recipe I got in the mail ages ago]

4 sheets (12x18 inches each) heavy duty aluminum foil
1 small onion, sliced
4 boneless pork chops, about 1/2 inch thick
1 can (10 3/4 ounces) condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
salt and pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 450F. Center onion slices on each sheet of aluminum foil. Top with pork chops; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Combine cream of mushroom soup, sugar, garlic, and soy sauce; spoon over pork chops. Bring up foil sides. Double fold top and ends to seal packet, leaving room for heat circulation inside. Repeat to make four packets. Bake 16 to 18 minutes (or until done) on a cookie sheet in oven. Serve over rice.

***note: sometimes I leave out the onion
***note2: this works well with chicken, too