Ingredients:

• 1lb ground beef
• 2 Tbsp Club House All-in-One Thai Seasoning
• 1/2 tsp curry (you can vary this according to your family’s preference)
• dash ground pepper
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1.5 cups water
• 1.5 cups milk (or cream, if you have it)
• 2.5 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• frozen GF (of course!) french fries

Instructions:

1. Cook the fries according to pkg directions.
2. Scramble fry the beef, with all the seasonings
3. Once cooked, add the water and bring to simmer.
4. Slowly pour 1 cup of hot seasoned beef to milk.  Stir.  Add milk mixture to pan.  Heat to simmer.
5. Mix together 2 Tbsp cornstarch and 2tsp water.   Add to the saucepan.  Heat to thicken.
6. Remove from heat, stir in cheese until melted.
7. Serve the fries on a plate with sauce on top.
8. Extra sour cream and/or shredded cheese for garnish (if you are garnish-inclined.)

Voila!  An international experience (I’m not sure which nation, but whatever…)

Only on Mom-doesn’t-feel-like-cooking days did we ever have a roast stuffed in the oven, or plain old roasted chicken.  B-O-R-I-N-G.  (or perhaps she hid the budget-conscious menu with delicious cooking?)

Anyhow, I’m totally off topic, the point is, that I like my food non-boring.  I am completely UNmotivated to cook things that have no savory sauce, or sweet relish.  And I’m picky with my recipes.  Most recipes that I’ve tried = boring.  So I am in LOVE with recipe zaar website.  I can select main dishes and sauces from 1,000’s of recipes!

What did we DO before the internet?  huh?

So my daughter (9yrs old) has taken to baking (aka making a gigantic mess) in the kitchen.   And, with a lack of chocolate chips, cocoa powder, maple syrup, cream cheese, and half a dozen spices, what’s a girl to do?

We went for baked apples – in the microwave.

Per apple:

1.  Cut in half, and scoop out the core.(mommy’s job)

2.  Lay 2 halves flesh side up on microwavable dish.

3.  Sprinkle each half with 1 tsp brown sugar, sprinkle of cinnamon, and 1 tbsp raisins

4.  Microwave 2 minutes, checking every 30 seconds until soft & apple-sauce-like.

Yummy!!  It seemed like the perfect fall recipe to post today!

This is an oldie but a goodie. And one of my favorites.

Ingredients:

• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1/2 cup buttermilk milk (1 tsp lemon juice & enough milk to make 1/2 cup)
• 1 Tbsp vanilla
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 2 cups flour blend for baking
• 2 tsp guar gum
• pinch tsp salt
• 3 tsp baking pwd
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• scant 1/4 cup sugar

1. Mix dry ingredients together – from the flour blend to the sugar.  Set aside.
2. Using pastry knife, or 2 knives, or a fork, cut in shortening until the consistency of oatmeal.
3. Beat wet ingredients together with whisk.
4. Make a well in dry ingredients, add wet ingredients, mix until JUST blended.
5. drop by 1/3 c. mounds onto sprayed cookie sheet or muffin tin.
6. Pop into preheated 375F oven, for 12-15 minutes.

These are my favorite, favorite, favorite!  Especially in the fall with soups and stews!

Enjoy!