"Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 8 Mar 2012 18:37:19 -0000, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
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>>"S Viemeister" > wrote in message
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>>> On 3/8/2012 12:04 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>>> "S Viemeister" > wrote in message
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>>>>> Not so much a recipe - more a 'what do I have in the kitchen today?'
>>>>> sort of thing! Next time I do it, I should stop and weigh things, and
>>>>> write it down. I can give you an approximation though.
>>>>>
>>>>> I also have what I call 'Cheater's Meatloaf', which I wrote for my
>>>>> daughter, who works long hours and doesn't have time or a fully
>>>>> stocked kitchen. It uses store cupboard shortcuts.
>>>>
>>>> Please post/send it?
>
> Here's another cheater for you. I posted this in another group some
> time ago but I don't think it got here.
>
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> Salisbury Steaks Gone Astray
>
> I had a rather unpleasant weekend and wanted a big ole plate of
> comfort food Sunday night. I ground my own meat but did some cheating
> on other things. I used Gravy mix and boxed spuds but it was still a
> great meal.
>
> I started with a 2 1/4 pound chuck roast.
>
> http://i55.tinypic.com/292uvbn.jpg
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> First pass through the grinder and weighed out one pound for dinner.
> The rest is now meatballs for spaghetti.
>
> http://i53.tinypic.com/4rus9d.jpg
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> To the one pound I added:
> 2 eggs
> 1/2 cup milk
> 1/2 cup bread crumbs
> 3 tb. McCormick herb gravy mix for beef
> 2 tb. dried minced onion
> 2 tb worchester sauce
> 1/2 t. celery seed (not salt)
> 1 heaping Tb. freeze dried chives
> 1/2 t. thyme
>
> All that went through the grinder again and seemed too messy to make
> patties with so I made a mini meatloaf. While the meatloaf was baking
> I sauteed 1/4 pound of mushrooms in butter with black pepper. Louise
> made the gravy mix and the boxed spuds which are trailer trash but for
> what it was the meal was excellent and a nice end to a stressful
> weekend. Here's a plate but my camera isn't so good.
>
> http://i52.tinypic.com/1zv7fig.jpg
>
> Lou
>
Looks good. I sometimes add chopped chives, or some granulated garlic to
the hot milk water combo, or a dollop of herb and garlic cream cheese to
boxed potatoes. They're decent when mashing is just too much for my hands
and arms.......Sharon in Canada