Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Steak: Fabulous w/o a Grill


Credit: Lauren's Latest
Reciepe: http://www.laurenslatest.com/steak-its-a-beautiful-thing/

Cochran Review: These were succulent and wonderful! I highly recommend making this recipe! Quick, too! One to two minutes of prep and nine minutes of cooking. I did a few things different from the original recipe post due to comments on the blog, but basically followed the blogger's original instructions. Here's how I made our steaks:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Fill skillet (safe for stove top and oven use) with 4 Tbsp of butter and olive oil. Oh yeah! LOL
While waiting for the skillet mixture to scream at you on medium heat, start next butter mixture.

Butter mixture:
- 4 Tbsp of butter
- 1 Tbsp of basil
- 1 tsp of white pepper
- 2 tsp of minced garlic
- put ingredients in a heat resistant bowl and set on oven so oven heating up softens butter

Salt and pepper steaks.
When skillet mixture is sizzling place steaks in the skillet seasoned side down. Don't move them, they're fine.
Cook steaks for 3-4 minutes. I did 4 and our steaks maintained a pinkish middle, but no bloody drippings.
Season steak side facing up with salt and pepper while other side is cooking.
Flip steaks after 3-4 minutes.
Turn stove top off.
Top steaks with butter mixture.
Place skillet in the oven at 400 degrees for 5 mins. Again, don't fuss with them.

Original recipe suggest plating them to rest, but I put them in a casserole dish so I could pour all of the yummy juice with them.
Cover with foil.
Allow to rest 15 minutes to an hour. I let them rest for an hour, but we ended up heating them a bit when my husband got home from work. I'd probably shoot for 30 minutes nest time.

I served this with tricolor quinoa with green beans mixed in and a salad on the side for the original meal. Yum, yum, yum! Enjoy!

For next day leftovers:
I sprayed olive oil cooking spray in a hot pan & added tortillas.
Then heated cut up steak and quinoa in the pan.
While meat mixture was heating I smashed fresh avocado in the tortillas and squeezed fresh lime.
Wish I had cilantro to add, but I didn't.
Add meat mixture to tortillas.
Top with salsa. Our favorite is Mrs. Renfros Mango Habenero.
Enjoy again!

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Deer Chops in a Slow Cooker

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Credit: allreceipes.com
Receipe: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/deer-chop-hurry/Detail.aspx

Cochran Comment: Dad brought us some venison chops from hunting season. Growing up a never liked venison chop dinner night. With an open mind and all due respect to our family hunters we'll give this a go, but have the pizza delivery number at the ready. LOL! Stay tuned.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Bacon Egg Cups


Credit: Fat Girl Trapped in a Skinny Body
Receipe: http://www.fatgirltrappedinaskinnybody.com/2011/04/bacon-egg-cups/

Cochran Review: We served these to our guests over the holidays with English muffins and fruit. Easy, tasty, and great! Perfect for serving several people bright and early in the morning. Upon suggestion within the reviews, we cooked the bacon a little bit before lining the muffin cups. This step could easily be done the night before. Leftovers warmed up easily. So, perfect to make over weekend to have quick week day breakfast available. Enjoy!

Dirty Shrimp in Butter Beer Sauce




Credit: EdsGirlAngie via Food.com
Recipe: http://www.food.com/recipe/dirty-shrimp-in-butter-beer-sauce-79606

Cochran Review: This was a family favorite! I served it over angel hair pasta and everyone couldn't get enough. Enjoy!

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Turkey & Barley Soup


Credit: skinnytaste.com
Recipe: http://www.skinnytaste.com/2012/09/beef-barley-soup.html?m=1

Comments: Making this for dinner tonight. I'm substituting beef with ground turkey. Stay tuned.

Friday, November 9, 2012

Pumpkin Cookies


Credit: Cookies and Cups
Recipe: http://cookiesandcups.com/2-ingredient-pumpkin-cookies/

Cochran Review: These are so easy and so yummy! They'll satisfy your cookie and cake craving. Fair warning, they expand while baking. So, make the cookies slightly smaller than you want them to be when putting them on the cookie sheet before baking. We decided not to do the icing and throw some chocolate chips in them. Yum! Enjoy!

Here's a picture of our cookies: