Cube Steak

I don't fry a lot of foods. But I love cube steak fried. This is a awesome steak and less pricy than most. Make sure to tenderize it, it can be a tough meat.


2 lb. Cube steak
3 cups all purpose flour
meat tenderizer
salt and pepper to taste
2 eggs
oil
2 teas.butter


Beat eggs in a bowl. Place flour, salt and pepper in a bowl. Sprinkle cube steak with meat tenderizer on both sides. Roll in egg on both sides and then flour on both sides. Drizzle enough oil to cover the bottom of pan and add 2 teaspoons butter to oil. Place meat in a fry pan and fry until brown on both sides, flipping occasionally. Takes about 10 minutes usually to cook.. Pans vary..

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Cube Steak
Pasta Salad
Gooey Butter Cookies

Chicken Spaghetti

Everybody loves spaghetti, so why not mix it up and try chicken in it instead of beef. This a very tasty dish.


1/2 cup butter
1 small onion chopped
3 cups chopped chicken  (cooked)
2 10 oz cans rotel
1 4.5 oz jar sliced mushrooms
1 1/2 cups frozen peas
1 15 oz can chicken broth
1 10.75 oz. cream of mushroom soup
1 3.8 oz jar sliced black olives
1 teas. salt
1 teas. pepper
2  cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 8 oz box spaghetti noodles cooked and drained


Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 4 quart baking dish. Melt butter in a sauce pot and add onion, salt and pepper cook for 5 minutes. Stir in chicken, tomatoes.mushrooms, peas, broth, soup, and olives. Add 1 cup cheese, stir until melted. Add noodles toss and pour into baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes until hot and bubbly. Take out and spread the other cup of cheese on top. Put back for just a few minutes until melted and brown.  Yum it is so yummy...

Thought of the day

"To live a creative life, We must lose our fear of being wrong."

Coconut Macaroons

These are so good and easy..


3 cups shredded coconut
1 cup eagle bran
1/8 teas. salt
1 1/2 vanilla extract
1/2 teas almond extract


Mix all ingredients together and place in heaping spoonfuls on baking sheet. About 2 inches apart. Bake 350 for 15 minutes.

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Chicken Spaghetti
Coconut macaroons

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Taco Nacho Salad
Mexican Rice

Taco Nacho Salad

I dont know about you guys, but after all the Holiday foods. I want some spicy Mexican food.....  This is my favorite thing in the world to eat.... These are so good... 

2 lb. ground beef

2 pks. taco season

1 teas. cumin

1 cup taco sauce

1 can of refried beans

1 can black beans

1 bag tortilla chips or nacho chips

2 cups shredded cheese (mexican blend)

jalapenos

black olives

sour crean

tomatoes

lettuce 

salsa

Cook and drain ground beef. Add taco season,cumin and taco sauce. Simmer for a couple minutes.  Heat beans of choice. I do both kinds. Place chips in a big bowl. Layer with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, jalapeños, olives, sour cream and cheese. Add salsa when ready to eat. That is what I do anyway. You can layer in any order you like and add any topping you like..... 

Mexican Rice

This is something I came up with one day when I was making tacos. I wanted beans and rice to go with my tacos. So I opened a can of refried beans and black beans. But plain white rice wasn't cutting it for me. And this is what I came up with......

2 cups rice white

3 chicken broth

1 cup water

1 cup my salsa (recipe on post before)

1 teas. cumin

a few chopped cilantro leaves

Cook rice in water and chicken broth. After its done add the salsa and cumin. Top with cilantro leaves..

Thought of the day

Live each day like it's your last.......

Fruit Dressing for Easter Fruit Leftovers

This is a great dip to make for the leftover Easter fruit you have.

1 Tablespoon honey

zest of 1/2 a lemon

juice from whole lemon

1 teas. vanilla
1 cup water
1 cup sugar

Mix together and simmer for 10 minutes and pour over fruit and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Enjoy.

We did this over pineapples, blackberries, strawberries and grapes.. You can also add a mint leaf to cook with this for the flavor.

Our Easter Spread

Egg Salad

There is lots of Easter eggs to do something with, after you hide them all. If they are not to beat up to use. :)  Most of us use the plastic ones to hide and leave the real dyed ones in the house. That way they are ok to use to eat later and we are not wasting them.

12 boiled eggs peeled and chopped

4 tablespoon mayo

1 teas. white vinegar

1 teas dijon mustard

salt and pepper to taste

Make sure that you cut the dye off the eggs, if it has went through to the whites. Chop up the eggs and place in a bowl. Add mayo, vinegar and mustard. Stir all together and put on wheat bread or crescent rolls or whatever kind of bread you prefer.. You can add pickle relish to these if you like.