8 thin cut pork chops
4 cups of rice (or so)
1 can of huntz (cheapest spaghetti sauce)
2 cups of water
1/2 stick butter
italian seasoning
garlic powder
lemon pepper
Frying pan
Casserole dish
preheat oven at 350
Put rice in the casserole dish
dump sauce on rice
dump water on sauce
mix up in casserole dish
Fry the meat in the butter with seasoning to taste but don't over cook, actually, leave it a bit rare
bury the porkchops in the rice mix
pour butter over top of rice mix and chops
cover with tinfoil
bake in oven at 350 for about half an hour
take out, let set for about 5-10 min to cool a bit
eat.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Spaghetti Bake
I know it's been a while since I added anything to this blog, but I loved my spaghetti bake I made lately...
frying pan
soup pot to boil spaghetti
casserole dish (any that will hold about 2 quarts or so, as long as it's big enough so cheese doesn't melt off the sides and into the oven, then... well, that will make your cooking experience even more thrilling and smoke-filled)
one box of thin spaghetti
1 to 2 pounds of ground meat (beef is my friend, but if you want turkey, or buffalo, or sausage, be my guest)
1 can of huntz (cheapest kind of spaghetti sauce you can get) or make it yourself, however you want
2lbs or so of fine grated cheese, or any kind of cheese you want to put on top..
boil the spaghetti until it is cooked with just a teensy bit of aldente'. (that means a bit of hard in the center, but not too much, then it will be crunchy in the casserole. egh.
while it's boiling, cook up the ground meat until all the way done, don't leave ANY pink in any of it. seriously, it could harbour any little bad wigglies.
add the spaghetti sauce (and use any kind, it's all nummie)
stir it up, take off heat.
drain spaghetti
mix spaghetti and sauce in the original soup pot. make sure it's all coated with sauce and fairly well mixed with meat.
dump into casserole dish.
spread the cheese on top. add or take out as much as you want, hell, it's your dinner. have fun with it.
bake in the oven at 350 or so until cheese is melted all the way across the pan.
take out of oven, let set for about 15 min or so.
cut into four inch by four inch sections, or as big or small sections as you want, it's your food.
let set just a bit longer, then scoop out as many sections as you want to eat. it's just easier to scoop when you cut into sections.
tadaa!
frying pan
soup pot to boil spaghetti
casserole dish (any that will hold about 2 quarts or so, as long as it's big enough so cheese doesn't melt off the sides and into the oven, then... well, that will make your cooking experience even more thrilling and smoke-filled)
one box of thin spaghetti
1 to 2 pounds of ground meat (beef is my friend, but if you want turkey, or buffalo, or sausage, be my guest)
1 can of huntz (cheapest kind of spaghetti sauce you can get) or make it yourself, however you want
2lbs or so of fine grated cheese, or any kind of cheese you want to put on top..
boil the spaghetti until it is cooked with just a teensy bit of aldente'. (that means a bit of hard in the center, but not too much, then it will be crunchy in the casserole. egh.
while it's boiling, cook up the ground meat until all the way done, don't leave ANY pink in any of it. seriously, it could harbour any little bad wigglies.
add the spaghetti sauce (and use any kind, it's all nummie)
stir it up, take off heat.
drain spaghetti
mix spaghetti and sauce in the original soup pot. make sure it's all coated with sauce and fairly well mixed with meat.
dump into casserole dish.
spread the cheese on top. add or take out as much as you want, hell, it's your dinner. have fun with it.
bake in the oven at 350 or so until cheese is melted all the way across the pan.
take out of oven, let set for about 15 min or so.
cut into four inch by four inch sections, or as big or small sections as you want, it's your food.
let set just a bit longer, then scoop out as many sections as you want to eat. it's just easier to scoop when you cut into sections.
tadaa!
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
AH... the joy of icy hills, an anecdote.
One morning in December, I was woken by "Zorchsnapplesnapplecrackzorchpop" and a bit of glittery light out the northern window.
this was about 5:30am.
I stumbled around a bit, thinking, 'my, isn't it awefully quiet in here. is the electricity off?' and looking at my printer. there was no light on the printer. I flicked the switch on in the room, no light. piss.. i say to myself.
knock on Linc's door, 'Linc, a power line must have fallen. there's no electricity.'
a mumbling curse comes from his room. I go to the southern window, and it is sheeted over with Ice so thick, you can't see out.
well, there's the problem right there.
No electricity, no computer .... hey! Cell phone!
I go to facebook, and state we may have to eat the cat... the power had been down for only 15 minutes. BUAHAHAA. Linc didn't take too kindly to that post. I laughed.
BHP (black hills power) was called, and about 20 min later they were at the southern base of the hill. I watched from the apartment's door, and while watching, they tried to send up a bucket truck.
well. this is where it was truly interesting. During this time, about 6 or 8 of the workers were Icecapading across the intersection and up the hill. a few even fell.. poor guys!
Well, the bucket truck makes it about half way up the hill, slides sideways, then takes out two cars parked on the side of the hill.. "Merry Christmas, you get a new car, thanks to BHP."
The truck comes to a stop at the intersection where the men are now hand tossing salt and sand onto the road so they can walk without killing themselves.
They get a large sand truck out there finally, and THAT tries to go up the hill. Ain't happenin'. IT gets halfway up, and slides backwards back down. SO, it has to turn around, and BACK UP THE HILL so it can scatter sand and salt so IT can get a path to the downed power line. So far, it's been about an hour / hour and a half.
The sand truck says 'screw this, you got enough here for a truck to get up.' and goes back out to sand and salt the main streets.
well, it IS a path just big enough for a regular bhp truck, but not a bucket truck. so one guy drives up the hill, finds the downed line, and walks back to the truck. he's looking up at the pole that the line was connected to, and back to the truck, then back to the pole and then to the truck (insert old spice commercial here), like he's trying to figure out how the HELL he was gonna fix it.
well, he comes out of the truck holding a 4 or 5 foot, orange pole. I'm like, wtf? is he going to HIT the damn thing and get it to work?
but no.
it seems this pole is Retractable. He extends it about 20 feet up to where the line is broken, and FIXES THE GORRAM LINE!! WITH A FRIGGIN RETRACTABLE POLE! I was duely impressed.
The electricity comes back on, and we don't have to eat the cat.
however, neither Linc nor myself can make it to work that day, there was a no travel advisory put out by the police.
this was about 5:30am.
I stumbled around a bit, thinking, 'my, isn't it awefully quiet in here. is the electricity off?' and looking at my printer. there was no light on the printer. I flicked the switch on in the room, no light. piss.. i say to myself.
knock on Linc's door, 'Linc, a power line must have fallen. there's no electricity.'
a mumbling curse comes from his room. I go to the southern window, and it is sheeted over with Ice so thick, you can't see out.
well, there's the problem right there.
No electricity, no computer .... hey! Cell phone!
I go to facebook, and state we may have to eat the cat... the power had been down for only 15 minutes. BUAHAHAA. Linc didn't take too kindly to that post. I laughed.
BHP (black hills power) was called, and about 20 min later they were at the southern base of the hill. I watched from the apartment's door, and while watching, they tried to send up a bucket truck.
well. this is where it was truly interesting. During this time, about 6 or 8 of the workers were Icecapading across the intersection and up the hill. a few even fell.. poor guys!
Well, the bucket truck makes it about half way up the hill, slides sideways, then takes out two cars parked on the side of the hill.. "Merry Christmas, you get a new car, thanks to BHP."
The truck comes to a stop at the intersection where the men are now hand tossing salt and sand onto the road so they can walk without killing themselves.
They get a large sand truck out there finally, and THAT tries to go up the hill. Ain't happenin'. IT gets halfway up, and slides backwards back down. SO, it has to turn around, and BACK UP THE HILL so it can scatter sand and salt so IT can get a path to the downed power line. So far, it's been about an hour / hour and a half.
The sand truck says 'screw this, you got enough here for a truck to get up.' and goes back out to sand and salt the main streets.
well, it IS a path just big enough for a regular bhp truck, but not a bucket truck. so one guy drives up the hill, finds the downed line, and walks back to the truck. he's looking up at the pole that the line was connected to, and back to the truck, then back to the pole and then to the truck (insert old spice commercial here), like he's trying to figure out how the HELL he was gonna fix it.
well, he comes out of the truck holding a 4 or 5 foot, orange pole. I'm like, wtf? is he going to HIT the damn thing and get it to work?
but no.
it seems this pole is Retractable. He extends it about 20 feet up to where the line is broken, and FIXES THE GORRAM LINE!! WITH A FRIGGIN RETRACTABLE POLE! I was duely impressed.
The electricity comes back on, and we don't have to eat the cat.
however, neither Linc nor myself can make it to work that day, there was a no travel advisory put out by the police.
Update
I'm sorry I haven't posted lately. I have been sticking to packaged soups as of late, when my Dad had given me some for Christmas. But I used them as bases for a richer soup that I add veggies and meats to. So a simple bag, whisked into a pot of 8 cups of water turns into a nearly full meal (fruit being left out of the equasion there..)
I've been wiping out our tea supply as well. Right now my favorite is Celestial Seasonings Bengal Spice. It's so strong, one bag for me makes a small pot of like 3 or 4 cups.
I'm thinking of making lasagna again tonight.. but I'm outta cheese and tomatoes. So off to the grocery store for those, and some more of those soup mixes! NOM NOM NOM.
I've been wiping out our tea supply as well. Right now my favorite is Celestial Seasonings Bengal Spice. It's so strong, one bag for me makes a small pot of like 3 or 4 cups.
I'm thinking of making lasagna again tonight.. but I'm outta cheese and tomatoes. So off to the grocery store for those, and some more of those soup mixes! NOM NOM NOM.
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