Layered One Dish Supper
This was just a layered beef stew. It was really, really good....everything turned out to be so tender. My husband loved this because he's such a meat and potatoes kind of guy.
2 lbs beef, cubed
3 celery stalks, chopped
6 potatoes, peeled and chopped
1 lg onion, chopped
4 carrots, chopped
2 (10 oz) cans of tomato soup
1 (10 oz) can cream of mushroom soup
2 C water
salt and pepper to taste
Layer meat in a large casserole dish then layer in the following order on top of the meat - onion, celery, potatoes, and carrots. In a bowl combine soups, water and season with salt and pepper, pour in casserole evenly over contents. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 2 hours.
Green Salad
I love very simple salads usually I just make them out of whatever lettuce and extra vegetables I have hanging out in the fridge that need to be used. I got a little bit fancy with this one and threw some chopped pecans on top that I had left over from Christmas. One of the things I love about salad is the dressing. I took a cooking class last year and I watched the chef make his own dressing, then I got to taste it. Before that I didn't really care to make my own because I always figured I could just go to the 99 cent store and buy a bottle. How naive I was, I haven't been able to go back to buying it at the store since. This Ranch dressing is one of my staples. I just make it in a Mason jar. I even serve it out of the same jar, you can see it in the picture above, we are very high class around here.
Ranch Dressing
1 C buttermilk
1 ½ C mayonnaise
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 small shallot, minced
2 Tbsp chives
1 Tbsp onion powder
1 Tbsp garlic powder
½ Tbsp celery seed
Pepper to taste
Combine everything and mix well.
Dinner Rolls
These are leftover from the holidays....I sometimes have problems resisting a sale on Hawaiian Sweet Bread rolls so we have a ton of them.
Cooking dinner in the oven gave me time to do this, our new fish tank all set up- minus the fish, the water needs to cycle before we can safely add any.
