Burrito Bowls!!! Better than Chipotle!

Okay yall I am back!

And ready to roll!

Okay quick recipe that you NEED to know!

So we all know Chipotle and Free birds is the thing going on, correct?

Well, I no longer to to Chipotle due to the ecoli problem they had, I just do not trust them. Plus it is quite expensive! But anyhow here is my recipe for my burrito bowl which is so inexpensive.

You will need:

Rice

Tomato Sauce

Jalapeno

Canned Corn

Canned Black beans

3 Tomatoes

Cilantro

Vegetable Oil

Mexican Sour Creme

Mexican Cheese 

*****NOT THE KRAFTS MEXICAN STYLE CHEESE!!!Actual mexican cheese like asadero, or something!

Knorr Chicken Bouillon 

Garlic powder

Water

Limes

Chicken breast

Or 

southwest chicken that is cooked and ready to eat from Walmart, by the salad kits! That is what i used since i do not like to cook chicken hah!

Okay so to make the mexican rice! or arroz rojo, you will need to put about two tablespoons of vegetable oil, and sautee one cup of rice. Keep stirring the rice, until it gets nice golden brown. DO NOT WALK AWAY FROM THE RICE. Once it is a nice golden brown color, add one small can of tomato sauce (that has no seasoning, just tomato sauce) and let the rice soak the tomato sauce. Stir the rice and add two cups of water. How many? TWO. Two cups of water per one cup of rice. Stir, and add about two to three tablespoons of Knorr Chicken Bouillon and the garlic powder. I would say about one tablespoon garlic powder, it really depends on how you like it. Stir and let it reach a boil, once it reaches a boil turn it down to a low head and put the lid on the pot. Do not open it until you see their is no longer water in the rice. And once it is done, fluff with a fork. And your rice is DONE!

NEXT

You will add the rice, one can of corn, black beans and diced up fresh tomatoes, cilantro (either chop it up nice and fine, or leave it whole, its up to you) and squeeze ONE lemon in the mixture. You could add some chopped jalapeno but I chose to have a jalapeno toreado. Let me explain. Before you make the rice with the oil on the pan you will wash and put the jalapeno in the pan. You will let it crisp up and cook in the oil. You will hear it pop and all that, and that is okay. Once that is done. Remove it and start making your rice. I put my jalapeno in my rice when i added the water and all that, to give it a nice spicy flavor to the rice. And when I added the rice to the mixture, I left the jalapeno in there. It was so good yall!!! So once everything is mixed and it tastes good and all that, put a nice serving in your bowl and add the sour creme and the mexican cheese! And my oh my it makes a world A WORLD of a difference! It tastes so good! And enjoy!!! Let me know how it went and how good it tasted! And yall it was so cheap to make!!!!

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Just Like Home: Tex-Mex Enchiladas

Howdy y'all!

I am seriously, in tears writing this!

This recipe I am about to share is so good! I mean so good!

Thanks to the military, we are stationed in Northern California.

I am from San Antonio, Texas HOME OF AMAZING FOOD! 

(No, but seriously!)

I of course miss home like crazy! I miss being able to just go to a restaurant and eat delicious food that I am used too, so I have to experiment in my kitchen in order to eat certain delicious food here!

So, I experimented and made the BEST Tex-Mex Enchiladas!
A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!

Soooooooooo.........let's get started!!!!!

In order to achieve heaven in your mouth

You will need:

- 1 Small Package of ground beef or 2 Pounds of it

- 4-5 Tablespoons of Chili Powder (depending on how you like it)

- 1 teaspoon of Salt

- 2 Tablespoons of Ground Cumin

- 2 Tablespoons of Garlic Powder

- 3 Cups of Water

- 1/2 Cup of Flour

- PINCH of Sugar (seriously, the smallest pinch ever)

- 1/3 Cup of Vegetable Oil

- 2-3 Cups of Shredded Cheddar/American Cheese

- 1 Package of Yellow Corn Tortillas

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Brown the ground beef, until you no longer see pink. Once there is no pink showing, drain the liquid from the pan. Once drained, add in all the spices listed above. Stir that in and cook with the beef for like 20 seconds. Then, add the water and the flour. Whisk the water, flour and beef until the flour is well mixed. Let simmer for about 10-15 minutes on LOW heat. Mix frequently in order for the sauce not to clump. 

Once the sauce is done, set aside and add the vegetable oil to a small pan and let that heat up. Once it is heated up, add one tortilla at a time and fry it. Fry it enough so that the edges are somewhat hard. Then put the fried tortilla into a plate lined with some paper towels, so it can drain any excess oil off of the tortilla. Cook however many you want, preferably only 8-12.

Get a big 'ol Pyrex or any clear baking dish you have. ( I used a rectangular one and a pie one) And add a ladle full of sauce on the bottom, then one by one add a tortilla to it and add the cheese, and roll it nice and tight. After you are done rolling the tortillas, add the remainder of the sauce on top and sprinkle some cheese. Pop in the oven for about 10-15 minutes, and you are done!

SOOOOOOOO good!

 I hope Y'all enjoyed this recipe and will give it a go!

XOXO- Steph

THE Perfect Cinnamon Bun!

Oh my! OH MY! Y'all seriously need to try this cinnamon bun recipe!
It is THE best!

The buns come out super fluffy, great texture, taste and consistency!

Absolutely amazing!

Alright! Now let's get started with that you will need to make these little buns of heaven!

You will need:

- 3 1/2 Cups of Flour

- 1/2 Cup Water

- 1 Packet of Yeast or 1/4 Ounce Yeast******

- 1/2 Cup of SCALDED Milk******

- 1/4 Cup of Sugar

- 1/3 Cup of Butter

- 1 teaspoon of Salt

- 1 Beaten Egg 

For the Filing, you will need:

- 1/2 Cup of MELTED Butter

- 1/2 to 3/4 Cup of Sugar  (Depending on how sweet YOU want it)

- 2 Tablespoons of ground Cinnamon

For the Glaze, you will need:

- 3 Tablespoons of MELTED Butter

- 2 Cups of Powdered Sugar

- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

- 3 Tablespoons of HOT Water

****** Scalded milk: is when you put the milk in a pot and heat it on MEDIUM heat, until you start to see bubbles around the edges. But make sure you are constantly stirring because you do not want it to burn or stick. Remove from heat when you you see the bubbles to form around the edges, and let it rest for about 1 minute OR less. It will still be somewhat hot, but not too hot. It still needs to be able to be hot enough to melt the butter and sugar! Scalding the milk, will help "bread" rise beautifully and be nice and soft, fluffy and have a wonderful consistency.

****** Yeast: Is a tricky little thing! So delicate! Make sure that when you use yeast, to use WARM water. Let me repeat that...WARM water. Not hot! WHY? because it will literally KILL the yeast. If you do kill the yeast (you murderer!!!) I am kidding hah! but if you do kill the yeast, your bread will not, NOT rise. It will be useless. Now, the tip and trick I use is, I mix in TWO Tablespoons of Sugar, warm water and the yeast. I "pinch" the top of yeast with the water mixture, to mix the yeast and everything else. Now, turn on your oven to 350F. Let it sit in top of the warm stove, and turn on the two back burners and if you want, one of the top ones. This will help the yeast rise and foam up. YOU WANT THAT. Yeast loves the warmth! So keep it warm!

Alright, now that we cleared that out of the way. Please turn on the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit!In a small bowl mix in 2 Tablespoons of sugar, yeast and warm water. Let that sit for about 10 minutes until you see the yeast be nice and foamy on top, and set that aside. Now, in a large bowl mix in the sugar, melted butter, scalded milk, salt and beaten egg. Mix that until the sugar and everything else becomes one. Once that is mixed add two cups of flour. Mix that until it is smooth. Once that is smooth enough, add the yeast and remaining of the flour. Knead the dough on a flat surface until you have a nice stretchy ball. Add more flour if your mixture is still sticking to your hands.. now do not add too much flour because it will get dry. Place the dough ball in a well greased bowl. I used crisco, and rubbed it around the bowl and then added my dough ball, and covered it with plastic wrap. I then put the bowl on top of the warm stove and covered it with a towel. I let that rest for about 1 (one) hour. The dough has to rest, and double in size.

Once you get to about 10 minutes remaining, start to make the filing, and set aside. Once the hour has passed, push down the dough and take out all the air in it. Place it on a floured surface and start molding it and rolling it into a big rectangle. Tip: make sure you punch out all the air in it. And let the dough rest for ONE minute, if not it will be too elastic like and it will try to go back into its regular shape. Once you have the shape you desire, not to thick and not to thin, brush the butter unto the dough. Leave about one inch all around with no butter or sugar. Why? so when you roll it, it will stick together. Add the sugar and roll! Make sure you do not roll to tight because, once cooked the middle will pop out. 

Once rolled, cut it in half. Then cut the half in half. Once that is done cut the 4 large pieces in 3. So, in total you will have 12 rolls! Get a good size rectangular pan, and add some butter on the bottom. Add the rolls to the pan, put the cut side up. Cover them and let them rest on top of the warm stove again, for about 45 minutes. They will grow again. Once the 45 minutes have passed, put them in the oven for 20 minutes. NO more, no less! 

Start making the glaze and once it is somewhat cooled, add the glaze and BAM! you are done! I know, I know it is a long process but they are worth it!!!!

Hope Y'all liked them<3

XOXO, Steph! 

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Creamy Tomato Pasta!

Hey Y'all!

How are y'all doing?

I hope you are doing great, if not...get yourself a nice glass of wine or a beverage or preference and watch some YouTube and make sure to laugh!

Laughing is the best medicine, at least that is what I think so! Plus you burn some calories..DOUBLE BONUS! lol

Any who, today I will share this fabulous and tasty recipe I made up one day, when I was running low on groceries...COMPLETELY RAIDED MY PANTRY! 

Shall we begin? I think we shall!

You will need the following: 

1 can of Tomato Sauce 

(You can get as big of a can as you want, it all depends on your liking of tomato)

1 can of Diced Tomatoes

3-4 Cloves of Garlic (Minced)

1/2 an Onion (Diced in small cubes)

3 Tablespoons of Olive Oil

2 Tablespoons of Italian Seasoning

2 Tablespoons of Garlic Powder

1 Tablespoon of Garlic Salt

2 Tablespoons of Oregano

1 Small can of Table Creme 

********Tip: If you do not have Table Creme, make some with 3/4 Cup Milk and 4 Tablespoons of butter)

1 Package of Spaghetti 

1 Tablespoon Sugar

2 Tablespoons of Butter

Toppings: 

Parmesan Cheese

Pepper Flakes

Now, once you have the garlic and onion chopped up in little pieces; set them aside and add the olive oil on a pan. Once you add the olive oil in the pan, add the garlic and onion. Once the garlic and onion are in, let them absorb the olive oil and saute them until the onion is see through and the garlic is soft. After they are nice and soft, add the can of tomato sauce and diced tomato. Then make sure to add all the seasonings. and the table creme. Bring the flame to the lowest setting and lit it simmer. Once it starts bubbling, add the butter and sugar and stir it in. Once again, let it simmer for about 30 minutes to an hour. And of course cook the pasta and all that. Once the pasta is done, add the pasta to the sauce and mix it together. And enjoy! Make sure to add some toppings, IF YOU DARE! Lol 

Y'all when I say this pasta dish is creamy and absolutely one of THE best pastas you'll ever have....I AM NOT KIDDING! My husband absolutely LOVED IT! In fact, he ate 2 bowls!!!! 

If you choose to make this recipe....please send me links, pictures or even comment and let me know how it went! Please share with others, we can't be selfish and hoard this recipe to ourselves;) lol I know I didnt! You are welcome;) haha and he here is my picture of my handsome baby boy, Luke. 

XOXO,

Steph

Quick and Easy Dinner: Alambres

Howdy guys!

Y'all this year has been so hard!

We have gone through everything you can imagine.

So, please bare with me on my blog post and all that. 

Any who, this recipe is great! it is so easy! And relatively cheap!

And let me just say this....I LOVE CHEAP DINNERS, but I also like delicious dinners! it has to taste good, it is all about flavor for me.

So you will need:

 -Sausage (any type or flavor you want)

- 2 Large bell peppers

- 1 Medium sized onion

- 1 Package of bacon (we like smoked apple wood bacon, semi thick)

- 1 Package of bamboo sticks

 After, you chop all your veggies and meat, whatever size you want... you are going to start putting them onto the bamboo sticks. My tip: start off with bell pepper, onion, bacon, sausage, and repeat! I say that because as it starts to cook and the flavor from the bacon and sausage will go start to go down and really season and flavor up the veggies! It gives it a nice smoked flavor! Okay, enough I am starting to drool! LOL but just stack them up however you want. After you do that, set them aside and get a nice pan and start to grill them. Grill them until you see that they are pretty much done, I personally like them a little burnt but that is me. Once you grill all of them, set them aside again, and start the oven for 350 degrees. I personally grilled them and after put them in the oven because I wanted to make sure they are cooked 110%. They came out so good! Get some corn tortillas and just eat the mixture in the taco, and oh Lord it tastes so good! But you can also grill them on the grill! That works too and make some rice and beans! YESSSSSSSSSSSS! But its all up to you:) so give it a try! you'll love them!!!!!

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I hope you enjoyed my post! And will give my recipe a try!

XOXO- Steph

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Delicious Meatball Recipe!

Howdy guys!

I got a brand new recipe for yall!!

I randomly decided to try it and give it ago, and boy let me tell you...THE best meatballs I have ever had! No doubt!

They are incredibly tasty! They have so much flavor! They are just perfect! 

I honestly hope you give this recipe a go because you will NOT regret it! 

If you decide to give it a go, please let me know how it went!!! 

Alright! Now, the recipe!

 

You will need: 

- 1 LB of ground beef, you can use ground turkey if you'd like, we personally like beef!

- 3 or more diced garlic cloves

- 1 Cup or more of grated or shredded Parmesan cheese

- 1 Teaspoon or more of Italian seasoning

( you can find it at any grocery store, where the spices are, ours cost less than a dollar)

- 1 Egg

- 1/2 Cup of bread crumbs

- 1 Teaspoon of pepper flakes

- 1/2 Teaspoon of garlic salt

( We love garlic! Therefor we add a lot of garlic)

-3 or more cups of Vegetable oil

- Your choice of tomato sauce or pasta sauce.

(we use a pasta sauce that comes from a jar, BUT I add my own flavors to it, I play with the flavor it)

Directions:

You need a big bowl to mix all the ingredients together. In a big bowl you will add the ground beef, the diced garlic, the Parmesan, Italian seasoning, the egg, bread crumbs, pepper flakes, garlic salt and mash it together and make about 1 inch or bigger meatballs. Once the meatballs are done, set them aside and get a pan deep enough to fry the meatballs. Add more or less oil than I did. Add enough oil that a meatball is halfway covered in oil. Make sure the oil is hot, before you put in the meatballs. Once the oil is hot, add the meatballs and fry them and turn them around as needed. They will start to turn a brownish color, and make sure to check the inside so it is fully cooked. In other pan get your pasta sauce and either leave it like that or play with the flavor of the sauce. Once all the meatballs are cooked drain them on a paper towel and add them to the sauce. Let them sit in the sauce for about 10-15 minutes. When they are done, you can add them to some pasta, eat them by themselves or you can make meatball subs like we did!

It really is up to you! I hope you will recreate this recipe, make it your own and give it a try!

It is super easy and delicious!

Hope yall give it a try and like it!

XOXO- Steph