Corned Beef and Cabbage

Ok its a little late, but it turned out really good! I read about adding butter, and wasn't sure, we don't usually cook with a lot of butter. Some people said they put in a whole stick, eww! But I put in a quarter of a stick and I think it really made it more rich.

1 corned beef brisket

6 potatoes, cut into pieces

1 small cabbage, cut into wedges

1 onion, cut into small pieces

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 package sliced mushrooms

1/4 stick butter

Saute garlic and onions in a pot. Add roast and sear on all sides. Add spice packet and cover with water and butter (I had also just made chicken broth so I put some of that in there in place of part of the water). Bring to a boil, then simmer 50 minutes per pound. 40 minutes before it is done, add potatoes. 15 minutes before it is done, add in cabbage and mushrooms.

Take out the meat and let it rest for 10 minutes before slicing, and serve with the broth and veggies.

Stuffed Green Peppers

4 green peppers (or another color)

1 lb ground beef

1 cup quinoa or brown rice, cooked

1 medium onion, diced

2 cans diced tomatoes

Ground pepper

Mix beef, quinoa, onion, and 1/2 can diced tomatoes. Wash peppers, cut off tops, remove seeds, and stuff with mixture. Place in a baking dish, and po

ur the rest of the tomatoes over the peppers. 

Cook at 350. We put our meat thermometer in one to tell us when it was done, it was about an hour and 15 minutes but we had really huge

 peppers.

My first lasagnas

This isn't exactly a recipe since I pretty much made it up as I went, but for mother's day we had my family over and I made my very first lasagnas! They turned out soo good! I used the no-boil noodles, which worked out great, and took one step out of the process. I used fat free cottage cheese instead of ricotta, mixed with mozzarella, egg, and fresh parsley for the cheese layer.

The one on the left is a veggie lasagna, layered with roasted eggplant and zucchini, portobello mushrooms, spinach, tomatoes, and red onion.

The one on the right is a meat lasagna, so it was layers of the cheese mix, and then lean ground beef mixed with sweet Italian sausage and onions.

Both got rave reviews, so hopefully I'll remember how to make it for next time!