Forgot the chicken in the sink when I went to work, so I had to throw it away! With no back up plan for dinner, I was forced to throw something together.

Sauted some shallots in olive oil and garlic salt, threw in some mushrooms, added some butter, let it cook for just a minute or two. Boiled some spaghetti noodles. Threw some sun dried tomatoes into the olive oil/butter/shallot/mushroom mix. Added some capers. Spashed in some white wine. Let it simmer for about five minutes. Threw everything together in a bowl and it was FABULOUS!! Hubby loved it and asked if I remember what I did. Feels good to actually throw something together on the fly and have someone say it was delicious!! Today was a very good day!!

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Wow, summer is a tough time to cook. I had planned on making biscuits to go with last nights dinner and decided it was too darn hot to turn on the oven. Instead I made microwave mashed potatos.

I made a BBQ Stew. Hubby absolutely hates stewed meat, but loves BBQ so I thought I would give it a try. It was a so-so meal, according to him. To make the BBQ Stew I grabbed a pack of frozen beef stew meat that I had in the freezer - my brother gave us half of a beef so we have lots of beef in the freezer - put it in the crock pot and pourd BBQ sauce in with it. I use Sweet Baby Rays, but I am sure which ever one you prefer will work. I put the crock on high and after an hour or so I was able to break up the chunks. Cooked it for another four hours and it really turned out good. Super easy. I was going to make bisquit sandwhiches and ended up putting the mixture over microwave mashed potatos. I really like BBQ sauce on mashed potatos.

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Today I made something totally from scratch! I had frozen, bone in chicken thighs in the freezer and put them in the crock pot. I then put in on 14 oz can of whole tomatoes, a half a jar of marinated artichoke hearts and all the juice, a wole onion peeled and quatered and four cloves of peeled garlic. I set that to cook on low for 9 hours and served it over jasmine rice. It was fantastic!!! I figured I would give my crock pot another chance after the Moo Shu Pork fiasco. So glad I did! It was an easy Sunday dinner that was absolutely satisfying!!

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Well, it has been a long time since I have created something new, but today I did. I made Pork & Mushroom Moo Shu in the crock pot http://www.womansday.com/Recipes/Pork-Mushroom-Moo-Shu-Recipe

Not excited about this recipe. The best part about tonights dinner was the plum sauce (not part of the recipe, just something I put in at the last minute). Hubby said it tasted like stewed meat. I have to agree with him. We did not get overly full tonight and we have no left overs. We threw what was left away.

I am not giving up, still searcing for new recipes and hopefully I will find something fabulous to do with beef as I have a freezer full!!

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