~Beer Bread~

Today I made an easy delicious Beer Bread to have with dinner as I was making Honey Grilled Shrimp too and wanted a fancier Sunday dinner.  This only required the bread mix and beer so I had all the ingredients.

 

 What you need:  Beer Bread mix, 12 oz can of beer or clear carbonated soda.  I used a 12 oz bottle of beer instead and it worked just fine!

 

 Instructions: Mix contents of package with 1 can (I used a bottle) of beer.

 

 Here it us all mixed up.

 

 Pour into greased9 x 5 loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes.

 

 Here it is fresh out of the oven.

 

 

It was so good, we had to try a couple of slices it smelled too good to wait for dinner. Get some today!

~Skillet Lasagna~

This evening we had the next best thing to old fashioned lasagna that takes a while to cook, combine and bake in the oven....Skillet Lasagna!

 

I am posting the previous blog post that I posted last year for this household's staple.

 

Here's the Skillet Lasagna.

 

 

 

~ Stir Fry ~

One of my favorite side dishes is vegetable stir fry using the latest locally grown vegetables that I get at the farmers market or in my Greenling order.  

So last night I made Stir Fry to go with sliced ham and I also made the yummy Hashbrown Casserole that we carry. 

For the Stir Fry you need the Stir Fry gourmet cupboard mix , 1/3 cut water and the instructions call for 12-16 oz of frozen Chinese vegetables (but I use fresh vegetables).

Directions: Pour 1/3 cut water in skillet. Add in 12-16 oz frozen Chinese vegetables. Then add in the seasoning packet. Cook until vegetables are cooked.  Since I used fresh vegetables (zucchini, white eggplant, onion, purple eggplant, green pepper (green pepper was from my own garden)) , I first stir fried them for 5-10 minutes in a little olive oil with minced garlic added then added the water and mix. 

That's all there is to it!  The mix adds a wonderful stir fry flavor!  I made enough to freeze two additional single servings for myself.

Here's my plate after I took a few bites...sorry forgot to take a done photo.  But here you see the stir fry and the hashbrown casserole. It was a terrific dinner! (you can click on the hashbrown casserole and it will take you to my blog about it from 7/12).  Get these mixes and more at my website today!

~ Chai Tea Blend ~

Back in April at the garage sale for the animal shelter I picked up a really nice cast iron tea pot.  A special kind that you put the tea leaves right in the top filter area and let steep and then pour!

It was a great opportunity to try one of our excellent tea blends.  So I made this back in May. Way too hot for me to think about hot tea just now although I suppose I could make some hot tea and then put it in the fridge for cold Chai Tea. :)

Ingredients: Hot water and the Chai Tea Blend mix

Directions: Scoop 2 heaping tsps of Chai Tea Blend into one cup of boiling water. 

Let stand for about five minutes.

Strain the tea and then add hot milk and sweeten as desired. I made mine too strong the first time and forgot to add the milk so it was very strong!  But the second time I made it I used 1 teaspoon and it was plenty!  Deep rich flavor!

Get some of our gourmet teas, coffees or other gourmet drinks at my website today!

~Country Cream Gravy Mix ~

We made this for dinner Thursday with sausage. Yum!

Ingredients: County Cream Gravy Mix and Water. That's it!

 You don't have to mix this with anything but we added a pound of cooked sausage to the gravy for biscuits and gravy. This is a picture of the sausage with the added water (see below).

Directions: Mix gravy and 1/4 water. Stir until well blended. 

 Place 3/4 water in pan on stove. Heat until boiling. As I said I made with sausage (see photo above with 3/4 cup water & sausage). Once water is boiling add gravy that you mixed with 1/4 cup water.

 

We put biscuits (Bisquick Grands) in the oven until ready 

Split the biscuits open and the ladled the creamy gravy (with sausage over top). This is one of my hubby's favorites!

You could use this gravy for many uses, not just with sausage!