korean beef with rice and homemade egg rolls

http://www.jimmydean.com/recipes/appetizers/margarets-sausage-egg-rolls

this is the recipe I have used for years for egg rolls and they never disappoint...

http://damndelicious.net/2013/07/07/korean-beef-bowl/

a new family favorite...I made a lot extras for leftovers...this is so good you must try it...yummy, this was not even on my menu rotation for the week, but I woke this morning craving it...

Zoie my 15 year old was a huge help in the kitchen today...my little sous chef...

Sunday afternoon dinner...grilled teriyaki chicken pineapple kebobs

I like Sunday afternoons when most of the family is here for dinner, we eat around 2 and it makes for a nice, easy restful afternoon...

today we grilled (Zoie, my 15 year old loves to BBQ) chicken, pineapple, broccoli and onion kebobs and finshed them off with a really good teriyaki sauce...

cheated and made chicken rice a roni with it...

yum...Tim was happy

Friday night, turkey bacon tortilla wraps

the very first time I had ever eaten a wrap was at Disneyland...and it was so good...it had turkey, bacon, cheese, olives, tomatoes, lettuce with some kind of dressing (too long ago for me to remember, and I don't think they even serve them anymore...)  and they served them with little tortilla chips in the shape of Mickey...
this was so good...

and the Rainforest Cafe serves a really good chicken cesar wrap that we love too...

so for many years I have made these wraps especially on a hot summer night...

I use the largest flour tortilla and spread a little of thousand island dressing on the tortilla and then everyone layers what they want on the tortilla...

tonight we served with tator tots made in the toaster over (no I did not turn my oven on in this heat...)

little kids came over while we were eating and they had never had a wrap before and declared these a very good idea...

ham, baked potatoes on the grill

I was so happy when I found ham on sale at Walmart for $1.00 a pound...I love me some ham...so of course I bought the biggest one I saw...

wrapped in foil and threw on the grill on indirect cooking with some foil wrapped baking potatoes...

it came out so good, will try this way again for potatoes for other meals...

paired with a nice green salad and garlic bread...

yum happy eating

hamburger soup

it seems a little hot here, temp wise for a soup, but I have been craving this so much...and it is so good as leftovers the next day...

here is what I did...

5 cups of water
1 pkg of onion soup mix
2 cans of 16 oz of tomato sauce and mix all together

add...
1 pkg of frozen peas, carrots and corn

bring to a boil and add 1/2 pkg of ditalini

cook till pasta is al-dente...

so good, yum   happy eating

BBQ brisket, homemade potato salad

have been wanting to make a brisket for awhile now and Ralph's had 2 nice sized ones in the day old bin...I was so happy...I love to check their bin almost daily and see what they have to offer...

so, I brought the briskets home and I had bought the new Weber's smokey dry rub and generously rubbed both sides and covered them with foil and I let them sit for 24 hours...

then the next day, we slow roasted them on the BBQ and it was so good...

for my potato salad, which everyone loves...

red potatoes, cut into small chunks and then boiled until still a little firm, and let cool...I add cut up celery, green onions, dill pickles, hard boiled eggs, black olives and mix it up with some mustard, mayo and some of the pickle juice...also a lot of seasonings like garlic salt, pepper, onion powder and some celery salt...
it was so good tonight...

we served with glazed carrots and some garlic bread...

yummy happy eating

my version of taco casserole, slow cooker style

I have made this casserole ever since my own children were little and everyone always loves it but, I usually make it in the oven...this summer, I am not turning my oven on at all, it is way too hot here...

so here is what I did...

I browned up 2 1/2 pounds of hamburger
I added to it, 32 ounce can of tomato sauce
1 pkg of taco seasoning
1 pkg of frozen corn
sliced black olives
cheddar cheese

I put all of these ingredients into a lined slow cooker on low for about 3-4 hours...then I added crushed tortilla chips and some cheddar cheese to the top and turned to high for about 30 minutes...

it was just as good as the oven version...

yum  happy eating