New Recipe

Today was a much better day. I woke up, after getting a lot of sleep, feeling like a million bucks. I don't think I slept that well in a long time. Then I spent some time just hanging out with the family and enjoying the peace and quiet. I finished a couple of cards I was making and then finished organizing, to best of my availability, my scrapbooking stuff and then made out my wish lists of things I want and need. Later we played some games as a family and then the kids headed out to play with their friends and run off some of that pent up energy they were storing. Once everyone was home Dj started on his laundry and Elyssa finished straiting up her room and I got started on dinner. It was really good. Anyway as most of you know I hate being in the kitchen cooking. I think it must stem from not getting to learn at a younger age but either way I don't like to spend a lot of time standing over a stove and cooking so I tend to go for the really quick meals that are still healthy to a point and don't take much time to cook. So since I know I am not the only person out there like this I am going to start posting one recipe a week on my blog that is quick and easy to make. So here is my first entry.

Slop Over Rice

1lb of ground beef

1can of green beans

1can of whole corn

1can of cream of mushroom soup

1/2 cup water

1can of diced tomatoes

1cup of white rice

1 medium onion

In a skillet cook ground beef and onion until beef is no longer pink, season to taste, drain, place back into skillet. In a medium bowl add green beans, corn, cream of mushroom soup, water, and tomatoes together and mix. Pour mixture over meat and cook till heated through.

Make rice according to directions. Put rice in bowl and meat mixture over rice. Enjoy.

prep time: 5 minutes

cook time: 15-30 depending on how you cook your rice.

Substitutes: You can use brown rice instead of white if you prefer or put it over noodles instead and you can also use different veggies and a different type of cream of whatever soup. Its really all about what your family likes. That's what makes this meal so great and easy. You can also double the meat and rice to make it go farther. I have to do that because my kids are in their growing stage and eat me out of house and home. Lol. But you could also make the slop part and freeze it for another time. That is what my mother did growing up, so that if we were busy and she didn't have time to make dinner she would just make the rice and thaw out the meat mix.

Well that's all for today. Blog at you later.