A busy cooking night
 

I bought five pounds of nice lean ground beef at BJs yesterday, so
tonight I processed it. I made some hamburgers for DH, a pot of
lasagna sauce with vegetables in it (I had to use up the leftover
veggies from the potluck lunch!), a tray of oven-baked meatballs, and
I froze the last couple of pounds for future use.

Then I decided that I really wanted to do some holiday baking, so I
made the pumpkin bread from Epicurious. It's a big batch and I made a
dozen muffins, two cute little mini-loaves, and a full-sized loaf.
Then the muffins and mini-loaves went into the freezer to eat later.
Mmmm that stuff is good!

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/fo...pkin-Bread-840

My version has twice as much spice, a teaspoon of ginger, raisins and
craisins instead of nuts (we didn't have any) only two cups of sugar
instead of three (and it's plenty sweet!) and 1/2 cup applesauce to
cut down on the oil. So I've tweaked the recipe plenty, but DH said it
was very good.

A busy cooking night
 

In article >,
Kajikit > wrote:

> I bought five pounds of nice lean ground beef at BJs yesterday, so
> tonight I processed it. I made some hamburgers for DH, a pot of
> lasagna sauce with vegetables in it (I had to use up the leftover
> veggies from the potluck lunch!), a tray of oven-baked meatballs, and
> I froze the last couple of pounds for future use.

You did better than I do. :-) I just freeze it in 8 oz. (1 cup) patties
and save it for future use!

>
> Then I decided that I really wanted to do some holiday baking, so I
> made the pumpkin bread from Epicurious. It's a big batch and I made a
> dozen muffins, two cute little mini-loaves, and a full-sized loaf.
> Then the muffins and mini-loaves went into the freezer to eat later.
> Mmmm that stuff is good!
>
> http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/fo...pkin-Bread-840
>
> My version has twice as much spice, a teaspoon of ginger, raisins and
> craisins instead of nuts (we didn't have any) only two cups of sugar
> instead of three (and it's plenty sweet!) and 1/2 cup applesauce to
> cut down on the oil. So I've tweaked the recipe plenty, but DH said it
> was very good.

Sounds delish'.
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A busy cooking night
 

Kajikit wrote:
> I bought five pounds of nice lean ground beef at BJs yesterday, so
> tonight I processed it. I made some hamburgers for DH, a pot of
> lasagna sauce with vegetables in it (I had to use up the leftover
> veggies from the potluck lunch!), a tray of oven-baked meatballs, and
> I froze the last couple of pounds for future use.

Sounds like a good idea to prepare the neats in advance...
>

A busy cooking night
 

Kajikit wrote:
> I bought five pounds of nice lean ground beef at BJs yesterday, so
> tonight I processed it. I made some hamburgers for DH, a pot of
> lasagna sauce with vegetables in it (I had to use up the leftover
> veggies from the potluck lunch!), a tray of oven-baked meatballs, and
> I froze the last couple of pounds for future use.
>
> Then I decided that I really wanted to do some holiday baking, so I
> made the pumpkin bread from Epicurious. It's a big batch and I made a
> dozen muffins, two cute little mini-loaves, and a full-sized loaf.
> Then the muffins and mini-loaves went into the freezer to eat later.
> Mmmm that stuff is good!
>
> http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/fo...pkin-Bread-840
>
> My version has twice as much spice, a teaspoon of ginger, raisins and
> craisins instead of nuts (we didn't have any) only two cups of sugar
> instead of three (and it's plenty sweet!) and 1/2 cup applesauce to
> cut down on the oil. So I've tweaked the recipe plenty, but DH said it
> was very good.

It seems most recipes were sponsored by the use a lot more sugar
institute. Shortbreads are one of the few things I bake and they turn
out really well with considerably less sugar than noted.

A busy cooking night
 

Kajikit wrote:
> I bought five pounds of nice lean ground beef at BJs yesterday, so
> tonight I processed it. I made some hamburgers for DH, a pot of
> lasagna sauce with vegetables in it (I had to use up the leftover
> veggies from the potluck lunch!), a tray of oven-baked meatballs, and
> I froze the last couple of pounds for future use.
>
> Then I decided that I really wanted to do some holiday baking, so I
> made the pumpkin bread from Epicurious. It's a big batch and I made a
> dozen muffins, two cute little mini-loaves, and a full-sized loaf.
> Then the muffins and mini-loaves went into the freezer to eat later.
> Mmmm that stuff is good!
>
> http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/fo...pkin-Bread-840
>
> My version has twice as much spice, a teaspoon of ginger, raisins and
> craisins instead of nuts (we didn't have any) only two cups of sugar
> instead of three (and it's plenty sweet!) and 1/2 cup applesauce to
> cut down on the oil. So I've tweaked the recipe plenty, but DH said it
> was very good.

Mini-loaves are just the right size, and I like your idea of using
craisins.


Right now I am steaming 2 dozen tamales, so that takes a couple of
hours. Tonight is Mexican night at my house. We are having pork
tamales, chicken enchiladas, Spanish rice, refried beans, chili con
queso & chips. Our first two house guests will arrive around 5:00. I
am not ready, but after we have alittle little Puerto Rican eggnog, who
cares?


Becca