Beef and Spinach Rolls

If you want to disguise your spinach, then this is the dish for you! Yummy spinach with beef.

Day 3, Week 16

I tried to make a video with for this dish, but there was constant kiddy chatter in the background… and I thought, ok, I’ll just voice-over it… riiight… you can guess how that went!

Ingredients:

spinach
thinly sliced beef
Montreal steak seasoning
soy sauce
herbs
olive oil

Guidelines:

Marinate the beef with a little olive oil, herbs, Montreal steak sauce, pepper to taste, for about half hour
Line the beef with spinach, and then roll the beef (so that the spinach is wrapped in the beef
Bake the rolls in the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 1/2 hours, or until cooked

I sliced the rolls and served over rice, and with greens… even kids loved it. Simple and yummy!

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Beef 'Stir Fry' ish

Day 1, Week 10

So… this is another first for me! It was good… and really fast.

Stir Fry is a fast-cooking Chinese technique.

This is a good vegetarian meal, if you don’t put the beef of course.

Ingredients:
Beef strips
mushrooms
radishes
bean sprouts
bok choi

VH teriyaki stir fry sauce
soy sauce
chilli pepper
oyster sauce

Guidelines:

In a wok on medium heat, add in the beef strips with a little olive oil
When half cooked, add in the mushrooms and the bean sprouts
Add in chili pepper, soy sauce, oyster sauce and teriyaki sauce to taste, and mix well

Once the mushrooms are cooked, add the radishes and bok choi, saut� for a few minutes and remove from heat

Serve with Jasmine rice.

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Fun Tacos

Week 8, Day 4

Also called Easy Tacos! All you need is some minced beef or chicken, and a yummy assortment of veggies… I bet your kids would love it!

Ingredients:
Old el Paso Taco Kit
green onions
frozen spinach
chopped broccoli
carrots
cubed avocados
sliced or grated cheese

sour cream
chopped red peppers

Guidelines:

Prepare the meat and tacos according to the directions on the packaging
When the meat is cooked, add in frozen spinach and let cook until the spinach melts
I like to put the veggies into little bowls and get the kids to put them on the table (they really love that)
Let everyone make their own tacos!!

Choose veggies that your kids would like, it’s a great, fun and easy dinner!

Some general information about authentic tacos.

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Pakistani Beef Kima

Week 7, Day 4

My cousin’s house was about an hour away from the resort, so we were invited to dinner one night. She served a Pakistani dish called Kima, and although I did ask for her recipe, we just had so much fun laughing and chatting that we totally forgot about it.

So, of course, being the resourceful person that I am, I found a Kima recipe just for you!

It was really tasty!

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Spaghetti and meat sauce

Day 2, Week 3

This is maybe the most ‘normal-ish’ meal you may ever see me prepare! My husband really loves it, and so do I, it’s pretty healthy, tasty, contains lots of veggies, and nutritious tomato sauce… what could be better?!

Now, I categorized it as ‘normal’ because to me, it’s a pretty normal, North American meal, but is it ethnically Italian? Here is an article about meat for those interested!

Ingredients:
1 lb ground lean beef
1 can tomato paste
green onions (chopped)
Portobello mushrooms (cut into chunky pieces)
red bell peppers (chopped)
baby spinach (chopped)
soy sauce

1 tsp honey
lemon pepper seasoning
paprika
garlic
onion
oregano

Guidelines:

In a large saucepan, thoroughly cook the ground beef

Then add the mushrooms and green onions, garlic and onion and mix well
Once the mushrooms are cooked, add in the red peppers, a dash of paprika, and a generous dash of lemon pepper seasoning
Also add in soy sauce… you can average the amount need… just a few dashes will do, covering the meat evenly
Add one can of pure tomato sauce and 2 cans of water (follow directions on the can)
Add in the honey
Add salt and pepper to taste
Add a very generous sprinkle of oregano

Add in the baby spinach and mix well
Let it cook for a few minutes, until the sauce is boiling, then it’s done!
Easy, peasy!

I served the grown up version with whole-wheat Spaghetti and baby spinach, I also LOVE mine with avocado slices (yes, I can eat avocado with anything).

I served the almost 3 year old (who does not enjoy the strong flavour of the meat sauce yet) his spaghetti cooked with egg and chopped spinach. I served the 4 year old meat sauce in hard taco shells (he asked for it, I had it, no need to fight him on this request!)

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