Home for the Holidays at Last!

Ah...it's been since last Christmas that I was home and it's so wonderful to be here.  A miniature escape from the stresses and reality of real life that is most overdue.  Mom and I have had some great face to face catch up time and have been relaxing and last night made one of my favorite childhood meals, beef stroganoff...mmm, so yummy and brought me right back to when I was a kid coming home from school or coming in from playing outside in the snow to a most scrumptious hearty home-cooked meal.

It's such a simple dish but one that will make you and your belly smile for days! 

What you'll need:

• egg noodles
• sour cream
• flour
• fresh mushrooms, sliced
• cream of mushroom soup, condensed
• garlic, chopped
• onion, chopped
• salt and pepper to taste
• butter
• ground beef
• parsley

How you'll do it:

• in a saucepan, add butter then add your garlic, onion and mushrooms
• in a separate saucepan add your ground beef, saute till cooked through
• add your mushrooms to the ground beef and add a few tablespoons of flour, mix together and saute for about 10 more minutes
• boil your water for your pasta
• stir in your cream of mushroom soup to your ground beef/ mushroom mixture; season with salt and pepper to your liking
• drain noodles when cooked
• stir in sour cream to your ground beef mixture and stir till heated through
• serve over pasta and garnish with parsley

My sincere apologies for ignoring my blog lately, it's been crazed but I'm back in full force!  Here's to you and yours this holiday season and best wishes for the New Year!

Cheers!