The Mothership

My 90’s kids know what hamburger helper is. This is a version of it minus pasta that makes me feel a bit better about the food going in my body. And it MOSTLY has all pantry ingredients give or take one. This also takes 30 minutes.    This makes enough for my family of five and leftovers for tomorrow.  Ingredients: 2 tsp. Olive oil or saute oil 2 lbs. ground beef 1/2 onion, chopped 1 green pepper, chopped More olive oil 2 lbs. small gold potatoes (they come in a 1 lb bag at the grocer) Salt & pepper 3 tsp. Garlic powder 3 tsp. Onion powder 2 tsp. Smoked paprika 1/2 cup of water 2 Tbsp. Yellow Mustard 2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce 1/4 cup of ketchup - or more if you’d like 1.5 cups of sharp cheddar cheese Green onions, sliced Recipe: In a large saute pan heat the oil on medium. Add in your onion, green pepper and saute for a minute.  Add the ground beef and separate all the beef as it cooks into small pieces. Cook for about 8 minutes total. Then take out of the pan...

Whether you want to make this in your crockpot or in your instapot - it’s another easy crowd pleaser! Serve over rice and your favorite toppings for bowls or make for tacos!  Ingredients 2-3lb chuck roast, cut into large chunks 1/2 cup beef broth 5 garlic cloves, peeled 2Tbsp apple cider vinegar 2Tbsp lime juice  1 tablespoon dried oregano  2 tsp cumin 2 tsp salt 1 tsp black pepper 1/2 tsp ground cloves 2 whole bay leaves Serve with Rice, chopped tomatoes & onions, spinach, avocado, shredded cheese, and whatever sauce if you think you need it.  Recipe: Place roast chunks into crockpot or instapot. If using an instapot, place a bit of oil on the bottom first. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.  Place all over ingredients in a blender EXCEPT the bay leaves. Blend till combined.   Pour over the beef chunks. Add the bay leaves If crockpot: 4-6 hours on high or 8-10 on low. If instapot: set to pressure cook on high pressure for 70 minutes and instant release at ...

I really do like spaghetti squash...I do.  But the texture to just eat it plain is hard for me.  So I keep playing with a casserole type of variation with it every so often.  I am trying to only buy grass fed beef - so I buy it as long as the budget allows.  We don't eat a ton of red meat, but when we do we think it is important to be grass fed. I usually prepare my squash before I need it to cook and just set my oven with an automatic start time because...LIFE! Squash it up! Ingredients: spaghetti squash, halved and un-seeded olive oil salt & garlic powder 1 lb of ground beef 1 zuchinni, chopped into bite size 1 yellow pepper, chopped 1/2 an onion, chopped cumin 1 bar of monteray jack cheese, shredded dried oregano cherry tomatoes, halved spinach Recipe! Baste your halved squash with olive oil and sprinkle eat half with salt and garlic powder. Place face down on a greased cookie sheet. Cook squash in your oven for about 1 hour and 15 min...