Freezer Burritos

As part of stocking our freezer, I made Mike freezer burritos. There are lots of nights where he gets back too late to dirty the kitchen but needs to eat something pretty substantial. Most of the time that means frozen food of some kind so hopefully these homemade ones will be better than the ones we buy at the store.

No real recipe - just browned a pound of ground beef and seasoned it with spicy taco seasoning and half a can of Rotel tomatoes (in place of the water the seasoning packet called for). I also browned some thinly sliced onion and bell pepper to go into the burritos. The last ingredient of the burritos was refried pinto beans. I then portioned it all into 8 large burritos in individual foil sheets.

In place of a photo of 8 burritos rolled in foil... here's a picture of our Halloween pumpkin!

Mongolian Beef & Thai Fried Rice

More uses for the wok - Mongolian Beef and Thai Fried Rice.

(yes, we do keep chopsticks at the house)

I thought the rice, while pretty salty, tasted a lot more like take-out rice than a lot of other recipes we have tried in the past (I think next time we'll either decrease the fish sauce or use low-sodium soy sauce). Mike liked the beef more while I preferred the rice. I like the meat to be a bit more tender than this turned out to be but I really enjoyed the sauce that the beef cooked in more than the beef itself.

Fat, Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits

Alright, I don't know what is going on with my biscuits but they never seem to be as tall as the photos of the recipes I use. I'm not sure if I'm rolling them out too thin or the baking soda/powder isn't working correctly. In any case, I made these while my parents were in town. Taste great but I don't think I've found "best" biscuit recipe out there yet. The search (and baking) is still on (no complaining either... I clearly have a love for southern biscuits).

Here's the recipe from Bakergirl and a photo of hers... they just look much more scrumptious than mine!