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I have this bad habit of always looking forward to the next season. Sometimes I think it takes away from the season I'm actually in, and it definitely says that I'm not "living in the moment", but I can't help it. Everyday, all day long I look forward to the next meal, and in the same way I think I look forward to the next season of food and eating. Fall is just around the corner and although I'm still enjoying the summer fruits and vegetables, I can't wait to start braising and stewing foods again, making the house smell so delicious. I suppose I could start making all those dishes now, but with the temperatures outside still in the 80s and 90s, I'd heat my kitchen up too much. Well, that was until I figured out that I could make all those braises and stews in my MICROWAVE!
Now, the first cooking class I ever took was called "Microwave Cooking", but I've been as guilty as the next person of using my microwave to just re-heat foods or make popcorn. We all have these great microwaves in our kitchens, but we don't use them to their full capacity because our experience has taught us that microwaves make foods rubbery, dry and frankly not very tasty. This has all changed for me, however, because of the Cook's Essentials(R) Microwave Pressure Cooker. If you know me at all, you'll know I love pressure cookers and pressure cooking. I had never even THOUGHT about combining pressure cooking with microwave cooking until my friend Eric Theiss introduced me to the Microwave Pressure Cooker. Now I get to have the beautiful results of a pressure cooker, but with microwave speeds without having to wait for the pressure to build inside the cooker before the time starts counting down and the cooking starts. It also doesn't heat up my kitchen and it gives me more time to do the things I love doing (or chores I HAVE to do!).
This Wednesday is the Taste of Fall cooking event on QVC and I'll get my fill of Fall foods - sort of a preview of what I have to look forward to. You'll be able to get a chance to prepare for the Fall cooking season too, stocking up on what you don't already have, or would like to have in your kitchen. The Cook's Essentials(R) Microwave Pressure Cooker is just one of the items that you'll be able to pick up to get ready for meal making during one of the busiest times of our year.
Here are two recipes that I can't wait to make this Fall (or sooner!). The meatloaf recipe is one of the best meatloaf recipes I've tasted. (Big Tip: use the best ketchup and steak sauce that you have. You're finished meal can only be as good as the individual ingredients.) The Philadelphia Beef Stroganoff is an interesting recipe - you can eat it like stroganoff over pasta, or you can put it into a hoagie roll and eat it sort of like a cheesesteak!
Do I have you looking forward to the next season yet? Bring on the Fall!
ML
Mama’s Meatloaf
Serves 4 to 6
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Philadelphia Beef Stroganoff
Serves 4 to 6
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