Beef Black Rice Casserole

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Cindy Kerschner

Beef Black Rice Casserole serves nutritious black rice with tender beef and vegetables. One pot meal just add the cooked rice, stir ad serve.

Beef Black Rice Casserole

Welcome to Our family Table Healthy Recipes event.

Thank you Ellen from Family Around the Table and Heather from Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks for hosting our event!

It’s the start of the new year! Let’s all start the year off right with some delicious healthy recipes.
Beef Black Rice Casserole serves lean, healthy beef protein with nutritious black rice, carrots, peppers, onions and celery.
Beef Black Rice Casserole

If you never had black rice, you are in for a treat. This hearty rice boasts a 100 gram serving of black rice has 8.5 grams of protein, 3.5 milligrams of iron and 4.9 grams of fiber. High in vitamin E, antioxidants, anti-inflammatory properties makes black rice an excellent choice for improving your diet.
Beef is an excellent source of vitamin B12 and very good source of protein, niacin, vitamin B6, selenium, zinc and phosphorus. It is also a good source of choline, pantothenic acid, iron, potassium and vitamin B2.
I use Certified Angus Beef® Brand roasts for best results.

Beef Black Rice Casserole makes an excellent soup too. Add extra broth to reach desired consistency.
Beef Black Rice Casserole

Beef Black Rice Casserole

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Beef Black Rice Casserole

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour, 15 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Beef Black Rice Casserole

Ingredients

  • 2 lb chuck roast cut into 1/2-inch pieces (I use Certified Angus Beef® Brand )
  • 32 ounces beef broth
  • 2 cups cooked black rice
  • 2 cups chopped celery
  • 2 cups chopped carrots
  • 1 cup chopped onions
  • 1 cup chopped red peppers
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
  • 4 sprigs fresh thyme
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Season beef with salt and pepper. Brown meat with oil over medium-high heat. Add celery, onion and carrots. Saute 1 to 2 minutes.
  • Add broth. Bring to a boil, add peppers, thyme, garlic and reduce heat and simmer until beef is tender (about 1 hour)
  • Stir in cooked black rice.
  • Serve with or without broth.
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Strawberry White Hot Chocolate

Posted on January 11, 2019 by Cindy Kerschner

Strawberry White Hot Chocolate serves strawberry goodness in a creamy white chocolate drink.  A delicious way to warm up this winter.

Part of Festive Foodies Winter Warm Up Drinks series.

Strawberry White Hot Chocolate

There’s nothing more inviting than a hot, sweet drink after shoveling snow. Also it’s most inviting after breakfast, late at night, midday, midnight, with a cookie or brownie, actually anytime.

It’s also Florida Strawberry season.  My favorite berries. I’m not being sponsored, it’s just my opinion. Fresh, juicy strawberries available now through early March. A perfect time to get your strawberry on!

Strawberry White Hot Chocolate

Strawberry White Hot Chocolate is a nice change from chocolate milk hot or cold. That bit of strawberry flavor puts the sweetness at check.

This drink is made with milk, white chocolate chips, fresh strawberries and a bit of strawberry jam. That’s it.

Strawberry White Hot Chocolate

Easy. Quick. Here’s the recipe!

Strawberry White Hot Chocolate

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Strawberry White Hot Chocolate

Yield: 1 serving

Serving Size: 1 each

Strawberry White Hot Chocolate

Ingredients

  • 6 ounces milk
  • 1/4 cup white chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup fresh strawberries, pureed
  • 1 teaspoon strawberry jam

Instructions

  • Add milk, chips, puree to a small saucepan. heat over low heat, stirring constantly until chips melt and milk is heated. stir in jam.
  • Garnish with whipped cream and fresh strawberry if desired.
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Our Winter Warm Drink Series is happening every Friday from January 4th through February 8th. You’ll find delicious takes on favorites like lattes, cocoa, steamers and smoothies. We will also share some new twists cocktails and mocktails.
Thank you Ellen from Family Around the Table for hosting our event!

Enjoy these fun winter drink ideas from Festive Foodies!

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Blueberry Oatmeal Pancakes

Posted on January 10, 2019 by Cindy Kerschner

Blueberry Oatmeal Pancakes add a delicate taste of oats and sweetened with honey. Drizzle with buckwheat honey as a bonus treat!
Blueberry Oatmeal Pancakes
This month’s Improv Cooking Challenge is pairing oatmeal with honey!
What a sweet treat. For my recipe I chose to use 2 kinds of honey. I used traditional honey in the pancake batter. The drizzle is buckwheat honey.
Buckwheat honey has a taste closer to molasses or pancake syrup. It’s darker in color and found in most grocery stores.
I use it instead of syrup. Thanks James for enlightening me about buckwheat honey!
Blueberry Oatmeal Pancakes

Blueberry Oatmeal Pancakes

Blueberry Oatmeal Pancakes

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Blueberry Oatmeal Pancakes

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Yield: 6 to 8 servings

Serving Size: 1 each

Blueberry Oatmeal Pancakes

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup rolled oats
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 cup blueberries fresh or frozen
  • cooking spray

Instructions

  • Add flour, oats, baking powder and salt in a food processor. Coarsely grind.
  • In a separate bowl, whisk together buttermilk, oil, egg, vanilla and honey. Add to dry ingredients. Stir.
  • Spray griddle with cooking spray. Heat to medium high heat.
  • Drop batter to desired size. Sprinkle with blueberries.
  • Flip once. Serve with syrup or buckwheat honey if desired.
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The #ImprovCookingChallenge is a monthly blogging event where two ingredients are assigned to a month. Bloggers can make any recipe they like as long as it features the two ingredients. If you are a blogger and would like to join us, please visit our Facebook page.You can also read more about the event on our our home page
If you’d like to see previous creations, check out our Pinterest board.
Blueberry Oatmeal Pancakes

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Buttermilk Cornbread #BreadBakers

Posted on January 8, 2019 by Cindy Kerschner

Buttermilk Cornbread tastes so moist with a touch of honey and vanilla, too!
Buttermilk Cornbread
Welcome to another addition of Bread Bakers!
This month, the Bread Bakers are making Good Luck Breads, a theme chosen by Felice from All That’s Left Are The Crumbs.
Good Luck Breads – they could be something that brings good fortune throughout the year (Mardi Gras, New Year, even a housewarming) or shaped as a good luck symbol (pigs, horseshoe, four leaf clover, number etc).
I chose cornbread as my good luck bread. Why cornbread?
Cornbread is considered good luck in parts of the southern United States. Many people eat it as part of their New Yer’s meal for good luck in the coming year.
Its color resembles gold metal. Some people add extra corn kernels, to symbolize golden nuggets.
I love cornbread. I’m more of a fan of the sweet variety. This recipe used sugar and honey. The tang of buttermilk balances it out nicely.

Buttermilk Cornbread

Buttermilk Cornbread
Buttermilk Cornbread

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Buttermilk Cornbread

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Yield: 6 to 12 servings

Serving Size: 1 each

Buttermilk Cornbread

Ingredients

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup cornmeal
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray an 8x8-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
  • Whisk together flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, salt.
  • In another bowl, whisk together buttermilk, eggs, honey and vanilla. Slowly add butter.
  • Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake at 400 degrees until inserted toothpick comes out clean. Cool slightly before removing from pan.
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#BreadBakers is a group of bread loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bread with a common ingredient or theme. You can see all our of lovely bread by following our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated after each event on the #BreadBakers home page.

We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient. If you are a food blogger and would like to join us, just send Stacy an email with your blog URL to foodlustpeoplelove@gmail.com.

Check out all the amazing breads baked by our talented bakers ~

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