Quick Recipe

Three Quick and easy recipes
By Yuni Kristanti

If the mother was at home would be ad many special diets. Usually the mother will ask me to the market for buy materials cuisine. But sometimes I'm lazy when to go to traditional markets, as most markets were dirty and smelly. I prefer the super market where there clean but more expensive. This time my mother would make three recipes are:

Swiss Steak

Ingredients

* 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
* 2 pounds cube steaks, pounded thin and cut into bite-size pieces
* 1 1 / 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
* 1 medium onion, chopped
* 1 pound mushrooms, sliced
* Salt and pepper to taste
* 1 (1.2 ounce) package brown gravy mix
* 2 (14.5 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes
* 1 (12 ounce) package egg noodles

Directions

1. Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Dredge steak strips in flour. Working in batches, place strips in hot oil. Until browned Fry on both sides. Remove to a warm platter. When all meat is browned, return meat to Dutch ovens, and stir in onions, mushrooms, salt, pepper, gravy mix, and stewed tomatoes. Bring to a boil, then simmer about 30 to 45 minutes.
2. About 20 minutes before the steak is finished, fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil. Add pasta, and cook until al dente, about 8 to 10 minutes; drain.
3. Swiss steak Serve over noodles.

Footnotes
Can be made in the crock pot. Just brown meat as instructions indicate, add ingredients to crock pot, and cook on low all day.
If you can not find 'cubed steak,' just hand the butcher in your grocery store a package of round steaks and ask him to cube them for you.

Chocolate Strawberries
Ingredients

* 5 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
* 1 pint fresh strawberries with leaves

Directions

1. In a microwave-safe bowl, or in the top of a double boiler over simmering water, cook chocolate until melted. Stir occasionally until chocolate is smooth. Holding berries by the stem, dip each one in Molten chocolate, about three-quarters of the way to the stem. Place, stem side down, on wire rack and chill in refrigerator until hardened.
Footnotes
Get tips for this recipe in our Melting Chocolate videos

Ghost Cookies Recipe
Ingredients

* 1 pound white candy coating, coarsely chopped
* 1 package (1 pound) Nutter Butter peanut butter cookies
* Miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

* In a microwave-safe bowl, melt candy coating, stirring occasionally. Dip cookies into coating, covering completely. Place on waxed paper.
* Brush ends with a pastry brush dipped in coating where fingers touched cookies. While coating is still warm, place two chips on each cookie for eyes. Let stand until set. Store in an airtight container. Yield: about 3 dozen.