Everyone from Canada (and Lebanon, probably) knows that donairs are delicious, but they are super bad for you. Well, the home made version is probably a lot better, especially if you use ground round, like we do :) Enjoy!
1 lb ground beef or 1 pkg ground round
1 heaping tbsp cayenne
4 tbsp garlic
salt & pepper, to taste
1 1/2 tbsp Italian seasoning or oregano
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1/2 cup white sugar
OR 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp white vinegar
1 tsp garlic or 1/2 tsp garlic powder
lettuce, chopped
tomato, chopped
onion, chopped
cheese, shredded
pitas
Mix beef, garlic, salt, pepper and oregano and cook 1 1/2 hours on 350, or cook ground round for 1/2 hour on 350.
Chop up your onion, lettuce, tomato and cheese
Mix milk, sugar, garlic and vinegar with an electric mixer until thickened. This takes forever but makes an excellent sauce.
I usually am lazy and use sweetened condensed milk but once you mix it with vinegar, it thickens almost immediately and you have to use it up before it becomes glue.
I found that the pitas wanted to tear when I put the stuff in them, so I made a hilarious steamer of a sieve and a pot of boiling water, then throw them in there for about a minute with the lid on and -wallah- easy to work with.
Anyway, throw beef, cheese, onion, lettuce, tomato and a lot of sweet sauce in the middle of the pita and wrap up. Eat. Yum.
1/4 cup butter, divided
2 tbsp vegetable oil
3 potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
2 zucchini, sliced OR
2 cups peppers, sliced
salt & pepper
1 lb ground beef
1 onion, finely chopped
1 tsp dried Italian seasoning
1/2 cup prepared tomato pasta sauce
2 cups milk, divided
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups grated cheddar cheese
Preheat oven to 375
In a skillet, melt 2 tsp butter and oil. Add potatoes and cook over medium-low heat, stirring frequently until almost cooked through.
Seriously, I didn't cook mine long enough, thinking they would cook in the oven, but they were hard in the middle. Boo.
Add peppers or zucchini, salt and pepper. Cook until tender
Spoon vegetable mixture into a 9'x13' baking dish. Set aside.
In skillet, cook onion and Italian seasoning until onion is tender. Add ground beef, cook and stir until meat is cooked through. Stir in tomato sauce and 1/2 cup of milk. Spoon meat mixture over vegetable layer in the dish.
Melt remaining butter, stir and cook for one minute. Gradually whisk in remaining milk. Cook and stir until sauce comes to a boil and thickens. Stir in cheese.
Pour sauce over meat layer. Cook 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1 cup flour
1 tsp salt
Heat oven to 400.
Melt a little bit of butter or bacon fat in muffin tins in the oven, and mix other ingredients together in a blender. I suppose a hand mixer would also be fine for this. Pour batter into muffin tins and bake for 30 mins.
It's really that easy. I was expecting a trick here, but you can impress your friends with minimal work by making them Yorkshire pudding. Plus, if you pour a little syrup or honey on them, they're a good dessert, too.
1 cup cooked rice
1 lb fresh green beans, trimmed and snapped
2 tsp canola oil
1 lb chicken breast, cubed
3/4 cup chicken broth
1/3 cup smooth peanut butter
2 tsp honey
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp red chile paste or sriracha
2 tbsp lemon juice
3 green onions, thinly sliced
2 tbsp peanuts, chopped
Cook green beans until crisp tender. Heat the oil in a skillet and cook chicken 5 minutes on a side, or until juices run clear.
Mix chicken broth, peanut butter, honey, soy sauce, chile paste and lemon juice in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir 5 minutes, until slightly thickened.
Mix chicken, sauce and green beans and serve over rice.
1/2 cup mayonnaise (bear with me, it's good)
1/2 cup flour
3 cups milk
4 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 1/2 lb chicken, cooked and cubed
1 pkg taco seasoning
1/2 cup salsa
12-16 flour tortillas, 6-inch
Mix dressing and flour in saucepan. Over medium heat, slowly add milk and cook until thickened.
Add taco seasoning and mix well again. Then add all the cheese but 1 cup, chicken and salsa.
Spoon mixture into tortillas, roll and place into a large baking dish. Don't forget to spray the dish with Pam first, like me. Top with remainder of cheese and bake at 375 for 25 minutes.
I found this made a LOT, and it was really runny... Next time I make it, I think I'll add some rice to thicken things up. I also almost certainly didn't add enough chicken, but that's pretty normal, for me. It was sloppy, but tasted really good, so I'm okay with it this time too :)
Mix beef, garlic, salt, pepper and oregano and cook 1 1/2 hours on 350, or cook ground round for 1/2 hour on 350.
Chop up your onion, lettuce, tomato and cheese
Mix milk, sugar, garlic and vinegar with an electric mixer until thickened. This takes forever but makes an excellent sauce.
I found that the pitas wanted to tear when I put the stuff in them, so I made a hilarious steamer of a sieve and a pot of boiling water, then throw them in there for about a minute with the lid on and -wallah- easy to work with.
