TheBanyanTree: Today's Delicious Mistake

[Pam Lawley]

doesn't SOUND so great sitting here - but I love how you just found the
ingredients to make it work, and then liked it!!!!!  good for you!!!

(do I know why you're eating gluten-free??)

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Sheri Baity <sheribaity at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I sooo wanted something to eat that would stick to my ribs before I went
> out hunting this evening so I headed to the cupboard to look for a box of
> Hamburger Helper Beef Stroganoff.  I thought I could easily substitute the
> noodles with some gluten free noodles of some kind.  There was no more
> Hamburger Helpers of any variety in there... rats... I must have sent them
> to my daughter when I started this gluten free kick.
>
> ok... So I went in search on the internet for a recipe.  I found the
> following on allrecipes.com  Easy Beef Stroganoff:
>
> 1 12 ounce package egg noodles cooked and drained.
> 6 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced
> 1 onion, chopped
> 1/4 cup butter
> 2 pounds lean ground beef
> 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
> 2 cups beef broth
> 1 cup sour cream
> salt and pepper to taste
>
> So it was back to my cupboards to get the ingredients...
>
> hmmm... hate mushrooms and don't have any
> no more onions left either
> no more beef bouillion cubes
>
>
> So improvise it was.
>
> I put about 1 tablespoon onion powder,
> ground beef and 1/4 cup of butter in the frying pan.
>
> I opened up a package of McCormick Brown Gravy Mix and put that in a
> measuring cup with 2 cups of water.  I added in 4 tablespoons of gluten free
> all purpose flour and wisked until dissolved.
>
> I added that to the completely cooked ground beef mixture and wisked until
> it started to thicken.  I went to the refrig to grab the sour cream and what
> do you know... none!!!
>
> I had used the last of it last night when I threw in a packet of Hidden
> Valley Ranch Dressing Mix.  I thought... what the heck... let's see where
> this is going.  If it's not eatable, I'm sure the cat will like it... lol
>
> Sooo... a cup of ranch dressing mix in sour cream went into the mixture.
>
> Stirred but didn't let it boil and took it off the burner.
>
> I found a box of Schar brand Gluten free Tagliatelle noodles and cooked
> them up.
>
> A heaping spoonful of noodles and a generous layer of sauce... and I gotta
> tell ya... that was the most Delicious Mistake I've ever eaten :0)))
>
>
>
> Sheri L Baity
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