Theme Meal Plans: Hungary?
Goulash | Hot Buttered Noodles | Lettuce Wedge Salad | Steakhouse Blue Cheese Dressing
Goulash
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | The Other Meat Entrée |
| Meal: | Hungary? (Theme Meal Plans) |
| 2 | Tb | butter, salted |
| 1 | lb | beef, cubes |
| 1 | lb | pork, cubed |
| 2 | medium | onions, sliced |
| 2 | tsp | paprika, sweet |
| 1 | large | bay leaves, whole dried |
| 1 | tsp | garlic powder |
| 1 | 10.5 oz can | beef consommé |
| 2 | Tb | flour |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Heat butter in a heavy skillet, add meat and brown. Add onions and flour and stir to combine. Pour consommé into pan and scrap brown particles from the bottom of the pan. Add spices and stir. Simmer for 1 ½ hour until the meat is tender. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Hot Buttered Noodles
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Starch / Pasta |
| Meal: | Hungary? (Theme Meal Plans) |
| 10 | oz | egg noodles, cooked |
| 2 | Tb | butter, salted |
| 1 | Tb | parsley, flat leaf, chopped |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Cook noodles according to instructions on the package. Add butter and parsley while pasta is still hot. Stir and add salt and pepper to taste.
Lettuce Wedge Salad
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Salad |
| Meal: | Hungary? (Theme Meal Plans) |
| 1 | recipe | Steakhouse Blue Cheese Dressing |
| 1 | whole | lettuce, iceberg |
| 2 | whole | tomatoes, fresh |
| 4 | oz | cheese, blue |
| 1 | pinch | pepper, fresh cracked |
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Prepare one recipe Steakhouse Blue Cheese Dressing. Cut iceberg lettuce into wedges and chill. When ready to serve, spoon dressing over wedges then sprinkle with chopped fresh tomatoes and crumbled blue cheese. Serve with freshly ground black pepper.
Steakhouse Blue Cheese Dressing
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 12 |
| Category: | Salad |
| Meal: | Hungary? (Theme Meal Plans) |
| 2 | cup | mayonnaise |
| 1 | cup | sour cream |
| 5 | oz | cheese, blue |
| 1 | tsp | salt, table |
| 1 | tsp | pepper, fresh ground |
| 1 | tsp | garlic, minced |
| 1 | tsp | Worcestershire sauce |
| 6 | Tb | buttermilk |
| 1 | pinch | pepper, cayenne |
| 1 | head | lettuce, iceberg |
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Mix together mayonnaise and sour cream. Stir in blue cheese, salt, pepper, minced garlic, Worcestershire sauce, and cayenne pepper. Mix well. This mixture will be very thick, Store in refrigerator. Immediately before serving, thin with buttermilk.
Serve on a wedge of iceberg lettuce.
Hint: Makes 3 cups of dressing.
