Momositas Kicked Up A Notch Pasties Food

MOMOSITA'S SHEPHERD'S PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add carrots and cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes. (If making mashed potatoes, boil the carrots with the potatoes).
• Brown ground beef with onions and garlic while carrots are cooking.
• When carrots are finished, drain, mash and set aside.
• Add flour to ground beef mixture and mix well.
• Add ketchup, wocestershire, stock, and cook to thicken. Taste and add seasoned salt to desired taste.
• Add mixed veggies and simmer until warmed through.
• Pour into a 2 quart casserole or deep glass pie dish and top with a layer of mashed carrots, then the mashed potatoes.
• Bake at 375 for 20 minutes.

MOMOSITA'S PUMPKIN MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl combine flours, flax seed, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and salt.
• Stir to blend In separate bowl, combine pumpkin, melted butter, milk or half-and-half, the beaten eggs, sugars, and vanilla; mix until blended.
• Stir pumpkin mixture into the dry ingredients until moistened. Do not overmix.
• Line 12-cup muffin tin (for Big muffins) or a 16-cup tin (for regular muffins) with paper liners or grease well and dust with flour, or use a baking spray.
• Fill about 3/4-full with the pumpkin muffins batter, sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar if desired, and bake at 375° for 20 to 25 minutes.
• Remove from oven and set on a baking rack for 5 minutes.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.

MOMOSITA'S SIMPLY THE BEST POT ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• Season one side of roast with salt and pepper and place, that side down, into large frying pan of HOT oil (to sear and brown). OR sear in a dutch oven to save dishes. Season other side while bottom side is browning.
• When browned, turn over, brown other side. Turn off heat.
• Add half of brown sugar to top of roast. Press into roast. Flip roast and add remaining sugar to other side, pressing inches.
• Add flour to medium bowl and whisk in beef broth. Whisk in chicken base, horseradish and mustard.
• Place roast in large deep casserole dish with lid (OR keep in the dutch oven), pour in beef broth mixture so it reaches halfway up the roast. You don't want to drown the meat in liquid.
• Add the vegetables around and under roast, making sure the lower part of the meat is still submerged in the liquid. Add liquid if necessary.
• Cover and bake in 300°F oven for 3 hours, turning meat over halfway through.

LINDA'S MONSTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a very large bowl, cream together the margarine, butter, brown sugar and white sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and rolled oats; stir into the sugar mixture. Mix in chocolate chips and candy-coated chocolate pieces. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake for 10 to 11 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the edges are golden. If you like chewy cookies, take them out before they look done.

MOMOSITA'S CHICKPEA SPINACH DELISH

Steps:

• Saute onion in olive oil until soft and translucent.
• Add garlic and spices. Cook for 1-2 minutes until garlic is fragrant.
• Add Recaito, green chilis, chickpeas, undrained tomatoes, and spinach.
• Cover and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes or until spinach slightly steams and is wilted.
• Cook over medium-low, uncovered for 10 minutes.
• Serve over rice.

MOMOSITA'S KICKED-UP-A-NOTCH PASTIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375º.
• Place rutabaga and potatoes in a heavy skillet with 1 1/2 cups of water.
• Add salt and pepper to taste, a dash or two of good quality curry and a pinch of brown sugar.
• Bring to a boil and then simmer for 10-15 minutes or until fork-tender.
• Remove veggies to a plate and rinse pan.
• Add beef, bell pepper and garlic to pan and cook over medium heat until beef is no longer pink.
• Add potatoes and rutabagas back to pan.
• Add raisins, olives, vinegar, spices and water, mixing well.
• Add flour and stir occasionally until thickened (a few minutes).
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Turn off heat and mix in cilantro.
• Roll out one biscuit on a lightly floured surface to 1/8" thick (should be size of a medium plate).
• Place 1/4 cup of filling on dough.
• Fold over and press edges to seal.
• Using fork, crimp edges.
• Place on a large, ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake until golden brown, about 12 minutes.