Sour Cream Hamburgers

I found this recipe in my Family Circle magazine a while back and haven't tried them yet until last night! They were quick and easy! Although they kind-of fell apart, so maybe I needed to work them together a little more before I formed them into patties. Raegan wanted a bottle though, so I had to work fast!!

1 lb ground beef
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 envelope of dry onion soup mix (I used the whole package..what was I going to do with half a package?)
1/4 cup dry bread crumbs
pepper

1. mix all ingredients together in bowl with your hands. grill until done

((I think next time I will: form them into patties and put them in the fridge to set up a little bit, and work them a little better and longer than what I did.. they were very good, even falling apart))

Hobo Stew

I apparently think that I can maintain 2 blogs.. it's not like I have anything else to do (a husband, a 4 month old baby, 2 very neglected dogs, a full-time job, laundry, housework, and the list goes on and on) I secretly love blogging, it's therapeutic to me. And I heart cooking....it's one of my favorite things to do. Cleaning up after cooking, not so much.. but such is life I guess. I intend to share my most favorite recipes and I guess just give myself something else to do in my spare time! I have a bad habit of making things without writing them down and then forgetting what or how I made it, maybe this will be my cure!
For my first favorite recipe, I'll share what I made this weekend...

Hobo Stew
by: me! I just made it up as I went.. so I'll try to remember what all I put in!

2 lbs carrots (peeled and cut in 1/3 pieces)
3 lbs potatoes (scrubbed clean and cut in big chunks)
1 beef roast (I just bought whatever was on sale)
2 packages of smoked sausage (1 spicy, 1 regular)
3-4 onions cut in chunks
3-4 stalks of celery cut in pieces
1 head of cabbage cut in chunks or quartered
1 Tblsp onion powder
1/2 Tblsp garlic powder
1 Tblsp celery salt
1 Tblsp paprika
1/2 Tblsp red pepper flakes (optional)
Lots of salt and pepper
1 large can of tomato juice + enough water to cover food in pot

1. Season beef roast with seasoned salt and onion powder on both sides. Cook on high heat in skillet on stove until browned on both sides. Let rest to secure juices and cut in chunks.

2. Place all vegetables and meat in pot and cover with tomato juice + enough water to cover vegetables.

3. Cook on medium-low heat until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally. Add cabbage the last 1 hour of cooking until done.

((I threw this all together and had it cooking by 9am on very low heat, stirring just every once in a while..I turned it up for the last hour or so and it was done by 5:00pm))

**this would be easy to make in the crockpot on low all day**

**I really don't know how long you are suppose to cook cabbage for, mine wasn't entirely done, it was a little crunchy but I think 1 hour would do it**