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A Quit Smoking Diversion.......Moms Stroganoff (Tomato Base)

JonesCarpeDiem
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I am teaching my daughter to cook this tomorrow and because its so unique for a stroganoff, I thought I'd post it.   It tastes very light compared to the typical brown based stroganoff over buttered noodles.

 

Moms' Stroganoff

2 lbs Round steak-set in freezer just before prep to make the meat  stiffer so it is easier to cut into strips

Or,

defrost on counter 1 ½ hours before cutting if frozen

Cut into ½” x ½” strips 5 inches or so long

 

1 large onion sliced

Package fresh sliced mushrooms

1 large or 2 small Green Bell peppers seeded and sliced into strips

2 large cans tomato sauce (29 oz each)

1 12oz can tomato paste

4 T cooking oil to brown meat

Salt & Pepper

Instant Rice and Sour Cream To Serve

 

Brown the meat strips in the oil

Add the onion and cook until translucent

Add the salt and pepper to taste

Add the bell pepper, mushrooms and the tomato sauce and paste

Simmer for at least an hour

Make your instant rice

 

Serve at the table

Put your instant rice on your plates

Stir 1 1/2 cups sour cream into the sauce just before serving over the rice and Save the other ½ cup for dolloping at the table 

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About the Author
Hello, My name is Dale. I was quit 18 months before joining this site and had participated on another site during that time. I learned a lot there and brought it with me. I joined this site the first week of August 2008. I didn't pressure myself to quit. HOW I QUIT I didn't count, I didn't deny myself to get started. When I considered quitting (at a friends request to influence his brother to quit), I simply told myself to wait a little longer. No denial, nothing painful. After 4 weeks I was down to 5 cigarettes from a pack a day. The strength came from proving to myself, I didn't need to smoke because I normally would have smoked. Simple yes? I bought the patch. I forgot to put one on on the 4th day. I needed it the next day but the following week I forgot two days in a row I put one in my wallet with a promise to myself that I would slap it on and wait an hour rather than smoke. It rode in my wallet my first year.There's nothing keeping any of you from doing this. It doesn't cost a dime. This is about unlearning something you've done for a long time. The nicotine isn't the hard part. Disconnecting from the psychological pull, the memories and connected emotions is. :-) Time is the healer.