Last week I got my copy of Hungry Girl 300 Under 300: 300 Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Dishes
I used my new camera to take these photos, but it’s not too great with our lighting. Any photo pointers or fancy stuff I can buy??
This recipe is tweaked from the original just a tad (added more corn, used beef instead of turkey, and added salt) and it came out great! I topped mine with Light Sour Cream, Shredded Cheddar & Frank’s Red Hot. It was so good and filling. I will be making this again for shizzle.
Outside-In Tamale Pie
• 1.3 lbs Lean Ground Beef
• 10 oz can of Tomatoes with Green Chiles (don’t drain)
• 3/4 cup Course Yellow Corn Meal
• 1 medium Onion (diced)
• 1 can Sliced Black Olives (3.8 oz, drained)
• 1 can Corn, drained
• 1 cup Chicken Stock
• 1/2 cup Kidney Beans (drained & rinsed)
• 1 tsp Cumin
• 2 tsp Chili Powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
- Bring a large skillet sprayed with nonstick spray to medium-high heat on the stove. Add beef and spread it around to break it up a bit. Cook and crumble until meat is brown and cooked through, about 8 minutes. Drain any excess liquid and add to the crock pot.
- In a bowl, combine cornmeal with broth and whisk thoroughly. Let stand for 5 minutes.
- Add cornmeal mixture to the crock pot along with all other ingredients. Mix thoroughly.
- Cover and cook on high for 3 – 4 hours or on low for 7 – 8 hours.
- Serve and, if you like, top each serving with hot sauce, cheese or sour cream (all 3 is best!).
Any photo advice? Or more Crock Pot recipes? I’m obsessed!
I know that some cameras have an option that lets you tweak the auto setting (increase brightness, etc.) so you may want to look into that.
Adobe lightroom (yeah, I am way to obsessed with it atm) has a function that allows you to calibrate any photos from your camera ie. if your pictures from your camera all look tinted yellow – you can adjust for that and the program will make that adjustment for any photos you download.
Hope that helps…
I’m going to test out my manual mode more for sure.
I’m definitely gonna try the Free Trial of Lightroom! The pics look so good
Oooh I love Hungry Girl so much! This looks so delicious! Thanks for sharing!
I love making big bowls of food, they are the best!!!
My biggest thing for food pictures is natural light…nothing is better
I know! I wish I could use natural light…problem is its always dark when I eat dinner, and I’m always in my office when I photograph my daytime eats. boooooo
This looks awesome, I’m happy it turned out good! I use Picasa on my computer to tweak the color if it looks bland. It’s free and a great editiing tool!
Sweet! I’m going to try out Picassa…and I’m going to try the 30-day free trial of Lightroom. I need to do something with my poopy photos, hehe.
bahahaha i made something just like this last night! it was so baller.. i added extra veg like you did =) OMG make this with quinoa like I did!!!!! do it do it! its so amazeballs! <3
LOVE YOU! <3
OH GIRL!!!!!! You used quinoa? That sounds so good, I’m doing than next time
Muah!
I don’t have a good impression of Hungry Girl (I disagree with the way she counts calories) but that tamale in a bowl actually sounds delicious. I love crock pot recipes, esp as the food is cooking in the pot…smells so good!
I don’t like some things about Hungry Girl either…like using fat free everything…going for calories of nutrition. But her recipes are simple & tasty…and I always tweak them. I NEVER use fat free, bleh.
I want to buy a crockpot so badly!! They’re so practical! This looks so yummy, girl!
Get one! It’s so worth it
That looks delicious! I love using the crockpot. It makes preparing dinner so much easier! Definitely want to try this!
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