#MEwx Sun, warm with clouds and a Quick Beef Stroganoff recipe for dinner

Good morning Augusta.

I’ve put up a Ambient WS 5000 weather station where you can view real time weather readings online here.

This morning we have mostly cloudy skies, then clearing. Patchy fog this morning with highs in the upper 60s. Winds will be light and variable.

Tonight we’ll have mostly clear conditions with lows in the lower 40s. Winds will remain light and variable.

We’ve received a total of 2.25 Inches of rain here for this entire rain event. They say we need the rain, so…

The wind is West Northwest between  1.3 MPH and 2.9 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 29.76, the Absolute pressure is 29.46 and rising with a weather graphic indicating clouds and sun.

The  outdoor temperature is 55.6°F, the dew point is 54.5°F, the heat index is 55.6°F and the humidity is 95%.

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with “bright overcast skies.”

The UV index is 1 placing the average person at low risk, the solar radiation reading is 111.3W/m2, the moon phase is waning Gibbous and the moon is 73% illuminated. Sunrise is 6:54 AM, sunset is 5:57 PM, moonrise is 9:20 PM, Moonset is 1:05 PM and we’ll have 11 hours 2 minutes of daylight today.

Our next Full Moon is on November 8, and our next new moon will be on October 25.

 

QUICK BEEF STROGANOFF

Servings:  8 – 1½ cups

 

12 oz. egg noodles

1 tbsp. olive oil

1 medium onion, chopped

1 lb. top round stead, trimmed and sliced ¼ inch thick

½ tsp. garlic powder

1/8 tsp. ground black pepper

1 10 ¾ oz. can low-fat, low-sodium cream of mushroom soup

1¼ cups low-fat (1%) milk

1 tbsp. flour

½ cup reduced-fat sour cream

 

·    Cook the noodles according to package directions, omitting the salt.  Drain and place in a large casserole dish; keep warm.

·    In a large saucepan, heat the oil.  Cook the 1 medium onion, stirring occasionally, until it starts to turn opaque, about 3 minutes.

·    Reduce the heat to low; add the steak and cook, stirring as needed, until the meat is no longer pink, about 5 minutes.  Stir in the ½ tsp. garlic powder and 1/8 tsp. black pepper.

·    Add can of soup, stir in, then fill the empty soup can with cold milk.  Combine ½ cup + 2 tbsp. milk with the meat mixture and stir.

·    Add the 1 tbsp. flour to the remaining milk in the can and stir until smooth.

Pour into the meat mixture and stir until smooth.  Cook about 5 minutes.

·         Stir in the ½ cup sour cream and continue to cook until sauce is again heated through, 2 minutes.

·         Pour the meat and sauce onto the noodles in the casserole dish; serve immediately.

 

Exchanges:  2½ starch, 2 lean meat

Calories:  308; fat:  8 g; cholesterol:  77 mg; sodium: 198 mg; carbohydrate:  39 g; fiber:  2 g; protein:  19 g