Cheesy Green Bean Casserole Recipe

(Makes a double batch)
Prep: 10min Cook: 20min Bake: 30min

6 cups fresh Green Beans (about 2 lbs)
1-2 cartons Swanson Chicken Broth
2 cups diced Sweet Onions
2 cups sliced Fresh Mushrooms (1 container if pre-sliced)
1 stick Butter
2 (10.5oz) cans Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup
1 can (6oz) French’s Crispy Fried Onions
1 bag (8oz) grated Sharp Cheddar Cheese
2 pinches each Salt, Pepper, Garlic Powder

1. Preheat oven to 350°
2. Cut ends off of Green Beans and cut into smaller pieces
3. Bring Chicken Broth to boil. Use enough to submerge all beans
4. Boil Green Beans in broth for 15+min
5. Meanwhile in a large skillet, sauté Butter, Onions, and Mushrooms until just before Onions start to brown
6. Drain Beans and add them to the Onions and Mushrooms mixture
7. Add Mushroom Soup, a few handfuls of the Fried Onions, half of the Cheese, and seasonings to taste
8. Stir well then pour into a greased 13x9 baking dish
9. (Can be refrigerated at this point until ready to bake)
10. Bake 30min at 350°
11. Top with rest of Cheese and Fried Onions
12. Bake an additional 10min

Guga's Rub

From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omXFw_JnP4E

1/4 Cup Salt
1/4 Cup Brown sugar
1/4 Cup Smoked Paprika
1 tbsp Garlic powder
1 tbsp Onion powder
1 tbsp Pepper
1 tbsp Tumeric

Mix all ingredients into a jar.
Shake well.

Pressure Cooked Whole Chicken

Ingredients

• Whole chicken
• 1 tbsp chopped rosemary
• 2 tbsp olive oil for seasoning
• 1 tbsp olive oil for pot
• 6 cloves garlic or 2 tbsp minced
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1 tbsp complete seasoning
• 1 tsp lemon pepper
• 1.5 cups chicken or beef broth
• 2 onions

Instructions

• Remove anything in the cavity, rinse chicken with cold water and pat dry with paper towels and set aside
• In a small bowl, combine spices and oil
• Set stovetop to 5 or 6 and put in the oil
• Coat the chicken liberally with the spice paste and put a lemon or one of the onions inside
• Brown the chicken in the pot for 4 minutes on each side
• Set chicken aside
• Cut onion into wedges and put in pot to start browning
• Add broth to pot and scrape any brown bits from the bottom of the pot with a spatula
• Put the chicken back into the cooker breast side up
• Close the pressure cooker lid and set the stovetop to high
• Once the cooker begins to emit steam, reduce the stove to 4.5 and set a timer for 6 minutes per pound of the chicken
• Once the timer is up, remove from heat and wait for the pressure indicator to go down or wait 10 min
• Carefully remove lid and place chicken on cutting board to prep

Beef Stew Recipe

Ingredients

• 2½lb chuck roast
• 4 carrots
• 3 potatoes
• 2 celery stalks
• 1 onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1½ cup low sodium beef broth
• 1/2 cup red wine
• 1tbsp worcestershire sauce
• ½ cup flour
• 1tsp paprika
• 2-3 bay leaves
• salt & pepper
• 1 packet McCormick's beef stew seasoning

Directions

• Line slow cooker with a Reynolds wrap liner
• Add vegetables to slow cooker
• 3 diced potatoes
• 4 sliced carrots
• 2 stalks sliced celery
• Cut 2½lb chuck roast into 1in cubes
• Heat some olive oil in a large saucepan
• Working in batches of two handfuls at a time, 
• toss beef cubes in a gallon ziploc bag full of
• ½ cup flour
• All purpose seasoning
• salt & pepper to taste
• sauté coated beef in oil until lightly browned then place in slow cooker
• Once all beef has been browned, in the same saucepan add
• 1 onion chopped
• Lightly brown the onions and add to slow cooker
• In the same saucepan, stir 
• 1½ cups low sodium beef broth
• 1 tbsp worscheshire
• ½ cup red wine
• Stir until pan is completely deglazed, then pour into slow cooker
• Add remaining ingredients to slow cooker
• 2 gloves minced garlic
• 2-3 bay leaves
• 1tsp paprika
• 1 packet McCormick's beef stew seasoning
• Cook on low 8-10hrs(preferred) or high 4-6hrs 

Meatloaf Recipe

• Preheat oven to 350º

• In a medium saucepan, 
• melt 1 tbsp of butter
• Chop 1 onion
• Dice 2 cloves of garlic
• Lightly brown the onions and garlic in the butter

• Meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, combine
• 1.5 lb of ground beef
• 1 egg
• 1 cup seasoned bread crumbs
• splash of worcestershire
• salt & pepper
• browned onion mix

• Pour 1 cup milk into the saucepan and scrape the saucepan bits into it, turning it brown. Pour into the meat mixture.
• If onion/milk mix is too hot to mix with hands immediately, make topping sauce below while waiting for it to cool. 
• Place fully combined meat mixture into a lightly greased loaf pan

• In a small bowl, combine topping ingredients
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 2 tbsp mustard
• 2 tbsp worcestershire
• 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
• Fully cover the meat with topping all the way to the edges

• Bake for 1 hr

Text Over Progressbar

Transparent labels don't work in winforms so the text has to be manually drawn. From this article, you can add percents. Based on that code, here is a version with bolded custom text:

        private void UpdateProgressText(string ProgressText)
        {
            using (Graphics gr = prgStatus.CreateGraphics())
            {
                gr.DrawString(ProgressText,
                    new Font(FontFamily.GenericSansSerif, 8, FontStyle.Bold),
                    Brushes.Black,
                    new PointF(prgStatus.Width / 2 - (gr.MeasureString(ProgressText,
                        SystemFonts.DefaultFont).Width / 2.0F),
                    prgStatus.Height / 2 - (gr.MeasureString(ProgressText,
                        SystemFonts.DefaultFont).Height / 2.0F)));
            }
        }

Make sure to call UpdateProgressText() in the ProgressChanged() handler after doing a prgBar.Update();

Unblock Files Recursively

If you run into this scenario:

It happens when executables and msi's are downloaded from a browser. 

To fix it, just run this command in powershell:

dir -Path C:\Temp -Recurse | Unblock-File

It will remove the blocking for all files and subdirectories under the specified path.

Include dll Reference in Standalone exe for Visual Studio

If you want to build referenced .dll files into your exe so that you can end up with a standalone exe, follow these steps:

Copy the .dll file(s) to somewhere inside your project and include them

Make sure it is set as an Embedded Resource

In the project properties, Resources tab, add existing resource

Select the .dll that you included in the first step

Add the the .dll as a reference

Set Copy Local to false

In the code for the Form, insert the following code so that it executes before InitializeComponent()

AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += (sender, args) => { string resourceName = new AssemblyName(args.Name).Name + ".dll"; string resource = Array.Find(this.GetType().Assembly.GetManifestResourceNames(), element => element.EndsWith(resourceName)); using (var stream = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream(resource)) { Byte[] assemblyData = new Byte[stream.Length]; stream.Read(assemblyData, 0, assemblyData.Length); return Assembly.Load(assemblyData); } };

You may need to add using System.Reflection; to your form for that code to work.

Error Copying Files to VMware Image - Cannot scan local directory

This is a deceiving error from VMware. All it really means is that the source file path is too long.

Solution: Copy the file/folder from the source location to a simpler location (ie C:\Temp) and then copy the files from that simple location into your VM image.

Air Fryer Guide

Air Fryer Temp/Times all from Experience!

I always have to look up the correct temp and timing when I use my air fryer so I decided to jot them all down here so I they are in a single place. I have started with recommendations from around the internet and adjusted them according to my experiences.

• Frozen french fries - 380°  10 min
• Frozen chicken nuggets - 400°  10 min
• Frozen spring rolls - 360°  10 min
• Pizza Rolls - 380°  10 min
• Totino's Pizza - 390°  10 min - crunchy crust
• Reheat Delivery Pizza - 320°  5 min
• Reheat Leftover Waffle - 300°  3 min
• Reheat Chicken Wings - 350°  4 min then 400°  4-5 min depending on size
• Warm up boxed taco shells - 250°  2 min
• Frozen burritos - Coat with oil, 320°  20 min
• Brussles sprouts - Toss in a bowl with olive oil, salt & pepper. Cook at 360°  12 min, shaking half way through. Toss again with balsamic and parmesan cheese.
• Hotdogs - 380°  5 min

The air fryer that I use is a COSORI 5.8qt and I love it.

Test post, please ignore