Meatball Stew

It has been awhile since we have posted. The holidays have made everything crazy. I made this for dinner tonight and it is always good. If you are getting a bunch of snow like we are here in Indiana this is a great dinner to warm you up. You can also cook in the crockpot all day on high if you prefer.

Here is a great winter dish. It can be made in the crockpot or in the oven. I hope you enjoy!

Meatball Stew
1 pd hamburger
1 egg
Onion flakes
1 ½ tsp salt
¼ tsp pepper
1½ can tomato sauce-divided
¼ cup bread crumbs
Carrots-peeled and chopped into small pieces
Potatoes-peeled and chopped into small pieces

Mix hamburger, egg, onion flakes ,bread crumbs, ½ cup of tomato sauce, salt and pepper. Make into meatballs.

 Brown and drain fat off. Transfer to casserole dish (or crock pot) and add carrots, potatoes, 1 cup of water and 1 ½ cans tomato sauce.

 Bake at 350 for 1 ½ hours.

Happy Holidays

Stephanie and I hope that you and your families had a very Merry Christmas. If you are like us you will be spending today cleaning everything up from yesterday lol. We live in Indiana and are in the middle of a blizzard right now so we won't be out shopping and getting any good deals!

Whatever Wednesday ( Baked Ziti with Chicken in Queso Sauce)

Baked Ziti with Chicken in Queso Sauce

2 cups shredded cooked chicken
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 can Rotel tomatoes
1 pd Velveeta, cubed
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 box ziti noodles

Cook chicken and shred.

Cook pasta and drain.

 Melt velveeta in the microwave.

Mix soup, rotel and melted cheese.

Stir in remaining ingredients and pour into a 9x13 dish.

Bake at 35o for 45 minutes.

Tasty Tuesday Beaded Serving spoon and fork

Hello Everyone

Sorry No recipe tonight.  But I got a little craft/Christmas gift for you tonight.  Mindy told me about these a few weeks ago.  And I finally got around to making them.  These are for a friend for Christmas.  They are very easy and really cutie.

I went to the dollar tree and got this serving spoon and fork.

I already had beads and wire from making jewelry so all I spent was $2.00 but it would not cost very much for the supplies.

All you have to do is cut about a arms length of wire and start wrapping it around the serving items.  I start at the back.  Then add beads as I get to the front. And keep wrapping down as far as you want the beads to go.  I think next time I will go farther down.   

when you get as far down as you want to go work you way back up to the top the same way you did.
Next tuck the wire ends in so there is no sharp edges.  So simple and I think a nice gift. 
Now the big question should I make a set for Mindy or should I let her figure out how to make them herself?  HA HA

Hope you guys like this idea if you have any questions please feel free to ask.


 

Dipped Cherry Cookies

I really meant to post this recipe last week but my youngest got sick with bronchitis and I got busy with her and just forgot. I made these cookies for the first time this year. They are really easy to make. I got the recipe from Taste of Home.

Dipped Cherry Cookies

Ingredients

• 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup Imperial Sugar® / Dixie Crystals® Granulated Sugar, divided
• 1 cup cold butter, cubed
• 1/2 cup finely chopped maraschino cherries, patted dry
• 12 ounces white baking chocolate, finely chopped, divided
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 teaspoons shortening
• Coarse sugar and red edible glitter

Directions

• In a large bowl, combine flour and 1/2 cup sugar; cut in butter until crumbly. Knead in the cherries, 2/3 cup white chocolate and extract until dough forms a ball.
• Shape into 3/4-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten slightly with a glass dipped in remaining sugar. Bake at 325° for 10-12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• In a microwave, melt shortening and remaining white chocolate; stir until smooth.
• Dip half of each cookie into chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper; sprinkle with coarse sugar and edible glitter. Let stand until set. Store in an airtight container. Yield: about 4 dozen.

buckeyes Yum

I usually make the buckeyes with rice krispies.  Scott does not like them at all so this year I was looking through my candy recipes and found a recipe for buckeyes with no rice krispies so thought I would try them.  So I made these and had him try them.  He said they were good.  Then a few days later I saw him eating another one.  Well let me tell you him eating them again really means a lot.  So I thought I would share the recipe on here.   Hope you try them there really good.

Peanut Butter Buckeyes

 
Kids will have a ball making these rich treats. Although the centers are traditionally creamy, you can add graham crackers to the mix if you prefer crunchy.

Makes about 7 dozen buckeyes.

1 1/2 cups peanut butter 6 cups confectioners' sugar 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 6 whole graham crackers, pulverized into crumbs (optional) 4 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Step 1
Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper; set it aside. Using a wooden spoon, mix together the peanut butter, sugar, butter, vanilla extract, and graham crackers, if desired, in a large bowl. (The dough will look dry.)

Step 2
Roll the dough into 1-inch balls. Set them on the prepared cookie sheet and insert a toothpick into each ball. Chill them in the freezer until hard, about 30 minutes.

Step 3
Melt the chocolate chips in a heatproof bowl set atop a pot of simmering water over medium-high heat. Stir continuously until smooth. Remove the pan from the heat. Using the toothpick as a handle, dip the balls into the melted chocolate, leaving a small circle at the top uncovered. Place the dipped candies back on the cookie sheet and refrigerate until the chocolate is set, about 2 hours. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Tasty Tuesady Fudge in the Microwave

Since Mindy made all those cookies Saturday I decided to make candy on Sunday I did not get as much done as her but I did get some made. 

Today I am going to share with you a idea a saw on pinterest it was for fudge in the microwave.  I went to the sight and realized it was the same recipe I use just made in the microwave.  So much easier.  And just as good.   Here is the recipe

 

Fudge

18 oz chocolate chips
1 can sweet condensed milk
pinch of salt
3/4 cup nuts
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

In heavy saucepan, over low heat, melt chips, butter, and sweet condensed milk. Stirring the whole time. Remove from heat, and add remaining ingredients. Pour in 9 inch square pan. Chill a few hours, then cut into squares.
Variation: White Fudge: Use 1 1/2 pounds white confectionery candy coating instead of chocolate chips

Now to make it in the microwave simply put choc chips, sweet condensed milk and butter in the microwave for 3 minutes.  Remove for microwave and stir till everything is melted add rest of ingredients and follow rest of directions. 

I am so glad I found this recipe I hated the stirring part of the original recipe.

Hint I line my 9 inch pan with aluminum foil to make it easier to remove the fudge

Stephanie