Friday, January 27, 2012

Sloppy Joe Skillet




Sloppy Joe Skillet

Ingredients:
·1 lb. ground beef, browned and grease drained
·1 - 12oz. bag frozen corn kernels
·1 medium onion, sliced and separated into rings
·4 small potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
·½ cup water
·½ cup pickle relish
·¼ cup mustard
·1 cup ketchup

Directions:
Place beef at the bottom of a large skillet. Layer corn, onion, and potato on top. Add water, pickle relish, mustard, and ketchup. Stir together.

Cover and cook on medium-low heat for about 20-30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are tender.

Review: I added fresh mushrooms with corn, onion and potatoes. I also added cheese and onion. Lastly I seasoned the meat with salt, pepper and all seasoning,

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Favorite Friday finds

Here are this weeks favorite finds:

Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches


French toast kabobs



Chicken Parm meatball sandwiches



For more great finds check out Finding Joy in my Kitchen

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Tony’s Tilapia

Tony’s Tilapia


Ingredients

  • 6 Tilapia fillets, thawed
  • 1/2 stick Butter, melted
  • Creole or Cajun seasoning to taste

Instructions

  1. Place the fillets on a foil covered baking sheet.
  2. Pour the melted butter over them and sprinkle with the seasoning. Tony’s seasoning has a nice kick to it, so you might want to go lightly (or heavier if you like it hot).
  3. Bake at 400 degrees for about 17 minutes or until you can flake the fillets with a fork.

Review: This tasted great and was simple to prepare.My family loved this recipe and I loved that it only had 3 ingredients.

Monday, January 23, 2012

Best turkey meatballs and Sauce by Clinton Kelly

Ingredients:

1/4 pounds of ground turkey
2 eggs
About 3/4 cup bread crumbs
About 1 tablespoon rosemary (crushed)
6 to 8 big dashes of hot sauce
1/2 large onion (diced)
3 large cloves garlic (minced)
Salt and pepper

Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit

2. For the meatballs, mix the ground turkey, eggs, bread crumbs, rosemary, hot sauce, and onion. The mixture is pretty mushy, unlike beef meatballs.

3. Form into 24 meatballs and place on a sheet pan coated with nonstick spray.

4. Bake for about 12 minutes. Reduce the heat to 350 degrees Fahrenheit for another 15 minutes or so.

Ingredients

Some olive oil
3 large cloves garlic (minced)
1/2 large onion (diced)
1 28-ounce can Muir Glen Organic Chunky Tomato Sauce
Some oregano (amount up to you)
Some rosemary (amount up to you)
About 1/2 cup romano cheese
About 8 fresh basil leaves
A dash of sweet vermouth

Instructions
:
1. For the sauce, heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute the garlic, mushrooms, and onions until translucent.

2. Add the tomato sauce and everything else. Let it simmer until the meatballs are done. Add the meatballs and let it simmer some more.

Review: We added mushrooms to the sauce. We also used ground beef once. The sauce is amazing as is the meatballs.

Western Burger



Ingredients:
2lbs ground hamburger (we used frozen hamburger patties)
8 frozen onion rings
8 slices bacon
8 tablespoons BBQ sauce(we mixed ours with 1 tsp of mayo)
4 slices cheddar cheese
4 hamburger buns

Cooking Instructions:


Step 1: Deep fry or bake onion rings according to package directions (if deep drying drain on paper towels). Set aside. Add bacon to the fry-pan and cook until crispy, drain on paper towels .

Step 2: S Cook hamburger patties until they have reached an internal temperature of 160 degrees. Within the last few minutes of cooking top each patty with a slice of your choice of cheese (cheddar/pepper jack) Once cheese has melted, remove from the grill.

Step 3: Place the hamburger buns halves onto the grill and cook on the underside until lightly browned. Remove from the grill. Spread BBQ sauce onto both halves on each bun. Top with a hamburger patty, 2 slices of bacon, and 2 onion rings.
Yield: (4 Servings)

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Roast beef sandwiches




1 can Campbell's® Condensed French Onion Soup
1 tablespoon reduced sodium Worcestershire sauce
3/4 pound thinly sliced deli roast beef
4 Pepperidge Farm® Classic Soft Hoagie Rolls with Sesame Seeds
4 slices deli provolone cheese cut in half
1/4 cup drained hot or mild pickled banana pepper rings

Heat the oven to 400°F.

Heat the soup and Worcestershire in a 2-quart saucepan over medium-high heat to a boil. Add the beef and heat through, stirring occasionally.

Divide the beef evenly among the rolls. Top the beef with the cheese slices and place the sandwiches onto a baking sheet.

Bake for 3 minutes or until the sandwiches are toasted and the cheese is melted. Spoon the soup mixture onto the sandwiches. Top each sandwich with 1 tablespoon pepper rings.

Review:These tasted good and was supper easy to prepare but this recipe is my favorite.

Flubber




-1/8 c warm waterfood coloring (optional)
1 c school glue (about 2-1/2 small school bottles)
1 tbsp borax laundry booster (i found it by the OxyClean, it's like $2.00 for a large box)

1. in a bowl mix 2 c warm water, food coloring and glue. stir until glue has dissolved.
2. in another bowl, combine 1/8 c warm water and borax. Stir until borax has dissolved.
3. add borax solution to glue mixture and mix with hands for about 5 minutes (or more).
4. pour out extra water. (if there is some)
5. play with flubber immediately or store in airtight container.

Oh my goodness, Lily enjoyed this activity so much. She was all giggles.