Confetti Sausage Potluck

Today is Halloween..
I do not celebrate Halloween...
But my sister in law invited us over for a get together for the kids..
I love my sister in law and love every minute I can be with her..
She is a caring person, and someone who always laughs...
So it is impossible not to have a great time with her...
I told her I would bring something to her party...
I wanted something that everyone could enjoy...
So I came up with this...

I took one package of little smokies, one package of herb sausage, and two packages of hot dogs...
And of course, I put two onions and cut them very chunky...

I fried them up...

I heated them throughout... and made sure they were fully cooked...

Then as soon as they were ready...
I put them in 2 bottles of BBQ sauce...
And...

This is what it looks like...

I am going to put it in a serving bowl...

And the adults to the youngest of kids can enjoy them...

There is something for all taste buds....

Enjoy!!!

Strognaff .... my way

Most people take hours to cook strognaff...
Not me...
3 (or more) ingredients and you are ready to go...
And the ingredients are...

 

I like to add onions and/ or green peppers also.
First you want to start browning your hamburger...then drain it...

While you are cooking your hamburger... start your water to boil the noodles...
When the water comes to a boil... add noodles and cook for 10-12 minutes...
Then add 1 cup of water for each packet of gravy mix you are going to use...
Put it in the pan you cooked the hamburger in...and make sure you are stirring it...
When it comes to a boil... simply add back the hamburger...

 

And by the time it is ready ... Your noodles will need to be drained...

And when you put it all together...

It looks like this...

It really could not be easier...
And it is so delicious...
Enjoy!!!

 

 

 

New posts will begin on Wed

Since we have Hurricane Sandy here...
Looks like I will not be able to add a new blog till I see what the flooding will do..
Until then...

BBQ Spareribs

Today I wanted bbq spareribs...
So i took out the old crockpot and got ready..
In my opinion... there is only one way to cook bbq ribs...in the crockpot...
I have seen alot of people cook ribs.. from boiling them, to grilling them to smoking them...
but mine way is totally fool proof...
You can not mess it up...
There are only 3 ingredients...
here they are

That is it...
Hard to believe
First of all, cut the onions and lay on the bottom of crockpot...

I  do this so that the meat has something to lay on ...
Next.. put on some of the bbq sauce...

Easy so far...isn't it...
Then lay the meat on top of the onions and sauce...
Then put some more sauce on top of the meat...

That is it...
Let the slow cooker do the work for you...
Depending on the amount of ribs...
It could take 6-8 hours...
But it is well worth the wait..
And when you serve it....
It looks like this...

I served it with rice...
Enjoy!!!

 

Chicken Taco Salad

My daughter is a beautiful and amazing young lady.  Even though she is 26 years old, I still refer to her as my baby girl.  Hard to believe 26 years have gone by.  I am so proud of her.  She is a strong and positive lady.  I am so blessed to not only have a daughter that is as wonderful as her, but to also call her my best friend.
She has an awesome job... but...
She works the midnight shift.
Of course I know she is safe at work. But I do not want her to go out at 3:00am to get lunch.
So if she wants me to make her a chicken taco salad....
Then I will gladly do it for my baby girl.
The recipe is way beyond easy.. On a scale of 1-10.. 1 being easy and 10 being hard..
it is for sure a 1.
Here are the ingredients...

First thing you need to do is fry up the chicken.. you do not want it to be crispy like fried chicken.. you just to need to make sure it is cooked through.

After chicken is cooked.. next you need to cut it up...

 Put the cut up chicken back in the pan

 Add the taco seasoning from the packet

Add water... I actually just fill in the packet with water and put it in the pan

It will come up to a boil, stir once in a while... it will take about 10 minutes.. and it will thicken..
Cook until all liquid is gone.. It will be absorbed by the chicken.

This is salad.. You can add more chicken if you would like. You can also top it with salsa..

I prefer mine with ranch dressing..

Enjoy!!!

Baking cookies with my son

Children are one of the best blessings in life
God blessed me with two beautiful children
My daughter is 26 and my son is 12 years old
I have always cooked with my children...
I think that it not only fun to do with them...
But also a useful tool that can benefit them ...
While I was making the lasagna yesterday...
My son decided he wanted to make cookies...
Even though it was from a mix...
He did them all by himself..
So I thought it was only fair to show him making cookies on my blog...

The cookies actually came out really good..
But unfortunately...
We eat them quicker than we bake them...

Lasagna recipe

Hi,
Today was a long and busy day...
What a perfect day for lasagna...
I literally through it together...
Here are the ingredients...

My son wanted to get into the picture with the ingredients... ( he actually helped me cook it all.. )
I used cottage cheese, mozzarella cheese and a three cheese blend.. of course there were eggs, lasagna noddles, and i used spaghetti sauce that has vegetables.. (anything to get more veggies) and of course hamburger...
I also do not boil my noodles.. i put them right in from the box..
The secret is to add water to the sauce and it will soak into the noodles and cook them...
Your sauce should look like this...

Now is the time to mix together the cottage cheese, eggs,, seasoned salt and 1/2 cup of each cheese...
start with a layer of sauce of the bottom of pan...
Next put a layer of noodles over the sauce...
Then put a layer of cottage cheese...
then sprinkle cheese on top...

Then continue to layers..
Make your last layer of noodles..
End with sauce..
Put in over for 45 minutes to 1 hour covered with aluminum foil...

 

 

After you bake it... Take off the foil and let sit for at least 15 minutes.. then cut it and serve

 

Enjoy!!!

Loaded Baked Potato Salad

I figured since I was on vacation this week...
I would be eating a lot of sandwiches...
So I thought it would be a great idea to make loaded potato salad to have with them...
Start by peeling your potatoes.. rinse and put in cold water on the stove... It will take about 10-15 minutes to cook them... you will want to take a fork and put through the potato.. you want it to still be a little firm.. Do not let them get too mushy.. or you will have to make  loaded  mashed potatoes...(which is the same recipe.. but one you mix gently and the other you mash..)

 

Here are the ingredients...

 Cook the potatoes and let them cool ... then all you do is put all the ingredients in a bowl to mix

 I used about a pound of potatoes... 1 cup of mayo,  2 tablespoons of mustard ,  1/2 cup  sour cream and 1 cup of cheese..I also put seasoned salt in there (forgot to put it in the picture ) . I had some bacon in the freezer.. I  just put the bacon  in the microwave for about 15 seconds.. then cut it up....   And then I mixed it all up... Do not mix too much or you will have loaded mashed potatoes instead...

 

 

This is what it looks like after you mix it all up...
Enjoy!!!

Chili Recipe

Well... today is the perfect day for chili...
Not hot but not cold either...
Just a day for some delicious chili.
My husband and I have a huge debate on the making of chili...
I think it should have corn in it... My husband on the other hand.. does not think corn is supposed to be in chili...
But I guess everyones taste is different...
ok... here we go...
Here are the ingredients for my chili...

As you can see I used frozen hamburger from my freezer...
When I cook and brown my hamburger... I put a cup of chicken broth in there while I cook it..
It adds flavor plus it makes it  super moist... And by the time you have finished cooking the hamburger, the chicken broth has soaked into the meat...

 

As you can see I have added some of the onions.. I love onions... I think they are wonderful in chili. I put some in the hamburger while I am cooking it ... also put some straight in the crock pot...

 

After cooking the hamburger... Put  with chili  powder, tomatoes,  onions,  onion soup mix  and beans  in the crock pot.. Stir everything together all you have to do is wait a couple of hours...  And after waiting ... look what you have...

 

 

 

This is how I like my chili... with sour cream and shredded cheese... Or....

 

Either way... it is easy and so good...

Enjoy!!!

Chicken and dumplings...

It is a chicken and dumplings day...
After going to the Seafood Festival where I live...
I decided that I need something really good and filling for supper...
I am living right by the bay...
And do not eat seafood...
I know...
go ahead and say it...
But I do not eat seafood...
There are several ways to make chicken and dumplings...
You can bake or boil the chicken...
Today I boiled it...
There are a couple of benefits in doing this...
First... you have chicken broth from boiling it.. and 2nd ...
it literally is very moist comes apart easily...
Put the whole chicken in the water and start to boil...

Remove the chicken after it has cooked...
Save the broth...
while you are waiting for the chicken to cool enough to cut in chunks...
You will need to add the following ingredients...

Chicken broth, instant onion soup mix, can of cream of mushroom soup and frozen mixed vegetables...

Turn up the heat and start it to really cooking...
Then start cutting up and the chicken in chunks...
And add it to the veggies cooking in the broth...Next you want to taking your baking mix and add water...
You are going to make basically a extremely flat biscuit...

then cut them in squares...

and put them in the boiling stock pot with veggies and broth...the pot will look like this...
but remember... the dumplings have flour on them ... so the broth will start to thicken...

After a few minutes... the dumplings will puff up like this.. and look like you have a ton of them in there...
Do not worry.. after about 20 or 30 minutes they will shrink down ...
And then when you put it in a bowl...

And this is what it looks like...
Enjoy!!!!!!!!

Meatloaf

 

 

riday, October 19, 2012

OK...
I also made meatloaf for supper.
My husbands favorite meal...
To be honest ... I think it would be his very last meal.. lol
We have been out to eat at alot of places...
And Mike will only eat my meatloaf...
Here is all there is to it..
The ingredients are
Hamburger, ketchup, mustard, cream of mushroom soup, oatmeal, onion instant soup mix, onion , seasoned salt and eggs... ( you probably have all these in your pantry)

Mix everything together..
i use cup of ketchup, 1/4 cup mustard, 1/2 can of soup, 1 cup oatmeal, dice onion, and 2 eggs,

Bake at 350 for one hour.. I also made little ones to put in the freezer for nights i do not want to cook.

I let them sit awhile after I take them out of the oven.. And it looks like this when it is served..

Enjoy!!!!!!

Egg Salad Recipe

Egg Salad Recipe

Well,
I can not believe that it has been so long since I have been on here.
I started another blog on another site..
I totally forgot about this one.
The other site was going to be a cooking site..
Now this one will be the cooking and recipe site.
I have always loved to cook, and more than that I love easy recipes that everyone can do.
So here is my 4 ingredient egg salad that is super easy and super good.
The first thing to do.....
Put in your eggs in a pot with water...
Bring to a boil...
Then put on lid..
Turn off heat...

Let the eggs cook for 13 minutes...

Then run under cold water and take off shell.

Put the egg in a slicer turned vertical and slice

Pick up the whole egg and put it in horizontal and slice

 

Then  turn vertical

And it looks like this...

After you do this to all the eggs... Simply put them in a bowl.

 

Then it time to add the good stuff to them...

I added 1/2 cup mayo, tablespoon of mustard and 2 tablespoons of seasoned salt..

And.... Here is your egg salad sandwich...

Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!