Mama's Meatloaf

A simple weeknight dinner with leftovers! Serve with cooked carrots or steamed sweet potatoes, corn muffins, salad, and fruit.

ingredients:

1 1lb ground beef

1 small onion, diced

1/2 green bell pepper, finely diced

1/2 c. breadcrumbs

1 egg

1/2 - 3/4 c. milk

garlic salt

salt and pepper

dash soy sauce

1 tbsp. spicy mustard

ketchup, mustard, and BBQ sauce

1. combine all ingredients except last 3.

2. Bake on 350 for 1-1 hr and 15 min.
3. Spread ketchup, mustard, and BBQ sauce on top and broil until it looks brown around the edges.

Excellent!

Adapted from the recipe on the Progresso Breadcrumbs canister.

Onion Soup Chicken

Onion soup chicken with rice, broccoli, and grapes

Recipe:

1. Put 5 breasts of chicken in slow cooker.

2. Add 1 packet onion soup mix and 2 c. boiling water.

3. Cook until chicken is tender, turning chicken once.

4. Remove chicken and strain soup mixture so that the onions are separated from the broth.

5. Cook rice. Use 1 c. of rice and 1 1/2 c. strained broth+water mixture.

6. Steam broccoli, at the end add lemon pepper. (my brother Eric's favorite - a must-have!)

Enjoy with some grapes or a salad!

Now I want to try this recipe.

There are a lot of ideas in the comments, including using different types of cheese. Yum!

New Recipe Wednesday

Well, in my June Goals post, I mentioned that I want to try a few new recipes this summer.

I decided to make Wednesdays my "New Recipe" day.

So for the remaining Wednesdays in June, I'm going to make a new recipe and blog about it here.

Wednesday, June 12--- Crispy Noodles with Scallop Stir Fry-- from Bon Appetit

Wednesday, June 19--Almond Biscotti

Wednesday, June 26-- Homemade Pizza with recipe from Cooks Illustrated

For Stephen's birthday--- Chocolate Peppermint Icecream Cake

Barbara Kingsolver's Pizza Crust Recipe

3 tsp. yeast
1 1/2 c. warm water
3 tbsp. olive oil
1 tsp. salt
2 1/2 c. white flour
2 c. whole wheat flour

Dissolve the yeast into the warm water and add oil and salt to that mixture. Mix the flours and knead them into the liquid mixture. Let dough rise for 30 to 40 min. Once the dough has risen, divide it in half  and roll out two 12-in. pizza crusts on a clean, floured surface. Bake with toppings at 425 for aabout 20 min. until crust is browned on the edges and crisp in the center.

Meal Plan Sunday vol. 1

Here is my meal plan for the Week of Sunday, May 5.

Sunday- Leftover Chicken Sausage Jambalaya
Monday-  Slow Cooker Chicken Soft Tacos
Tuesday- Leftover Chicken over Egg Noodles with mixed veggies
Wednesday- Santa Fe Chicken Ole Casserole
Thursday- Bacon Carbonara with Angel Hair pasta
Friday-  Shrimp Scampi with side salad
Saturday- breakfast for dinner- Egg, Ham and Cheese Casserole

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Easy Taco Salad

Tacy's Taco Salad

Ingredients:

1/2 lb. ground turkey

1/3 small onion, chopped

Taco shells, broiled and broken into pieces

Spinach

Mexican shredded cheese

Taco Seasoning

Taco Sauce

Brown your ground turkey in a little bit of olive oil, with chopped onions. Add taco seasoning and taco sauce. Melt cheese over the meat.

Meanwhile, put your broiler on LOW and let the taco shells get crispy, 1-3 min. Keep watch!

Serve with rice, spinach and fruit salad.

Buttermilk Biscuits with Cinnamon Roll Variation

3 1/4 c. Southern biscuit mix
1 1/4 c. buttermilk

makes 24 2-in. biscuits or 8 3-in. biscuits

Preheat oven to 450.
Stir biscuit mix and buttermilk together using as few strokes as possible, just mix until completely combined.
Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface
Gently roll to 1/2 in. thick

Using biscuit cutter, cut and place on baking sheet so sides are lightly touching.Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Brush the top with butter for added richness.

Alternate route: roll out into a rectangle. Brush with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Roll jelly-roll style. Slice into rolls. If desired, add a simple frosting of powdered sugar + warm milk.