Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Crock Pot Meatloaf

Ingredients:
1/2 cup whole milk
2 slices of bread
1 1/2 pounds ground beef
2 eggs (farm fresh from a friend are best!)
1 small onion peeled
1-1/2 teas salt
1/2 teas pepper
1 teas dry mustard
12 oz whole tomatoes

Instructions:
Place milk and bread in large mixing bowl, let stand until bread has absorbed all the milk.
With 2 forks break the bread into crumbs.
Beat the ground beef into the crumbs until well mixed.
Make a hollow in the center of the meat and break the eggs into it.
Beat the eggs a little, then grate the onion into the egg.
Add salt, pepper and mustard.
Beat the eggs into the beef.
Shape into a round cake and place in the slow cooker.
Drain tomatoes and place them on the meat.
Cover and cook on low for 5 to 7 hours.
Before serving, uncover the pot turn the heat to high and bubble away some of the sauce.
It should be thick, not thin.

Let me know if you make it and how it turns out!!

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Make Your Own Hard Shell

Like magic shell for your ice cream?
Here's an instructable on how to make your own!
Enjoy!

Sunday, July 11, 2010

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Tonight I am using a jared alfredo sauce but the next time I want to make my own.
So far I'll make this one.

Do you have an alfredo recipe for me???
please say yes

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Pickles

Bread and butter pickles in the pot.

Dill pickles in the jar.

Learning. having fun. Making a mess.

Monday, June 14, 2010

A Big Spread

Here's who ate dinner at my house 2 weeks ago.
18 teenagers and 6 adults.
Steve and I cooked spaghetti and garlic bread.
The students had traveled from house to house eating salad, appetizers, dinner then last house: dessert!!
As I was prepping for the meal I thought about Jesus and his travels.
I thought about how he hung out with 12 other guys, a group mainly made up of teenagers, and a couple of women.
I thought about those women, preparing a table for 13 plus.
I thought about the fun in moving from place to place with a large group of people, the friendships, the laughs, the inside jokes. How amazing was it to be one of Jesus' original disciples; how amazing it is to be one today.

What a great night!!

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Today I Made pickles!!

Today I started to make pickles using my own cucumbers!!
Now I have to wait 3-4 days before trying them. I have had a note on my kitchen cabinet for quite some time; the note said:
"look into pickling"


Since my cucumber plants have really started producing I figured I'd better get to pickle investigating. Thankfully the Lord loves that I procrastinate so He made sure I watched the Martha Stewart show last week where they...
dun, dun-na-nahhh...
pickles!!

Enjoy these photos, recipe link at end of photos.
(All photos are taken with my LG Zenon, camera phone- oh to have a real camera)

Introducing... Journey of the Cucumber





Soaked cucs in ice water, gathered my ingredients.

Soaked cucs in pickling mixture, placed a small plate on the top to keep them under water; sealed the whole thing with saran wrap.
Recipe link is here, I will post pictures when pickles are ready to eat!!

Monday, April 19, 2010

Monster Cookies

Making these for an upcoming youth event with my small group!
Each cookie calls for 1 cup of batter!!
Yummy!