Crock Pot Magic!

We have had a really busy weekend of doing nothing in particular LOL but I made this for the family and it was a huge hit!  As always this is very simple and delish!! Enjoy Folks!

Crock Pot Beef Stroganoff

2 lbs. Beef stew meat
2 can Golden Mushroom Soup
1or 2 onions chopped
2 T. Worcestershire sauce
8 oz. cream Cheeses softened
1 bag of egg noodles cooked

Put the stew meat and onion and both mushroom soups and the worcestershire in the crock pot turn it on 8 rs on high.  About a half hour before serving make noodles and stir in your soft cream cheese! Serve over the noodle sit back with a bowl of goodness!

Such a sweet Child!

While I am cooking this sweet little thing is cleaning out my cabinets for me! Gotta love a girl who works hard in the kitchen.

Crock Pot Baked Potatoes and Drunken Pork Chops

I made this yesterday for dinner and it was amazing and of course simple to do as you know I have things to do and slavin in the kitchen isn't one of them LOL

Crock Pot Potatoes
Hold onto your hat folks here we go you wrap your washed and poked potatoes in foil and put them in the crock pot put the lid on and turn the crock pot on low for 8 hrs! Done that's it!

         

                                                                                                                

Drunken Pork Chops

2 T. Oil

6 Pork Chops

1 Bottle Beer

1/2 C brown sugar

1/3 cup ketchup

1 T. Corn Starch

1/4 C water

Put a little bit oil in the bottom of a skillet. Season the chops with salt and pepper and brown both sides. While pork chops are browning, combine beer, ketchup, and brown sugar in a bowl. Pour this sauce mixture over the pork chops and simmer for 40-45 minutes.
Remove pork chops and thicken the sauce a bit. In a small cup, combine 1 Tablespoon of cornstarch in 1/4 cup of water. Stir to combine and add to the boiling sauce, whisking so that no lumps form. Put pork chops back into the thickened sauce, flip to coat.

I love you in the Morning and In the Afternoon! I love you in the Evening and underneth the moon.......

Game Changer Syrup!

OK who doesn't like a plate of warm homemade pancakes.... no one right well folks I have stumbled upon a gold mine here!  This will make you slap yo mama this syrup is so good I ain't kidding lol!

Buttermilk Syrup
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 t. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla

In a LARGE saucepan mix together buttermilk and butter and sugars till melted and just about boiling remove from heat and add the baking soda and vanilla!  OK I said use  a large saucepan for a reason when you add the baking soda this will bubble up like crazy you need room in the saucepan for this to happen or you will be scraping this stuff off your stove till Christmas and I don't want you mad at me I told you Large now listen to me!  You need to let this sit on the counter a little while so the bubbles go down and then make a batch of pancakes or waffles or pour it over ice cream or grab a spoon a lick it off! Yes folks its that good!

Not your traditional Spaghetti Dinner!

OK we love spaghetti around here but sometimes I like to mix things up a bit and when I found this recipe I knew my kids and Hubby would LOVE it! Boy this was simple and it tasted great!

SPAGHETTI BRAID

Recipe By: Holly Lofthouse

• 1 can Pillsbury Pizza Dough
• 1 pound lean Ground Beef
• 1 1/2 cups of your favorite Spaghetti Sauce ( I use 'Ragu' Traditional)
• 2 tablespoons Cream Cheese ( I used 1/3 less fat version and it was great!)
• 2 cups shredded Mozzarella Cheese

Glaze for the top:

• 2 tablespoons Butter, melted
• 1/8 tsp Garlic Salt
• 1/8 tsp Garlic Powder
• 1/8 tsp Dill Weed
• 1/8 tsp Italian Seasoning
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Unravel roll of pizza dough and lay out onto a greased cookie sheet. Set aside.

Cook the ground beef in a large skillet and cook until browned. Drain the grease. Pour in the spaghetti sauce and heat to boiling. Reduce heat and let simmer 5-10 minutes or until sauce is thoroughly heated.

Dough should now be room temp and easy to work with. Shape it out onto the cookie sheet and form into a large rectangle. Down each side of dough, cut 2 inch wide slits with a pizza cutter.

Spread beef mixture down center of dough. Take the cream cheese and dot evenly over the meat.

Sprinkle the shredded cheese over the top and start to braid the dough over the top of the filling. Criss-crossing to form a 'braid' and making sure to cover any holes.

Microwave butter to melt completely. Add in all the seasonings and mix well. Brush evenly over the top of the braid.

Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven. Sprinkle the braid evenly with Parmesan cheese. Let stand 5 minutes before slicing

Lemons!

I am a little obsessed with lemons lately I love them! They are bright, yellow, sunshiny goodness! My Hubby is not on the bandwagon... Last night I made some lemon Pasta and the kids said these noodles would be good if you left out the lemon UMMM what that's the point of lemon pasta right! Hubby preferred to eat white sandwich bread instead of my noodles OH WELL more for me!  I'll post lemon pasta recipe later! OK I told you all of that to tell you that EVERYONE in the house loves these I mean I had to hide the plate I made because I am bringing them somewhere!

This recipe is from the sweetest lady I go to church with!

Lemon Blossoms
1 box yellow cake mix
1 small box Lemon pudding mix
4 eggs
3/4 cup oil
Combine all these things in a bowl beat with a mixer. Spray mini muffin tins with cooking spray then fill half way with cake batter  Bake 350 degrees for 10 min.
Glaze
2 cups Confectioners sugar
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
zest of 1 lemon
1 1/2 T. oil
1 T. Water
Dip mini cupcakes in glaze and let sit a few minutes to harden!!

Enjoy!

Ok so the smoke alarms went off........

Spicy Honey Pork Chops
This was what I made for dinner tonight and they were so so very good just a hint of heat! They are easy and you do not need to do anything ahead of time which I really need on a crazy busy weeknight!  I used boneless pork steaks but I have made it with chicken as well and it was very good!  Even better the next day we took the chicken the last time and made chicken salad out of it YUMMY! OK here is the recipe:

Rub:
2 tsp. Garlic powder
2 tsp. chili powder
1/2 tsp. onion powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cumin

 Mix all these together and SMEAR it on your meat don't be shy rub it into the meat I also used a little olive oil drizzled on the meat to help the spices stick better!
Next get your grill pan really HOT HOT HOT and slap the meat on there cook for 5 min. per side then paint on this glaze...

Glaze:
1/2 cup Honey
1Tb. Cider vinegar
 When you put the glaze on your grill is gonna SMOKE and that is when my smoke detectors went off which added a little excitement to the house but man it is so worth it when you taste these!

Key Lime Pie!

If you have not tried THIS yogurt you need to run not walk to your nearest store and buy at least a half dozen and bring a spoon because you are gonna wanna eat one on the way home! Yes it is that good! My kids licked the empty container clean till it looked brand new LOL

Brown Butter Rice Krispy Treats!

OK So Mildred Day invented Rice Krispy Treats in 1928 but oh hunny let me tell you these are sooooo much better then I have ever had before! All you have to do is let the butter brown in the pot till it is a golden brown color then add you marshmallow's, mix till melted then add cereal! Press into a 9x13 pan and go hide the whole pan from your kids because they will eat them all gone while you are out of the room!

Here is the recipe:
1 stick of butter I use salted
10oz. marshmallow's
6 cups rice krispy cereal

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                                                            Gulf Shores April 2012

Corny Dog Muffins!!

Tonight was "kid food" night at our house! Which means of course Kraft Mac and Cheese and something new I have been wanting to try.  I used a package of Jiffy Corn muffin mix made according to package directions pour into muffin tins then cut a hot dog into thirds and SMUSH it in the batter! Bake 400 degrees for 15 min!   Enjoy... We Did!

Lip Stain and Plumper with stuff you have on hand!

We "B" girls decided we wanted to make our own lip balm so after church today we started searching the web and this was one we could do right now! I had all the stuff right here! We got to work!  Here is the recipe:

• 1 T. Vaseline
• 1 Pkt. Lemon-berry drink mix
• sprinkle of water

Mix drink mix with water blend in the Vaseline! We LOVED the results!  Then we got busy looking for a container and a solid brand name!

These three little packs of powder will change the way you eat your Sunday Roast!  Here is what I do... Now pay attention this is tricky you mix all three packs of powder together  and sprinkle them on your roast I put mine in a crock pot but you can do it in the oven as well. Then you add 1 cup of water to crock pot and put the lid on! Hang on then you forget about this glorious hunk of beef for 8 hrs. when its dinner time take off the lid and smile.....

Meat It's whats for dinner!

Serve with mashed taters and a veggie of your choice!

Well I am so excited to be a blogger! I have read so many blogs and I just love them and my niece Keilah inspired me to make one up for myself!  This will be a great way to share my favorite new recipes and cool craft projects I am working on!  I can't wait to get started....