Homemade Sliders

My oh my, what do we have here?  Connie over at www.smokityfrocks.com post this recipe about  month ago.  We tried it twice since then.    All you need is 2 pounds of ground beef,  about 1/2 cup of dried minced onion,  a few shakes of season salt, 6 slices of cheese, dinner rolls ( or you could do what I did.  I toasted bread & cut in fourths.)

First thing ya do is sprinkle the minced onion on the bottom of a 9x13 pan.  Then you spread the 2 pounds of ground beef.  It will shrink down so spread it all over evenly.  After you have done that, sprinkle some season salt over the top of the meat.  Add it to a pre-heated 400 degree oven & cook for 20-25min.

It will shrink in size, as you see here.  Drain the grease is your next step.

Lay 6 slices of cheese on top and let melt a bit.

You can now cut them into "slider" shapes.  Simple, each slice of cheese gets cut into fourths.

So, now you take each slider and place on your cut dinner roll or toast.  Add your favorite toppings and enjoy!  One pickle slice is yummy!

Hope you get  a chance to make these & enjoy them!

A Yummy Lunch...

As most Mom's do, I enjoy finding & creating new meals for my family.  Since we home school, I make a homemade lunch for my 6 children each day.  We are not a "organic or Health food" type family.  If it tastes good & my crumbs eat it, then it is food for us!

Here is a simple example of something simple, that all but 1 ate.  You may have served this to your family before, but we just did for the first time not to long ago.

Peanut Butter & Jelly Quesadillas Surprise

What you need are flour or wheat tortillas, peanut or another nut butter, jelly, and a surprise ( I used mini M & M's).

Spread peanut butter on one side of a tortillas & spread jelly on one side of another.  Sprinkle on the surprise and lay the jelly side on the peanut butter side.

                
                                            Here is Abigail, waiting patiently for her yummy lunch.

Cook them as you would quesadillas.  Use a pan on the stove top or an electric griddle.  ( I love our so much, it was the best find and deal)





They were approved by my 8 yr. old.  If you make these I hope your children enjoy them as we did!

HOMEMADE POPTARTS

 Mix together 3 1/2 cups flour, 1 tsp salt, 1 cup melted butter, and 1 cup plain yogurt.  Knead a  few times                                                   on a floured surface till it all stays together. 

 Get the cutest little boy you can find and have him help you roll out the dough and a well floured surface. 

                    Using a knife cut out to rectangles as best you can.  About the size of pop tarts. 
                                                       You should get 15-20 pop tarts.

   The recipe calls to use 1/2 tsp of jelly.  After enjoying one Cookie Dad & I agreed they needed more jelly.  So maybe a full tsp. would do it.  While making them I was thinking of the different fillings one could put in it.  Nutella?  Custard?  Peanut butter & jelly?   The possibilities are endless!

Find a top that is about the same size and place on top.   Seal the edges with a fork as you would around a pie crust.

                             Bake 350 for 25 min. or until golden brown.  Do your best to hold off temptation and    
                                                wait until cooled before enjoying. 

These were great for little helpers to help make.  Super easy and the house smelled so amazing!  You could freeze them and pop them in the toaster for breakfast, if you resisted temptation from eating them all. 

Hope you get a chance to make them!

Thanks to HeavenlyHomemakers.com for the recipe!

http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/homemade-healthy-poptarts/comment-page-2#comment-67036



HOMEMADE HOT COCOA

 If you have not made hot cocoa yet, I suggest you do so and soon!  Everyone loved it.  It was so creamy.  I used milk, not powdered.

 Here are my little hot cocoa makers.  Jackson's new favorite thing is to pull up the stool and help Mommy in the kitchen.  He does great and I don't mind his help at all.  He enjoys dumping the ingredients into the bowl.  Stirring is a good thing for him.  Abigail, she was just curious what we were doing.

These are the basic ingredients for the Special Hot Cocoa.  (very simple)

Let me know if you make it and how you enjoyed it.

http://amysfinerthings.com/specia-hot-cocoa

I found this at the web page above.  You can go to it or use the recipe below, which is the same.

Special Hot Cocoa

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

2/3 cups sugar

pinch of salt

1/3 cup boiling water

6 cups milk

1 tsp vanilla

candy canes (optional)

add cocoa ,sugar. and salt together in a saucepan.  gently add the boiling water and whisk together.  bring to a boil, stirring constantly.  simmer and stir for 2 min.  add the 6 cups of milk and heat but do not let boil.  take off heat and add vanilla.  serve with a candy cane for a minty touch!

What's cooking now?

                                                                    PIZZA QUESADILLAS

3 simple ingredients I already had in the fridge & pantry.  A jar of spaghetti sauce (free from Wegmans), mozzarella cheese, and flour tortilla shells.  Oh, so yummy!

 Here is the way I made them.  Add a tortilla to the skillet and add some sauce, spread all over.  Sprinkle on some cheese and add another tortilla.  Brown on both sides.  Smells like pizza. Cut into triangles and serve.

     
        Here is Quin enjoying one.  I asked him to smile and this is the face he made. Jamison & Kendall are in the back round.  They all enjoyed them very much.

Sunday nights I made a quick snack before the children go to bed.  We have a big meal in the afternoon when we get home from church which we call "linner"  Lunch and dinner combined, get it?    So when we get home from church Sunday night they need a quick yummy snack before bed. 

You could add anything to this just as you would a pizza.

Gonna try it?

Already made this before?

Happy Cooking!

Dinner

     No photo of tonight's dinner makings.  I had to whip it together fast to feed the hungry crowd.  Carter had a friend sleep over and we went sledding.  We got home late picking up Quin, who slept over a friends house last night as well. 

     As soon as we got home from Wegmans I made dinner.  Fettuccine Alfredo w/ chicken & broccoli.  You want to know how I know it was a good dinner?  The children needed no correction during dinner.  It was quiet and you could hear them chewing.  James thanked me at least 3x for the great tasting meal.  I put my new cookbook to good use.  The $5 dinner Mom cookbook  was the best gift for Christmas.  (Thanks Quintin)

     On page 59 is her recipe for Fettuccine Alfredo.  It is made with a basic white sauce with some Parmesan cheese added.  Oh, my how easy and simple it was!  The recipe for the sauce is on page 276.  I made it with ingredients already in my pantry.  I cost no more than $0.70 to make the sauce.  Added some chicken I had in the freezer i bought a mega pack of.   Steamed some broccoli and sliced up a  loaf of Pane Italian bread I got free using double $1 coupons at Wegmans.  Oh what a wonderful meal.  James had 2 helpings and Jackson, age 2 2/3 yrs. finished off the broccoli!

     Make this when you don't know what to make and your family will devour it as mine did!

     Thank you Erin Chase for you amazing blessing of a cookbook!

More recipes

For dinner tonight we had another yummy one! I am not trying to make myself look good as a cook, just wanting to share somthing that our family enjoyed. I have made this before and was surprised how good it was then. I had all the ingredients on hand, just had to buy the ground beef for it. We have a neighbor a few houses down that gives us a few canned goods ocasionally. He gave us an ingredient and didn't even know it.

I found this recipe about 6 yrs. ago in a "Boxcar Kids" book. It is simple and so much better than the boxed version of it. Here goes...


HAMBURGER HELPER

1 pound ground beef
1 med. onion, chopped
1/4 tsp. pepper
2 T. parsley
1 clove garlic, minced
2 cans tomato soup
1 soup can water
1 1/2 cup elbows
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

cook meat with onion, add next 6 ingredients and mix well. cover and turn heat to low. simmer 20 min. pour into greased casserole dish and sprinkle with cheese. serves 6


If you try it let me know if your family enjoyed it or not. It is a budget friendly meal. Serve it with homemade biscuits and a green salad. That's what we do. Play around with it also. Add to it and let me know what you did to make it better!

Our dinner was great!

Wow! That apple pancake was sooooooooooooooooooooooo yuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyyy! Everyone ate it. You do not even need to put syrup on them. We had fruit with it and some sausage links. Oh, and ABC tator tots as hash browns. James gobbled those up. Next time I am doubling the recipe so I can have leftovers. After dinner we went to Burger King and got Icee's for $1. What a deal that is! It has been so hot they hit the spot.

Here is the recipe for the Apple Pancakes in case you would like to try them at your home.

4 eggs
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup milk
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 cup butter
2 med. apples, thinly sliced
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 tsp. cinnamon

Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Place 2 (9 inch) round layer pans in the oven. Beat eggs, flour, milk and slat in a small bowl for 1 min. Remove pans from oven. Place 2 TBS.butter in each pan, rotate pan and coat sides of pans. Arrange half the apples slices in each pan; divide evnely between pans. Mix sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle 2 TBS. of sugar mixture over batter in each pan. Bake uncovered untill puffed and golden, 20 -25 min.

Serve this piping hot from the oven. Serves 4

Let me know if you try this. I found this recipe on recipegoldmine.com . That is a great site that has tons of recipes on it. I have a link for it on the side bar. Happy cooking!

Dinner

For dinner tonight I am making "7 up chicken' in the crock pot. I never thought of putting soda pop on top of a meat in the crock pot. I sure hope it is good, I have nothing on stand by and it is a church night. Here is the recipe in case you would like to try it.

6-8 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
2 TBS. butter
1 can 7 up
1 tsp. seasoning salt
1tsp. parsley flakes

place chiken in bottom of crock pot. Add butter.
Mix 7 up iwth salt and parsley. Pour over top of chicken. Cover and cook on LOW 6-8 hrs.

I will let you know if it turns out or not.

Church tonight. I sure would have loved a nap. Jamison fell asleep on the couch while I was making lunch. He only slept for about `15 min. and that is all he needs. He has breakdowns. I try my best to remain calm when he does but sometimes sending him to his room makes it easier for the rest of us. He gets so loud! Then I go correct him in his room. When he is happy and rested. It has been a tiresome week. Going to to the splash pad each day and the heat! Even Kendall has gone to lay down on his own cause he was tired.