Meatloaf September 30, 2008

Here’s a simple meatloaf recipe I concocted.  Enjoy

Meatloaf Ingredients:

1 1/2 lbs ground beef

1/4 – 1/2 cup bread crumbs

1-4 tbsp dried onions to taste

salt and pepper to taste

1/4 cup ketchup

Sauce Ingredients

1/2 cup ketchup

6 tbsp white or apple cider vinegar

1/4 cup brown sugar

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Combine all ingredients for meatloaf and pour into a loaf pan and smooth to to a relatively flat surface.

Combine ingredients for sauce and pour over top of meatloaf.

Bake at 350 for 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Banana Sour Cream Bread November 26, 2007

We baked this recipe on Sunday, it’s delicious and moist. We cooked one big loaf, then pulled out our mini loaf pans and mini bundt pans for the rest of the batter. We opted for no nuts, and instead in half of the batches we added chocolate chips. Bananas and chocolate are wonderful together!

INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 cup butter
3 cups white sugar
3 eggs
6 very ripe bananas, mashed
1 (16 ounce) container sour cream
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt

Zucchini Bread November 15, 2007

My mother in law’s great zucchini bread. I didn’t believe my husband when he told me it was zucchini bread, it tastes delicious and I couldn’t imagine that it was based on a vegetable. Serve with her apple butter spread.

INGREDIENTS
3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs, beaten
1/3 cup water
2 cups grated zucchini
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, nutmeg, baking soda, cinnamon and sugar. In a separate bowl, combine oil, eggs, water, zucchini and lemon juice. Mix wet ingredients into dry, add nuts and fold in. Bake in 2 standard loaf pans, sprayed with nonstick spray, for 1 hour, or until a tester comes out clean. Alternately, bake in 5 mini loaf pans for about 45 minutes.

Baked Spaghetti

My mother in law introduced us to this one (maybe she should have her own category!) It’s the best comfort food!

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen
Preparation tine: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes

INGREDIENTS
2 cups canned diced tomatoes
2 cups tomato sauce
1 cup water
1/2 cup diced onion
1/2 cup diced green bell pepper
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley leaves
1 1/2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
1 1/2 teaspoons House Seasoning, recipe follows
1 1/2 teaspoons seasoning salt
1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
2 small bay leaves
1 1/2 pounds ground beef
8 ounces uncooked angel hair pasta
1 cup grated cheddar
1 cup grated Monterey Jack

sausage & cheese balls

My mom always made these and they would be promptly eaten. She would try to make enough to have leftovers, but it never worked.

INGREDIENTS
1 pound sausage
4 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
3 cups baking mix like Bisquick

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
In a medium bowl, combine the sausage, cheese, and dry baking mix. Mix together with your hands and shape mixture into walnut-sized balls (wet your hands with water to keep them from sticking to you). Place on a greased cookie sheet.
Bake for 12 to 15 minutes. Serve hot.