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Stove Top Mini Meat Loaves / Meatloaf

January 21, 2010 by Ellen · 1 Comment 

Meatloaf is good, but mini meat loaves are better. You can control portions, cook it faster, and easily pack up leftovers for lunches! One option is to mix up your favorite meatloaf mix, if you have one, and bake in a loaf pan, then slice and serve. You might also take that same mix and [...]

Beef Tostado Recipe with Fixings

November 10, 2009 by Ellen · 3 Comments 

My youngest has a new friend spending the night and asked for tostados for dinner, a perfect request since we had a perfect ripe avocado. I pulled some ground turkey from the freezer and cooked it up with some taco seasonings.  A while back I bought a container of taco seasoning but I actually prefer [...]

Meatball Sandwich Recipe: Use Up Those Leftover Meatballs!

October 15, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

In truth, there’s hardly a recipe for a meatball sandwich. At its simplest, you take a French or hoagie roll, put a few meatballs on it, ladle some spaghetti sauce on it and eat. If you want to get a bit fancier, you’d use your own homemade meatballs. My favorite recipe uses ground pork and [...]

Stuffed Green Peppers, No Rice

September 22, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I got this recipe from my sister. Unlike most stuffed green pepper recipes, it has no rice. I personally think I would like this a bit better with some cooked rice added, but it was good. My daughter was aghast at the idea of eating astuffed  green pepper, so I used the same meat mix [...]

Ultimate Taco Salad Recipe

July 29, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I never make taco meat just to have a taco salad but it sure is a great way to use up the leftovers a day or so after having tacos.  I like to use a little Catalina salad dressing on mine for a Catalina Taco Salad. It just adds a nice sweet touch. My kids [...]

Carolina Chili and Dogs

May 30, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I’m gearing up for a large graduation party and am trying to figure out what to fix. I’m also trying to clear out my frig and freezer so as to make room for party food. By my current guess, we’ve at least 5o coming for an open house/barbecue.   I’m thinking hot dogs, burgers, and maybe [...]

Italian Style Sloppy Joes

April 17, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

The genesis of this is from Rachael Ray Express Lane Meals: What to Keep on Hand, What to Buy Fresh for the Easiest-Ever 30-Minute Meals, but I found her version very bland. Intriguing and oh so close, but bland. I added some Worcestershire sauce and ketchup and suddenly it was GREAT! Can’t vouch for the [...]

Mexican Ground Beef Mix

March 2, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Another good one from Cheap. Fast. Good! Just a good basic Mexican flavored ground beef mix, suitable for burritos, enchiladas, taco salad, quesadillas, and nachos.  In all honest, the first night we had it for burritos and I thought it would have been better without the sour cream. But two nights later on a taco [...]

Make Your Own Taco Seasoning Mix

March 2, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I haven’t bought a packet of taco seasoning mix in years because when I make tacos I do this.   But sometimes recipes call for a packet of taco seasoning mix and just a bit of cumin doesn’t seem like it will do the trick. Try this instead, courtesy of Make-A-Mix. Actually that’s a newer version [...]

Sunday Gravy aka Meat Sauce

February 23, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I somehow ended up with a great dinner (and then breakfast) based on two cookbooks based on fictional families, The Sopranos Family Cookbook: As Compiled by Artie Bucco and Food To Die For: Secrets From Kay Scarpetta’s Kitchen. First, was the Sunday Gravy from The Soprano’s cookbook, modified only slightly to make smooth sauce rather [...]

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