Sweet and Sour Meatballs

Thanks Nadja for this recipe! Travis has been craving these!

You can either make the meatballs yourself or I always just buy frozen meatballs and pour the sauce over the frozen meatballs.

Meatballs:
1/2 lbs ground beef
3/4 cup rolled oats
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1/2 cup finely chopped onions
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp salt
pepper
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

Mix ingredients to make meatballs. boil water and put meatballs in when they float to the top take them out and they are done.

sauce:
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup vinegar
2 tsp mustard
1/2 cup bbq sauce
2 tsp Worcestershire sauce

Mix and heat. pour over meatballs and bake at 350 for about 20-30 minutes. serve with rice.

Hope you enjoy!

Brenda

Pepper Jack Cheese ball
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
1/4 cup shredded pepper jack cheese
1/2 green bell pepper, minced
1 jalapeno peppers, seeded and minced
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
In a medium bowl combine the cream cheese, Cheddar cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, green bell pepper, jalapeno pepper, Worcestershire sauce and garlic salt. Mix together and form mixture into a ball. Roll ball in cilantro and serve with your favorite crackers. Makes 10 servings

Cayenne Cheese Ball
2 (8 oz.) packages PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese Spread
1 ¼ cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese
1 ¼ cup Shredded Pepper jack Cheese
1/2 cup finely chopped fresh chives or green onions
1/2 tsp. ground red pepper (cayenne) or to taste
1/4 cup slivered almonds to roll ball in
MIX cream cheese spread, cheeses, chives/onions, and red pepper until well blended; roll in almond slivers; cover. Refrigerate 1 hour. SERVE with crackers and cut-up fresh vegetable dippers, such as carrot sticks and celery sticks.

I haven't tried the pepper jack one, but I love the Cayenne pepper one! (Except I didn't put in the pepper... :-) It tasted great!) If someone tries the other one, let me know how hot it is...I am scared to try!
-Hav

Tomato Basil Cream Sauce
1/4 c. olive oil
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 cups crushed tomatoes
1 mashed chicken bouillon cube (or 1 tsp. bouillon granules)
4 tsp. basil
2 tsp. fresh parsley
1/4 tsp. pepper
2 c. heavy cream
1/4 c. parmesan cheese

In saucepan, combine all ingredients except cream and cheese. Simmer for a few minutes, then add cream and cheese, stirring until cheese melts. Serve over cheese tortellini, and garnish with more parmesan cheese and fresh parsley if desired.

My recipe says this serves 4, but I think it is more like 8 servings worth. Maybe in the restaurant they use more sauce on the pasta than I do!
Tawnja

Chicken Florentine

This recipe is SO easy and tastes delicious. Mike is a pretty picky eater, and he loves this one (Braiden also likes it...bonus!). I got this recipe off of http://bloggingitswhatsfordinner.blogspot.com. I just copied and pasted it here...the lady that posted it is pretty funny! Anyway, enjoy! -Tifferina

Chicken Florentine

6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

1 jar Classico Traditional Sweet Basil spaghetti sauce

2 cups cream

1/2 pkg frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained

grated Parmesan cheese

1 box/pkg of your favorite noodle

Preheat oven to 375*. Place chicken breasts in Ziploc bag and bang the heck out of them with a rolling pin to flatten them ... unless you have a cool meat tenderizer, in which case, I recommend one of those too. Place flattened chicken breasts in a greased 9x13 baking dish. Sprinkle chicken liberally (fancy word for a lot) with garlic salt and pepper.In a separate dish, combine sauce, cream, and spinach. If you can't find the Classico sauce, just use your favorite spaghetti sauce. No sweat. Pour entire mixture over the chicken, which will be crammed into the 9x13 baking dish. Don't stress because the chicken is squished. It's okay. Once you've poured the sauce over the chicken and finished stressing about how the chicken is squished in the pan, bake it uncovered at 375* for about 35 minutes. When it comes out of the oven, stir the sauce around as best as you can to incorporate everything again, and then dump your grated cheese all over the top and allow the cheese to melt before serving. Serve over your favorite noodle. It's stupid easy, but is tastes like it is way more difficult to make. Bonus.**I made this dish for dinner on Friday and then invited our guinea pig friends over to eat it. I've taken the liberty of revising my made up recipe to maximize the flavors for the next time around. You're welcome. Oh, and this tastes 100x better than the picture looks too.

Spinach Dip

1 10 oz pkg Frozen chopped Spinach
1 cup Mayo
1 cup sour cream
1 pkg Knorr Vegetable soup mix
1 cup water chestnuts, chopped and drained


Thaw spinach; place on paper towel and press out moisture. Combine all ingredients, mix well. Cover and chill. Serve with French bread or raw vegetables.

Cornbread and Blacken Chicken

Good Buttermilk Cornbread
INGREDIENTS

* 1/4 pound butter (notice pounds - not cups. Its about 1 stick of butter.)

* 2/3 cup white sugar

* 2 eggs

* 1 cup buttermilk

* 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

* 1 cup cornmeal

* 1 cup all-purpose flour

* 1/2 teaspoon salt

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8 inch square pan.

2. Melt butter in large skillet. Remove from heat and stir in sugar. Quickly add eggs and beat until well blended. Combine buttermilk with baking soda and stir into mixture in pan. Stir in cornmeal, flour, and salt until well blended and few lumps remain. Pour batter into the prepared pan.

3. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

* I took this from your cousin Katrina! Thanks ! It looks good and I'm going to have to try it.

BLACKEN CHICKEN

* I usually double this recipe depending on how much you need to make.

Ingredients:

*1/2 tsp salt

*1/2 tsp garlic powder

* 1/2 tsp paprika

*1/4 tsp onion powder

*1/4 tsp black powder

*1/4 tsp ground cumin

Chicken Breasts ( Usually fill up the whole pan)

Directions:

* Mix all seasoning in a bowl. Put butter in bottom of pan and put chicken in melted butter. Then put seasoning on the chicken and turn and do the same on the other side. It is so good. We had this with a baked potato and corn, So Good.... now it is spicy, but we love it.

Anyways enjoy!

Love

JOKAKAKOJU

Yogurt Salad

1 lrg Vanilla Yogurt
1 lrg (6 oz) Vanilla Pudding
1 16 oz Cool Whip
1 bag Frozen Berries or Fresh Strawberries and a Banana

Mix together the yogurt and the pudding. Then add the cool whip. Cut up the fruit and fold it into the yogurt mixture.

Enjoy!!

Love,
Nadja