Sloppy Joes {or Sloppy Jaysons}

Sloppy Jaysons {he's hoping the new name will catch on}

For every 1 lb hamburger:

3/4 cup ketchup
1/4 cup water
1/2 onion (diced) *
1 1/2 Tbs butter
1 Tbs vinegar
1 Tbs Worcestershire sauce (or BBQ sauce)
1 1/2 Tbs brown sugar
1 Tbs lemon juice

Brown hamburger. Drain fat. Stir in ingredients and simmer for 20 minutes on very low, stirring occasionally. {Yes, I am aware that you drain the fat and add more fat (butter). Most of the time we omit the butter.}
Serve on hamburger buns or toasted bread. Enjoy.
Serves 4
* you can omit onions if you have super-tasters in your house

Chicken Noodle Soup

3 cans chicken broth (not condensed)

carrots, chopped

celery, thick slices

1/2 onion, chopped

2 tsp oregano

dash of salt and pepper

1 bay leaf

2 or 3 boneless chicken breasts (about 2 cups cut up)

egg noodles

2 tomatoes (or 1 14.5 ounce can tomatoes, cut up)

Chicken Noodle Soup according to kenna:

In a large pan, I pour in the chicken broth, add the carrots, and celery. Then add the onions, and spices. (while I am doing this, I am usually defrosting my frozen chicken in the microwave). I bring the broth to a boil and cook the vegetables and spices, while cutting the chicken in to bite size pieces. When carrots are almost tender, I add the chicken (if I cook the chicken too long in the broth, it dries out. Darn chicken.) I cook the chicken in the broth for about 8 minutes, or until there is no more pink. Then I add the egg noodles (how much always depends on how many I want.) Cook until noodles are tender (as directed on package). Then I blend a tomato in my blender (just pulsed a couple times - not pureed) and add it to the soup (or add the cut up canned tomatoes instead.) I let it simmer just a couple more minutes and serve. This will feed my family full with leftovers, so you'll probably want to half this recipe. Nothing is really specific, I just add what I feel like ;)

sprouts ~ all this from 1 Tablespoon of seeds!

I am loving these sprouts, we have been putting them on our sandwiches, however they would be great on salads and in soups. Just take one tablespoon of seeds and add to a quart jar with the screen lid. Allow to set in water for 24 hours then drain. Every morning simply rinse with water. I leave mine in a widow and after 7 days I have a quart jar of sprouts.

gluten free... no problem

As you all know, I was very nervous about cooking for Laurie with her diet restrictions, so I did some creative cooking. We love our holiday pies, and I found a receipe for pie crust without flour. Here is a Banana Cream Pie with the new crust. I think this is a great option. Rice Krispy Treat Crust. This one was butter, melted chocolate chips and Rice Krispies. I also think the marshmellow treat kind would be a great option as well... maybe better. Just line your pie dish with the treat and add your pie filling.

Monkey Bread

INGREDIENTS

1/2cup granulated sugar

1teaspoon cinnamon

2cans (16.3 oz each) Pillsbury® Grands!® Homestyle refrigerated buttermilk biscuits

1cup firmly packed brown sugar

3/4cup butter or margarine, melted

( I DOUBLED THIS)

DIRECTIONS

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 12-cup fluted tube pan with shortening or cooking spray. In large -storage plastic food bag, mix granulated sugar and cinnamon.

2. Separate dough into 16 biscuits; cut each into quarters. Shake in bag to coat. Arrange in pan

3. In small bowl, mix brown sugar and butter; pour over biscuit pieces.

4. Bake 28 to 32 minutes or until golden brown and no longer doughy in center. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Turn upside down onto serving plate; pull apart to serve. Serve warm.

Breakfast Skillet

This has become our favorite Sunday dinner lately. Jayson makes it for our family, and we’ve all requested it for Christmas Morning breakfast. Yum!

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 cups frozen Southern-style hash brown potatoes
• 16 ounces ground sausage (I use Jimmy Dean)
• 1 cup sliced mushrooms
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Directions

1. Heat oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add potatoes; cook, covered, stirring occasionally, until golden, 6 to 8 minutes.
2. At the same time in another skillet, cook sausage, and mushrooms. (you can add bell peppers, if desired) Cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender, about 4 minutes.
3. Reduce heat to medium. Continue stirring. When sausage is fully cooked. Break 4 eggs over mixture in skillet. Stir, scrambling eggs while they cook. When eggs are cooked, sprinkle cheddar cheese on top and serve.

BTW - Definitely use Southern-Style hash browns.

"Homemade" Donuts

I made these yesterday. They were so much better then any time I have ever made donuts. I think it is because I bought the Pillsbury Buttermilk Biscuits.

(Fried in Veg. Oil on low heat)

Alma came home and was like WHOA they are so much better then any other time I made them.

The powder sugar made like a glaze on them, and i just cut them in forths and I did not roll them. I left them fluffy, I think that made them better. And NUTELLA on them... yum.

Enjoy!

Crock Pot Orange Chicken

I saw this recipe on Pinterest and got super excited. So we made it last night. Well, I think... no not think... i know that in my 4 years of marriage... this was THE WORST MEAL I have ever made. So if you see this DON'T!!!

It is 1 can of thawed Orange Juice Concentrate

4 T Brown Sugar

3 T Ketchup

1 tsp Balsamic Vinager

1/2 tsp salt

Dip peices of chicken in eggs and flour and then brown with out cooking all the way through, toss into crockpot and pour sauce over it.

Cook 5-6 hours on Low

2-3 on High

Serve over White rice

The taste was like a sour yuck! It smelled like YUCK, the chicken was overcooked, it tasted nothing like orage chicken.

We never do not eat the meal I make. But this was not edible.

I then went back to the recipe and read the reviews, there were many that said they threw it out. A few said they ate it but did a lot of different variations to it. So they didn't eat it like this recipe was. Anyway, why did I post this... just so we all can save ourselves from making this horrible meal, and if anyone has an easy fun way to do orange chicken... POST!

Fried Tuna Patties

Well it came time for dinner and I had no meat thawed and so I remembered I had seen these on line. You just mix a can 2 cans of tuna with egg, seasoning, mustard and bread and mold them into a pattie and fry them in a pan.

They were not horrible, but I am not sure I would make them again.

But if you are curious... have fun!

Cranberry Sauce

I never really liked cranberry sauce. Maybe it’s the way
that it slides out of the can like dogfood, still in the shape of the can. But,
after making my own, I can’t get enough! Here’s the recipe – it’s so
simple!

12 ounces cranberries

1 cup sugar

1 cup orange juice

In a medium saucepan over medium heat, dissolve the sugar in the orange juice. Stir in the cranberries and cook until the cranberries start to pop (about 10 minutes). Remove from hear and place sauce in a bowl. Cranberry sauce will thicken as it cools.