Pasta Frittata

Heat a large pot filled with water till boiling. Take handful of linguine and break in half, add to pot, cook till al-dente about 5-7min. drain well. (pre heat broiler)

In large bowl beat 8 eggs, with 1/4 cup heavy cream, 1/2 tsp italian seasoning, 1/2 tsp garlic salt,

beat together,heat 2 Tblsp Olive oil in oven proof skillet over med heat, add mixture

then add in pasta

Mix together slightly, cook 4-7 min until eggs are almost set, lifting egg mixture occasionally to let uncooked mixture flow to bottom.

sprinkle one cup parm cheese over top

cook under broiler 3-5 min

serve with bread and salad of your choice

Walmart.... & Kroger - baby back ribs

ok so I have been bad. and totally forgot to post these trips, I can't believe I remembered to take pics! I'll have to do some searching for the totals for these deals I picked up. kinda high OOP, but there was some GOOD meats involved! I cooked the 2 rack of baby back ribs together with THIS "Who Loves Ya Baby-Back?" recipe by Alton Brown of "Good Eats" and it was sooooo good. ( I did change it up a little do to time and couldnt find ingredients like the old bay and jalepeno seasoning, only cooked it 2 hours in oven, then put in fridge for the next day and cooked it for about 30 min on the grill outside with a tiny bit of BBQ sauce tasted SOO good, the kids were going NUTS over the ribs, I was too!!)

Tater Tot Casserole

My simple spin on the Duggar's Tater tot Casserole
1 lb ground Beef
1 can Cream of Chicken
1/2 - 1 can milk
1/2 - 1lb frozen tatertots
grated cheddar cheesebrown and drain 1lb ground beef

add in 1 can cream of chicken

add in 1 can milk - stir

pour into 9 x 13 in baking dish - spread out

top with frozen tater tots to liking bake in 350 oven 30- 35min

top with grated cheddar cheese

I like to eat mine with sour cream on the top!

ENJOY!

Meatloaf !!

So I tried a newish recipe for Meatloaf tonight.

I changed it a little, to this

Meat loaf
1 cup Ritz Crackers
1/3 Cup Milk
1 tsp Salt
1 egg
1 tsp Parsley flakes
1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
2 Tbsp minced onion
1 lb Ground beef (lean)
Crush crackers to fine crumbs. Place in large mixing bowl. Add rest of ingredients. Mix well; let stand a few minutes. Add meat and mix lightly but well. Scoop into balls ( I used ice cream scoop) and place in Cup cake pan. Mix topping, below, and spread on top. Topping
5 tbsp brown sugar
1/3 Cup ketchup
1/2 tsp. nutmeg

Combine and mix thoroughly and spread over meat loaf.

Bake in a 350 degree oven for 30 min.

Biscuit Pizzas - cheap and easy

Thanks Nena for this recipe idea!
I took dinner biscuits, the kind you buy from a can , rolled them out to mini pizza size. I then took some spaghetti sauce (Bertolli from Randalls) and spread it on 3, I then took some BBQ sauce (Honey flavor) and spread it on the remaining 2. I put put Cheddar and Mozzarella cheese on both, putting more cheddar on the BBQ ones, and more Mozzarella on the regular ones.

I topped the BBQ ones with some diced left over boiled chicken from Chicken Puff recipe, and topped the reg ones with peperoni, baked in 350 oven for 11 min. They turned out so yummy!!

I think next time I will used grilled chicken for a more BBQish taste on the chicken.

Mini Hamburgers Dinner time

Mini Hamburgers/Cheeseburgers w/ homemade mini buns!
:) yumhttp://southernfood.about.com/od/appetizerbreads/r/bl61210h.htm

Ingredients:

• 1 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 large egg
• 3 1/4 cups flour
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 scant tablespoon active dry yeast

Preparation:

In a bowl or large cup, whisk together the milk, melted butter, and egg. Place the milk mixture, flour, sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, and yeast in the bread machine in the order suggested by your bread machine manufacturer. Run on dough cycle. Remove finished dough to a lightly floured surface. Roll half of the dough to about 1/4-inch thickness or slightly more. Cut out with a 1 1/2-inch cutter. You could make your sandwiches slightly larger using a 2-inch cutter. Picture I Picture II

Place cut-outs on a large greased baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 15 to 18 minutes, or until browned. Brush tops with a little butter while they're hot. Let cool on rack. Split the cooled buns and fill as desired.

Corn Bread

mix together 1 Cup cornmeal
1 Cup flour
1/2 Cup sugar
4 teaspoons paking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt.. after this is all added mix before adding "wet" ingredients"
then add in 1 egg
1 Cup milk
1/4 Cup oil
Stir together but ONLY enough to combine ingredients, if you mix too much the corn bread will come out bad.
grease 8-9in round pan, or use cupcakes pan and use liners. add mixture makes 12.
bake 375 about 20 min for muffin tin, and 25min round pan,
or until edges are slightly brown.. the only thing I really make this for is the beans and rice, even though there are so many things we could eat it with.. but we CAN'T eat B & R without it, it is against "the rules" lol

Beans and Rice - Pinto Beans

Start with 1 or 2lbs of dry pinto beans (I used 2, as I like to have leftovers to freeze!)
wash and rinse a couple times, then let beans soak in water overnight. Drain in the morning.
take at least 3 cloves of garlic and mince/chop it into the beans. (I like to used alot of garlic probably 5 cloves)add in a little pepperadd in 3 Tablespoons chili powderadd approx 14oz of salt pork, I used sliced and broke up as I added itadd in one whole onion chopped, or if you have picky eaters cut in half for easy removal after cooking.add in 2 quarts of water
Stir ingredients
place crock pot on high and cook all day, ready for dinner.
last step I add in a sliced up sausage towards the end of the cooking.
cook up some rice, steamed or boiled, serve beans over rice.
season with salt to taste or garlic salt to taste.
YUMMM serve with cornbread recipe show in next post(coming soon)