Time flies! Meatloaf

Sorry I haven't posted on this blog forever. Honestly, it just hasn't been a priority... at all :) Sorry about that!

But, here you go, a recipe that is worth repeating. I can't remember if I've put it on this blog, but I don't really care to go investigate, either! So there!! Ha ha.

It's super easy, my kids eat thirds if I let them & it's FAST. A warning for you, though. It's not a set recipe. It's just kind of adapted from "a little of this, a little of that..." Have fun & make it your own if you want to.

Mindee's Meatloaf

Spray or grease a 9x12 casserole dish & preheat oven to 350 before doing everything else. It's best to completely defrost the hamburger, without the use of a microwave, but it still works if you forgot to take it out of the freezer the night before :)

Meatloaf:

1 lb ground beef
2-3 cups of oats
3/4 cup bread crumbs (really, the crumbs, not just chunks of bread :)
some Worcestershire sauce (to taste)
1/4 tsp onion powder
2-3 eggs (2 large OR 3 medium)

• Mix in a bowl, by hand (more like "squish" in a bowl, with your hands!)
-form a loaf out of the meat and place it in the casserole dish to wait for the sauce.

Sauce:

Tomato Sauce
Ketchup
Barbecue sauce
Tiny bit of Mustard
LOTS of Brown sugar

• don't really have set amounts for this, so it's mostly experimental! Just keep tasting it until it tastes like you want it to. I usually have one of the small cans of tomato sauce, a cup & 1/2ish of ketchup, a cup-ish of BBQ sauce, SMALL squirt of mustard & a Holy TON of brown sugar. Probably close to 2 cups!
• Mix the sauce ingredients together with a fast whisking & pour it over the meatloaf.
• The meatloaf should pretty much be drowning in sauce, trust me :)

Bake at 350 for 35-45 minutes, until beef is done.

We like to serve it with a small baked potato & some sweet corn. Have fun!

Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

So, I was "stumbling" and I found this recipe. I think I want to try it for Sunday morning breakfast. I thought I would post it in case anyone else would like to also.



Pancakes:
2 cups pancake mix
3 eggs
1/4 c. oil
1 T. powdered sugar
1 1/4 c. milk

Cinnamon Filling:
1 stick softened butter - almost melty
1 c. packed brown sugar
2 T. cinnamon
(mix all together and pour into a large pastry bag or ziplock bag with a small hole in the bottom.)

Cream Cheese Icing:
2 c. powdered sugar
2 ounces cream cheese
1 t. vanilla
4 T. milk
(mix until smooth and pour into a 2nd pastry bag or ziplock.)

recipe files

Ok, so this will probably take me off of the list of bloggers to post on this site for a while since the pdf file below titled "All Recipes" is just that - all my recipes. There are a little over 60 - and some are other family recipes as well. Just a note - unless you want to try it...be my guest...the talapia marinade at the end is disgusting - it wasn't mine and we tried it and - yuck! so, ignore that one.

Below that is a pdf my mom sent me of a TON of copycat recipes. I haven't tried any but they sound delicious! Enjoy!

So the program I embedded these with is called Scribd and you can download or print in the top left corner - I would recommend just downloading these for now.

Oh, and I just posted a brine for pork chops, don't miss that one!

All Recipes

Cookbook

Brine for Pork Chops

So, my favorite meal for a LONG time has been Shake'n Bake Pork Chops with corn and mashed potatoes! YUM! Well, Braden found this new recipes for pork chops and I was hesitant because of my love and commitment to my Shake'n Bake. He followed this recipe online and...lets just say my mouth is watering just thinking about our dinner. Instead of typing it all up, here it is!

Peanut Butter Bars

A lady in my ward made these for us and they were YUMMY! I think they are a pretty generic recipe but we didn't have it yet.

Peanut Butter Bars
3/4 c. softened butter
1/2 c. sugar
1 1/4 c. brown sugar
2 eggs
3/4 c. peanut butter
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. vanilla
MIX and then add:
1/2 c flour
2 cups oatmeal

Pour into a large cookie sheet and cook 12-15 minute or until lightly brown at 350
Let cool completely. Frost with chocolate frosting:
1/3 c. butter
1/2 c. unsweetened chocolate (beat chocolate into butter first)
4 c. powdered sugar
1/4 c. milk
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla