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Fried Apples

Posted in Easy Recipes, Fast Recipes, Recipes, Sides, tagged , , , on February 3, 2012| 2 Comments »

Fried apples have been a menu staple my entire life. I remember watching my grandma make them, as well as my mom.

They go great with pork or chicken dishes or anytime you want something delicious to add to the table. You can spoon them over vanilla ice cream, serve along side spice cake or just enjoy the spicy, caramel goodness all by itself.

These are also really easy to make.

Here ar the simple ingredients. Figure on half an apple per person.

Slice and core your apple, leaving the peel on. You can do this while your butter is melting in the skillet. I like to use a non-stick skillet for the apples.

Once the butter is melted, add apples, cinnamon and sugar. Cover and let simmer, stirring occasionally.

Cook until the apples are tender and the cinnamon, butter and sugar have created a beautiful caramel sauce on the apples.

Then enjoy! Just look at all that caremel-y deliciousness.

Fried Apples

1 apple

1 tbsp. butter

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/3 cup brown sugar

Wash apple then core and slice. I like medium-thick slices (about 1/3 inch). Melt butter in a non-stick skillet over medium heat. When melted, add apples, cinnamon and sugar. Stir until apples are coated. Cover and simmer until apples are tender (about 15 minutes) and the sauce is thick and makes you want to eat it with a spoon.

Inhale the fragrant scent and enjoy!

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Hamburger and Noodle Dinner, aka Noodle Goo

Posted in Easy Recipes, Fast Recipes, Main Dish, Recipes, tagged , , , , on January 20, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I know I promised to have some fabulous recipe for today.

That was before the snow, ice, freezing rain, more snow, ice and freezing rain.

Before we spent approximately an extra hour and a half scraping ice from windows and getting to and from work each day and Captain Cavedweller had to work late each evening.

Before my cupboards ran bare and we put off a trip to slide into the grocery store.

So, I will instead share a recipe that I like to make when we need a little comfort food, when I’m in a big hurry, or the pantry is severely in need of restocking.

We call it Noodle Goo (such an appetizing name, don’t you think?), but it is basically hamburger and egg noodles.

Noodle Goo

One Large Package of wide egg noodles
2-3 lbs lean ground beef
2 cans Cream of Mushroom Soup
1/2 cup shredded Colby-Jack Cheese
Salt and Pepper
All-purpose Seasoning
Heaping tsp. Onion Flakes
Put water on to boil (according to noodle package directions) and while it is coming up to temp, break the ground beef up in a medium skillet and start browning. Add a sprinkling of salt and pepper and some all-purpose seasoning (I like Mrs. Dash) and a spoon of onion flakes to the beef. While it is cooking, add the noodles to the boiling water and cook until fork-tender. Drain the water from the noodles and return to stove top. Reduce heat to medium-low and add the beef. Mix in the two cans of soup, give it a good stir and cook just until it all blends and the soup is hot. You can either mix in the cheese before serving, or plate the noodles and sprinkle cheese on top. You can also serve with spaghetti sauce that has been warmed.  Serve with a  nice tossed green salad and warm bread to complete the meal.

She Who Promises to Cook All Weekend and Have a Great Recipe for Next Week!

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Pigs in a Blanket

Posted in Easy Recipes, Entertaining at Home, Fast Recipes, Kid's Food, tagged , , on September 23, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Pigs in a Blanket

Any of you who have high cholesterol, high sodium issues, are on a diet or your arteries could explode if you eat too much butter, please ignore today’s post and check back next week for a delicious dessert.

For those of you who feel like living on the edge, read on!

We’re making Pigs in a Blanket today!

These are easy, fast and when you make them wickedly calorie-laden, so yummy!

Ingredients

Unfold crescents so you have individual triangles. Place one brat on the fat end and roll dough all around the brat, pinching dough to seal any openings. The camera battery died at this point and I had to switch to the old not-so-fancy camera, so I apologize in advance for the rest of the photos!

 

Once your little "pig" is wrapped up tightly in the "blanket" brush melted butter all over the outside of it.

 

Sprinkle on some chunky sea salt.

 

Pop in the oven and bake about 15 minutes until golden brown.

 

Pigs in a Blanket

 

Pigs in a Blanket

Package of Beef Brat Sausages

Tube of Crescent Rolls

Butter, melted

Salt

Roll Brats in crescent dough. Brush with melted butter. Sprinkle with salt. Bake in 375 degree oven until golden brown and enjoy!

She Who Should Not Eat These Ever

 

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Strawberry Shortcake

Posted in Desserts, Easy Recipes, Entertaining Ideas, Fast Recipes, Recipes, tagged , , , on July 20, 2011| 1 Comment »

I love strawberries. Almost as much as raspberries.

One summer-time treat I can’t pass up is strawberry shortcake – in most any variation. Have you noticed some people use biscuits for the cake. Others use actual cake. My Mom always made shortcake from scratch. It was dense and sweet and often made me think she had baked a pan of cornbread from the look of it, but the taste was all shortcake.

On occasion, if Grandma had been baking pies and there was leftover crust, she would roll the crust into a thin layer on a baking sheet and bake until a light golden brown. Then she would break the crust into bite-sized pieces and layer it with fresh sliced strawberries that she had smooshed a bit release their juice and ice cream. I kid you not, it is delicious. Especially if you pour a little of the juice over the top of the whole thing. You could also use whipping cream. It also tastes divine but my favorite is vanilla ice cream.

So you need pre-baked pie crust. Whip up a batch with my Vodka Pie Crust  recipe. It is easy and so flaky. Then just layer it in a bowl with berries. You can put them in whole but I think they taste best when you slice them, sprinkle on just a bit of sugar and smoosh them just a bit. Then top with vanilla ice cream. Continue layers and pour a bit of strawberry juice over the top. Give the berries just a minute to soak into the crust and the ice cream to soften and then attempt to stay upright as your knees turn into a jello-like substance as bliss overwhelms you and your taste-buds start applauding.

She Who Needs to Make Some Shortcake

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