Sloppy Joes

Sloppy Joes

1 lbs ground meat

¼ C chopped onion

1 carrot peeled and chopped

½ tsp garlic powder

1 tsp mustard

¾ C ketchup

3 tsp brown sugar

1 4oz can tomato paste

Brown meat with onion. While browning, in saucepan combine the rest of the ingredients and let simmer until meat is done then combine. Let it all simmer together for 10-15 min.

Chicken Enchiladas

Ingredients:
1 can enchilada sauce
1 can cream of chicken
1 can black beans
4 chicken breasts (or your preferred cut)
14 tortillas
cheese

Directions:
Combine the first 4 ingredients together into the crockpot. Cook on low for 4-5 hours or on high for 2 hours or until chicken is done. Once it is cooked, pull the chicken out of the crockpot into a separate bowl. Shred the chicken. Fill the tortillas with chicken and cheese, roll them up, place them into an 8x11 *cooking dish. With the remaining sauce and beans in the crockpot, pour over the tortilla rolls. Cover the dish with cheese and place in the oven at 375 until the cheese is **melted (about 5-10 minutes). Serve with rice, beans, sour cream, and guacamole!

*I was able to fit 8 rolled tortillas into an 8x11 and then used an 8x8 to put the remaining 6 tortillas. It was a good way to ensure that we had lunch for the next day.

**Another way to split the preparation for this meal was to do the crock pot portion earlier in the day. I completed the recipe all the up until the oven part, covered, and placed the enchiladas in the fridge. Once I was closer to dinner time I pulled it out and put into a preheated oven for 20 minutes.

Sweet Biscuit- the modified shortbread

This recipe is from my dad who believes came from his mom, Dorothy Jadwin. The way we eat this is you break the biscuit up into a bowl and then top with any berry that's been sprinkled with sugar (we do cut up strawberries). Then, you pour some milk over top, and eat it like a cereal as Scott describes it. You can play with the sweetness by how much sugar you add to the biscuit. The recipe as is has a hint of sweetness, nothing too extreme. -Lori

Ingredients
2 C flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 C sugar
5 TBS butter
3/4 C milk

Directions
Preheat oven to 450. Mix all ingredients in a mixer. The dough will be very sticky, so put flour on your hands to try and help. Make about 6 balls onto a cookie sheet that's been sprayed with cooking oil.  Cook in preheated oven for 13 minutes or golden on top.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:
2/3 C shortening
2/3 C butter
1 C sugar
1 C brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
3/12 C flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 package chocolate chips

Directions:
Oven at 375, 8-10 min
Drop by rounded tsp- dough is sticky. Don't overbake! They look gooey but will cool to done.

*This recipe is from Rebekah Seely. It's one of her family ones that make the cookie nice and gooey. Yum.

Meatball Sauce

Ingredients:

1 cup Apricot Preserve
1/4 cup BBQ sauce
1 Tb mustard

Mix it all up and serve over approx. 32 meatballs

*This recipe came from a friend of ours, Spencer Tracy, that we went to school with. He got it from his Aunt if I remember right.

Poppy Seed Dressing

1/3 cup white sugar
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground dry mustard
1 teaspoon grated onion
1 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon poppy seeds

Mix all and enjoy on a salad.

Manicotti

Ingredients:
1 pint part-skim ricotta cheese
8 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 eggs
1 teaspoon dried parsley
salt to taste
ground black pepper to taste
1 (16 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce
5 1/2 ounces manicotti pasta

Directions:

1. Cook manicotti in boiling water until done. Drain, and rinse with cold water.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
3. In a large bowl, combine ricotta, mozzarella, and 1/2 cup Parmesan, eggs, parsley, and salt and pepper. Mix well.
4. Pour 1/2 cup sauce into an 11x17 inch baking dish. Fill each manicotti shell with 3 tablespoons cheese mixture, and arrange over sauce . Pour remaining sauce over top, and sprinkle with remaining Parmesan cheese.
5. Bake 45 minutes, or until bubbly.
    
This recipe is super basic, you can do a lot with just the sauce or with the cheese mixture.