Great Sweet Smoothie for Kids

Sorry no photo for this one. I made me one this morning and it was sweet but something I know kids would enjoy for breakfast and loads of calcium plus no cooking.

Ingredients for one adult size serving:

1 1/2 cups vanilla frozen yogurt (one the ice cream isle)
3 TBS of Smucker's Strawberry Jelly
1/4 cup of milk

Directions:
Put all ingredients in the blender on high until well blended. A little too sweet for hubby and myself but kids would LOVE this!

Opal's Easy and Yummy Pot Roast and Gravy

I love this recipe because the gravy literally makes it's own gravy while cooking. You can cook it in the oven, on the stove or in the crockpot. I prefer in the crock pot. As you can see we had mashed potatoes and Normandy blend vegetables as sides.

Ingredients:

Pot Roast (I made a 2 1/2 pound roast any bigger and you need to double the following ingredients)
Can of Cream of Mushroom
Can of Cream of Celery
Package of Onion Soup Mix

Directions:

Place Roast in crockpot, mix the soups in a bowl and pour it all over the pot roast. If cooking in the crockpot cook on low about 10 to 12 hours or on high for 4 to 6 hours. The soups mix with the roast juice and make their own gravy. It falls apart and is so YUMMY and easy... Enjoy!

My Husband's Meat Loaf and Myself trying out Copy Cat Cracker Barrel Hash Brown Casserole

I know I know I am running behind. My MIL came to stay with us Friday evening and so my husband cooked his Mom's meatloaf (with her help) and I made a different version than normal of Copy Cat Cracker Barrel Hash Brown Casserole. So here is a post of two recipes that go great together. We also had a vegetable medley of summer vegetables on the side.

Barbara's Meat Loaf

Ingredients:

2 pounds hamburger meat
2 eggs
1/2 can of Italian Flavored Bread Crumbs
1 small can of tomato sauce
1/2 small chopped onion
2 tsp Garlic Powder
2 tsp black pepper
Worcestershire Sauce to taste but Jason and Barbara use a lot of it.

Directions:

Mix all ingredients in a big bowl. Pat into a loaf and bake in a 9 by 13 cake pan at 350 oven for about an hour.


Copy Cat Hashbrown Casserole:

I tried this recipe with the option of either two cups of grated cheddar cheese (which I did) or 1 cup of grated cheddar cheese and one cup of cut up cubes of velveeta which I highly recommend and will do myself next time. What I really liked about this version is you fry the hash browns before you make the casserole. I also eliminated the salt.

Ingredients:

1 stick of butter
2 pounds of hash browns ( defrosted it frozen)
1 small onion chopped
salt and pepper
1 tablespoon of Olive Oil
2 cups of cheddar cheese ( You can also you 1 cup of cheese and use one cup of Velveeta)
1 can of cream of chicken soup ( 10 3/4 ounces) 



 Directions:




1. Preheat oven to 350 – oil or butter a 9×13 pan and chop onions
2. Melt butter in hot skillet then add onions. Once the onions are browning add the defrosted hash browns and add oil.
3. Cook until the hash is browning and tender.
4. Next take a large bowl and mix cheese and soup together.
5. Place the hash browns in the large bowl with the cheese and mix.
6. Place mixture into 9×13 pan .
7. Pop the pan in the oven for 30 minutes or until golden brown.

Indian Tacos (Easier than you think)

This evening we had Indian Tacos. It's a very simple recipe especially since I didn't make them with home-made chili. The fry bread is a recipe that is simple and was given to me by a restaurant manager.

Ingredients:

Fry Bread is made with self rising flour and water. Oil for frying.

Toppings include:
Ranch Style Beans
Hormel Chili without beans (or if you have it on hand some left over home made chili)

Garnishments can include:
Cheese
Sour Cream
Onions
Lettuce
Any other toppings you wish

Directions:
Mix self rising flour and water until sticky (no measurements just make what you need), roll out on a floured surface and fry in hot oil turning once until browned on both sides.

Cook the Ranch Style Beans and Hormel Chili in different pans. Put a piece of fry bread on your plate, then cover with beans and chili and then your garnishments.

Quick, easy and oh so good... enjoy!