Cooking With The Last True Housewives

Turkey Cornbread Meatloaf

2010-07-21T11:34:00.000-07:00

In the middle of the summer I start craving food that would normally be served at Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. Kind of strange, I know! Since buying a turkey and making a Thanksgiving dinner would be costly and probably seem a little strange to my family, I decided to come up with a meatloaf recipe that would taste like Thanksgiving! This could be served with cranberries and mashed sweet potatoes.

Ingredients
Serves 4
1 Pound Ground Turkey
1 C of Cornbread Mix (I use Jiffy)
3 Slices White Bread cut into squares
3 T butter
1/4 C Green Apple Chopped
1/2 T Onion Powder (if you like onions, diced onions should be substituted here)
2 t Parsley

1. Slice the bread into small squares about the size of croutons.

2. Peel and dice 1/3 Cup of green apple.

3. In a large pan melt 3 T of butter and put in the bread, apple, onion power and parsley. If you like onion and celery, I think these would be great ingredients to add and should be put into the pan at this time. Allow this to saute over medium low heat until bread becomes slightly brown and apples are tender. I usually allow this to cook over low heat for 10 or so minutes while I am preparing the mashed sweet potatoes that I serve along side the meatloaf.

4. In a large bowl, combine the bread mixture and cornbread mix.

5. Combine by hand and place into a greased loaf pan. I sprinkled extra onion powder and parsley on top. Bake at 400 for 35-40 minutes.

How To Fold A Fitted Sheet

2010-06-28T12:04:00.001-07:00

A must know for every housewife!
I never knew how to do this and it bugged me each time I put my fitted sheets in the closet. Now I know. I watched several video clips and read many tutorials online and this one made the most sense to me.

How To Fold A Fitted Sheet

Now you won't cringe at the thought of someone looking in your linen closet!

Grilled Portabella Pasta Salad

2010-06-25T14:18:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
1 Large Portabella Mushroom Cap
2 Cups Macaroni Shells
3/4 C Shredded Parmesan Cheese
2 T, 1/4 C Olive Oil, divided
8 Chopped Sun Dried Tomatoes
3 T Sun Dried Tomato Oil( from the jar the sun dried tomatoes were in)
1/2 T Basil
1/2 T Black Pepper
1. Wipe off the mushroom cap with a damp paper towel.

2. Brush each side with 1 T Olive Oil.

3. Cook macaroni according to package directions.

4. Combine chopped tomatoes, basil, pepper, cheese and oil.

5. Grill mushroom over direct medium heat for 5 minutes on each side.

6. Chop the mushroom pieces and add to the oil mixture.

7. Add to cooked pasta and mix well. This can be served warm or you can let it chill in the refrigerator. I prefer it cold.

*Add grilled chicken strips and make it a meal!

Baked Spaghetti

2010-05-12T16:31:00.000-07:00

Baked spaghetti can be made several different ways and most recipes are for more of a casserole. This recipe is based off of a childhood memory of a local restaurant that has long since gone out of business. I know I could never create anything as good as the baked spaghetti in my memory, but this comes very close. Too me, if it falls apart or can't be cut into a solid square, then it isn't baked spaghetti!

Ingredients for 4: Preheat Oven to 400

8 oz of spaghetti(a small fist full)

2 Eggs

1/2 T Oregano

1/2 C Grated Parmesan Cheese

1/8 C Grated Romano Cheese

1/2 T Garlic Powder

1/2 T Basil

1/4 C Mozzarella Cheese

Sauce:
1 (28) Ounce Can Diced Tomatoes in Sauce

1/4 C Mozzarella Cheese

1/4 t Oregano

1/2 t Garlic Powder

1/8 Cup Romano Cheese

1. When a recipe tells me how many ounces of spaghetti I need, it just confuses me! This recipe needs about a small fist full of dry spaghetti noodles. Cook spaghetti according to package directions. Preheat oven to 400.
2. Combine eggs and Parmesan and Romano cheese in a small mixing bowl.

3. Add the oregano, basil, garlic and onion powder.

4. Combine until creamy and even. Pour over cooked spaghetti.

5. Mix until spaghetti is evenly coated. Put cheesy noodles into an 8x8 greased glass baking dish.
6. Heat sauce and add Romano Cheese, Oregano, Garlic Powder, and Mozzarella
7. Top with mozzarella cheese and bake for 20 minutes uncovered at 400. Once done, let sit for 5 minutes before cutting.
8. Cut spaghetti into squares and serve with tomato sauce.

Cheesy Beef Enchiladas

2010-05-02T09:17:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:
1 Pound Ground Beef
Vegetable Oil
1 (15 Oz) Can Enchilada Sauce
3/4 T Chili Powder
1/2 T Onion Powder
1/8 t Garlic Powder
1 (4 Oz) Can Whole Green Chilis
15 Corn Tortillas
2 C Shredded Velveeta Cheese

1. Brown Ground Beef with spices.
2. Preheat oven to 375 and heat oil in a skillet. Heat enough oil to cover the tortillas. Amount will depend on pan size.

3. Roughly chop green chilis and add them to meat along with 1 Cup of Velveeta cheese.

4. Combine and let meat mixture simmer.

5. When oil is hot, put in one tortilla for about 1 minute per side. We are are only giving it a bit of a crispy texture, but we still want it to be able to roll.

6. Take tortilla out of the oil and put directly into a bowl of the enchilada sauce. Coat both sides of the tortilla.

7. Scoop out about 1/15 of the meat mixture and place onto the tortilla. Roll up the tortilla and place seem side down in a greased baking dish. I use a glass square 8x8 dish.

8. Continue until all meat mixture has been used and top with remaining enchilada sauce and cheese. Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes until it begins to bubble.

*Use the remaining tortillas in the package by frying them in the oil until crisp on both sides. Serve with enchiladas as chips with salsa.

Sunshine Award

2010-04-22T16:16:00.000-07:00

Wow! My first blog award. This award was given to me by Lizzy from http://lizzygoesdutch.blogspot.com/ Thank you Lizzy. It made my day!
P.S> Lizzy, I love your blog and I am so glad we linked up!

Award Rules:

1. Put the logo within your post
2. Pass on to at least 12 bloggers
3. Link the nominees within your post
4. Let the nominees know they have received the award
5. Share the love and link to the person form whom you have received the award

So here is my list:
Pioneer Woman Everyone in the recipe blogging world knows Ree well. If you don't, you really should check out her blog and tasty kitchen as well.
Big City Cooking Mmmm The Taste of Chicago!
Cooking Ventures This guy is great and he posts often! Printable recipes make me envious.
Patio Daddio If you like using the grill, then this is the place for you.
My Italian Grandmother I love Italian food and can't ever pass up and Italian recipe blog.
Italian Food Forever Did I mention I love Italian food. I am Italian and so I am kind of picky about Italian recipes. These two are great!

I know it isn't 12, but these are my faves and hey, I'm picky!

Chipotle Chicken Burgers With Avocado Sauce

2010-04-11T14:06:00.000-07:00

This chicken burger is actually a twist on a Rachael Ray Chipotle Chicken Roll. I wanted to make it into a burger and use my own avocado sauce. I love chipotle peppers and the combination of the chipotle and the avocado is amazing!

Burgers
1 Pound Ground Chicken
1 Chipotle Pepper in Adobo Sauce
1 C Shredded Cheddar Cheese
1/2 t Minced Garlic
4 Hamburger Buns
Salt and Pepper to taste

Avocado Sauce
2 Avocados peeled and pits removed
1/2 T Garlic Powder
1 15 Ounce Can Rotel
8 Ounce Sour Cream
1. Chop chipotle peppers...carefully.
2. Add cheese, peppers and garlic to the ground beef. Salt and pepper as desired.
3. Score and roll into 4 patties and fry in a skillet with 1 T olive oil. Cook about 5 minutes on both sides.
4. Place all avocado sauce ingredients into a food processor. Process until creamy. Serve over chicken burgers. Enjoy!

Sun Dried Tomato and Portabella Pockets

2010-03-21T16:12:00.000-07:00

These sandwiches were inspired by a local restaurant here in Texas. The original sandwich has eggplant, portabella, sun dried tomato and mozzarella. I wanted to change it up a bit and add a creamier cheese with more flavor. I also wanted to have the mushrooms be the main ingredient and skipped the eggplant all together. I think they turned out great. They could also be served on smaller pitas or paninis as an appetizer.
Ingredients:
2 Large Portabella Mushrooms
3 T Olive Oil
1 t, 1/2 T Basil Divided
1 T, 5 Pieces Sun Dried Tomatoes Divided
1 Brick of Cream Cheese
4 Pita Shells

* I warm the pitas in the oven at 350 and butter the insides of each one. This step can be omitted if desired.

1. Wipe off each mushroom cap with a moist paper towel. Pull of the stem and discard.
2. Put caps into a large bowl and pour in olive oil and 1 t basil. Allow to sit for 10 minutes.

3. Cook on grill over direct medium heat for 5 minutes on each side.

4. In a sauce pan over low heat, add 1 T chopped sun dried tomatoes and 1/2 T basil leaves along with one brick of cream cheese. Combine until warmed and creamy. Leave on low heat until needed. 5. Take out about 5 or so of the tomatoes and slice each in half. Cut enough for each sandwich to have 2 or 3 pieces.

6. Slice the portabella mushrooms into strips.

7. Warm Pitas in oven or toast. Once warm, fill each pita with 1/4 of cheese mixture. Evenly line the inside of each pita. Add 1/4 of the sliced mushrooms to each pita and 2-4 pieces of sun dried tomato.
Enjoy!

Cowboy Pizza

2010-03-15T09:14:00.000-07:00

This is a great Friday meal that big and little cowboys will look forward to!

Ingredients:

1 LB Ground Beef

Refrigerated Pizza Dough

6 Pieces of Peppered Bacon

1 T Liquid Smoke

3/4 C and 1/2 Cup BBQ Sauce divided

1/2 C Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

Salt, Pepper, Garlic Powder to taste

1. Fry the bacon. I love using peppered bacon, but regular will work just fine.

2. Brown the meat, drain fat and add liquid smoke and 3/4 C bbq sauce.
**These are the brands that I use. If you have never tried Head Country BBQ sauce you MUST. I was shopping for BBQ sauce at the grocery store one day and a man handed me Head Country. He said that it didn't have a fancy label and that it didn't have fancy name, but that I would love it. Gotta love friendly Texans! He was right and I am so glad he shared this amazing sauce with me.

3. Put a lid on it and simmer until bacon and crust are ready (about 15 minutes).

4. Roll dough onto a greased cookie sheet. Put in the oven at 400 for 5-6 minutes. This will make it puff up and prevent a soggy pizza.

5. When bacon is done crumble (or cut with scissors) and mix with the meat. Season with salt, pepper and garlic powder.

6. Spread 1/2 C of BBQ sauce on the dough(as much or as little as you like).

7. Top with meat mixture evenly.

8. Top with cheese and put into the oven at 400 until cheese is melted. About 6 additional minutes.

And serve to your hungry cowboys! My cowboy likes his with hot peppers.

Easy Taco Dip

2010-03-06T10:41:00.000-08:00

Ever had friends stop by and you just don't have time to get to the store? This dip is an easy appetizer that everyone will love.

The best part is that you probably already have the ingredients on hand. Chips, Taco Seasoning, Sour Cream, Shredded Cheese(optional, Monterrey Jack or Cheddar work well).

I wouldn't call this a recipe, but more of a true housewives ability to think in a pinch.

Enjoy!

Avocados: How Do I know When They are Ripe?

2010-03-04T13:40:00.001-08:00

Have you ever attempted to make something with a rock-hard avocado? Have you ever tried to make something with a mushy brown avocado? Well I have done both. Living in Texas, we eat lots and lots of avocados, so I have gotten pretty good and picking them out.

So what does a perfect avocado feel like? It feels like an orange in it's peel. It is not rock hard and it is not mushy. It has a little give to it. If you find one that seems squishy inside, I promise you it will be brown on the inside.

I was once at the grocery story squeezing avocados and a man started squeezing some too. After a few minutes he asked, "What are we feeling for?" Poor guy, he had no idea what a good avocado should feel like. So remember it should be as firm as the outside of a juicy orange.

*If you are making a dip with it, go with a squishy one if the choice is between rock-hard and squishy. Trust me! Squishy is the lesser of two evils.

Pizza Burger

2010-02-18T10:11:00.000-08:00

These are sooooo good. I was surprised at how moist they were. I think the key here is to get them good and browned and not be afraid that they are going to be overdone. I cooked them until I could no longer see any pink on the top and bottom. Then I turned them like wheels in the pan to brown the edges.

Ingredients:

1 Pound Ground Beef

1 Green Bell Pepper

1 Package of Mini Pepperoni(optional)

1 Can sliced Black Olives(optional)

1 C, 1/4 C Divided Mozzarella Cheese Shredded

1 T Butter

1/2 t garlic salt or powder

1/4 t Red Pepper Flakes

1 T Romano Cheese

1 16 Ounce Can Pizza Sauce

4 Buns

1. Put ground beef and 1 Cup of mozzarella cheese in a large bowl.

2. Saute diced green peppers in a skillet with dry seasonings and butter, including Romano Cheese.

3. Add green pepper mixture to mixing bowl.

4. Combine by hand and make into 4 hamburger patties.

5. Start sauce in a small sauce pan. Add 1/4 C of Mozzarella Cheese.

6. Fry burgers in the same pan used to saute the green peppers. They will appear very dark on the outside and this is great! It won't taste burned, don't worry. It is very similar to frying a meatball. Cook both sides evenly until burger is done to your liking.

7. I like my buns a certain way. You could certainly serve these over buns without doing anything extra. I like to butter them and sprinkle them with garlic powder and a bit of mozzarella cheese. I pop them in the oven at 350 just until the cheese is melted.

This is what my burgers look like when they are just right. They are crispy on the outside, but moist and juicy on the inside.

Top with sauce and serve!

Optional Ideas,

You could add the pepperoni and black olive to either the sauce or the meat.

Meatball Sliders

2010-02-04T14:23:00.000-08:00

Delicious, delicious, delicious. I have made meatball subs for my husband many times, but these sliders made eating them soooo easy. No mess, no dropped meatballs and one very happy family.
Ingredients:
1 Pound Ground Beef
1/2 Pound Ground Pork(I can never find a 1/2 pound. Buy 1 pound and use the rest for making sausage patties in the morning)
1 Cup Panko Japanese Bread Crumbs(If you don't have Panko settle for Regular...sigh)
29 Ounce Can of Hunts Tomato Sauce
1/2 Cup plus 2 Tablespoons of Parmesan Cheese(or any of the dry shaker type you have in the house)
6 slices Mozzarella Cheese
1 Package of Slider Buns(mini buns)
1 teaspoon Garlic Powder plus a few additional shakes on the buns
Butter
Put the ground beef and ground pork into a large bowl.
These Panko breadcrumbs are pretty good. If you don't have them put in regular breadcrumbs. These are really worth trying and not only for Japanese food.

Add 1/2 Cup of parmesan cheese and breadcrumbs Squish it all up. With both hands. Don't do it with a wooden spoon! Take your rings off and squeeze. You should mix and squeeze until the bread crumbs and cheese are hardly visible.

Don't substitute the sauce. This one makes all the difference.

Roll em up!

Put the meatballs into a heated pan over medium heat. My husband likes to put olive oil or butter into the pan. I don't think it is necessary so I don't. No one can make me either. But... if they start to burn you might want to add a little olive oil. But the natural oils of the meat should be enough.

Cook meatballs over medium heat. Let them get good and brown. I don't cook them completely, but almost. Any additional cooking will be done when they are in the sauce. Remove the meatballs and pour tomato sauce into pan and heat it up. You can just add the sauce over the meatballs if that's easier. Why would you take them out first you ask? Only to let the pan cool a bit so it doesn't spit at you when you put the sauce in.

Add the meatballs to the sauce and top with additional grated cheese and garlic powder. Parmesan or any blend you have with do just fine.

Cover the pan and let cook on low for 30 minutes. If you cooked the meatballs all the way through before and you are in a hurry, just cooking it until it is hot is fine. I like cooking them for an additional 30 minutes to get the meat flavor into the sauce.

I love these. They are really great and to tell you the truth I was shocked that my grocery store carried them. They never have ANYTHING I want. I know I sound like an unhappy toddler, but really they never have anything that is a bit out of the ordinary. It's a miracle!

Put buns on a foil lined baking sheet and butter each one.
Add Garlic Powder
Put it in the oven at 350 until the cheese melts and serve meatball right on top.
Here you have it. I dare you to eat just one!

Pioneer Woman

2010-01-12T18:01:00.000-08:00

If you have never checked out The Pioneer Woman's blog, you need to. I have the link posted under my favorite cooks link on the side bar. I got her new cookbook for Christmas and I LOVE it! I was surprised to learn that most of my family had never heard of her. That is crazy! Her blog has much more than recipes, but of course the recipes are my favorite part. Check it out...you won't regret it. She is a rancher's wife and her recipes are very easy and use ingredients that you probably have in your house. My favorite recipe from her blog is her beef tenderloin. She calls it Heaven on a Fork and it really, really, is. Just ask my husband.

I plan on making nearly everything in her new cookbook. I will let you know how it goes...

Chicken Fajita Burgers

2010-01-04T15:29:00.000-08:00

This is my best recipe by far!! The key is the fajita seasoning. You can use any brand, but this one is our family's favorite.

Ingredients:
1 Pound Ground Chicken
1 1/2 T Fajita Seasoning and 1 t Fajita Seasoning divided... and a few shakes here and there
1 C Shredded Monterey Jack Cheese
1 Chopped Green Bell Pepper

butter of course!
2T Chopped Fresh Cilantro
1/2 C Sour Cream
1 t Fresh Lime Juice
1 Package of Bun

1 T Butter
Serve with buns, lettuce and chips

1. Chop the bell pepper.

2. Saute in 1 T butter and 1 1/2 T fajita Seasoning. You can never have too much seasoning or butter!

3. While the bell pepper is cooking in the butter making you extremely hungry, you can dice up some of the fresh cilantro. This will be used for the sour cream and cilantro sauce.

4. Mix together cilantro, sour cream, lime juice and 1 t of fajita seasoning. This is so good you could eat it with a chips before the chicken burgers are even finished. You could make more and no one would ever ever know...

5. Amazing and smells oh so good. This is what it will look like when it is ready.

6. Pour this buttery pepper mix on top of your ground chicken in a large mixing bowl.

7. Add the monetery jack cheese. Add a little more cheese. No one is looking.

8. Mix and squeeze and combine with your hands. Next, score the meat into fourths. This is just a fancy way of saying to divide it into four sections. This helps to make your burgers the same size.

9. Roll them up. Rachael Rae says to make a little indention into the middle of hamburgers to keep them from getting the ugly bulge in the middle. I will pass along my new found trick. I like to fry them in the same pan that I cooked the peppers in. Hey, why not. I hate having to clean extra pans. Plus, it has all that flavor in it.

10. Cook about 5 minutes on one side and flip. It always cooks faster on the other side.

11. Stare and admire.

12. Place onto a bun and serve with the sour cream cilantro sauce, shredded lettuce and chips.
13. Enjoy!

Country Rigatoni

2009-11-26T10:28:00.000-08:00

Let me start by saying that I do not serve this to my family on Thanksgiving! I have just been meaning to post this amazing vodka sauce for a while. One more side note...you do not have to use such expensive vodka. It was all we had in the house, so that's what I used!
Ingredients:
1 8 oz can of Tomato Sauce
1 Can of Tomato Paste
1 28 oz can of Peeled Whole Tomatoes
1/2 Cup Romano Grated Cheese
1 Cup Parmesan Grated Cheese
1/3 Cup Vodka
3/4 Cup Heavy Whipping Cream
1/2 t Oregano
1/8 t Red Pepper Flakes
1 T Garlic Salt (or powder)
1 T Butter
1 Pound Ground Pork
3/4 Pound Dry Rigatoni Noodles
Serves 4

1. Put Can of Whole Tomatoes in a large pot and mash with potato masher. **Now is a good time to start boiling the water for the rigatoni noodles.

2. Add tomato sauce, paste, butter, and whipping cream.

3. Turn on heat and until all is melted and mixed evenly.
4. Add Vodka.**Check the boiling water and get the rigatoni cooked and ready!

5. Continue on low heat and slowly add the cheese.

6. Heat to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat to simmer.

6. Brown the pork in a frying pan and drain fat.
7. Add ground pork to the vodka sauce.

8. Serve over the rigatoni noodles. I love this dish. It is very filling. If you find it too filling, cut out a 1/2 cup of the parmesan cheese. The red pepper flakes were a recent addition. My husband loves spicy food and I knew he would love this. If you prefer things less spicy, leave the pepper flakes out all together. The sauce is great both ways. Enjoy!

Shrimp Cocktail

2009-11-10T14:13:00.000-08:00

Ingredients: 1 pound cooked, peeled shrimp with the tails on or off.
1/4 C Cilantro
3 T Fresh Lemon Juice
Tiny bit of a Purple Onion(buy the smallest one you can find)
2 T Cocktail Sauce
1 T Chili Sauce
1 Avocado diced
1 Large Tomato
1/4 t Garlic Powder
1/4 t Onion Powder
1/2 T Kosher Salt
Additional Kosher Salt to taste
Juice the lemon. Start with one and see if you need the other.
Wash shrimp and cut off the tails if you bought them with the tails on. It would be easier to buy them with them off...I apparently don't like to go the easy route?
Throw them in a large bowl.

Dice up the tomatoes.
Cut the avocado in half and remove the pit. Next, take a spoon and scoop out the "meat". Dice it up and throw it in.
Add the freshly squeezed lemon juice from earlier.

Add the cocktail sauce.

Add the chili sauce.

Chop the cilantro.

Add the chopped cilantro.
As you can see, I did not do that great of a job chopping the cilantro. I don't mind the big pieces! I also add a few slices of the purple onion. I don't care for raw onions, so I leave them big so I don't eat them. They should not be left out though, because they add a much needed flavor.

Mix it all together.

And here you have it... a delicious appetizer. Serve with warm tortilla chips and extra lemon!

Stuffed Green Peppers

2009-11-05T17:13:00.001-08:00

You will need: 1 Pound Ground Beef

1 Cup Uncooked White Rice

6 T Butter

4 Green Peppers

1 Jar Hot Cherry Peppers

1/4 T Onion Powder,

1/8 T Oregano

1 Can Tomato Paste

1 28 Ounce Can Crushed Tomatoes

1 Gallon Tomato Juice. The Hot Cherry Peppers is a key ingredient. It makes this dish SPICY!! You can substitute Sweet Cherry Peppers. In my grocery store, I can find these peppers near the pickles.

1. First you need to cut the tops off of the green peppers. I do this by making a circular cut around the stem. Next, I pull the top off by the stem. Wash them out in the sink to get all the seeds out of the peppers.

2. Next, take the cherry peppers out of the jar and onto a cutting board. Cut off the stems and slice peppers in half.

4. Put the ground beef into a large mixing bowl. Melt the butter in the microwave and add to the meat along with the spices and rice. Now it's time to mix it by hand.
5. Stuff the mixture into the green peppers. There are air pockets in the peppers, so push the meat mixture down and fill it up!

6. In a large pot, mix crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, and cherry peppers. Heat and combine until paste is warm and evenly distributed. Place stuffed peppers in the pot. Pour in tomato juice until peppers are covered.

7. Sprinkle with Salt and Pepper and cover. Cook over low heat for 1 hour. If your peppers are on the large side you may need to cook for additional time.

Enjoy! Remember...these are spicy.

Chicken Pot Pie Rolls

2009-11-02T11:55:00.001-08:00

This is a fast and easy version of chicken pot pie. For the rolls you will need: 1 LB ground chicken, 1 Can Mixed Veggies drained, 1 Package of Pie Crust(should contain 2), 2 T butter, 1/4 t celery seed, 1/4 t Garlic Powder, 1/2 t Black Pepper, Dash of Salt.

For the Gravy Dip you will need: 1 Can Cream of Chicken Soup, 1 T butter, 1/8 C Chicken Stock or Broth, 1/8 t Black Pepper, 1/8 t Garlic Powder, Dash of Salt and Celery Seed to taste.

*Take out the pie crust ahead of time to soften.

Pot Pie Rolls:

1. Mix the ground chicken and spices.

2. Add the can of drained veggies.

3. Take out pie crust on unroll onto wax paper. Brush melted butter over the pie crust.

4. Put chicken mixture into a large plastic baggie.

5. Cut off the tip of the plastic baggie.

6. Squeeze half of chicken mixture down the center of the pie crust.

7. Roll up the pie crust and fold ends in to seal.

8. Brush melted butter onto the roll on both sides.

9. Repeat process with remaining pie crust and chicken mixture.

10. Place rolls on a foil lined baking sheet and put into the over uncovered at 400 for 20 minutes.

Gravy Dip:

1. In a sauce pan mix cream of chicken, broth, butter and spices.

2. Cook to a boil.

3. Simmer until rolls are ready.

4. Serve warm with the chicken pot pie rolls.

Jalapeno Meatloaf

2009-10-28T18:29:00.000-07:00

You will need: 1 pound ground beef, 3/4 jar jalapeno jelly, 1 diced jalapeno(fresh), 1 chopped red bell pepper, 1/8 C milk, 1 jar chili sauce plus 1/4 C chili sauce(just buy two jars), 3/4 C breadcrumbs, 1 egg, 2 T ketchup,1/4 t cayenne pepper, 1/4 t onion powder, 1/4 t black pepper, 2 T butter. I think this is pretty spicy, but my husband thinks it could use two jalapenos instead of one. You be the judge!

Jalapeno Jelly is sometimes hard to find. It is in the jelly aisle and I have tried several brands...never had a bad one. If you can't find it, you can substitute mint jelly(but I would try harder to find it.)

1. Chop the veggies and be careful with the jalapeno! Put butter in a large pan and melt until it starts to brown a tiny bit.

2. Add the veggies to the pan and saute with spices. Let it saute for a few minutes until the veggies become tender.

3. Next add 1/4 C chili sauce.

4. Remove from heat and let it cool for a few minutes. Then add milk and stir.

5. Add breadcrumbs slowly and it will turn into a thick paste.

6. Let this cool...while it is cooling whisk the egg and add it to the ground beef in a large bowl. Time to take the rings off and start mixing with your hands.

7. Mix in the breadcrumb and jalapeno paste mixture. Once it is mixed well, put it into a greased loaf pan.

8. Let's make the sauce while the oven is preheating to 350.

9. In a small saucepan, mix jalapeno jelly, ketchup and chili sauce. Heat to a boil and simmer. Add some of the sauce to the top of the meatloaf.

10. Cook meatloaf uncovered for 1 hour and 15 minutes. I keep the sauce simmering and serve the rest with the meatloaf and mashed potatoes.

Enjoy!