Cheesy Beef Enchiladas

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.

Cowboy Pizza

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.

Pizza Burger

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

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!

Stuffed Green Peppers

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.