soup and a muffin recipe....

Here are two recipes from my menu plan this week. The first one is The All- American Cheeseburger soup I made for Monday night. The second one is my Banana Bread recipe that I turned into muffins instead of a loaf. These two are very easy.

 

Little Ruthie Bug, as her daddy calls her with her bowl of All-American Cheeseburger Soup.

 

Not the best picture of the soup but you get the idea! I accidently deleted the other picture of it. Sorry! To lazy to go and find it!

All -American Cheeseburger Soup

 

1 pound of ground meat

1 medium onion, chopped

1 stalk of celery, chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 Tablespoons flour

28 ounces of beef broth

2 potatoes, scrubbed and coarsely chopped

1 can petite diced tomatoes

2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

1 small can tomato sauce

1/2 cup ketchup

2 Tablespoons Dijon mustard

1 cup whole milk

Toasted buns or rolls, we used croutons

Cheeseburger Toppings:

pickles, onions, mayo, mustard, ketchup

 

In a 6 quart Dutch oven, cook beef, onions, garlic and celery until tender. Sprinkle the flour on the meat mixture and cook for 2 minutes.

 

Stir in the broth and potatoes. Bring to a boil and reduce the heat and cook about 10 minutes or until potatoes are tender.

 

Stir in tomatoes, cheese, tomato sauce, ketchup and Dijon mustard. Cook on low until cheese is melted. Stir in the milk. Heat through. Serve with toasted buns and cheeseburger toppings.

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

The next pictures are of the banana bread muffins I made this morning.

 

 

 

As you can see, the batter is very thick. That's ok.

 

Just scoop it into muffin tins.

 

This is the streusel topping I made for the muffins.

 

Just take little pieces of the topping and place on top of the batter.

 

Here is the finished muffin ready to eat!

Banana Bread Muffins

 

1 cup oil

1 cup sugar

1- 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 large eggs

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

1- 1/2 cups (about 2) mashed ripe bananas

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup chopped pecans

 

Streusel Topping:

 

2 Tablespoons softened butter

3 Tablespoons flour

1/4 cup brown sugar or sucanat

 

 

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray your muffin pans. Beat oil and sugar together. Add your vanilla, eggs and mashed bananas. Gradually  beat in the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir in your chopped pecans.

 

Scoop your batter into the muffin tins and sprinkle your streusel topping on top of the batter. Bake about 12 minutes or until golden brown.

 

Cool on baking racks for 5 minutes.

 

 

 

 

I hope you have enjoyed reading about the meals I am cooking this week for my family. Stay tuned for the Chicken Skillet Lasagna I cooked tonight, it was a hit!!!

 

God Bless!

 



Menu Plan for the Week of 1/18/15 - 1/24/15

I am really trying to get motivated to stay on a schedule and get organized with our homeschooling. I have noticed that when I have a menu plan for the week, things just go so much more smoothly. So, I decided to try to keep a menu plan, planned and posted for each week. Here is the plan for this week.

God Bless!

Sunday, January 18th

Coffee before church

Chicken nachos

Sandwiches, chips and homemade salsa and fruit

 

Monday, January 19th

Sausage, Egg and Cheese Bagels and Smoothies

Mac-N-Cheese and Fruit

All American Cheeseburger Soup

 

Tuesday, January 20th

Banana Bread

Sloppy Joes on Hot Dog Buns

Chicken Skillet Lasagna,

 

Wednesday, January 21st

Sour Cream Pancakes and Breakfast Sausage

Uncured Salami, Crackers, Cheese and Fruit

Beef Stew

 

Thursday, January 22nd

Link Deer Sausage Biscuits

Patty Melts

Fried Tenderloin and Baked French Fries, recipe here.

 

Friday, January 23rd

Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

Tacos and Spanish Rice

Creamy Tortellini and Spinach Soup, From my friend at http://www.glimpseofourlife.com/

 

Saturday, January 24th

Cereal

Sub Sandwiches

Breakfast for Supper

Processing and working together.......

 

 

As you can see, our Macy bug killed her first deer last Friday, December 26th. Here are a few pictures of all the bugs and their dad processing it.

We ended up with 12 pounds of ground meat and 8 pounds of breakfast sausage.

 

 

Happy Happy Bugs!!!!!

Yummy Homemade Chili for the New Year....

 

Well, I decided to use my new Lodge Dutch oven to cook our chili in for our New Year's Eve party tonight. My sweet family got this awesome gift for me for Christmas! I love those guys so much.

 

 

I thought I would share this really good homemade chili recipe with you just in case you would like to make some of this yummy, hot, goodness on an upcoming cold night.

 

 

 

Homemade Chili Recipe



 

 

2 pounds of ground meat, I used ground vension

1/4 cup cooking oil

1 large onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 small can of tomato sauce

1 can no salt added petite diced tomatoes

1 15 ounce can of chili beans

1 cup water

1/3 cup chili powder

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 - 1 Tablespoon of salt

1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

1/4 cup ketchup

 

In a large Dutch oven, saute your onions and garlic until translucent. Add your ground meat and cook until done. Add your remaining ingredients and cook on low for about an hour.

 

ENJOY!!!!!

 

 

GOD BLESS!

 

 

How to "roast" your pumpkin in your crockpot....

Every year we go to the pumpkin patch and all the bugs bring home a pumpkin to paint and eventually cook.

 

 

We have always liked to roast our pumpkins in the oven for using in pies, pastries, chocolate chip pumpkin bread (which happen to be my families favorite!) and other yummy recipes calling for pureed pumpkin. After seeing numerous posts about roasting a pumpkin in a crock pot, I decided to try it. It works great!

 

Here's the full instructions below!

 

 

1) 1 pumpkin (if wanting to roast whole, use a pie pumpkin) ours was too big, so I cut it into a few large pieces.

 

 

2) I took the seeds out of mine, but you don't have to.

 

3) Put the pieces into your crock pot with 1 cup of water and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until soft.

 

4) Here you go, beautifully cooked pumpkin! Now, scoop out the  cooked pulp and puree in the food processor until completely smooth.

 

 

5) It should look like this right out of your processor. Enjoy!

 

what a blessing.......

Look at this......

What a blessing! Farm fresh eggs daily. Living on our homestead is one of the most fun and rewarding things I can think of!

We walk out of our back door everyday and we are in AWE! of God's creation.

I wanted to share a recipe that we really enjoy. We love using our fresh eggs in all of our recipes but this has to be one of my favorites!

I attended a cooking school last year that is sponsored by Taste of Home and came home with this wonderful recipe. I have modified it a little to our liking.

Huevos Rancheros

1 tablespoon coconut oil

1 small clove garlic, minced

1/4 cup onion, chopped

1/4 cup green pepper, chopped

1/2 teaspoon jalapeno pepper, chopped, optional

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon black pepper

1/2 teaspoon oregano

1 cup tomatoes, diced

4 to 6 eggs

1. Heat oil in a medium skillet and saute garlic, onion and green pepper for 5 minutes. Add jalapeno pepper, if desired and cook 1 minute longer. Add the remaining ingredients except for the eggs and simmer, uncovered, for 8-10 minutes or until tomatoes softens.

2. Break eggs into pan in four to six places, depending on how many you use. Continue to cook until bottom of egg is set, and white is almost cooked, or approximately 8 minutes. Cover and cook briefly until white is firm and yolk is lightly cooked. 

We like our eggs very soft for this recipe.

If you try this recipe, I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

God Bless!

A Great Blog and Giveaway!

It's no secret, I love to cook. A few months ago, my sister sent me a link to a blog to check out. I am glad I did. It is now one of my favorite cooking blogs. The bread recipes on this blog are some of the best I have tried.  

Go to What is on your menu this week? and check it out.

She also has a cookbook giveaway going on. It is entitled Savoring the Seasons with Our Best Bites Cookbook. Hop on over to the blog and check it out and enter to win this cookbook! I did!



God Bless!