Favorite Recipes!

I needed something to laminate. A friend suggested a recipe card and I loved the idea. And I knew exactly which recipe would be the first one to get laminated. The recipe was given to me by my dear friend Lori and I make it to take to every potluck I attend. I use this recipe SO much that the card was looking pretty pitiful.
I used that lovely K & Company DP once again!
I have to say this was one of the most fun projects I have ever done! I intend to laminate more of my favorite recipes and put them on a binder ring!
Have a blessed day!!
~Angel

Project Recipe:
5"x6"
Stamps~ None
Ink~ Printer only
Paper~ Choc Chip, DP- Urban Rhapsody by K & Co, Matilda by Melissa Francis
Accessories~ Xyron Creatopia Laminate Cartridge, Photo Corner & Spiral Border Punch (SU), Owl Sticker from The Paper Studio, Rub-on by Creative Imaginations, K & Co sticker frame, stapler

"Es tut mir leid."

"I am sorry."

It's been a bit of a difficult week for me.
I've been crabby.
Poor Kevin.
In an effort to make it up to him, I decided to make him a card
and
German food- one of his favorites.

Kevin made the Jägerschnitzel. He usually uses pork, but this time he used beef steaks because we had them. This is a family recipe that he has made all throughout our marriage.

I made
Hot German Potato Salad

Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 50 Minutes
Ready In: 1 Hour
Yields: 12 servings

INGREDIENTS:
9 potatoes, peeled
6 slices bacon
3/4 cup chopped onions
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons white sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon celery seed
1/8 teaspoon ground black
pepper
3/4 cup water
1/3 cup distilled white vinegar

DIRECTIONS:
1.Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender but still firm, about 30 minutes. Drain, cool and slice thin.
2.Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside, reserving drippings.
3.Saute onions in bacon drippings until they are golden-brown.
4.In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, celery seed, and pepper. Add to the sauteed onions and cook and stir until bubbly, then remove from heat. Stir in water and vinegar, then return to the stove and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil and stir for one minute. Carefully stir bacon and sliced potatoes into the vinegar/water mixture, stirring gently until potatoes are heated through.

Spaetzle- {Tradition German Egg Noodles} Found in the Gourmet foods section at the Commissary

Green Beans with Almonds

and

Apple Kuchen



Prep Time: 30 Minutes
Cook Time: 35 Minutes
Ready In: 1 Hour 5 Minutes
Yields: 12 servings

INGREDIENTS:
1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
1/4 cup margarine, softened
1/2 cup flaked coconut
4 large Granny Smith apples
1/2 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup sour cream
1 egg
DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Peel, core, and cut each apple into 8 wedges. Set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, combine the cake mix, coconut and margarine until crumbly. Pat mixture lightly into prepared pan, building up the edges slightly to form a crust. Arrange the apple wedges on top.
3. Mix together the cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle over the apples and the cake mixture. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg and sour cream. Drizzle over the top of the cake.
4. Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes, or until the edges of the cake are golden and the apples are tender.

It was SO yummy.

Fact #59

I love cooking in my crockpot!

In fact, here is what's for dinner tonight: Becky's Beef Stew

1.5 lbs beef stew meat, cubed
16-20 oz frozen vegetables (carrots,corn,peas)

4 lg potatoes, cubed
1 bay leaf

1 onion chopped
15 oz can stewed tomatoes (any variety)

8 oz can tomato sauce
2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

Put meat on bottom of crock pot. Layer frozen vegetables and potatoes over meat.
Mix remaining ingredients together in large bowl and pour over.
Cover and cook on low 6-8 hours.

Mid Week Recipe

My blog is about a lot of things. It's about me and I like a lot of things (as you are learning). But one thing I have been wanting to do is post a recipe each week. So, I thought I would choose Wednesdays to offer that feature each week. This week I am sharing a recipe from my family cookbook. Kevin, Katie and I took this dish over to a family last night who just had a brand new baby boy. We also took them some Parmesan Chicken Strips, Italian Herb Potatoes, Rolls and Chocolate Chunk Brownies. They called right away asking for this recipe. I wish I would have taken a pic cuz it even looked yummy!

Corn Casserole

1 can While Kernel Corn, undrained

1 can Cream Style Corn

2 eggs, beaten

1 cup sour cream

4 Tbsp dry onion flakes

1 box Jiffy corn muffin mix

1/2 cup (1 stick) margarine

Combine both corns, eggs, sour cream and onion flakes. Add corn muffin

mix and mix well. Pour into a casserole dish (9x13 is best) that has been well greased. Dot with margarine. Bake at 350 for45 minutes. Can also sprinkle 1 pkg cheddar/jack cheese on top before baking.

Fact #10 (SuperBowl Style)

Since it is Superbowl Sunday it's only appropriate that my fact today is that
I'm a Green Bay Packers fan. A sad Packers fan since they aren't playing in the Superbowl this year.... so close!!
Yes, most of the reason I am a Green Bay fan is because of Favre! Isn't he cool?
We are watching the Superbowl right now as I type this on my laptop.
Hubby has been wanting hot wings so I borrowed a recipe from my friend Shelley. I thought I would share it here with you. I made them tonight and they were pretty good (hubby's words since I didn't have any myself.... I am a wimp.)

Buffalo Chicken Wings

24 chicken wings (cut in 2 at the joint w/ excess skin cut off)

1/4 Cup Tobasco Sauce

2 pkgs powder Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing mix

1/2 Cup melted butter

3 Tbsp vinegar

1/2 tsp Paprika

Celery Sticks

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Dip wings in mixture of Melted butter/Tobasco sauce/vinegar.

Place in a baking pan and sprinkle with 1 pkg of dry dressing mix.

Bake 25-30 minutes or until browned. Sprinkle with Paprika.

Serve with celery and the other package of prepared dressing (w/ milk and mayo).

Enjoy.

I'm really not partial to either team and so far the commercials aren't knocking my socks off, but hey.... it IS the Super Bowl so I will continue to watch. See you tomorrow with crafty stuff.
Hugs~
Angel

Black Friday

I don't know about you, but I was wondering why it was called "Black Friday" so I looked up the origin of the term!
According to Wikipedia....".... 'Black Friday' was originally so named because of the heavy traffic on that day, although most contemporary uses of the term refer instead to it as the beginning of the period in which retailers are in the black (i.e., turning a profit)." Okay.... my curiosity is satisfied.
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I made a new dessert and fell in love with it! So I decided to share it with you. I would certainly show you a picture but it didn't last long enough to take one! I am not a big pie person, but LOVE anything pumpkin. This cake was amazingly light and moist for a pumpkin dessert!

Edited to Add: I found the last piece in the frig and took a pic....it wasn't gone after all!

Pumpkin Pie Cake
with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

INGREDIENTS:
1 (15 ounce) can canned pumpkin puree
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix with pudding
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

FROSTING:
1/2 cup butter, softened
4 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Whisk together the pumpkin, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Set aside.
In a large bowl, mix together the cake mix and oil. Beat in the eggs, then fold in the pumpkin mixture. Stir in the vanilla.
Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

To make cream cheese frosting: Cream together the butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Beat in the confectioners' sugar, mixing until smooth. Stir in the cinnamon and vanilla. Spread frosting over cooled cake.

Hubby and I woke up at 3:00 this morning to go shopping. I made a hot cup of chai to go and we were off. I won't bore you with tales of our hours of standing in lines or the mad traffic woes, but suffice it to say, I am pooped. I am particularly excited about a couple of great finds for the perfect gifts, but I'm aware the recipients are some of my blog browsers, so I'll have to keep it to myself for now!
I hope to have some stamping done soon! Hopefully I will have a card to share tomorrow!
Have a great day!
Blessings~
Angel