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Anthony made homemade apple BBQ sauce and ribs. I'm making a side dish of Mexican cornbread to go with it. We are also having tater tots, salad, and coleslaw. We are going all out for dinner tonight. I hope we have leftovers for tomorrow. I feel like I spent a lot of money at the grocery store. Mexican cornbread 1/2 cup melted butter 8 ounces sour cream 2 eggs 15 ounces sweet cream corn 11 ounces white shoe peg corn- drained 11 ounces whole kernel corn, with red and green peppers- drained 8.5 package of corn muffin mix (we use Jiffy) Heat oven 325 pray glass baking dish (2 quart) mix butter, sour cream, and eggs add corn and muffin mix stir until moist pour into baking dish bake 45-55 minutes

This is the recipe my mom uses. I love how its so simple to put together. We are having house guests this weekend and its perfect for dessert or breakfast :) Fresh Apple Cake Cream Together: 2 cups sugar 1 cup oil 2 eggs 3 tablespoons vanilla Sift together: 3 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon Add 2 cups apples cut fairly small. Mix all together. Makes a thick batter. Press into a greased tube pan (I used a bunt pan). Bake one hour at 350 degrees.

Since we went apple picking on Sunday I have a lot of apples. I peeled and diced about 10 apples I threw them in the crockpot with 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup sugar plus dashes of cinnamon. Now they are baking in the crock. When the apples are soft I'll put them in the food processor and we'll have some hot applesauce for dinner!

Crock Pot Bow Tie Chicken The review. Very good meal but it's lacking something. I would add broccoli or I would add mushrooms with peas to the pasta. I think the crunch of the broccoli would be perfect. We served with garlic bread made from leftover hamburger rolls. haha. I should submit my meal to the trash eats community. It did have cream of crap soup plus garlic bread made from hamburger rolls 2 cans cream of chicken soup 1 8oz. pkg cream cheese (I used 1/3 fat) 1 c. sour cream (I used fat free) 1 pkg ranch dressing mix 3 T Parmesan cheese (I ommited because I didnt have any) 2 c. chicken bouillon water 1 1/2 T. Italian seasoning (I forgot but since there is a whole packet of ranch it was still seasoned) 1 T minced garlic Chicken (I used three thin breasts) Put all of this is the crock pot and cook. Serve over pasta (I used rigatoni because thats what I had). So I had the super thin chicken breasts and it took maybe 2 hours on high Normally I'd cook it on low for lo...

DH decided that we'd have our Halloween treat decorating party TOMORROW. He let me know yesterday I ran home today to make sugar cookie dough. I used this Martha Stewart recipe because someone used it in their blog recently for making cute birthday cookies. Here is the blog http://reservationsnotrequired.blogspot.com/ I like that they are a firm sturdy cookie but they still seem soft in the middle. Sugar Cookies Source: Martha Stewart * 2 cups all-purpose flour * 1/4 teaspoon salt * 1/2 teaspoon baking powder * 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter * 1 cup sugar * 1 large egg, lightly beaten * 2 tablespoons brandy, or milk * 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1. Whisk together flour, salt, and baking powder in a medium bowl. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar; add dry ingredients, and mix until incorporated. With mixer running, add egg, brandy (or milk) , and vanilla; mix until incorporated. 2. Tr...

We ate a HUGE lunch at Cheesecake Factory before going downtown to view the Jim Henson exhibit. It's the last day it's open and DH promised to take me. I was disappointed in it actually. It was smaller than I thought and didn't have anything from Labyrinth. I decided to throw together some chili for a late dinner. We aren't hungry but probably will be when 9pm rolls around. Crockpot Chili Recipe 1 packet of chili seasoning 1/2 green pepper, diced 1/2 onion, diced 1 jalapeno, diced 1 (15oz) can of kidney beans, not drained 2 8 oz cans of tomato sauce 1 pound ground beef, browned Brown the ground meat and then stir everything together in the crockpot. I've got mine on low and it'll probably be cooking for at least 4 hours today. Later I'm going to make some Jiffy mix cornbread. Yes it is a lazy Sunday :)

We had two leftover steaks that we needed to use up. We wanted to make Indian food so I took my chicken Tikka Masala recipe and instead of adding chicken added our steaks. Recipe from "Complete Indian Cooking" "Chicken" Tikka Masala Masala Sauce 4 tablespoons ghee or vegetable oil 2 onion, thinly sliced. I used just 1 onion because I wasnt using a lot of meat and I wanted a good balance 1 inch piece of ginger root, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced 6 cardamoms, bruised. I did not have these and couldn't find them at the grocery store and I didn't have time to visit Penzys 2 teaspoons garam masala 2 teaspoons coriander 1 teaspoon chili powder 1 1/4 cups heavy cream 2 tablespoons tomato paste 4 tablespoons hot water I used some of the boiling water that was cooking my rice 1/2 teaspoon sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt We threw in some frozen peas Make the sauce by heating the ghee or oil in a large skillet or saucepan; add the onion, ginger, and garlic and cook o...

Safeway had a huge 6 pack of steaks for $16. They were nice thick, not too fatty, no bone kind of steaks. I grabbed them up. I also bought 2 cucumbers and some dill to make Bettina's cucumber salad. When I got home I threw the steaks in a ziplock bag with some balsamic vinaigrette, minced garlic, worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper. They marinated about 2 hours. I peeled and thinly sliced my cucumbers, threw them in a bowl, added sour cream and splashes of vinegar, then salt and pepper. I chopped up my fresh dill and threw that in too and stirred. I set it in the fridge for about 2 hours also. Then I had some quick biscuit mix, cheddar garlic flavor. All I had to do was add water and drop them on a cookie sheet. The biscuits were actually pretty good. They could have used a little butter brushed on top. Maybe next time :) After dinner we had dessert. Its ridiculous to eat this well on a Wed night right? Brownies and ice cream. All Safeway made, but still yummy. I microw...