Living Insanity's Loving Food

  This is boyfriend's grandma's recipe.   1 lb ground beef half a sweet onion, diced 3/4 cup ketchup 1 tablespoon mustard 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar 1 tablespoon brown sugar 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon worchestershire sauce In a large pot, brown the beef and sautee the onion with some olive oil.  Next add the other ingredients until heated through.  Serve with rolls of your choice.  This dinner comes together fast.  You can keep it in a crockpot for a party too.  

  INGREDIENTS: 1 bag egg noodles 2 small packages brown mushrooms 1 onion, diced 1 package softened cream cheese 1 8 ounce sour cream 16 ounces Chicken broth 1 lb ground turkey 1 egg, beaten 1/3 cup panko bread crumbs 1/3 cup grated parmesan 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano olive oil for brushing the meatballs salt and pepper parsley for garnish Prepare Noodles per packaging.  THE SAUCE: In a saucepan heat chicken broth with mushrooms and onion until they are softened.   Stir in cream cheese and sour cream and remove from heat. THE MEATBALLS: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a bowl combine ground turkey, egg, panko, parmesan, garlic powder, oregano, some salt and pepper to taste.  Roll into about 20 meatballs.  Use a sheet pan, covered in foil, and sprayed with cooking spray.  Brush the tops of the meatballs with olive oil.  Bake in the oven for 15 minutes, until internal temperature reads 165.   In bowls place noodles, then meatballs, then sauce.  Garnish with

  I make Paula Deen's Not Yo Mama's Banana Pudding recipe. This year the chess cookies had fun holiday designs! INGREDIENTS: 1 container of thawed cool whip 1 can of condensed milk 1 package of softened cream cheese 1 package of instant french vanilla pudding 2 cups milk 2 bags of chessman cookies (I'd get 3 because sometimes there are broken ones) 6 Bananas, sliced into coins DIRECTIONS: In a bowl combine milk and pudding mix.  Set off to the side. In a stand mixer combine cream cheese and condensed milk. Fold in the cool whip. Stir pudding into stand mixture mix. Place a layer of cookies in the bottom of a glass casserole dish. Add a layer of banana. Top bananas with cool whip/pudding mixture. Top with the final layer of cookies. Keep chilled in the fridge.  Make day of because the bananas turn brown quickly.  

  I use Betty Crocker's Sugar cookie mix. Always chill your dough or cookies will spread! To make royal icing I use Wiltons meringue powder.   You need the meringue powder, water, and powdered sugar.  At least 1 pound of powdered sugar. Outline cookies first. Then fill with icing. I like to use gel food coloring to color my icing. Use sprinkles right away because icing does harden.

  Preheat oven to 400 degrees Thaw sheets of puff pastry dough Cut into shapes with a cookie cutter Top with pizza sauce, cheese, toppings Bake for 10-12 minutes

  32 oreos crushed in a food processor. 1 package of softened cream cheese added to the food processor with the crushed cookies. Mixture should look like mud when combined. Take small spoonfuls of oreo mixture and put on a sheetpan. Chill in the freezer. Roll into balls. Create a double boiler with a large pan of water under a smaller pan with candy melt sitting on top. Use a toothpick to dip oreo ball into the candy melt. Place on a sheetpan with wax paper and sprinkle with holiday sprinkles right away. Chill the oreo truffles in the freezer until ready to eat. Let thaw for a few minutes before serving.

  Ingredients: 1 sticks of soften butter 2 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla 2 3/4 cups flour 2 teaspoons cream of tartar 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt a few dashes of cinnamon in the dry mixture For Rolling: 3 tablespoons sugar 3 teaspoons cinnamon Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar together.  Then gently mix in the eggs. In a separate bowl combine all the dry ingredients. With the mixer on low add dry mixture a little at a time until combined. Chill the dough and cookie sheets in the fridge. In a small bowl stir together the sugar and cinnamon for rolling. Make small balls of dough and roll in the cinnamon sugar. Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes, cool for 2 minutes, then transfer to cooling rack.

  INGREDIENTS: Puff pastry sheets, thawed 1 egg water 3 Granny Smith apples, diced 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 2 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon flour DIRECTIONS: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Smoosh edges of thawed pastry sheets to form one large rectangle. Place on a silpat.  The filling can overflow and make this very hard to remove from a pan.  You can place it on parchment paper instead. In a saucepan combine apples, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar, lemon juice, and flour until apples have softened.   Let filling cool a bit. Spoon filling down the center of the puff pastry. Take a knife and cut slices into both sides of the puff pastry forming ribbons. Fold the ribbons over the filling making a braid. Tuck the end of the braid in well.  I usually have to trim some excess puff pastry dough off. In a small bowl combine the egg and about a tablespoon water.   With a fork whisk them together. With a pastry brush, brush the egg wa