Meatballs

Meatballs

This meatball recipe is so easy enough to be a holiday appetizer and tasty you will never buy pre made meatballs again. They can be kept for a week in the refrigerator and up to a year in the freezer.




For the meatballs I put any amount of ground beef in a bowl to make the meatballs. I used 3 pounds because I will separate the beef to cover a few meals. If I am going to cook one meal I will usually cook 2 or 3 other things at the same time. This saves me time during the week of preparing other dinners.

Next I add everything from veggies to seasoning. I put in mine a bag of onion soup mix, some garlic, ½ cup per pound of any mixture of diced onion, green and yellow pepper, a jalapeno, some Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Mix these ingredients well with your hands yes I said your hands. Take off your bling and get your fingers in there and mix everything up good. It can be very liberating. Just remember to wash your hands good before you touch anything else.

At this point I made 4 hamburger patties and wrapped them until later in the week and I fried up a little less than a pound for another meal that week.

With the remainder of ground beef I added 2 eggs and some type of crumbs. I took Friday nights toasted baguettes and put them in the oven to toast them even more. When they were done I put them in my food processor to make my own bread crumbs. You can use crackers, chips, pretzels, oatmeal or whatever you have in the cupboard. Just grind them up into small crumbs.

I then will roll my meatballs. They can be as big or small you would like.  I use smaller ones for appetizers meatballs I will make them big. Cook them on 350 degrees for 10 minutes then I will flip them or they will burn and cook for another 10 or 15 minutes or until the internal temperature is 160 or above. If they are small meatballs they may not take as long to cook. Keep an eye on them to not overcook them.

    

I feel a meat thermometer is a must because you don’t want to over or under cook you meat products.

You can make as many meatballs as you want for future meals because they freeze really well. If you freeze them put them on a plate or baking sheet in freezer until they are frozen then put them in a freezer bag. That way they won’t stick together and you can just use one or two meatballs at a time. Meatballs are good 6 months to a 1 year.

Some will stay in the refrigerator after being cooked until Spaghetti night then I will just add them to some sauce. That recipe is to follow. Don't forget the infamous meatball sub.

Enjoy

Meatball recipes

 

 

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Meatballs

Meatballs

 

This meatball recipe is so easy and tasty you will never buy pre made meatballs again. They can be kept for a week in the refrigerator and up to a year in the freezer.




For the meatballs I put any amount of ground beef in a bowl to make the meatballs. I used 3 pounds because I will separate the beef to cover a few meals. If I am going to cook one meal I will usually cook 2 or 3 other things at the same time. This saves me time during the week of preparing other dinners.

Next I add everything from veggies to seasoning. I put in mine a bag of onion soup mix, some garlic, ½ cup per pound of any mixture of diced onion, green and yellow pepper, a jalapeno, some Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Mix these ingredients well with your hands yes I said your hands. Take off your bling and get your fingers in there and mix everything up good. It can be very liberating. Just remember to wash your hands good before you touch anything else.

At this point I made 4 hamburger patties and wrapped them until later in the week and I fried up a little less than a pound for another meal that week.

With the remainder of ground beef I added 2 eggs and some type of crumbs. I took Friday nights toasted baguettes and put them in the oven to toast them even more. When they were done I put them in my food processor to make my own bread crumbs. You can use crackers, chips, pretzels, oatmeal or whatever you have in the cupboard. Just grind them up into small crumbs.

I then will roll my meatballs. They can be as big or small you would like. Unless I am making cocktail meatballs I will make them big. Cook them on 350 degrees for 10 minutes then I will flip them or they will burn and cook for another 10 or 15 minutes or until the internal temperature is 160 or above. If they are small meatballs they may not take as long to cook. Keep an eye on them to not overcook them.

I feel a meat thermometer is a must because you don’t want to over or under cook you meat products.

You can make as many meatballs as you want for future meals because they freeze really well. If you freeze them put them on a plate or baking sheet in freezer until they are frozen then put them in a freezer bag. That way they won’t stick together and you can just use one or two meatballs at a time.  Meatballs are good 6 months to a 1 year.

Some will stay in the refrigerator after being cooked until Spaghetti night then I will just add them to some sauce. That recipe is to follow. Don't forget the infamous meatball sub.

 

Enjoy

Meatball recipes

Potato skins

This recipe is a part B from the cheezy potatoes I posted this week.  I peeled the potato skins from the potatoes that I boiled.  I kept these when I would have normally thrown them away.  So I took all the skins and put them in the refrigerator.  I cooked up crispy potato skins.

Potato Skins


I took a bunch of the potato skins out of the bag and put them on a greased on a large cookie sheet pan.

I toss them in olive oil and season them well.  I used salt, pepper, cayenne, paprika, garlic, onion powder, Italian seasoning, and celery
salt.

I bake on 400º for about 40 minutes flipping every 10.  Bake until brown and cripy. Top with shredded cheese when it comes out of the oven.  Top with all your favorite toppings.  I added some sour cream and parmesan on top and they were wonderful.

Enjoy



The pioneer Woman Potato Skins Recipe

Cold Veggie Pizza Appetizer

Cold Veggie Pizza

This is a wonderful appetizer to take to a holiday gathering.  It is very easy to make and can be made a few days ahead of time.  It does well when traveling.  It is very light and easy to carry.  There are only a few ingredients and everyone loves it. 

 

 

Start with a package of crescent rolls and more than one if you are making it for a bigger party. They work best on a cookie sheet or flat pan.  Roll them out and press them together so there is a single layer of one big sheet.  Bake crescent rolls per package instructions.

 

Completely cool before starting to assemble.

 

Mix ½ of rectangle of cream cheese and ½ cup sour cream together.  Add a package of dry Ranch dressing mix.  If it doesn’t look like enough to cover crescent rolls you can mix a little more.  Spread on cooled crescent rolls.

 

Finely chop any or all of the following ingredients to top you pizza. 

Celery, onion, cauliflower, broccoli, peppers, olives and cucumbers.  Shred some carrots and use finely shredded cheese of any flavor (regular shredded cheese will work just fine). 

 

Next is to dress you pizza with the veggies.

 

Sprinkle veggies over crescent rolls then layer shredded carrots and cheese.   Cut with a pizza cutter into small squares.  

 

Refrigerate