Hot Dog Grilled Cheese Sandwich

These are two great recipes for the Labor Day holiday weekend.  This is a wonderful grilled cheese sandwich made with cheese curds. Easy to make. Start to finish in less than 10 minutes.

Hot Dog Grilled Cheese Curd Sandwich





Start by buttering 4 slices of any bread of your choice. Slice 3 hot dogs cut in half and warmed.



Put 2 slices of buttered bread in a hot frying pan. Arrange 1 1/2 sliced hot dogs on a piece of bread. Sprinkle hot sauce on dogs and arrange cheese curds cut into small pieces and top with second piece of bread.

You can put some chilli on top of this hot dog grilled cheese curd sandwich with or instead of the hot sauce.




Cook on medium heat until bread has toasted and cheese has melted. Flip with care or all the hot dogs will fall out until the cheese is melted.

Slice the Hot Dog Grilled Cheese Curd Sandwich and Enjoy.






Simple quick and easy hot dog recipes



Another Labor Day recipe for those family gatherings is Rhubarb Pie.  The recipe is below

We had extra Rhubarb this spring so we decided to make a pie and pair it with fresh strawberries. It was wonderful and we shared it with many family and friends which is the real reason for cooking. Not to just eat but to build and nurture relationships.

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Crust:

2 ½ Cups all-purpose flour
1 Cup cold Butter cut into 10 slice
1 tsp salt
2 tsp Sugar
6-10 TBS Ice water

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Filling:

2 cups chopped Rhubarb
2 Cups Sliced strawberries
1 ½ Cup Sugar
¼ cup flour

Directions:

Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.

Put Flour, salt and sugar in a food processor and mix together. Add the butter and pulse until it is crumbly. Add ice water one TBS at a time until the dough holds together. Divide it to two equal parts, cover with plastic and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Add ice water one TBS at a time until the dough holds together.

Divide it to two equal parts, cover with plastic and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Roll out dough for the bottom of the Pie. Cut it to within a ½ inch from the pie plate rim. Set aside.

Put diced rhubarb, sliced strawberries, sugar and flour together. Stir well to incorporate the sugar with all the fruit.

Pour into pie pan and roll out second crust to cover pie. Cut to a ½ inch of the pie plate rim. Squeeze the ends together tight to hold all the juice inside while it is cooking.

Put a few slits in the top of this strawberry Rhubarb Pie for steam to escape and brush crust end with egg wash.

Bake the Strawberry Rhubarb Pie on 350 degrees for about 40 minutes until it is golden brown. Sprinkle with sugar when it comes out of the oven.

Let cool and serve.




Pie Recipes

Taco Cups

Taco cups make dinner easy.  It is only a few of your favorite ingredients and bake.  Great for lunch or dinner.  I use won ton wrappers because they have fewer carbohydrates than a taco hard or soft shell.

Ok here we go.

Taco cups

Spray a muffin tin with non stick spray any kind will work.  Form in the muffin tin won ton wraps.  Fill with all taco ingredients you like.

 In my taco cups I use ground beef, black beans, black olives, tomatoes, and cheese on top but any of these can be substituted with your favorite taco ingredients.

If meat is not for you use black beans and re-fried beans. It usually depends on what I have in the house.  These can be made with leftover so just be creative.  I love cheese so I will use more cheese that anything else but if dairy is not for you just use the ingredients you like.

You will bake on 350 for about 20 minutes until won ton is crispy.   The taco cups will bake at different times depending on your oven so just keep an eye on it until you have made a batch.

Let cool and top with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream and salsa.  My salsa recipe is on the blog too, just search salsa.  Refrigerate any left overs for lunch the next day.

Enjoy

Easy Enchilada Bake

Easy Enchilada Bake is just like regular Enchiladas but takes half the time and is less messy.   If any ingredients in my recipe are not your favorite just substitute ones you like.  

Pre heat the oven at 350 and we shall begin.

Easy Enchilada Bake

First you will need to figure out what kind of meat will be in your Enchiladas.  Whatever you have on hand will work and if you have no meat items just make the vegetarian kind.  Either way they will be fantastic.   So, first order of business is cooking the meat product if it is not already cooked.  You can use ground beef, chicken, shredded beef, or seafood.  This is a great time to use leftover meat from another dish or canned chicken will work too.

Cook meat according to package directions and you can add anything you want to the meat while it is cooking (peppers, onions, seasoning, or any vegetable you like).    Set aside when it is fully cooked. 

You will need a baking dish and how big is up to you.  (9x9 will work for 1-3 people and a 9x12 for up to 8 people)  These are all just a suggestion if you like leftovers just go with big baking dish.

Get out all your ingredients out that you will be using. 

Examples of layering ingredients are below:

Cheese, black olives, onions, black beans, refried beans, peppers, corn, tortilla, tomatoes, green chilies,  jalapenos, cheese sauce if you like, red or green sauce of your choice( I use enchilada and verde sauce), and whatever other items you would put on your tacos.

1.        Put some sauce in the bottom of a pan to just cover the bottom then a layer of tortillas (1-3 will work depending on the size baking dish you use).

2.       Layer meat over the tortillas and any of the ingredients you pick but only use half this layer.   Add sauce and cheese.

3.       Then start over with another layer of tortillas along with the second half of the ingredients you selected. 

4.       The last Enchilada layer is just tortillas with sauce and chees over the top. 

Bake in oven for about 40 minutes on 350 or 375 depending on your oven, until it has been bubbling for about 20 minutes.  Everything is cooked in it so it just needs to be heated through.

Take out and let sit for about 10 minutes before you serve so the liquid can evaporate off. 

Dig in and enjoy this easy Enchilada bake recipe.

Tomato Pie

This is a wonderful old fashion recipe lost because of the box era. If it can't be made out of a box we don't like to tackle it. This recipe is easy to follow and I will just write it out.
Easy as Pie.

 

 

Tomato pie

Fit a refrigerator pizza crust in a greased pie plate. I use a pizza crust because it is so absorbent and can take the extra fluid from the tomatoes. Cook following directions on package until toasty brown and crispy.  While the crust is cooking you can fry 6 slices of bacon (ok fry the whole package you will need some for snacking).

Slice about 6 large tomatoes and let them sit for at least 20 minutes patting the extra fluid away. Salt and pepper to taste.

When the pie crust comes out of the oven season and cover bottom with mozzarella cheese. Let the cheese melt.

The next level after the mozzarella cheese is a layer of tomatoes then season with whatever you like (basil, Italian seasoning, oregano etc.). Then slice an onion and put half on top of the tomatoes. Crumble up the bacon and put half on top of the onions. Sprinkle a few tablespoons of flour over the tomatoes and onion.

Then a layer of mozzarella cheese starts the process again.

Tomatoes, onions, flour and bacon on top of that with more mozzarella cheese on top.

Last topping is the crusty stuff.

Mix together 2 Cup of cheddar cheese with 1/2 cup of miracle whip or mayonnaise, and 1/2 cup of sour cream.

Top the pie with the mixture of cheese and mayo.

Put in the oven and back on 375 for about 40 minutes. Top crust should be a little brown and crispy.

Enjoy