Caruso Italian Spaghetti Sauce - Britney

The spaghetti sauce recipe is an all day making event. It is worth it though! You just jar it and freeze about 10 jars and have it on hand! Here is the recipe:

In a LARGE pot simmer:
4 cans of tomato sauce
4 cans of skinless italian diced tomatoes
3 jars of Classico Tomato and Basil sauce (save your jars)
sprinkle surface with:
salt and pepper
parsley flakes
oregano
basil

Beat in shallow dish:
2 eggs
1/4 cup of milk
3 T of parmesan cheese
Now place two pieces of bread in the egg mixture and let sit until soggy.

Saute in frying pan:
5 T olive oil
1 clove of garlic
1 medium diced onion
Add to the simmering pot of tomato base.

Cook up all your meat in a frying pan one at a time. Drain off fat and add to the simmering pot of tomato base...
12-16 oz ground mild Jimmy Dean light sausage
12-16 oz of ground Italian sausage
1 lb hamburger
1 lb of turkey burger
Remember your soggy bread mixture? Cook that up with one of your meats. Yup, stir it in and cook it up.

Add the following to your simmering pot:
2 cups or more grated zucchini
2 cups or more grated carrots

So now you have everything in your big big pot simmering for an hour. You may let it cool a little if you want, or just dive in and start pureeing it! Yup, start running that mixture through your blender or food processor until it is all smooth so the flavors will be released evenly. (And your kids will never know about those veggies you slipped in!) So I hope you have another big pot or bowls or such, to pour all your smooth sauce into one blender full at a time. Stir all together. Fill your jars leaving at least a couple of inches at the top. This sauce is still not "watered down". You may freeze each jar and add Classico sauce to desired consistency when unthawing, warming and serving it. You may also add the extra Classico sauce to desired texture and consistency while freezing it. I usually get at least 10 jars without "watering it down" with Classico before freezing! Let jars completely cool before freezing!

Britney's BBQ Pork Ribs

BBQ Boneless Pork Ribs
Boneless Pork Ribs from Sam's Club
1 big bottle of Sweet Baby Ray's honey BBQ sauce
1 crock pot

Put your meat in your crock pot and cook for 6 hours on low. Defat the meat carefully because it will be so tender. Eat with your favorite sides or shred it up and put it on a bun for a delicious sandwich. The Pork ribs are about $7 for two slabs at Sam's club. They are packaged together and so yummy!

To unthaw in a hurry: I would take out your freezer bag and put it in some warm water until the frozen meat has come away from the bag. Put the frozen meat and sauce in an oven dish with tin foil and warm in oven maybe at 350 for an hour? When it is warm through it is ready to eat! It is all precooked with extra sauce in the bag! Warm your corn muffins in tin foil in the oven with your meat for the last 10-15 minutes.

Ashley's Taco Enchiladas

1 lb. ground beef
1 pkg. taco seasoning
refried beans
cooked rice
grated cheddar
tortillas

Sauce:
1 can cream of chicken
1/2 - 1 jar Pace picante hot sauce (to your taste)

Layer filling ingredients and wrap in tortillas. Lay in baking pan. Then pour on sauce. Bake 30 minutes or 1 hour if frozen.

Sweet and Sour Meatloaf

1 lb. ground been
1 minced onion or 1 Tbl. Dried minced onion
12 crackers, crushed or ½ C. breadcrumbs
½ tsp. salt
1 egg
1 C. tomato sauce (8 oz. can), divided
2 Tbl. Vinegar
¼ tsp. dried mustard
2 Tbl. Brown sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray loaf pan. Mix ground beef, onion, crackers, salt, egg and ½ C. tomato sauce. Form loaf and place in greased pan. Mix together ½ C. tomato sauce, vinegar, dried mustard, brown sugar. Pour over and around loaf. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees.

Side Suggestions:
I like to serve this with a salad or green veggie and some instant mashed potatoes. I add a little dried parsley to the water for the potatoes to give them color. I also add a little garlic powder to the potato flakes to give them some flavor.

Meatballs from March

Raised Swedish Meatballs

Mix in large bowl:
1 lb. hamburger
2 slices bread, tear into bits
¼ C. hot milk
2 Tbl. Chopped onion (dried)
1 egg
2 tsp. baking powder

Shape into meatballs and brown on cookie sheet in oven, on broil (watch closely).

Put in casserole dish (or crock pot) and cover with 1 can cream of chicken soup mixed with 1 can milk. Bake covered at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Serve over rice or noodles.

Chicken n Rice

1-1 1/2 Cups of rice
1 package lipton onion soup mix (or any generic brand)
2 cans cream soup (cream of chicken or cream of mushroom)
1 1/2 cans of water
Mix all of these ingredients together with a whisk.
Pour this mixture into a greased 13 x 9 glass pan
Top with cut up pieces of chicken breast
Sprinkle with a bit of garlic (optional)
Cover and bake at 350 degrees for one hour

Heavenly Biscuits

This is our favorite thing to have with the chicken n rice casserole.

2 cups flour
1 Tb sugar
1/2 tsp salt
4 tsp baking powder
(mix dry ingredients)
1/2 cup shortening
(using a pastry cutter or blender cut in shortening)
2/3 cup milk
2 eggs
(add these to mixture and mix until moistened with a spoon-don't overmix)
Spoon dough into muffin tin.
Bake at 400 for 10 minutes

Excellent with butter and honey or jam!