Mama's Meatloaf

Today is my mom's birthday, so I figure that I would post a recipe that she always used to make and that I made for supper last night. It is my mama's meatloaf recipe. It is super easy to throw together and it was very delicious and moist.

 Here is another great photo of all the ingredients. 

I got my big glass bowl and placed my 1 medium chopped onion on the bottom and then added my ground beef. The meat was 73/27 and not what I use at all. I always use 80/20 because I HATE grease. Just looking at it and I feel my arteries clogging up. Next time, I make this, I will definitely be using my preferred beef. Then 1 cup of bread crumbs, 1 egg and 1 cup milk was added.

Tip: Next time I will be using 3/4 cup of milk instead of 1 cup. I started mixing it by hand and then Cayce came and started pouring in mushrooms.

I got my trusty loaf pan and Cayce sprayed it generously and then we dumped it and spread it inside the pan. Then we made the ketchup topping for it mixed with brown sugar. Next time, the brown sugar will be left out. I used dark brown sugar and I didn't have any light brown.

When glazed the top of the loaf and put it in the oven at 350 for an hour. It came out looking delicious but drowning in grease. I will just do plain ketchup on top next time. I will also cook it a little longer to help it firm up a little more, because it was falling apart as I was plating.

Here is the finished plate. This meal was so delicious, and so filling that we had to stop and eat the rest later on in the night. 

Super Bowl Sriracha Wings

It is Super Bowl SUNDAY!!! I am bringing you a new recipe that I found a few months ago and Cayce loves spicy things. So while we are following along with the game, Cayce is going to be chowing down on these wings. The Atlanta Falcons are going to kick some butt tonight and I have a feeling that these wings will have Cayce's booty hurting...lol.

I gathered all the ingredients and put them together for this good photo. Cayce was surprised by how many ingredients it took.

We started by putting all the seasonings and sauces into a ziploc bag, then adding the chicken. Cayce was having fun shaking and coating the chicken.

Then we had to add flour to the bag and coat it some more. Cayce almost made a terrible mistake and tried to dump all the contents of the bag on the baking pan. Dummy!!

Here they are, spread out evenly and pretty. We had to bake them for half an hour on one side and then flip them. During that 30 minutes, Cayce and Samantha had a battle on Call of Duty.

Looking good, and now time to flip. Here is a little tip, you have to spray the foil again during the flipping or other wise, it will stick.

Going back into the oven for another 30 minutes. Here is another piece of advice, Don't go for the 30 minutes that the recipe calls for, do either 20 or 25 because the chicken will start to burn.

After we got the chicken back in the oven, we started on the glaze. This was fun back as I was adding the ingredients to the pot, it called for 2 TBSP. of sriracha sauce and I added a little bit to much and Cayce's eyes bugged out of his head. It was so funny.

We had to let it thicken over med high heat and then set it aside.

Once the 2nd 30 minutes were up, we had to fight a little to get the chicken off the aluminum foil. We will be spraying it twice next time around. But the meat fell right off the bone and the bones easily came apart so it was easy to say that the chicken was done.

We put the chicken in a large bowl and then poured the glaze on top and Cayce had the honors of coating the chicken.

Then came time to plate. He wanted to add some green onions on top and it makes the wings look damn tasty.

Hope you all enjoyed this post and I will be adding more recipes on the coming weeks.
Have a good night and GO FALCONS!!!!
XOXO

Recipe: Chocolate Bread

My kids and I have been wanting chocolate breads for the longest time. I would make it on special occasions a few years ago and then stopped. We made two loaves last night and they are sooo delicious. They helped prepped and mix and place in the oven for the end of their school day yesterday.

I got this recipe off the Paula Deen website. It also calls for chocolate butter, but since this bread is so rich and chocolatey to begin with, I always exclude the chocolate butter. I have to make one loaf at a time because I only have one loaf pan big enough and these take an hour to 75 minutes to bake at 325F.

most of the ingredients. The rest were on the other counter.

the dry ingredients all combined

adding the wet ingredients.

mixing it all up and then a mess ensued. 

they were fighting not to drop the bowl..lol. 

loaf #1

looks like poo. 

especially with the chocolate chips and pecans poking through the chocolate.....LOL.

loaf #2

We have crumbs of the first loaf and half of the second still left because Cayce cut half to work to eat and share with my dad and close work family.

Repeat: Baked Ziti

I am repeating a recipe I haven't made in a few years. I have been making variations of this the past 3 years, but decided to re-share and probably be motivated to make this variation again soon.

Ingredients:

Sauce:
2 tablespoons olive oil

1 medium onion, chopped

3 gloves garlic, sliced

1 can (28 ounces) whole tomatoes

1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce ( I used manwich sloppy joe sauce)

2 tablespoons tomato paste

2 teaspoons sugar

¼ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon black pepper

1 can (14.5) ounces basil and oregano diced tomatoes, drained

½ cup fresh basil leaves, chopped

Ziti and Cheese:
1 box (16 ounces) ziti

1 bag (8 ounces) shredded part skim mozzarella cheese

½ cup grated Parmesan or cheddar cheese.

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 375F. Coat a 13 X 9 X 2 inch dish with nonstick cooking spray.

2.SAUCE: Heat oil in a 3- quart saucepan over medium heat. Add onions and cook 4 minutes. Add garlic and cook another minute. Stir in whole tomatoes and their juice, breaking tomatoes apart with hands or wooden spoon. Stir in tomato sauce, tomato paste, sugar, salt, and pepper. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes.

3. Remove pan from heat. Stir in diced tomatoes and basil.

4. ZITI AND CHEESE: Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to boiling. Add ziti, boil, drain after 10 minutes, stirring. Drain and transfer to a large bowl. Add half of the sauce to bowl with ziti. Stir to coat. Pour ziti mixture into prepared dish. Top with remaining sauce and then sprinkle with the cheese. 

5. Bake at 375F for 20-25 minutes, until bubbly and lightly browned. Cool 10 minutes.

ENJOY!!!

Steak and Egg Scramble

This was the breakfast that Cayce made for us to celebrate our anniversary back on September 14th, and it will be taking the place fore the September favorite recipe. It was absolutely delicious and we went back and bought more steak in the following days because we needed more of it in our lives. It was that damn good.

The steak and egg scramble went on top of biscuits.... YUMMM!!

Now let's get on to how we made this mouth watering treat.

First we had to get our George Forman grill down and spray it with cooking spray. Then we seasoned the steak which was top sirloin I think.

These are the seasonings we used and they made the steak delicious. How many times can I use the word delicious in this post??

Of course we put more seasoning on top of the steak after we cut it up and Cayce had a hard time keeping me away from the cutting board because I was plucking pieces up left and right..lol.

In goes the eggs and cheese. I forget how many eggs he used, I think he used 6 or 7.

The biscuits are done, and ready for the eggs and steak.

We had two little ones with us when we had this breakfast. Cayce made this on the Saturday before our anniversary because he had to work the day of our anniversary. Ariana had an egg with avocado on toast. This child loves her avocados. And Adalyn demanded a bowl of cereal.

I have to go grocery shopping this week and I will be picking up more steak.

Apple Pie Oatmeal

I noticed this recipe on YouTube. I was watching Katytastic Vlogs and she made this oatmeal recipe. I had to make it because one day, that was all we had in the house for breakfast, and the girls love it.

You start with an apple. It can be any size or type, it's up to you. 

Peel the apple and cut it up into bite sized pieces. Soften the apples with some boiling water and then add milk and bring it  to a boil.

These are the oats I am using. I am not a fan of oatmeal, but Cayce and the kids are so we buy it. When the milk starts boiling, I put in one cup of oats and stir it and reduce the heat a little and cover it for 5 minutes to let it cook. I don't take the lid off within that 5 minutes.

When the 5 minutes are up, I sprinkle cinnamon into the oatmeal and mix it together and plate it.

 I then add a little bit more cinnamon on top and top it all off with some syrup so it's not bland.

And voila!!! Apple Pie Oatmeal!!

The first time I made this for the girls, they wanted me to make more right after they finished their helping and then wanted more that night for supper. 

Also, go check out Katytastic Vlogs on youtube... she is flipping hilarious and it's good comedy!

August Favorite Recipe

This month, the favorite meal that I made that was requested pretty much every day after I made it was Taco Rice Tacos. It was just something that threw together because I didn't want to have regular tacos and I didn't have big burrito tortillas, and I just didn't want to have taco rice by itself.

To start off with, I used 1 pound of lean hamburger meat. That is the only kind of hamburger meat we eat, because we absolutely hate draining grease from regular ground beef, and it makes me sick. I browned the meat and then I added the vegetables.

 I dumped the tomatoes along with the juice into the pan and I drained half of the corn juice and added 1/4th cup of water and then mixed in the taco seasoning.

While the mix was boiling, my rice was cooking. I use 3 and 1/4 cups of water and boil that and then add my 1 and 1/2 cups rice and I let it cook for 18 minutes. The rice comes out so moist and fluffy. #DELICIOUS!

When my rice got done, I scooped out 2 spoonfuls at a time and mixed it together. I didn't end up using all the rice, and so that went to another meal the next night.

LOOKS SO DAMN TASTY! 

 I wanted to make burritos, but the tortillas I had weren't big enough, so we just had it taco style. The girls enjoyed it and they usually eat two tacos each, but that night they had 3 each and there was still more left over for lunch the next day.

My kids will eat anything that is put in front of them. I am not raising picky eaters. I wasn't picky growing up, but there are some things I will not touch.. like pickles, okra, sauerkraut. Cayce won't eat lima beans or butterbeans, but he will eat sauerkraut and pig's feet... gross, I know.

So that is last month's favorite meal. I am wanting to break out my slow cooker this month, and make some beef stew and pork roast with veggies. So, if you liked this post, let me know. I have another recipe that I want to post before next month, that the kids absolutely love and want every single morning for breakfast.. but I am not a breakfast person and I don't cook breakfast unless Cayce is in the kitchen cooking with me.

Hope you all have a good night
XOXO