Grandma's BBQ Biscuits

My grandma frequently made this recipe. It's simple and sooo kid friendly! There are two ways to go about making this dish. You can either use bottled barbecue sauce or you can make your own barbecue sauce of sorts. I am going to include both variations, but in this case, I used bottle barbecue sauce. Mostly because I have about 20 bottles in my stockpile. So it just made sense to use that. But seriously? The homemade version is waaayy better. Also. Sorry about the excess of main dish recipes lately. While I was on my blogging hiatus, I only photographed the main dishes that I made (and just so you know, I made more than 3 or 4 main dishes while I was away, these were just the ones that I remembered to whip out my camera for). I did bake up a lot of deliciousness while I was on my break as well, I just didn't get photos. So now that I'm feeling better on a day by day basis I will hopefully be baking and cooking more and be getting more photos!

Ingredients...

...1 lb ground beef
...1/4 cup chopped onion
...1 tube refrigerator biscuits
...Shredded cheese
...BBQ Sauce OR...

(ingredients for homemade version of BBQ sauce)
...1 cup tomato sauce or ketchup
...1 T. brown sugar
...1 tsp. prepared yellow mustard
...1/2 tsp. salt
...1/8 tsp. pepper

Directions...

In a skillet, brown ground meat with onion. Stir in BBQ Sauce, or ingredients for the homemade version. Simmer for 5 minutes. In an ungreased muffin tin, place one unbaked refrigerated biscuit in each muffin cup, pressing dough up the sides of the muffin cup. Spoon meat mixture into the cups. Bake at 400 for 10-15 minutes. Sprinkle each cup with cheese and bake until cheese melts.

Spiral Pepperoni Pizza Bake

This. is. amazing. Not even kidding you, I loooovvveeeedddd it! This was a big 'ol serving of pizza in a dish. Minus the crust. You just must simply try it. Tonight. Eh, why wait. Try it right. now. This was a Taste of Home recipe from one of the 2007 issues, and I made just a few of my own tweaks, as I do with every recipe I make.

Ingredients...

...1 pkg. (16 oz.) Rotini (or spiral) pasta

...1 lb. ground meat

...1 onion, chopped

...1 tsp. salt

...1/2 tsp. pepper

...1 jar pasta or pizza sauce (about 15/16 oz.)

...1/2 tsp. garlic salt

...1/2 tsp. italian seasoning

...2 eggs

...2 cups milk

...1/2 cup parmesan cheese (not pictured)

...16 oz. shredded cheese

...sliced pepperoni

Directions...

Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, brown ground meat and onion in a skillet. When meat is no longer pink, drain. In a medium bowl, stir together eggs, milk and parmesan cheese. Add in pizza sauce, garlic salt, salt, pepper, italian seasoning, cooked pasta and ground meat/onion mixture. Spread into a 3 quart oven safe casserole dish. Cover top of casserole with pepperoni, overlapping each pepperoni slightly. Top pepperoni with shredded cheese. Cover casserole dish with aluminum foil and bake at 350 for 25 minutes. Uncover and bake an additional 20 minutes.

Tator Tot Casserole

Hubs decided at our most recent Aldi trip that he wanted tator tots in the worst way. So I gave in and got some for him (not that they cost all that much there anyways...). Well, I soon decided that tator tot casserole was my true hearts desire, so I used hubs' tator tots to make casserole. And by the way, he is still bugging me to replace that bag so he has tator tots to eat! Anyways, it was delicious! Just as delicious as I was hoping!

Ingredients...

...1 bag tator tots
...1 lb. ground meat
...1 can carrots
...1 can green beans
...1 can cream of mushroom soup
...1 can cream of chicken soup
...3 T. minced onion

Directions...

Brown ground beef with onion. In a large bowl, stir together carrots, green beans, mushroom soup, chicken soup and browned meat. Spread into a well greased 9x13 pan. Top with tator tots. Bake at 350 for 1 1/2 hours .

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An Explanation...

Hellllooooo alll!! Oh how I have missed you! And sharing my yummy recipes! But if you would all like an explanation as to my unexplained and unplanned for absence, head on over to my other blog for the whole explanation! And just keep your eyes peeled, tomorrow starts a countdown of some of the main dishes I've made and remembered to get photo's of while I was on break!

Pot Roast and Veggies

This only looks greasy, runny and disgusting. It's actually quite tasty. Quite tasty. Now that it's fall, I love making recipes like this. They sit in my crockpot all day, seeping in flavor and juices. Then we enjoy them at night, with a chill in the air and the food warming us up! This is such a fix it and forget it, toss it in and get on with your day type of meal. Yes, meal. It has everything. The meat. The veggies. The starch. Delish. Just whip up some sort of a quick fruit and you have a tasty meal in minutes (of your own effort).

Ingredients...

Sorry, no pic!

...1 two to three pound beef roast

...1 can cream of mushroom soup

...1 packet dry onion soup mix

...carrots (I used 4)

...potatoes (I used 1 per person)

Directions...

Thaw and place roast in crockpot with potatoes and carrots. Pour in onion soup mix and cream of mushroom soup. Cook on low for 8-10 hours or on high for 4-6.

Brown Sugar Chicken

I love chicken. Probably too much. Because my stockpile is almost out. And I have a deep freezer FULL of other meats...but yet I'm still planning on going out and buying more chicken this week since it's on good sale, when in reality I should wait until next time and eat up some of that other meat...Anyways. I digress. This chicken will make you think that you've tasted a bit of heaven. And then you'll feel guilty about all of the sugar and immediately want to go brush your teeth. But it will all be worth it. Because this chicken is goo-ood! It kind of reminded me of when I toss chicken in the crockpot with BBQ sauce, but it was better! And it didn't taste quite as sugary as I was expecting it to, which was a definite plus!

The Ingredients...

...6 chicken breast halves

...1 cup of brown sugar (I told you that you'd feel guilty...)

...1/4 cup lemon lime pop (I used 7UP)

...2/3 cup of vinegar (I used white)

...3/8 tsp. garlic powder

...2 tbs. soy sauce

...1 tsp. ground black pepper

Directions...

Place chicken breasts in crockpot. Cover with the brown sugar, pepper, garlic powder and soy sauce. Pour in the vinegar and then add the pop (yes. it is supposed to bubble like that!). Cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 4-6. The longer you cook it the more tender the chicken will be.

Berry Oatmeal Muffins

I bought a bag of fresh berries at Aldi two weeks ago or so, with the intent to make delicious berry muffins with them. When I found this recipe, I knew it was a winner because it called for wheat germ...which is the first recipe in a while that I've came across calling for that. And beings that I bought a pretty big bag of wheat germ at the local Bulk Foods Amish store this past spring, I've been anxious to use it. This is a healthy to boot recipe which is great for those watching what they eat and their health. Overall, this was a pretty good recipe. I was disappointed with the lack of rising that the individual muffins did, but otherwise it's a great alternative to cold cereal for breakfast!

Ingredients...

...3/4 cup cooking oats
...1/4 cup wheat germ
...1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
...1/2 cup white sugar
...1 tbs. baking powder
...3/4 cup milk
...1/2 cup plain yogurt (you can substitute butter, oil or applesauce)
...1 egg
...1 cup fresh berries (I used fresh frozen)

Topping...

...1/4 cup cooking oats
...1/4 cup brown sugar
...1 tsp. ground cinnamon

Directions...

In a large bowl, combine the oats, wheat germ, flour, sugar and baking powder. Stir in milk, yogurt and egg until dry ingredients are moist and all is well combined. Fold in fresh berries. Scoop into prepared muffin cups. In a small bowl, combine topping ingredients until well mixed and sprinkle on top of muffin batter. Bake at 425 for 20 minutes.