Hungry Jack

Here's another recipe! This one is really simple with only 5 ingredients! Why it is called Hungry Jack?? I do not know! WE imagine that someone really hungry named Jack created it. Or else they had a hungry Jack in mind! Enjoy!

Ingredients:

1 big can baked beans (32 oz.)

3/4 cup BBQ sauce, according to taste (we use Open Pit)

1 lb ground hamburger

1 package of 8 refrigerator biscuits, the kind with layers

2 cups cheese (or less)

Put it all together:

Cook the hamburger and drain off the grease. Mix the BBQ sauce and baked beans together in a small casserole dish and add the hamburger. Flatten each of the biscuits and lay them on top of the mixture. Cook at 375* F for around 20 minutes or until the biscuits are golden brown. (You want them really dark on top so that the bottoms are cooked through) Add the cheese to the top and cook until melted.

Recipe Book

I'm not very good at crafts and don't do them very often, but a couple weeks ago I actually did one all by myself! While I was in Iowa with my friend, we went to a crafts store and I thought this craft was so cute and fun! So when my friend's mom said she'd buy each of us a craft, I decided on this right away. 'Course since I'm not very creative, it didn't turn out as well as the example, but I'm happy with it.

 So this is the craft. A book for recipes, some ribbon, stickers, and recipe cards.

 This is how it is set up. With rings that will be easy to put more recipes in and stickers for each new section like appetizers or desserts.

 I got some more stickers so I had more things to work with.

 This is my first page. It's the main dish section.

 And the second for side dish.

 This next one is for soup/salad.

 This is the appetizer one.

 My favorite- desserts!

 And the section for other...

So this was my final product. With some ribbons on the rings and the recipe cards in between each section, it was finished. I'm happy with it! I'm scared to start writing recipes though because I don't want to mess it up!! :-)

Play Dough Recipe

Do you know someone who would love to play play dough?? Well, I have a good recipe for it! Although I can't boast it as delicious or low in calories, I CAN boast that it feels amazing on your hands!

Play Dough

1 cup of flour
1/2 cup of salt
1 tble of oil
1 cup of water
A few drops of food coloring

Add all the ingredients into a pan. The amount of food coloring should depend on how deep a color you would like the dough.

Now heat the ingredients on the stove at medium heat. Mix. The liquid will start getting lumpy and yucky, but keep mixing. Mix until the mixture is doughy. At this point I sprayed a small part of the counter with cooking spray and dumped the dough on it. Now you knead the dough until it's cooled down. The dough will become really smooth and feel great on your hands! I love new play dough!

And there you go, new, homemade play dough! Have fun!

Ice Cream Sandwiches

Don't these look good?

Here's how to make them!

1. Make up your cookies. (Emily and I used Cake Mix Cookies, recipe coming soon)
2. Freeze them for 20ish minutes until hard. (but don't lay them on the hot stove afterwards) Soften your ice cream.
3. Assemble your sandwiches. Here's how!

Lay a cookie down on some cling wrap.

Add a small scoop of Ice Cream.

Add another cookie on top and apply pressure. Be careful not to let the ice cream slip out.

Roll in chunky sprinkles.

Wrap them up cute in cling wrap! (Please pardon the partially melted ice cream.)

Throw 'em in a bowl in your freezer and watch them disappear.

Because I'm like to be orderly, here's a picture of some frozen cookies.

Enjoy!

~LindseyMarie

Yummy Scrambled Eggs

These eggs are very good, and really simple to make. I make them all the time when there's nothing yummy to eat for breakfast. They're so simple and ordinary that I think most everyone makes them, but hey, if not, here's some GOOD scrambled eggs! One more thing- We recently have started buying our eggs from a guy who has free-range hens, and therefore our eggs' insides are very bright yellow, as you will see.

 Mouth watering? Sorry that the presentation picture is on a paper plate. I've mentioned before how I'm the dishwasher in the family, right? ;-)

 Put about a tablespoon of butter in the pan and wait for it to melt.

 As the butter melts, move the pan around so it coats the bottom of the pan.

 Like this.

 Immediately after the butter is melted, pour in the beaten eggs. I used 3 eggs with this one.

 Like this.

 As soon as the bottom of the egg is starting to firm up on the bottom of the pan, begin to mix it around with a spatula.

 Keep moving them around. Always moving.

Before the eggs are quite done, add some cheese.

And ham. Mmmmm! Mix it up, still cooking. Cook until the eggs look how you like them. Serve hot right away! Delicious!

I must bore you with this because I know soon Lindsey will be posting an amazing recipe that we made up the other day! Just think of this egg recipe as getting ready for a spectacular one. This next recipe is going to be perfect for a hot day. But I'm not gonna give it away!

Molasses Cookies

Whenever I make these, I always ask myself why I don't make them more often. They're sooo good! I made these Thursday night and now? I think there's one left. But not for long, people. Not for long.

Molasses Cookies

3/4 cup shortening
1 cup of sugar
1/4 cup of molasses
1 egg
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda

Melt Shortening in a small pan over low heat, remove, cool. Add to a small bowl along with the sugar, molasses, and egg. Beat well. (You have to mix it for a long time to mix in all the melted shortening. Keep going. These cookies will be worth it!)

Mix together flour, soda, cloves, ginger, cinnamon, and salt. Add the first mixture and mix well. Chill until slightly hardened. (But not too long or it will crack when you try to make the balls. I'd say I few hours.)

Roll the dough into 1-inch balls and roll in sugar. (I guesstamate about 1/2 cup) Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 375* for 8-10 minutes.

Enjoy!

*I got 31 cookies last time I made these and 8 minutes was perfect.*


~LindseyMarie

Rhubarb Crunch

This blog was started to share recipes and other creative things with you, so here is the first recipe!!!! Yaaaay!


Got any frozen rhubarb in your freezer? My family does. And I just finished making some delicious rhubarb crunch from it!

Here's the recipe. Remember please, that I am the dishwasher in our family, so when I cook, I reuse as many dishes as I can! Now let's begin.

It would probably be best if you set your oven at 375 at this time. I always forget until later, but it would probably be easier if you set it now! Also, unlike me, you could check to make sure you have all the ingredients! That would probably be a good idea...

First, (or second if you set the oven), grab a medium to large size bowl and pour 4 cups of chopped rhubarb, 3 tbl. of flour, and 1 cup of sugar into the bowl. Mix it up. (By the way, if your rhubarb is frozen like mine is, thaw it a little, but don't worry about it being COMPLETELY thawed. It doesn't matter). The rhubarb should be covered with the mixture, but will probably have extra mix laying on the bottom of the bowl.

Pour this rhubarb mix into a 13 by 9 pan. Push it evenly along the bottom. Next, using the same bowl as used before :-), mix ,(using a pastry cutter if you like), together 1 1/2 cup of flour, 1 cup of brown sugar, 1/2 cup of butter, 1/2 cup of shortening, and 1 cup of oatmeal together. This will make a crumbly mixture that you cover the rhubarb with. Do not worry if the mixture is sticky or non-crumbly, it should still work the same.


After crumbling the stuff on top, stick it in your oven for 20 minutes. (If you waited til now to set the oven, look above for the temperature!!)

When it comes out, the top should be slightly brown and a knife poked in should slide easily through the rhubarb pieces.

This is not a finger food. It is soupyish on the bottom and will require a plate, spoon, and napkin. But it's great! mmmmm...