Feeding Your Family For Less

~Cherry Crunch~

This three ingredient DESSERT makes 
feeding your family for less 
possible.

Life can be a little easier using a crockpot.
SAVES TIME, ENERGY and MONEY.

1) DUMP two cans of cherry pie filling into a crockpot.

2) Cover cherries with Classic White Cake Mix. 

3) Add two sticks of butter.

4) Place lid on crockpot and cook for two hours on high.

5) Stir contents and allow to cook an additional half hour.

6) Scoop out desired amount of CRUNCH then allow to set a minute or so before serving.

7) Devour.

This three ingredient DESSERT 

makes feeding your family for less possible.

Adding a scoop of vanilla ice-cream 
would be classy,
d

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'Life Just Got A Little Easier' Blueberry Crunch

~Blueberry Crunch~

'Life Just Got A Little Easier' dining on the Prairie with this crockpot dessert that just takes a few minutes to prepare when the SLOW COOKER on high does the work in about 2 and a half hours. 

ADD some vanilla ice-cream to top off

this dessert.  Making you smile.

Delicious and easy,

d 

3 Ingredients:
2 cans of Blueberry Pie Filling
White Cake Mix
Stick of Butter

Instructions:
Dump both cans of pie filling in clean crockpot.
Pour entire box of cake mix on top of fruit.
Smooth out cake mix.
Cut butter and lay on top of cake mix.
Place lid on slow cooker.
Bake on high for two and a half hours.

2 cans of pie filling dumped into crockpot.

Pour white cake mix on top of pie filling.

Smooth out cake mix and place butter on top of it.

Place lid on slow cooker.

Cook for two and a half hours on high.

Life got somewhat easer in my unfinished Kitchen after eating Blueberry Crunch.  EASY on the nerves.  Grand-daughter helped fix a wonderfully SIMPLE dessert in the crockpot.  

JOLLY good time.

All the best,

d 

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Father's Day Meatloaf

Created a new  MEATLOAF 

especially for Father's Day.

Baked this one in a braided pan 
to where the finished Meatloaf had a braided shape.

Pleasant taste.  

The flavor and texture turned out well.

Doubling the recipe filled the braided pan I used.
I didn't double the eggs or onion.

 
I used a brown sugar blend to cut back on the sugars.  I've never put the glaze mixture of brown sugar and ketch-up in the bottom of the baking pan first.  This was a big surprise for me that it turned out alright after the meatloaf was baked and flipped out onto the serving platter.


Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
 Spread the brown sugar and ketch-up into the bottom of a greased baking pan.

In separate mixing bowl place the ground beef and other ingredients.
Mix well.

Pat meat mixture into pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for one hour.

Pour off excess grease and slice off raised loaf to flatten 

what will become the bottom of meatloaf that will rest on the serving platter.

Bake an additional 20 minutes.

Cover loaf with aluminum foil and allow loaf to rest in baking pan at least 20 minutes 
before flipping it out onto a serving platter and slicing the servings.

INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup brown sugar (I used Splenda Brown Sugar)
1/2 cup ketch-up
1 1/2 pound beef
3/4 cup milk
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 small onion
3/4 cup bread crumbs
Tbsp. of bar-b-que sauce
Tbsp. of Country Bob's

I'll tweak the recipe next time so there isn't so much grease.

73/27 was way too greasy after baking.  Will use 95/5 or 80/20.

Served with
Pink Lemonade 

Italian Green Beans, 

Combination Salad

and Mashed Potatoes.

Cherry Cheese Cake for Dessert 

with Coffee.

Lil Miss made this Cherry Cheesecake herself for her Grand Dad

Made for a very nice meal 

and the Father of my children loved it.

Blessings,

d




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Granny Nanny and the Omelette

~Omelette~

Lil Miss prepared an omelette all by herself.

She showed her Grandpa how it's done 
and we enjoyed every bite.

SO very good!

She did a beautiful job,

granny d nanny

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Blessings to you!

Dining On The Prairie

EASTER DINNER was ready.
We dined on the prairie ten minutes till six.

Baked Ham 
is one of our Holiday favorites.

Family, Food, Fellowship 

and FAITH at Easter,

d

MENU

Baked Ham

Deviled Eggs a must.

Hawaiian Dinner Rolls with butter.

Vegetables for all.

Mashed Sweet Potatoes with pecans, 

Buttery Corn, 

Seasoned Italian Green Beans

and Mashed Potatoes with gravy.

Dessert for sure,
Cheesecake Sampler,
Chocolate Caramel Silk Pie

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Feeding Your Family For Less

Ways to Spend Far Less Money

and still enjoy LIFE.

Wanna share.

Hello from The PRAIRIE.  

I'm wearing my ruby red slippers 
somewhere in the Kansas Flint Hills 
and thinking about ways to SAVE money.  

Glad you've stopped by,

d

I am a turkey lover.

Gobble Gobble.

Turkey isn't just for Holidays.

Many times I have substituted ground turkey for ground beef.

Pound for pound ground turkey is less expensive 

than ground beef and has by far less fat.  

That's the secret to saving and feeding your Family for less.

TURKEY and baking it in a small oven.

Turkey works well in Chili, Tacos, Spaghetti, Turkey Burgers, 

and Turkey Stuffed Baked Potatoes.  You name it, just about anything you use for a ground beef dish can be substituted with ground turkey.

  

Ground turkey works well 

and can be seasoned to taste really great.

Much like Meatloaf, there's Turkey Loaf.

I was given a 24 ounce can of fully cooked turkey and wasn't for sure what to make with it.  
Didn't want to make turkey salad sandwiches so I didn't.
Took my chance with Turkey Loaf.

  

Ground turkey might have been easier to mix up and less time consuming, but decided to take the blunge.  I took a fork to the chunk of cooked turkey until it was finely crumbled in the bowl.  Seasoned with pepper.

I had really good luck NOT crying when chopping this onion.  First, I ran cold water over the onion, sliced the ends off and peeled the onion skin away.  Rinsed again and chopped.

Add a half cup of ketch-up to 24 ounces of cooked turkey, 

2 TBSP. of dijon mustard,

one chopped onion,

2 eggs, 

plus a cup and a half of bread crumbs.

Mix well.

Grease the baking dish.

I placed mixture in my favorite glass meatloaf pan.

Baked for an hour at 350 degrees in small De LONGHI oven.

Add ketchup on top then baked an additional ten minutes.

Allowed Meatloaf to sit in pan for 10 minutes before serving with mashed potatoes and cream style corn.  

Was tasty and well liked.

Bon Appetit!

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