Layered Casserole

1 lb. ground beef
1/2 lb. sausage
6 wieners (optional)
3 or 4 potatoes sliced thin
4 carrots sliced thin
1 onion
1 stick celery
1 pepper any color ( optional)
1 cup peas (optional)
gravy:
2 cups milk
1 Tbsp. butter
2 Tbsp. flour
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
2 Tbsp. parsley
Brown up ground beef, put into bottom of casserole dish, add sliced sausage & wieners ( i do wieners as little girl picks eats just that for "meat")

slice up onion thinly ( i had a red onion on hand so i used it up but typically i use a white onion) and layer on top of meat, then layer on spuds sliced thin, carrot, celery & pepper, in any order. i would add mushrooms too if my family liked them.



Then in fry pan where you browned ground beef, put butter, flour, salt & pepper, add milk & parsley, cook till starting to thicken, pour over casserole and bake for 1- 1 1/2 hrs depending on how thin you slice your veggies.

Little girl's snack

little girl made me a night lunch snack last night, it was actually really good, but not that i needed it at all. she made sure i had to take a pic of it and post it so....

1 banana
3 scoups ice cream
1 cup popcorn popped
1 cracker broken into bits

place banana in bottom of plate, scoup ice cream around banana, top with broken bits of crackers ( she used Breton crackers) then put popped popcorn around. enjoy

Crispy Baked Chicken

6 pieces chicken
4 cups cereal ( i used crispex)
2 tsp. season salt
1 tsp. pepper

Put cereal into blender and grind till very fine, ( i used cripex as it was a cereal no one wanted to eat in our house) add salt & pepper, roll your chicken pieces in mixture and place on baking sheet and bake @ 350 for 40 min. till juices come out clear & chicken is golden. As good as shake n' bake

Beef with Ramen Noodles

Beef with Ramen Noodles

• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 cup beef broth, divided
• 1 package (3 ounces) beef ramen noodles
• 1/2 pound boneless beef sirloin steak, cut into thin strips
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 can (14 oz) whole baby corn, rinsed and drained
• 1 cup fresh broccoli florets
• 1/2 cup diced sweet red pepper
• 1/2 cup grated carrot
• 2 green onions, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 1/4 cup peanuts

In a small bowl, combine cornstarch and 2 tablespoons broth until smooth; set aside. Set aside seasoning packet from noodles. Cook noodles according to package directions.

In a skillet, stir-fry beef in oil. Add soy sauce; cook for 3-4 minutes or until liquid has evaporated. Drain noodles; add to beef. Stir in the corn, broccoli, red pepper, carrot, onions and remaining broth. Sprinkle contents of seasoning packet over all.

Cook for 4-6 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Stir reserved cornstarch mixture and add to skillet. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Sprinkle with peanuts. Yield: 2 servings

* I've only made this once but I think the next time I do I will only use half of the seasoning packet as I found it a bit salty. Darren didn't, but I did so who knows, maybe its just me! I also didn't add the peanuts, I could only imagine what Darren would think of peanuts in this kind of dish :)

Fergasa Bread Loaf

this is what we used to make in the bakery when i worked there, and it is so simple and tasty especially with any pasta dishes or even pizza, fresh hot out of the oven, spread with butter, hm...
Fergasa Loaf
1 portion of your home made bread dough or you can buy the frozen bread doughs and thaw
1 egg
1 cup marble or mild cheese
2 tsp. garlic powder
1 cup onion chives or onion greens

Chop up your raw bread dough into bite type size chunks, add one egg,

onion chives, ( it may look like a lot but once it comes out of the oven it doesn't seem that way) garlic powder and cheese and chop up together a bit more till nicely blended,

dump everything (it is quite messy) into a well greased bread pan and let rise for 50 min t0 an hr.

Bake 350 for 20 - 25 min. till nicely golden.

Dog Ears

This is a family favorite of ours. Dog ears are like an empty perogie and they go by various other names as well. As a newlywed I made this for my new husband and brought them out to the field for him to enjoy. He took one look at the dog ears and started laughing. I couldn't understand what was so funny. He said I had made them waaaaay thicker than they were supposed to be. I'd never made them before, nor had I even eaten them. Thankfully they still tasted pretty good and I didn't let his laughing stop me from making them again...just a little thinner next time. ;)



Dog Ears

• 5 cups of flour


• 1 tsp salt


• 1 tsp baking powder


• 4 tbsp margarine


• 2 eggs, slightly beaten


• 1 3/4 cups milk

Combine the flour, salt and baking powder. Cut in margarine as for pastry. Add eggs and milk, forming a stiff ball of dough. Roll out 1/4 of dough at a time, on floured surface. Cut into 2 1/2 inch triangles.

Drop into boiling water; cook for 5-7 minutes in batches, according to the size of pot.

Scoop one batch out of boiling water with slotted spoon; drain in colander.

Add margarine to keep dog ears from sticking together. I keep them warm by putting them in the oven in a roaster.

We like them best with gravy made from ham drippings and cream. Fried onions and ketchup are the perfect finishing touch. Mmmm...

*This is an extremly large recipe. For our family of 3 I do half a recipe and still have lots of left overs - which of course are welcome!

Brocoli/Cauliflower Salad

1/2 head brocoli (flowerettes cut into tiny pieces)
1/2 head cauliflower- (flowerettes cut into tiny pieces)
1/2 red onion chopped fine
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
6 pieces bacon - fried crisp
1/2 cup miracle whip
1/4 cup sugar
2 tsp. apple cider vinegar

Cut your brocoli and cauliflower into tiny pieces and put into large bowl, chop up red onion fine, toss in sunflower seed ( if you like more of a nutty taste - put them into a hot fry pan for a few min to toast up) Fry up bacon slices and when cool crumble them and save for last min. addition. Mix together miracle whip, sugar & cider vinegar, pour over veggies mix together then sprinkle with crisp bacon pieces.