My Mom's Busy-Day Meatloaf

This meatloaf has been my family's favorite, at least my husbands.  And it was a recipe I kept of my mom's that used Kellogg's Corn Flakes (however I've always used crackers instead) so substitute if you wish!

 

Ingred.:

1 egg

1 cup milk

1-2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce

2 Tbsp catsup

1 1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp celery salt

1/4 cup finely chopped onions

2 cups crackers (1 pkg, crush before removing from pkg) or use 2 cups corn flakes

1 1/2 lbs gr beef

1/4 lb gr pork

 

1. Beat egg, milk, Worcestershire sauce, catsup, salt, celery salt and onions together; add crackers or corn flakes and mix well.

2. Add meat, mixing thoroughly.  Pack lightly into 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.

3.  Bake in moderate oven (350*) about 1 hour or until done.  Slice and serve hot.

 

Yield: 8 servings

 



Redo Ugly Door Mirrors

I had ugly mirrored closet doors that had a "brass" look.  If I replaced them with solid doors or screen panel doors it might of made my room seem smaller and would of cost a pretty penny too.  Also I have to admit, I like having such handy mirrors when I'm trying things on.  I was so tired though of the mirror doors and looked online for ways to transform them.  I could of took them down, taped off the mirrors and spray painted them.  However, I did this project when it was still too cold to spray paint outside.  

 

This is how they looked before



 

How I transformed them to this new modern white look~

 

1. I took and lightly sanded the door trim to "rough" the surface to hold paint. 

2. I taped off the mirror around the trim to keep paint off the mirror.

3.  I used some Kilz Semi-Gloss Interior/Exterior paint in white that I had left over from painting our son's room.  It said it was good on most surfaces including metal so I thought it'd stick well.

4.  I used a small sponge brush to paint it on and did at least two coats.  It does seem to be holding pretty good and I think they look much better!   I have to say my husband and I don't exactly abuse our closet doors.  We open and close them easily and no children use them.  I am not sure how well this paint would hold up to doors that have more wear and tear. 

 

 

 

I was ready to remove this fake wood framed mirror on our bathroom door.  Again I use the mirror and if I removed it I'd have to replace it as there would be screw holes in the door.  So I pondered on this a bit, not finding much online to help me transform it.  I finally decided to look at rick rack in the fabric section at Walmart to hide the wood frame.  I wasn't sure what would be available.  The rick rack was not wide enough.  So I then saw some reduced price wide ribbon (2.7 m) by the spool for a measly 50 cents.  I estimated that I needed about 10 feet of ribbon and since the spools had 3 yrds on them I was lucky to find 3 of the same cream colored, polyester textured.  (I did however, only used 2 rolls).  I also wanted an accent color.  Since my bathroom has blues and grays, I looked at those two color schemes.  And even though I had to pay full price I still got a spool of  18 ft for less than $2 in a steely gray.  This was slightly thinner at  7/8" 

First I measured and cut the wide ribbon.  Then using a hot glue gun I applied glue to the back of the ribbon and pressed onto the mirror.  This has to be done quickly as the glue dries quickly.  Just be sure to cover the mirror holders and try to lay ribbon evenly. 

I next cut the gray ribbon and hot glued it on top of cream colored ribbon carefully centering and running straight.  I did try and angle the corners to fit together which was kind of tricky to do by eye only.  It didn't match up exactly but was very close and I used hot glue to "seam" corners together.

This was the fun part.  I looked for things to hide my seams and found some buttons and jewelry pieces to hot glue on the corners then on the top of the mirror.  I think it turned out pretty shabby chic!

Wine Stew~ Beef Daube Provencal

This is a very yummy, sweet tasting stew that is very easy to prepare. 

 

Prep time: 10 mins

Cooking time: 2 hours

Ingred.:

2lbs. stew beef cut in 2 in. pieces (i use tenderized)

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 c. olive oil

1 bottle (750ml) red wine (i use Reunite Lambrusco)

3 Tbs. Dijon mustard

1 can (14.5 oz.) whole plum tomatoes in juice

1 bag (1 lb) peeled baby carrots

2 onions, chopped in lrg pcs

2-4 whole peeled garlic cloves

2 sprigs fresh thyme

 

 1. Sprinkle beef with salt.  In two batches, brown beef over high heat. 6-8 mins.

2. Add wine to stew pot; simmer over medium heat for 10 mins.  Whisk in mustard.

3.  Add beef to pot.  Add tomatoes, carrots, onions, celery, garlic and thyme.  Simmer, coverd 2 hours, until meat is tender.

Serve with fresh hard bread rolls for dipping.

 

Makes 6 servings; 8 cups per serving: 440 cal.  (43% from fat): 20 g. fat

ENJOY!

Snow Ice Cream

Get a big bowl out and scoop up some fresh clean snow!  Wait til after the first snowfall.  Someone told me there is less impurities in the air then???   I scoop mine off our deck.  This picture was from a big blizzard we had in 2011. 

 

 

  

Then I add just a splash of milk (or my mom used milnot, it's extra rich), some vanilla and some sugar to taste.  Add milk til you get the consistency you want.  The snow soaks the milk up quickly so add splashes of milk and stir.  I add the sugar and vanilla to taste.

 

Enjoy!

 

Sweet Garlic Chicken and Easy Peanut Butter Fudge

Sweet Garlic Chicken -

4 Ingredients: Chicken, Garlic, Brown Sugar and Olive Oil.

Saute the Minced Garlic with the Olive Oil until soft, then remove from heat and stir in the Brown Sugar. 
Pour that mix over the Chicken and Bake (uncovered) for 15-20 minutes at 450

 

Easiest PB Fudge EVER
2 cups sugar,
1/2 cup milk (or use half and half)
1 tsp. vanilla,
3/4 cup peanut butter.
Bring sugar and milk to a boil. Boil two and a half minutes. Remove from heat and stir in PB and vanilla