Sunday, March 14, 2010

Magnet Marbles

Ok Friends these are cute really cute.
Liitle pictures created from glass blobs, paper  and round magnets and a bit of time and glue.
Tutorial can be found HERE  Not Martha.

Dinner Tonight

WONDERFUL MEATLOAF


1/2 pound ground beef
1/2 pound ground pork
1/2 pound ground italian sausage
1 medium onion, chopped
1/2 cup coarsely chopped mushrooms
1 egg, well beaten
1/3 cup dry bread crumbs
1 large clove garlic, minced
1/4 cup good quality plum sauce(Dynasty or Lee Kum Kee)

A few splashes of Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, mix all ingredients together (mixing with hands works best) until well blended. Spread mixture into a large bread loaf pan and bake at 375-degrees for 50 to 55 minutes. Makes 6 servings.


STUFFED PEPPERS

1 pound ground beef
1 cup onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
2 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 cans tomato soup
1/2 pound cheese, grated
1-1/2 cups cooked rice

Brown ground beef, onion, garlic, and chili powder; add salt, pepper and tomato soup; simmer 5 minutes. Add cheese and rice, set aside. Cook cleaned peppers in boiling salted water not more than 3 minutes. Drain and cool, and then stuff with cooled mixture. Place peppers in oven proof pan and cover with foil. Bake at 400 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes. These can be made ahead of time and then frozen until ready to cook.
NOTE: I use 1/2 pound Ground Beef and 1/2 pound Jimmy Dean Italian Sausage



CHICKEN AND RICE

4 chicken breast, cut in half
1/2 cube butter, melted
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of celery soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
1-1/4 cups water
1-1/4 cups uncooked rice

Melt butter in large (lasagna size) baking dish. Stir in undiluted soups. Stir in water, then add rice and stir. Rub chicken lightly with butter and salt. Lay chicken over mixture~do not press down. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 1-1/2 hours.

Faux Glass Tutorial

This Faux Stain Glass Butterfly Tutorial can be found HERE
Inky Smiles

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Lamb Pin Tutorial

Little lamb Pin Tutorial found HERE

The Cat

Well it would not be a real blog without a photo of a cat.
Ok cat lovers, this little trick will make you love your cat even more then you already do. I love my kitty' s but I hate cleaning up hair balls.  Turns out there is a super simple solution that I wish someone had told me about years ago. All you need to do is put a tiny bit of liquid flax seed oil  on their food. It costs only a few dollars for a bottle and because you only need a little a bottle it should last you a month or two depending on how many cats you have. The flax seed oil is perfectly safe for you cat. Basically what it does it keeps the hair balls from ever forming. The oil breaks down the hairball so it can pass through your cats system. If you have cats I suggest you give this a try, since I have started doing this I have cleaned up zero hair balls!

I called my vet to make sure this was safe before trying, you may also want to do the same thing.
I have also used Olive oil one cat loves it the other hates it. One likes flax the other not.
So give a try on both.