1 pkt. Italian salad dressing mix 1/4 c. red wine vinegar or 1/4 c. red wine vinegar and oil salad dressing 2 tbsp. water
Shake vigorously until well blended. Add 1/2 cup water. Pour mixture over 6 chicken breasts in plastic bag. Marinate several hours or overnight is best. Turn bag a few times so chicken is thoroughly coated. Put on hot grill; cook until done.
Spread 2 tablespoons of stuffing on each steak and roll like a jelly roll. Then wrap each roll in a slice of bacon. Secure rolls with wooden toothpicks. Barbecue rolls on grill over medium heat turning frequently. Rolls are cooked when bacon is crisp and meat is rare to medium done. Rolls barbequed 3" from hot briquets will take about 20 minutes.
There always seemed to be little flavor and too much meat. Yes I know it was meatloaf, but still. I had bad memories. That is until I heard of a recipe that did not incorporate ketchup or bread crumbs. I modified it a little and came up with this Easy Meatloaf and it has been a huge hit in my family. It is easy to make, freezes and reheats well and is so good!
Ingredients
1 lb ground beef or turkey. ( Sometimes I also use venison)
1 cup of stuffing
1/2 cup water
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup barbeque sauce
Directions
Mix all ingredients well and shape meat into an oval loaf. Place in a baking dish and bake at 375 for 45 minutes to 1 hour - until the center in no longer pink.
I double and sometimes triple this recipe. It freezes very well. If freezing allow the loaves to cool, wrap in tinfoil and place in a gallon size freezer bag. When ready to eat, thaw in the fridge and reheat in the oven for 25-30 minutes.
Yes it is. I found the recipe on the back label on a jar of Kraft Marshmallow Creme.
Kraft Fantasy Fudge 3 cups sugar
3/4 cup margarine
1 can (5 oz.) evaporated milk
1 pkg. (12 oz.) semisweet chocolate pieces
1 jar (7 oz.) marshmallow creme
1 cup chopped nuts
1 tsp. vanilla
Combine sugar, margarine and milk in heavy 2 to 3-quart saucepan. Bring to a full rolling boil, stirring constantly. Continue boiling 5 minutes over medium heat or until candy thermometer reaches 234° F., stirring constantly to prevent scorching. Remove from heat.
Stir in chocolate pieces until melted. Add marshmallow creme, nuts and vanilla. Beat until well blended. Pour into a greased 13-by-9-inch pan.
Yes I sure do recall the days when the box the gifts came in were so fun to play with too.
My sons would do the very same exact thing.
I can remember when my family celebrated Christmas we'd go out in the woods behind my home and cut our own tree and have a tree decorating party.
Getting up in the mornings to the smell of homemade cookies,bread etc.
To me that was the best part of celebrating the day. Then after breakfast we'd gather around the tree and unwrap our gifts and take pictures. Have a super meal with all the trimmings and thank god for all we have and were given.
Of course Christmas is too commercialized. However, if you look closely at holidays, you will see that most of them have been commercially co-opted. Mother's Day, for example, was seized upon by the floral industry, much to the dismay of its original founder, who intended the day to be a simple but meaningful occasion for honoring one's mother.
Even Halloween and Thanksgiving have been blown up into more than they once were in order to sell candy, food, and football games.
Christmas will always "mean something" to me. Yes, I know, literally speaking Christ was not born on December 25, but in early April, and the December celebration was meant to bring a festive air to what was an otherwise cold, dark time of year. But whenever it's celebrated, to me it means Jesus is born.
Frankly, although my family did observe the present-giving customs of Christmas -- certainly not on the scale that it is carried out today -- I feel rather sorry for people who spend so much time worrying about purchases when the true focus of the holiday should be spending time with loved ones. When I hear radio ads about people who are "tough to buy for," I wonder who on earth would be so rude as to openly criticize a gift someone bought to please them.Cause I was taught as a child and I taught my children as well that it's not the price of the gifts that counts but the thought/and the trouble that particular person spent and finding that gift and behind that gift which really counts.
My parents are gone now, but while my mother ws stil around I was able to learn from my mother the recipes for her prized holiday foods, and in whatever way possible I will pass that on to my son and his wife etc. While I don't always get to spend holidays with my family as most of them live hundreds of miles away, I would hope that our love bridges any distance. To me, that's really what a family is about.
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