Erica's Meatballs

Today I'm going to share one of the recipes that I am famous for amongst my friends and family.  And that is my meatballs. As always made from scratch and trust me they are worth the time to make them.

It's really simple just a little time consuming to form the actual balls but oh so worth it.

1lb ground beef
1lb sausage meat
2/3 cup breadcrumbs
1/3 cup dried onion
1 egg
1/2 tsp salt
1/4  tsp ginger
1/4 cup milk


Mix everything together. Make into balls about the size of a golf ball, and bake on a cookie sheet for 15 minutes at 400 degrees.

These go great with my sweet and sour sauce or even spaghetti sauce.

Divinity

My mother in law was always a huge baker around the holidays and this is one of her Christmas goodies. My brother in law loves this and still asks his mom to make this every year for him.

2 1/2 cups sugar 

1/2 cup light corn syrup

2 egg whites

1 tsp vanilla 

1/2 cup water 

1/4 tsp salt

Combine first 3 ingredients and the 1/2 cup water and the 1/4 tsp salt. Cook to hard boil (260 degrees) stirring only till sugar dissolves.

Meanwhile beat the egg whites to stiff peaks. Gradually pour syrup over the egg whites, beating at a high speed with an electric mixer. Add vanilla and beat till candy hold it's shape. 

Quickly drop from a teaspoon onto waxed paper. 

Michelle's frosting,

My sister in law find the most amazing recipes. And this one for frosting is really simple easy and wonderful. My mother in law actually used this frosting on the cupcakes served at my baby shower a few years ago.

4oz instant pudding mix any flavor.
Small package cool whip
1 cup skim milk
1/4 cup powdered sugar

Mix pudding mix and powdered sugar together with the milk. Food in the cool whip

Chill in the refrigerator and ice cakes or cupcakes.

Special Cheeseburgers

This is a really simple quick meal, that I use sometimes for a hot sandwich lunch.

You will need:

2lbs ground beef
1 green pepper
1 onion- diced
1 tomato
Grated cheese. I use however much or little I'm in the mood for at the time.

Cook the ground beef, green pepper and onion together.
Drain.
Add the tomato and cheese and simmer until the cheese is melted.

Serve on deli rolls with ketchup, mustard and pickles.

7-up biscuits

So this is a brand new recipe I just tried out. And these guys are fantastic. Really simple to make and delicious.

4 cups of pancake mix
1 cup sour cream
1 cup 7- up soda.
1/2 cup melted butter.

So like I said this is really easy to do. Mix the pancake mix, sour cream and soda to form a dough.  The dough will be very soft so don't worry about that, knead and fold the dough until it forms a ball. Pat out the ball and using a round cookie cutter cut out biscuits.

Melt the butter in the bottom of a 13x 9 casserole dish. Place the biscuits on top of the melted butter and bake  @ 425 degrees for about 12-15 minutes or until brown.

Try right out of the oven with some butter and honey, or with your meal with some butter.