I made these yesterday for dinner, both are from Food Network Magazine.

British Meat Pies

What you need

• 1/2 pound Sausage, I used the link dinner sausage
• 1/4 cup chopped onion
• 1 piece of celery, chopped
• 1 carrot, chopped
• 1/2 cup mashed potatoes
• salt, pepper
• can of biscuit dough
• egg

1. Cook sausage, onion, celery, and carrot in skillet then mix in mashed potatoes
2. roll out dough and cut into 3 inch circles
3. spoon mixture into dough and pinch the edges together
4. brush with a beaten egg
5. cook at 350 for about 15 minutes

If I make this again, I’ll use 2 cans of biscuit dough or a bigger can (or a puff pastry which you can find in the freezer section). I used a smaller 10 oz can and it wasn’t enough.  I also think you could substitute eggs and it would make a really good breakfast, especially if you are needing to eat on the run.

Chocolate Pudding

What you need

• 2 large egg yolks
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 3 cups whole milk
• 5 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate chopped
• pinch of salt
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

1. whisk the yolks, sugar and cornstarch
2. in saucepan over medium heat melt chocolate with milk and salt
3. when chocolate is completely melted pour over egg mixture, whisk constantly then pour back into saucepan and stir until thick, about 12-15 minutes
4. remove from the hear and stir in vanilla then divide into dessert cups, cover in plastic wrap, and put in fridge for about 2 hours

If I make this again I will use a much sweeter chocolate and less vanilla. The vanilla seemed really strong and sort of overpowered the chocolate.

Popularity: 27% [?]

Well, we were supposed to have onion scones but I skipped over the part of the recipe where it said half and half so I didn’t have the right ingredients. I decided to wing it and I liked the finished product, as did Monkey and Princess P, Big Daddy not so much.

Here’s what you need

• 5 potatoes, peeled and cubed (I think my mistake here was that I cut them too small and they sort of disintegrated)
• 2 onions, chopped (didn’t have onions either, I was so not prepared for todays meal at all)
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 (14-ounce) cans ready to serve chicken or vegetable broth
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 (13-ounce) can evaporated milk
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves

Popularity: 27% [?]

We really love these around our house.

What you need

• 2 boxes cornbread mix and the stuff to make it
• lil smokies
• shredded cheddar cheese

I mix together the two boxes of cornbread mix as normal. I microwave the lil smokies for 1.5 – 2 minutes and then roll them in paper towels to soak up some of the juice. Then I cut them up and dump them, along with a couple of hand fulls of cheddar cheese in the cornbread mix. Mix it all up and then put it in muffin cups, I fill about 12 cups completely full. Then cook as directed.

(When I make these I like to cut up a plate of raw veggies)

Popularity: 15% [?]

Here’s what we’ll be having this week

Monday – Chicken and bacon puff pastry

Tuesday – grilled chicken sandwiches

Wednesday – Spaghetti

Thursday – potatoe soup

Friday – tacos

Saturday – homemade pizza

Sunday – fajita nachos

Popularity: 54% [?]

2 cups solid Crisco

1 tbsp Wilton Meringue Powder

2 tbsp all purpose flour

1/2 tsp salt

1tsp vanilla, 1/2 tsp butter flavor then add water to equal 1/2 cup

Cream

Then slowly add 2 lbs of Powdered (Pure Cain) Sugar

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