I like to make mini meatloaves. They bake quickly and I can tailor them to fit different family members. They are kid friendly because kids love their "own" of everything. The kids usually prefer regular ol' mini meatloaf, but the grown ups like a creative twist.
Tonight I made the adult mini meatloaves all different. I made one with jalapeno, one with bacon, one onion, and one green pepper themed. Add in chopped bits of your chosen item to the actual loaf, then so you can tell them apart, and for an awesome pro look, drape a circle of onion on the top of the onion loaf, cup a thick slice of green pepper on the top of another, line 3 jalapenos on the top of one too.
Other ideas:
Cheese --experiment with different kinds blue cheese, Colby-jack, pepper-jack, cheddar
Cherry peppers
Shredded carrot
Peppers -red, green, yellow, orange
Salsa
Monday, October 24, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Pork Neck Bone Stew
We fed 9 people (incl. 4 little kids) with this. Good eating, all homecooking! Neck bones are cheap and yield more meat than you'd expect.
1 pound pork neck bones sprinkled with seasoning salt and 11/2 cup water
-slow cook in crock pot on low 6 hours or until meat falls off bone, then set to warm until you want to make the stew. Turn off and cool bones a while before making stew. DO NOT throw out the broth!
Assemble stew in large pot and boil:
3-4 cups water
1/2 cup chopped carrot
1-2 1/2 cup chopped red potatoes (more or less to taste)
1/4 cup chopped onion (I actually use a bit less because I have a kid that doesn't like onion chunks)
Several tablespoons barley 4-6 Tbs
Several tablespoons slow cooking rice 4-6 Tbs (I use Jasmine rice)
few shakes of seasoning salt
1-2 tsp of salt
1tsp black pepper
2 Tbs onion powder
Boil covered until all veggies are soft and barely is soft (barely takes longer than rice)
While this cooks take your neck bones and separate all meat from them. Use two bowls one for the meat, the other for the bones. BE CAREFUL to get all little bone fragments. Set meat aside. Go through the broth in slow cooker and remove all bone fragments as well.
When stew veggies are soft turn off and add all meat and broth to your age stew pot. Stir and taste, add salt if needed, add water if you want. The flavor should be rich but may need to be diluted a little depending on your quality of neck bones. Ours were great.
My husband ate his with bread. Everyone asked for more! Yum!
1 pound pork neck bones sprinkled with seasoning salt and 11/2 cup water
-slow cook in crock pot on low 6 hours or until meat falls off bone, then set to warm until you want to make the stew. Turn off and cool bones a while before making stew. DO NOT throw out the broth!
Assemble stew in large pot and boil:
3-4 cups water
1/2 cup chopped carrot
1-2 1/2 cup chopped red potatoes (more or less to taste)
1/4 cup chopped onion (I actually use a bit less because I have a kid that doesn't like onion chunks)
Several tablespoons barley 4-6 Tbs
Several tablespoons slow cooking rice 4-6 Tbs (I use Jasmine rice)
few shakes of seasoning salt
1-2 tsp of salt
1tsp black pepper
2 Tbs onion powder
Boil covered until all veggies are soft and barely is soft (barely takes longer than rice)
While this cooks take your neck bones and separate all meat from them. Use two bowls one for the meat, the other for the bones. BE CAREFUL to get all little bone fragments. Set meat aside. Go through the broth in slow cooker and remove all bone fragments as well.
When stew veggies are soft turn off and add all meat and broth to your age stew pot. Stir and taste, add salt if needed, add water if you want. The flavor should be rich but may need to be diluted a little depending on your quality of neck bones. Ours were great.
My husband ate his with bread. Everyone asked for more! Yum!
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