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Heavenly Homemakers Parade of Recipes and Cooking Tips!

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So many recipes. So little time. It’s this big problem I have right now. I have at least seven new recipes or cooking tips that I am excited to share with you…and I just don’t feel like spreading them out over the course of several weeks. 

When a girl needs to share her healthy(er) chocolate fudge frosting recipe, she should not have to hold back.  But she’s also been promising to share  how to cook brown rice and she has this really cool tip about squash and she really should stop writing in third person but now that she’s started it’s just a little bit hard to stop.

She’s – I’m done now.

So, brace yourself, arm yourself, prepare yourself. Beginning tomorrow evening and going on through Friday the 29th, I’ll begin sharing a parade of recipes and cooking tips that I hope you will find as exciting as I do. You’ll need to check back in several times a day to keep up. And while I currently have seven recipes and tips lined up to share, you just never know when something else might just join the parade. There may even be a giveaway or two.

Beyond all the recipes and cooking tips, there will be a few other non-food related posts too. Wowza. Are you up for it all?

The most fun part of the parade will be on Friday, October 29.  That’s the day YOU get to share one or more of your favorite recipes with all of us!  I’ll post a Mr. Linky with my final recipe for the week and give you a chance to link up your recipe(s) too! There is no theme or criteria about which recipe or recipes you can share with us. Just share one or some of your favorite recipes! By the end of this week, we’ll all have so many new ideas of yummy dishes and treats to make and bake…there will be Heavenly Homemakers all over the world with tomato sauce in their hair, egg dripping down their elbows and frosting stuck to their chins. Oh how I love being party to that.

Please tell all (yes – every single one) of your friends to come and join the fun and come get new recipe ideas! We’re talking kid friendly, ingredient easy, mama happy recipes that are simple, tasty, healthy and fun. It all starts Sunday night, October 24.

Should I start with a sweet, or a savory recipe?!  Oh, so many new recipes…

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Yummy and EASY Sloppy Joes

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Call me weird, but I’ve about decided that Sloppy Joes are one of my favorite things to eat. I know – it’s just this spoonful of messy meat on a bun. But I love it.

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They are just so simple to make and easy to eat, and they have such good flavor. I love making them for lunch. The meat mixture freezes well. It reheats easily. Ah, Sloppy Joes…what’s not to love?

TIP: Make 2-6 pounds of this Sloppy Joes recipe ahead of time and freeze in meal-sized portions. Thaw and reheat as needed.

TIP #2: Take this Sloppy Joe meat on the road with you! Re-heat in a crock pot in your hotel room for an easy, wholesome meal. This saves money on eating out when you travel!

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Yummy and EASY Sloppy Joes
 
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Serves: 6 servings
Ingredients
  • 2 lbs ground meat (beef, turkey, venison or lamb)
  • 2 T. minced onion
  • 1 cup ketchup
  • 1 teaspoon mustard
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 Tablespoon worchestershire sauce
  • sea salt to taste
Instructions
  1. Brown meat and onion together.
  2. Add remaining ingredients, stirring well.
  3. Allow mixture to simmer in the skillet for a few minutes.

(I’m experimenting with making my own ketchup, but in the meantime I love this brand.)

Easy Sloppy Joe Meat

We love Sloppy Joes served on these homemade buns. Shucks, I like them without a bun. A Sloppy Joe in a bowl with tortilla chips is delicious!

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Ways to use Sloppy Joe Meat

Don’t just limit Sloppy Joes to a bun! Try using this Sloppy Joe recipe in these ways too:

The Easiest Sloppy Joes

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Homemade Corn Dogs and Corn Dog Muffins

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A few weeks ago, Josette asked if anyone had a healthier, homemade corn dog recipe. Yippee! A recipe challenge. I love me a recipe challenge.

And – all my healthy eating talk aside – I love me a good hot dog. Oh, how I wish I didn’t. The icky ones that are made from 14 different kinds of animal leftovers? I don’t love me that kind of hot dog. A big juicy beef hot dog? I could eat three. (Not that I do of course…)

I’ve found some hot dogs from Azure Standard made by Shelton that are pretty good. They are made with chicken, don’t have any preservatives, etc. If you have access to those, give them a try. We like them just fine.

And – hot dog on a stick with yummy cornbread fried all around it? Hello. I am my kids’ favorite mom on days I make these.

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Homemade Corn Dogs and Corn Dog Muffins
 
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Serves: 10
Ingredients
  • 10 hot dogs
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • ⅔ cup cornmeal
  • 2 T. honey
  • 1½ t. baking powder
  • ½ t. dry mustard
  • 1 egg
  • ¾ cup milk
  • 2 T. oil
  • Oil for frying (I use Palm Shortening)
  • 10 lollipop sticks
Instructions
  1. Whisk together all ingredients (okay, except for the hot dogs of course...and the oil for frying...and the lollipop sticks).
  2. Place one hot dog on each stick. (I find lollipop sticks in the cake decorating section at Walmart.)
  3. For frying the corn dogs...you can immerse them in hot oil if you have a Fry Daddy or something similar. I don't have one, plus I'd rather not use that much oil. Here's what I do:
  4. Heat a small amount of oil in your electric skillet.
  5. Holding onto the stick "roll" the hot dog around in the cornmeal batter to coat.
  6. Place the corn dog down onto the hot oil.
  7. Allow the corn dog to cook quite well on one side before attempting to turn it so that the batter won't pull off.
  8. Turn as necessary to cook on all sides.

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My corndogs don’t turn out very lovely. They’re sort of triangular in shape. Ah, but they taste delicious!

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NOW.

Wait until you hear THIS idea. When Jennifer heard that I was going to conduct a corn dog experiment…she gave me this idea!!! Thanks Jennifer!

These Corn Dog Muffins are a perfect way to avoid the mess of frying your corn dogs and finding lollipop sticks, etc. I LOVE this!

Easy Corndog Muffins

Corn Dog Muffins

This recipe for cornbread, doubled
8 hot dogs
24 muffin papers to line muffin pans.

Mix up the cornbread. Cut hot dogs into thirds. Scoop cornbread batter into the paper lined muffin cups. Place 1/3 hot dog into each muffin.

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Bake at 400 ° until golden brown. Serve right away.

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Look! You can’t even tell there’s a hot dog in those muffins! You could surprise your kids with these! They’ll think they are only having a cornbread muffin for lunch. Then tada! There’s a hot dog inside!

The best thing about these Corn Dog Muffins is that they freeze well!!! Just thaw and reheat in the oven for a few minutes before serving!

How’s that for an easy lunch idea that you can make ahead of time?!

(Click on our Make Ahead Meals link for more fun ideas of kid friendly, healthy recipes that you can make ahead of time.)

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