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Tuesday, February 24th
7 pm

Breads or Soups!

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Mini Meatloaves

Another recipe steal from the blog Make and Takes This looks yummy to me....

Well, these Mini Meatloaves in a Muffin Tin are perfect for dinner served with little mini carrots and baby asparagus!

This idea came from the magazine Kraft Food & Family. I subscribe to their quarterly magazine and it’s FREE! It has great easy recipes with lots and lots of pictures (every recipe book needs pictures!) They do advertise using almost all Kraft products, but I just use whatever I’ve got at home already.

Mini Meatloaf Recipe:

• Favorite Meatloaf recipe
• bbq sauce
• salt & pepper
• cheese - cheddar, or something stronger would be yum

Spray your muffin tin with cooking spray. Place in a handful of prepared meatloaf into each muffin tin. Press your thumb into each meatloaf ball, making a space for toppings. Squirt a dollap of bbq sauce into the space and salt and pepper. Bake in a pre-heated 375* oven for 30 minutes or until cooked through (160F). Add your favorite cheese and bake for another 5 or so minutes.

Now serve these on a mini plate on a tiny table in your smallest room with your cutests kids and enjoy!

JIF Fun Recipes

Here's a fun Peanut Butter healthy recipe to make with children from JIF Check them out and vote for your favorite.

Peanut Butter Waffle Taco

by: Margaret

Ingredients

• 1 whole grain waffle
• 4 tablespoons Jif® Creamy Peanut Butter
• ½ banana diced
• ¼ cup pretzels
• 3 tablespoons organic strawberry yogurt
• sweetened, dried cranberries to garnish
• Toothpicks

Directions

• Toast waffle until just barely crisp on the outside and spread peanut butter on waffle. Arrange bananas on top. Squeeze together and secure taco with toothpicks.
• Put pretzels into a zippered baggie and use a mallet or heavy spoon to crush into small pieces.
• Drizzle taco with yogurt. Sprinkle with pretzel pieces and add sweetened, dried cranberries to garnish.

Chicken Stuffing Dish

I took this recipe from Yummy Yummy....It tastes pretty good; I did mine over rice. The stuffing really helps give it extra flavor.

3 Thawed Chicken Breasts (you can cut them up or leave them whole)/canned chicken
2 Cans Cream of Chicken
1/2 Cup Sour Cream
1 Box Stove Top Stuffing

Mix soup and sour cream. Pour into a pan and put chicken on top. I cut my chicken into chunks. Spread a thin layer of soup mixture on top of chicken. Sprinkle dry stuffing on top. Cover and bake at 375 for 45 min or until chicken is done. Serve on top of rice or potatoes.

I found this on a cool blog: Make it and Love it
Maybe I'll try it even though I'm not a fan of cottage cheese unless it's in lasagna.



"I am not even kidding...this is yummy. And one of my favorites.


I know. It's not even sweet...yet I still LOVE it.

Don't like cottage cheese? You'll still love this. Don't like tomato? You'll still love this. Well, maybe not. But my husband doesn't like tomato but he loves this. And my friend hates cottage cheese but she loves this. That or they're just trying to be nice. Keep lying to me guys.

I was given a similar recipe but changed it a little bit with some of what I like.

I don't even know what it's called. Maybe we'll call it Avocado Salsa. Because I love avocado and though they might be fatty, it's a good fat. Haven't you heard? Yeah, it has the good kind of fat that helps your memory/eyesight/blood pressure/bone density. Just pick one or create something of your own because I don't remember what it really helps. :o)

You'll need:

• 2 large ripe tomatoes
  
• 1/2 cucumber (Is this throwing you off? It threw me off too but actually REALLY makes the dish.)
  
• 1 green onion
  
• 1 avocado
• salt
• fresh ground pepper
• 2 cups of cottage cheese
  

Chop up all of the veggies, slice the onion, and mix together with the salt and pepper. Serve over cottage cheese and eat with tortilla chips. Oh yum! I'm hungry all over again.

Serves: Oh, I don't know........2 hungry people or 4-6 snackers."