Honey Ribs

Honey Ribs in your crock pot:

Take 2 pounds of baby back ribs. Broil for 10 - 15 minutes to cook off some of the fat. drain. Cut ribs into single serving sections. Put in Crock Pot the following:

10 oz beef consomme
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons maple syrup
2 tablespoons honey
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons barbecue sauce
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard

Stir to mix ingredients. Add ribs.
Cook on low for 8 to 10 hours, or on high for 4 to 5 hours.

Excellent with rice.

Poppy Seed Chicken

A simple dish, very easy to make:

 Take cooked cubed chicken, say about 6-8 boneless breasts worth and lay in a buttered casserole. Mix two cans of cream of of chicken soup and 8 ounces of sour cream. Spread that over the chicken. then take 2 cups of crushed Ritz crackers, 2 teaspoons of poppy seeds, and 1 & 1/2 cups of butter and mix them together. Sprinkle over the top of the chicken dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until brown.

Saucy Meatballs with Biscuit Topper

Saucy Meatball Ingredients:

1 package of Freezer Meatballs or 24 1 inch meatballs of your own recipe
1 10 ounce can of cream of celery soup
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 cup water
1 3 ounce can of mushrooms ( or equivalent fresh mushrooms)
1 batch of Biscuit Topper, below

First, make the biscuit topper mix and set aside. Place the meatballs in skillet. Combine canned celery soup, flour and paprika. Stir in water & undrained mushrooms. Pour mixture over meatballs in skillet. bring to boiling. Simmer for 10 minutes or until meatballs are heated through. Pour boiling mixture into 1&1/2 quart casserole dish: top with biscuit topper. bake iin 400 degree oven for 15 minutes.


Biscuit Topper Ingredients:
1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon celery salt
1/4 milk
2 teaspoons cooking oil
3/4 cups soft breadcrumbs
2 tablespoons butter, melted

Combine flour, baking powder, and celery salt in medium mixing bowl.  combine milk & cooking oil and then add to flour mixture just until blended. Combine Breadcrumbs and butter. Divide mix into 8 portions, dropping each portion in the butter & breadcrumbs, coating all sides. Place on top of meatballs mixture.

Pumpkin Patch Soup

A family thing...

3 cups butternut squash
2 cups milk, or 1/2 & 1/2 or 1 can evaporated milk.
3 Tablespoons maple syrup
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon or so of cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon cloves or allspice

Mix in pan and heat on stove or in the Crock Pot.