Halloween fruit kabobs

HUGE kid FAV!!!!  These were gobbled up in seconds!!

 

Ingredients:

Any fruit

Marshmallows

Melted chocolate

Kabob sticks

Puking Pumpkin Pasta Salad

I'm a sucker for all things Halloween so here is a great idea for Halloween AND it's yummy for the rest of the year too :)

Ingredients:

16oz Rotini pasta (about 8 cups cooked)

3/4 cup Italian Dressing

1/2 cup roasted red peppers, diced

1/2 yellow onion, diced

2oz can black olives, sliced

1/2 large cucumber, peeled and diced

12 slices Buddig Honey Ham, chopped

10 cheddar cheese sticks, chopped

1 cup turkey sausage sticks, sliced thin

1/4 cup parmesan cheese, grated

Pumpkin for serving :)

Cook pasta according to box directions, drain.

In a large bowl, mix together pasta, veggies, meat and cheese sticks.

Add 1/2 cup Italian dressing and toss to coat

Add additional dressing if needed.

Add grated parmesan on top and cover and chill until ready to serve!

Hobo pack Burgers and Taters

This was our FAVORITE hobo pack yet!!!  So delicious and the boys even gobbled it right up!!

Ingredients:

·       corn or carrots

·       potatoes (any kind will do – I grabbed up what I had in my pantry)

·       ground beef

·       french onion soup mix

·       onion

·       butter

·       salt and pepper

 Every person will get their own packet so start by cutting the foil. Make sure each piece of foil is big enough to hold the food and then wrap it up for cooking.

Cut up you onions, potatoes and carrots. I used about one potato and three baby carrots (one large carrot) per packet. I divided the onion up among the packets which ended up to be a tablespoon or two each. (There is no such thing as measuring when you are camping – you just have to eyeball it!)

Then I grabbed a patty size piece of burger and crumbled it up over the top.

I took the french onion soup mix and used it as my seasoning. I used about 1/3 of the envelope for each foil packet. Be sure to shake up the mix so you get some of the flavor from the seasoning on each one. Then use your hand to mix it all up.

Put a few pats of butter on the top of the mixture and fold ‘er up.

Cook them until the beef is browned and the potatoes are fork tender. If you overcook them the potatoes will burn onto the foil. You have to be especially careful if you are cooking over the campfire!

Salmon & Veggies Hobo packets

We tried some new hobo packets this camping trip for our long trip later this summer and this was yummy!!!  Healthy too :)  Glad the boys loved it as well!!

Salmon packet ingredients:

3 Tablespoons of Dijon Mustard

2 Tsp Chopped Garlic 

Mix Together and spread over Salmon pieces.

Place salmon into foil tent and cook on grill until flaky  

 

Veggie Packets Ingredients: 

1 cup chopped zucchini

1 cup mushrooms

1 cup yellow squash

1 cup cauliflower

1 Tsp Salt

1 Tsp Pepper

Drizzle olive oil over veggies.   Place into foil tent & cook until tender  

Shark Week Treats

How cute are these for Shark Week?!  The boys loved it :)

Ingredients:
Blue Jello
Whipped cream
spoon
Grey cardstock 

Rockin’ Italian-Inspired Meatloaf

This was DELICIOUS!!  Evan could have eaten the whole thing himself :) Served this with green beans and mashed potatoes!!  Get in my bellly!!

Ingredients:
1 c. ketchup
1 c. barbecue sauce (I love Cattleman’s Kansas City BBQ Sauce)
1/2 c. brown sugar
1 Tbsp. Creole (or other favorite) mustard
1 c. buttermilk
1/3 c. panko bread crumbs
1 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
1 small minced onion
3-4 cloves minced garlic
1/4 c. fresh parsley
1/3 c. chopped fresh basil
2 Tbsp. tomato paste
3/4 tsp. kosher salt
1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1 1/2 lb. ground beef (in the 80-85% lean ballpark)
1/2 lb. ground pork (lean, if you can find it, and even lean ground pork isn’t particularly lean unless you grind a lean cut yourself)
1 c. shredded fresh Parmesan cheese

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil and set aside.

Combine the ketchup, barbecue sauce, mustard, and brown sugar in a small saucepan and heat over low, stirring occasionally.

Heat 1-2 tablespoons of olive oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. When hot, add the onions and garlic and cook until translucent and fragrant. Add the tomato paste, chopped basil, chopped parsley, and salt and pepper. Cook for about 1 minute, stirring constantly, then remove from heat and set aside.

Combine the panko and buttermilk and set aside for about 5 minutes.

Gently combine the ground beef and ground pork. Add the cooled herb/tomato paste mixture, Parmesan cheese, and panko/buttermilk mixture and gently combine with your hands.

Shape the mixture into a free-form loaf on the prepared baking sheet. Reserve 1/2 c. of the glaze and set it aside. Brush with a coating of the glaze from the pan, then place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 50 minutes or until an internal thermometer reaches 165 degrees. While the meatloaf is cooking, generously brush it every 10 minutes with the glaze from the pan (not the reserved glaze).

When the meatloaf is done, allow it to stand for 5 minutes before slicing. Serve with the reserved sauce, a green salad, and potatoes. Leftovers are amazing, especially between slices of hearty white bread or on a hoagie roll.

Freezer instructions: Prepare meatloaf through shaping it. Place it on a lined baking sheet and freeze, then remove from oven and wrap tightly in plastic wrap and aluminum foil. Freeze the reserved sauce separately.

When ready to bake, remove from foil and plastic wrap and place on a lined baking sheet. Thaw reserved sauce. Bake at 425 for 90 minutes or until an internal thermometer reads 165. Baste with the reserved sauce every 10 minutes for the last 45 minutes of baking.

Potato, Bacon, Ranch Hobo pack

 This was really good and paired well with steak!!!  Yummy!!

Ingredients:

Potatoes - diced

Bacon - cut up

Ranch dressing

1 onion

Frozen corn

Shredded cheese

Put everything in foil and grill it up!!