Friday’s Blog Hop with Nicky

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Nicky

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Crockpot Lasagna

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Nicky
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Ingredients:
  • 2 lb. ground beef
  • 1 large onion, finely chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed and minced
  • 1 medium can of diced tomatoes
  • 3 medium cans of tomato sauce
  • 1 small can of tomato paste
  • 1 package (8 ounces) no-boil lasagna noodles
  • 16 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1 container of ricotta cheese
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan/Romano cheese
  • Salt and pepper to taste
Preparation:

Brown the beef, onion, and garlic in a little oil in a frying pan. Drain off any grease.

Add the tomato sauce into the browned meat mixture. Mix well.

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In a separate bowl, mix the ricotta cheese, milk, and egg. Beat until thoroughly mixed and smooth. Then mix in the mozzarella cheese and the grated cheese, so that all the cheeses are combined.

Grease the slow cooker/Crock Pot with some vegetable shortening on the bottom and sides.

Put about 1/4 of the meat and sauce mixture in the bottom of the
slow cooker/Crock Pot.
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that(break or cut them if needed).
Put about 1/3 of the cheese mixture
on top of that. Then repeat with sauce,
noodles, cheese for another 2 layers.
Top with meat sauce. Cook on low
for 4-6 hours or until noodles are tender.

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Barbecued Pork Ribs is whats for Supper!

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Nicky

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3 pounds long spareribs (as much as you want – recipe can be easily doubled)
1 cup brown sugar
6 teaspoons lemon juice
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Mix above ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. (or microwave, stirring occasionally until boiled and reduce temperature to simmer).

Preheat oven to 300ºF.

Boil ribs in a large pot for 10 – 20 minutes. Remove from boiling water and run under cold water. Place the ribs in large roasting pan and pour sauce over ribs. Cover and bake for 1 hour, basting every 15 minutes. After 1 hour, turn ribs and bake for another hour, again basting every 15 minutes. Remove cover and bake at 400ºF for approximately 15 minutes to brown ribs and thicken sauce.

This recipe can be made in advance and reheated (covered) in 200ºF oven for 1 hour. If sauce gets too thick, add water to the pan.

 

my rating its 5 stars ★★★★★

And of course I doubled the recipe as we`re a family of 6 ;)

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Vintage 1950 Dresses

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Nicky
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Swoooon! Stumbled upon this blue dress over on Pinterest. After jumping over to the link via Flickr a few more F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S dresses appeared. How amazing are these!?!

My daughter is in love with the first blue one and Sooooooooo badly wants it for her grade 8 graduation!! Only problem is, we can’t seem to find a pattern for it!! I love all of them, so wish I would of had a choice of one for my graduation!

1950′s Fred Perlberg Chiffon Prom Dress

1950′s Polka Dot Chiffon Party Dress

1950′s Pink Chiffon Prom Dress

1950's Pink Tulle Prom dress

1950′s Pink Tulle Prom dress
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Blog Hoppin Monday with Nicky

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Nicky

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Slow-Cooker Beef Stroganoff

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Nicky

What You Need
1 lb. (450 g) cubed stewing beef
1 onion,chopped
1 garlic clove (or 1 tsp. minced garlic)
dash(or 2) of Worcestershire sauce
1 cup chopped fresh mushrooms
1/2 cup 25%-less-sodium beef broth (I didn’t have any so I used oxo today)
1/2 cup (1/2 of 250-g tub) Philadelphia Herb & Garlic Cream Cheese Spread
1 Tbsp. flour 225 g (1/4 of 900-g pkg.) fettuccine,(or noodle of your choice ~ I used rotini tonight) uncooked

Make It:
PLACE meat, onions and mushrooms in slow cooker. ADD broth; stir. Cover with lid. Cook on LOW 6 to 8 hours (or on HIGH 3 to 4 hours). Meanwhile, cooking pasta as directed on package,  DRAIN pasta. omitting salt, about 20 min. before ready to serve meat. Mix cream cheese spread and flour. Add to meat mixture; stir until cream cheese is completely melted and mixture is well blended. Place pasta in large bowl. Add meat mixture; toss to coat.

(now because I have a family of 6 and big eaters, I did make double!)

Some of the ingredients I used

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I chopped my beef again in 1/2 of what was done at the store

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I always brown my meat (directions don’t call for it, but I do it)

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Beef, mushrooms, onions, garlic, beef stock mixed with hot water, pepper,
Worcestershire sauce into the crock pot

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Mmmm Looks YUMMMYYYY!!

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So after all is said and done….and I’ve eaten ….. only thing I did NOT do was add salt! (I forgot) and honestly it really didn’t need it!!
So out of 5 people that ate it…. (Daughter was out for the evening)
1. Hubby:  liked it…he added Montreal steak seasoning to it (2 servings)
2. Me:  Liked it…..very filling and yup, I’d make it again!
3. Oldest son:  Liked it, ate 2 servings.
4. Middle son: when I asked “So?? Did ya like it?”  He gave me thumbs up!
5. Youngest son:  liked it….he ate a bowl of plain pasta and then a bowl with the meat and cheese spread!! Smile

So my rating its 5 stars ★★★★★

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Chit chat saturday

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Nicky

Hi all, just wanted to say SO SORRY for not having my blog hop up and running yesterday! :( I had ZERO internet!
Didn’t realize but my router fried!!

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Wordless Wednesday

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Nicky

 

This poor little birdy (Pine Grosbeak) flew into my living room window today Sad smile  Poor thing, so instead of letting it die in the snow on the ground, I put him  on the edge of the trampoline so it could maybe gather some sun and recoup with not freezing on the ground!!
Took about 30 minutes to recoup and it finally flew away!! Smile

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Body Bi VI weight loss

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Nicky

Well…….I’m onto my second challenge.  I did some slacking though the holidays and jumped back on January 2nd!! Still not 100% only getting in 1 shake a day…some days 2, but for the most part these last 2 weeks have been 1!! I did good as I lost 4lbs in the 2 weeks Smile I was pleasantly surprised!! (in the first challenge I lost 20lbs and gained 6 over the holiday)
Yesterday I told my husband “that’s it, back on the wagon I go!” So he’s joined back on the wagon and we’ll be back on 2 shakes in the day and then a full meal for the 3rd one of the day!

I will do weekly weigh ins and write how things are going, if I’ve tried anything different!
Hubby and I do plan at going back to the gym 2-3 times a week (anything more is bonus) We had been doing 2-3 times on average before Christmas, but with the holiday and kids home we slacked ~ that and out membership expired.  So renew the membership on Friday and then back at er!! I know being on Body By Vi I feel so much better!
I will be going to the dr for blood work in the future just to see where my #’s are as I have not done that since starting in October! I’d love to  hear that my Cholesterol is down!!

I thought I’d share a picture of my face…….Left one is from Spring 2011 and then the one on the right is from friday Smile  I see a difference!
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Anyways.

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Blog Hoppin Monday with Nicky

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Nicky

Hi! Welcome to Blog Hoppin Monday with me….Nicky! If you’re here for the first time and like what you see, I hope you will follow Google Friend Connect, Facebook, Twitter, Subscribe Free ;) . Leave me a comment and I will come and follow you back ~ Don’t forget to TAG Me :)



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