Campfire Dinner

We all love a simple dinner! This is great for throwing over a campfire, into the barbeque, or into your oven and couldn't be any easier to prepare! Serve it with some warm rolls and you have Sunday dinner simplified!

Ingredients:
potatoes
carrots
red onion
hamburger
dry onion soup mix
cream of mushroom soup

Directions:
Simply slice your potatoes, carrots and onion to a uniform thickness. Place desired amount of each onto heavy tinfoil sprayed with non-stick cooking spray, crumble raw hamburger over the top, sprinkle with desired amount of onion soup mix and add a heaping spoonful of mushroom soup. You really can't go wrong so don't be afraid to just throw in a little more of this and a little less of that! Wrap up foil to seal in heat. Place into a 400 degree oven for 45 minutes or until meat is cooked through and vegetables are tender. Also try it in your barbeque or over a campfire!

Truck-stop Buttermilk Pancakes

These here pancakes are somethin else. I'm not much of a pancake lover but toast these babies and slap em with butter. mmm....mmmm.
This makes a lot of pancakes but I make them all and put them in the fridge and freezer. Then when we want pancakes, we pull them out and pop them in the toaster. They come out just right crispy and delicious. A new favorite!
This recipe comes from a lady in my ward, Sherri Henrie.

5 eggs
1 1/2 c. milk
6 T. butter, melted
5 c. buttermilk
5 c. flour
5 tsp. baking powder
5 tsp. baking soda
1 pinch salt
5 T. sugar

In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, butter and buttermilk. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and sugar. Stir into wet ingredients just until blended. Adjust the thickness of the batter to your liking by adding more flour or buttermilk if necessary. Heat a large skillet over medium heat, and coat with cooking spray. Pour 1/4 cupfuls of batter onto the skillet and cook until bubbles appear on the surface. Flip with a spatula and cook until browned on the other side.

Yummy Macaroni and Cheese

Macaroni and Cheese is my comfort food. I love it. I inherited this love from my mom. She's always looking for the best recipe and so am I. Well I think I have come pretty close to finding "the one" if it's not "the one". My kids love this recipe. I love to eat it with tomatoes and John likes to dump Winger's Sauce on it. Whatever way you eat it, it's a good one.
This came from my bishop's wife, Shelly Salmon.

1 1/2 c. elbow macaroni
1/2 cube butter, melted
3 T. flour
2 c. milk
1 c. grated cheese
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper

Add flour, salt, and pepper to melted butter. Make this into a white sauce by slowly stirring in the 2 cups milk. Stir and cook until thick. Add cheese and pour over cooked macaroni in a 2 quart buttered casserole dish. Sprinkle with grated cheese and bake at 400* for 20 minutes. (Double for a family of 6).
This goes great with the BBQ meatballs below.

If you think you have the best homemade mac and cheese, please share your recipe with me!!

Awesome BBQ meatballs

Eventually I'll take some pictures. Promise!!
I use to make my own meatballs. Not this summer. I'm going with the Costco frozen meatballs. They are still good. Make the following BBQ sauce in a pot on the stove then put the meatballs in until they are hot and ready. Or put the meatballs in the crockpot, mix the sauce and dump it on the meatballs. My kids talk about these meatballs often. Stay tuned for the awesome macaroni and cheese dish to go with it!

BBQ Sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup vinegar (i like apple cider vinegar)
1 tsp. prepared mustard
1/4 cup favorite bbq sauce (Our favorite is Famous Daves with the purple label or Sweet Baby Rays)
1 tsp. Worchestershire sauce

Combine and blend. Heat.
Double if desired.

If you want an easy meatball recipe to go with it, here it is:
1-1/2 lbs. ground beef
3/4 cup rolled oats
2 eggs slightly beaten
1/2 c. finely chopped onion
1/2 c. milk
1 tsp. salt
few grains pepper
1 tsp. worcestershire sauce

Combine all ingredients. Form into 12 balls. Place in a casserole dish. Cover with sauce.
350* for 30 minutes or until cooked through. Makes 6-8 servings. 2 meatballs each.