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Tasty Tuesdays: Swedish Meatballs

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I have already shared many of our favorite recipes.  Today, I flipped through our family’s recipe book to see what I could make with the ingredients I had at home.

I found this recipe for Swedish Meatballs that I hadn’t made in a long time!

Swedish meatballs -- easy recipe that can be made in the microwave.

I really don’t know why I haven’t made this recipe more as it is super easy — and it can be done in the microwave which was nice on our 82 degree day. Since I live in Florida, 82 degrees is very nice. But our house was 77 degrees, and I didn’t want to turn the oven on as the air conditioning was turned off. This microwave main dish paired with noodles or rice will allow you to keep the oven turned off!

Swedish meatballs -- easy recipe that can be made in the microwave.

These Swedish meatballs are supposed to be made with ground beef, but all I had was ground turkey, and we loved them!

Here is how you make Swedish Meatballs:

Mix together:

  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 c. seasoned bread crumbs
  • 2 T. milk
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/8 tsp. pepper
  • 1 lb. ground beef

Shape into 1-in. meatballs.
Place in a shallow 1 1/2-qt. microwave-safe dish.
Cover and microwave on high for 10 minutes or until meat is no longer pink; drain.

Combine the sauce ingredients:

  • 1 can (10 3/4 oz.) condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
  • 1/2 c. sour cream
  • 1/4 c. milk
  • 1 T. dried parsley flakes
  • 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg, optional

Cover and cook on high for 7-8 minutes or until heated through.
Serve over noodles.

Swedish meatballs -- easy recipe that can be made in the microwave.
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Swedish Meatballs
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins
 

Easy recipe that can be made in the microwave

Course: Main
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 c. seasoned bread crumbs
  • 2 tbsp. milk
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/8 tsp. pepper
  • 1 lb. ground beef
Sauce Ingredients:
  • 1 can cream of mushroom soup 10 3/4 ounces
  • 1/2 c. sour cream
  • 1/4 c. milk
  • 1 tbsp. dried parsley flakes
  • 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
Instructions

  1. In a bowl, combine the first 6 ingredients. 

  2. Add beef; mix well. Shape into 1-in. meatball. Place in a shallow 1 1/2-qt. microwave-safe dish. 

  3. Cover and microwave on high for 10 minutes or until meat is no longer pink; drain.

  4. Combine the sauce ingredients; pour over the meatballs. Cover and cook on high for 7-8 minutes or until heated through. 

  5. Serve over noodles.

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Tasty Tuesdays: January’s Favorite Recipes

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January had five Tasty Tuesday parties, so we had quite a few posts to view and pin.

Below, you can see which posts were clicked on the most this past month. I’m looking forward to seeing all your great Valentine food posts this month as well as Easter food posts that are starting to be shared.


January 1st’s favorite recipe was Smoked Trout and Canadian Bacon Hash from The Lazy Gastronome.

The following 3 posts all had the most views from January 8th’s party:

Audrey from That Recipe’s Radish Fritters that she created for Harvest2U had the most views from January 15th’s party.

Fluster Buster’s Budget Friendly Meal Planning Week 2’s post had the most views from January 22nd’s party.

January 29th’s party had 2 favorite posts:

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Tasty Tuesdays: Marinade for Caribbean Chicken

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As I have done this Tasty Tuesday’s post for almost 6 years now, I often get requests to share recipes from other websites.

I usually do not do this as I share my family’s favorite recipes and the websites asking for shares are websites just wanting outgoing links. However, it is not as easy for me to share as many recipes now as I have included many of my favorites already; and I am busier now than I used to be when I stayed home all day with the babies.

If you  would like to guest post here on Creative K Kids and share a recipe for a Tasty Tuesday’s linky party, send an email to [email protected] I would ask that they would not be recipes that you have already shared on your blog as we don’t want duplicate content. You could share a picture and talk about how you have a guest post on Creative K Kids. I also do not  share anything that is alcoholic.

One of the requests I got recently was from Katom Blog asking if I could share a healthy recipe called Caribbean Chicken. Since I have never done a recipe like this, I thought I would share it with you. I loved all the ideas they gave in the recipe from using the extra marinade to give flavor to the vegetables and to making extra chicken for an easy salad the next night.

Anything that can do double duty is my cup of tea. So when they said this recipe can be made on the grill or a skillet, that made me happy as I don’t grill a lot. We live in Florida, but I do all of the cooking and just haven’t become a grill person. Maybe I should work decide to do more of using the grill in 2019.

I am also not good with using spicy peppers, so go read their tip to how to use spicy peppers in food preparation!

Here is the recipe for Caribbean Chicken. I hope you enjoy it!

Recipe for an easy marinade to make Caribbean Chicken. It can be made on the grill or in a skillet on the stove!

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Caribbean Chicken
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Marination
2 hrs
Total Time
25 mins
 
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Caribbean
Keyword: healthy
Servings: 4 servings
Author: Marie Powell
Ingredients
  • 4 4 oz. boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs
For the Marinade:
  • 4 medium green onions, sliced
  • 1-2 jalapeno chilis, seeded and chopped (for additional heat, leave seeds in)
  • 1/3 c. lemon juice
  • 1/4 c. honey, warmed slightly to soften
  • 2 tsp. dried thyme
  • 2 tsp. olive oil
  • 1/4 tsp. ground allspice
  • 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
  • Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions

  1. Add marinade ingredients in a bowl and whisk to combine. Place chicken in a shallow dish or resealable plastic bag.

  2. Pour marinade over chicken and turn to coat. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.

  3. Prep your grill or heavy flat-bottom skillet to medium-high heat.

  4. Remove chicken from marinade and place on grill or skillet. (Use a non-stick skillet or add olive oil to skillet prior to cooking chicken.)

  5. Cover and cook for 6-7 minutes per side or until internal temperature has reached 165 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Tasty Tuesdays: Pecan Pie

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My mom’s favorite pie is Pecan Pie.

I often get delegated the desserts for holidays and for birthdays. I have made this pie many times for my mom; but I have also made it many time for Thanksgiving Day. The last three years, I have gone to a friend’s house for Thanksgiving, and this is one of the pies that is requested.

The great thing about Pecan Pie is that it is one of the easiest pies to make. It is almost fail-proof. Mix the ingredients together, pour them into the pie shell, and bake.

What I fail to do every time is take pictures. I think it is because I am always taking this pie somewhere else, so I don’t cut into it and do all the photos that I normally do for blog posts. So today, I am going to share this recipe that has been in my family for decades even if I only have one half-way decent picture of a pecan pie. I want my recipes to be here for my kids; so hopefully, one day, I’ll get some better pictures!

Homemade Pecan Pie! So easy to make and it always turns out good!

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Pecan Pie
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 15 mins
 

Easy pecan pie recipe that always turns out good!

Course: Dessert
Keyword: pie
Ingredients
  • 1/2 c. sugar
  • 1/4 c. butter
  • 1 c. corn syrup (I use light corn syrup.)
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1 c. pecans
  • 1 unbaked pie shell (not deep dish)
Instructions

  1. Cream together sugar and butter.

  2. Add corn syrup and salt. Beat mixture.

  3. Add eggs, 1 at a time.

  4. Add pecans (I slightly chop them before adding them, but I do not crush them.) Mix. 

  5. Pour into an unbaked 9" pie shell (not deep dish).

  6. Bake at 350° for 1 hour.

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Tasty Tuesdays: Giveaway of The Southern Living Party Cookbook

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I love looking at new recipe books. I sometimes receive a new cookbook to review, and I always ask if I can offer one as a giveaway as well. I try to put the cookbooks giveaways up on Tasty Tuesdays, as you are my “foodie” followers.

This last cookbook, The Southern Living Party Cookbook: A Modern Guide to Gathering, was a very interesting cookbook for me to look at is it was very informational for hosting different kind of parties.

Giveaway for The Southern Living Party Cookbook: A Modern Guide to Gathering, $35 Value; 1/15/19- 1/29/19

The author, Elizabeth Heiskell who is a best-selling author and a TODAY show food contributor, updated the top selling Southern Living cookbook of all time, 1972’s Southern Living Party Cookbook so that it fits today’s  modern lifestyle.

Not only are there many recipes with amazing photographs, but there are party ideas for occasions such as a Bridal Tea, a Garden Club Luncheon, for Summer Night Parties, Tailgate Parties, Picnic on the Lawn festivities, a Fall Dinner Party, and 24 more gatherings.

Sometimes I am not for sure what protocol to use for invitations, thank you notes, and table settings. This book helped give direction for many of these functions. You can tell by the following picture some of the gems that you can find in this cookbook! I couldn’t show you everything; this is just a small sampling of this 368 page hardcover cookbook!

The Southern Living Party Cookbook: A Modern Guide to Gathering -- A Cookbook that helps you plan different kinds of parties!

The Southern Living Party Cookbook contains delicious dishes from the original book, popular picks from the current pages of Southern Living magazine, sure-to-become classics from Elizabeth’s own treasured recipe box, and menus for any occasion! Check it out HERE or buy it from Amazon HERE.

You can enter the following giveaway to win one of these cookbooks!

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Tasty Tuesdays: Church Windows Candy

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My grandma made a candy called Church Windows every Christmas.

This Christmas is the second Christmas since she has passed as she passed away in December of 2018. Last year, even though she was not around for Christmas, we did not do many of her traditions as we traveled to my mom’s house for Christmas.

This Christmas, we celebrated at my house. I had brought some of my grandma’s dishes back with me this past year, and we used them Christmas day. I took the nativity set that she made out of plastic canvas over to school, and the kids had fun acting out the Christmas story using those pieces. I used her butter dish and salt shakers every day.

When we cleaned out her house last summer,  I brought back her recipe boxes, planning to make a recipe book out of her favorite recipes. I haven’t got around to that yet, but I was very thankful that I had her recipes so that I could dig out her recipe for these Church Windows.

I had never made them before and a couple of other family members told me they did not have success with them like Grandma had, but I tried them anyway. The recipe turned out just like the way she made them, which made me very happy!

I found it hard to divide it exactly in half, so one of my rolls was a little bigger than the other roll; and I did not have waxed paper on hand, so I rolled my windows up in parchment paper, put some masking tape on the edge, put them in a 9″ x 5″ bread pan, and then put them in the refrigerator.

The nice thing about this candy is that you can make it up a week or two in advance. I made it before Christmas, and we ate some of it almost 2 weeks after Christmas. It still tasted great!

Here’s how you make Church Window Candy!

Easy Church Window Candy -- 3 ingredients

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Church Window Candy
Prep Time
10 mins
 
Servings: 16 people
Ingredients
  • 1 stick butter (8 Tablespoons; 1/2 cup)
  • 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 bag colored mini-marshmallows 10 ounces
Instructions

  1. Melt butter.

  2. Add chocolate chips and melt them over low heat.

  3. Let mixture cool. When the mixture cools, add marshmallows.

  4. Mix and place one-half of the mixture on waxed paper (or parchment paper).

  5. Roll into a roll. Repeat with the other one-half of the mixture.

  6. Place in refrigerator to cool. Slice after mixture is cool and hard.

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Tasty Tuesdays: Favorite Recipes from December

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Happy New Year!

Thank you so much for being a regular participant of this party!

As we enter 2019 today, I am hoping this party can continue to encourage foodie bloggers. I am so thankful for the other hosts of this party who are so faithful to post weekly and to pin your recipes. They are among the best hosts I have ever had the privilege to partner with in doing linky parties. Thank you to Audrey from That Recipe and Lisa from Blogghetti for all you do! This party would not be possible without them.

Next week, I am aiming to have an amazing cookbook giveaway to share with you. Today is the last day you can enter this giveaway for a Breakfast cookbook. It has very low entries, so you have a great chance of winning the giveaway if you enter!

A giveaway for the cookbook: Breakfast: The Most Important Book About the Best Meal of the Day. Enter from 12/18/18 -1/1/19

I also am also going to try to figure out which one of my recipes was the most viewed recipes in 2018. I’ll share the results with you in a couple of weeks. I always find it fascinating to discover what my readers enjoyed the most. Sometimes I am really surprised!

We only had three weeks of parties in December, and we only had 3 favorite recipes from those weeks. Here are the most viewed recipes linked up to December’s parties:



No Chill Gingerbread Cookies from Food Meanderings had the most clicks from December 4th’s linky party.

Hot and Bubbly Stuffed Mushrooms with Gouda and Crab from Curly Crafty Mom had the most clicks from December 11th’s party.

Martha Washington Candy from Marilyn’s Treats had the most clicks from December 18th’s party.

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Tasty Tuesdays: Celebrate Breakfast with Sticky Toffee Cinnamon Rolls

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Often I get asked if I will review different items on this blog. I haven’t done it as much recently as I haven’t been offered items I’m interested in reviewing.

I did just receive a cookbook called Breakfast: The Most Important Book About the Most Important Best Meal of the Day.

I get to look it over, give my honest review, and offer one as a giveaway on Creative K Kids. I received no compensation for this review.

Breakfast cookbook

I have not made any of the recipes yet included in this book. I thought the book would be a normal cookbook full of breakfast recipes, which is my favorite meal of the day. I don’t usually eat breakfast, but I will eat breakfast foods for lunch and dinner often. Although this book does include recipes, it also includes why we make breakfast foods a certain way and the best way to cook the main foods that we consider “breakfast foods”.

It has topics such as:

  • What’s the difference between brown & white eggs?
  • 5 easy ways to make the best scrambled eggs of your life
  • Four ways to upgrade your fried eggs
  • How to make candied bacon
  • How to make crispy potatoes every time
  • How to make cold brew concentrate at home . . . and much more!

It has recipes for breakfast foods and for alcoholic drinks. That was not a plus for me as I do not drink alcohol. It also contained at least one swear word that I saw as I was flipping through the book. That did not make me happy as my kids will look at my cookbooks. The recipes and information presented in this book is very interesting and informative.

One recipe I can share with you is called Sticky Toffee Cinnamon Rolls. I absolutely love Cinnamon Rolls and Toffee, so I will have to give these a try.

Sticky Toffee Cinnamon Rolls recipe

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Sticky Toffee Cinnamon Rolls
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cinnamon rolls
Ingredients
For the dough:
  • 1 1/2 cups warm water (100° to 110°F)
  • 1 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 2 packets active dry yeast (1/4 ounce)
  • 4 cups all purpose flour + more flour for work surface
  • 2 tsp kosher salt
For the topping:
  • 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 4 tbsp butter
  • 2 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans, almonds, or walnuts (or a combination)
For the filling:
  • 8 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 8 ounces Medjool dates, pitted and chopped
  • 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 4 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
Prepare the dough:

  1. Combine warm water and sugar in a medium bowl.

  2. Sprinkle yeast over top and set aside until foamy, about 5 minutes.

  3. Add 4 cups flour and salt, stir with a wooden spoon until a shaggy dough forms.

  4. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until dough comes together, about 10 times.

  5. Lightly oil a medium-size bowl. Add dough and turn to coat. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside until doubled in size, about 90 minutes.

Meanwhile, Prepare the topping:

  1. Combine brown sugar, butter, and maple syrup in a 10-inch skillet, preferably cast iron.  (If you don't have a 10 inch skillet, you can do this in whatever skillet you have, and then swiftly transfer the toffee mixture to a 10-inch cake pan.)

  2. Cook, stirring often, until sugar dissolves and mixture is evenly bubbling across the surface, 2-3 minutes. 

  3. Let cool slightly, then sprinkle with nuts. Set aside. 

  4. Preheat oven to 350°F. 

Prepare the filling:

  1. Combine butter, dates, brown sugar, and salt in a medium saucepan and place over medium-high. Cook, stirring often, until butter melts. 

  2. Continue to cook, stirring and mashing to help break up dates, until mixture comes to a boil and dates are broken down, about 4 minutes. Let cool to room temperature.

Assemble the rolls:

  1. Once the dough has doubled in size, turn out onto a lightly floured surface. 

  2. Divide dough in half (this will make it easier to work with).

  3. Working with one at a time, roll each piece into a 12- x 16-inch rectangle. 

  4. Divide date mixture between the two pieces of dough, spreading all the way to the edges. Sprinkle each piece with 2 teaspoons cinnamon. 

  5. Starting from the long end, roll up dough and place seam-side down.

  6. Cut dough crosswise into 2-inch spirals. Transfer rolls, cut sides down, to prepared skillet or cake pan, arranging snugly to fit.

  7. Bake until golden and risen, 30-35 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes before inverting onto a rack. Let cool slightly before eating.

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Tasty Tuesdays: Double Decker Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge

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I bake a ton at Christmas time. Over the years, I have shared 10-15 of our favorite Christmas goodies that we make every year. I have an extra freezer, so I freeze almost all of it and pull it out over the month of December for many of our functions. We go caroling to our church’s shut-ins, and they get a small plateful, some of the goodies went to a Christmas dessert fellowship, our ladies Christmas party had a platter of these goodies, and many more functions. Some also go for presents, and then of course, we eat some Christmas week.

One of the candies that I just started making the last couple of years is this Double Decker Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge.

Recipe and directions on how to make this easy Double Decker Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge

My mom used to make it when I was a kid. She made sure that one of us kids was always around to help as there are two mixtures that need to be stirred almost at the same time. Then I remember having to wrap every piece of fudge in plastic wrap. I hated that step! So I don’t do it now. I just wait until the fudge is set, cut it, and freeze it.

It really isn’t hard to make; it just takes a little bit of time as you have to boil the mixture for five minutes. Here is how you make Double Decker Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge:

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Double Decker Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins
 
Course: Dessert
Keyword: candy
Servings: 72 servings
Ingredients
  • 2 c. peanut butter chips (11-12 oz.)
  • 1/4 c. butter melted
  • 1/2 c. cocoa
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 4 1/2 c. sugar
  • 1 jar marshmallow creme (7 oz.)
  • 1 1/2 c evaporated milk (12 oz. can)
Instructions

  1. Line 13" x 9" pan with aluminum foil.

    Line pan with aluminum foil.

  2. Place 1 cup of peanut butter chips in a medium bowl, set aside.

    Recipe for Double Decker Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge

  3. In second medium bowl, blend melted butter, cocoa, and vanilla until smooth. Add 1 cup peanut butter chips (the rest of the peanut butter chips).

    Recipe for Double Decker Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge

  4. In a heavy 4 qt. saucepan, combine sugar, marshmallow crème, and evaporated milk.

    Recipe for Double Decker Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge

  5. Cook, stirring constantly over medium heat until mixture comes to a rolling boil. Boil and stir 5 minutes. Remove from heat. 

    Recipe for Double Decker Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge

  6. Immediately add one-half of hot mixture to bowl with peanut butter chips only. Pour remainder into cocoa mixture; Stir to blend. (This is where it is helpful to have a second set of hands to stir one mixture while you stir another mixture.)

  7. Beat peanut butter mixture until chips are completely melted; spread evenly in prepared pan.

    Recipe for Double Decker Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge

  8. Beat cocoa mixture until chips are melted and mixture thickens. Spread evenly over top of peanut butter layer. 

    Recipe for Double Decker Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge

  9. Cool; remove from pan. Remove foil. Cut into squares. Store in an airtight container in a cool, dry place.

    Recipe for Double Decker Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge

Recipe for Double Decker Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge

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