Philly Cheesesteak Sloppy Joes

I made these the other day because Krista was making them and Christy said they are really good, and Christy said the recipe was  best from Mel's Kitchen Café, (cuz Shauna makes them and she has a bit of a different recipe and shauna said she loves philly sloppy joes too ) so this is from Mel's , I made this recipe and they were so good:


Philly Cheesesteak Sloppy Joes
Ingredients:
2 lbs lean ground beef (or ground turkey)
1/2 cup chopped onions (about 1 small onion)
1/2 cup to 3/4 cup chopped green bell (about 1 large)
8 ounces white button or baby bella mushrooms, stemmed and   finely minced


1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups beef broth
2 Tblsp Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup BBQ sauce
Provolone cheese slicesHamburger Buns

Directions:
Heat a large 12 in skillet over med heat and add the meat, onions, bell pepper, mushrooms, salt and pepper.  Cook stirring often to break the meat into small pieces and the vegetables are tender, 5 to 10 min (drain excess grease)
Sprinkle the flour over the meat/veggies and stir to combine.  Cook the mixture over medium heat for 1-2 min stirring often (this helps cook out the flour taste)
In a bowl or liquid measuring cup, whisk together the beef broth, Worcestershire sauce, and BBQ sauce.
Over medium heat gradually add the sauce mixture to the skillet, stirring with a wooden spoon. Bring the mixture to a simmer and cook for 4-5 min until bubbly and thickened.
Serve the sloppy Joe mixture on buns topped with a slice of provolone cheese, for meltier cheese, place the assembled sloppy Joes in a 350 oven for a few minutes before serving

These are so so good!

Here is a thought for the day:

I was scrolling on my facebook for a thought and this came up , I liked it so here it is:
How to prevent an anxiety attack:
*Breathe deeply in through your nose and out through your mouth
*Slowly look around you and find......
*5 things you can see
*4 things you can touch
*3 things you can hear
*2 things you can smell (or 2 smells you like)
*1 emotion you feel
This is called grounding, it can help when you feel like you've gone too far in your head and lost all control of your surroundings!

Have a wonderful day, you will after you eat these wonderful sloppy joes!

Key Lime Pie

Key Lime Pie

1 cup boiling water
1 small lime jello
14 oz can Eagle Brand milk
1/2 cup lime juice
8 oz cool whip
Graham cracker crust (premade)

Mix together boiling water and lime Jello.  Cool. Add Eagle Brand and lime juice; mix.  Cool for at least 30 min then add Cool Whip; mix well and pour into graham cracker crust.  Cool for at least 3 hours in the refrigerator.

Crock Pot Taco Filling

Crock Pot Taco Filling

1 lb hamburger meat, cooked and drained
1 16 oz mild cheddar cheese grated
1 16 oz Monterey Jack jalapeno cheese grated
1 can refried beans
1 8 oz cream cheese
2 cans tomato sauce
1/2 cup mild picante sauce
1 onion, finely chopped

Put all ingredients into a crockpot and stir occasionally to mix everything up.  Cook on high for 2 to 4 hours.  Serve in flour tortillas, for tostados, etc.  Great with chips too!

*can add taco seasoning to mix as well.  I like to add 1/2 packet

Sour Cream Waffles

I found this in a cookbook I was giving away and it looked good since it has sour cream and the beaten egg whites, so thought I would save it here to try.  Will let you know!

Sour cream Waffles

1 cup sifted cake flour
(or use 1 cup flour minus 2 Tblsp and then add 2 Tblsp cornstarch)
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp soda
1/8 tsp salt
1 to 2 tsp sugar
3 egg yolks
2 cups sour cream
3 egg whites

Mix dry ingredients.  Mix sour cream and egg yolks.  Pour into dry ingredients.  Mix well.  Beat egg whites until stiff and then mix all together with other ingredients.  Cook on waffle iron.  Goes great with buttermilk syrup.

Homemade Maple Syrup

Homemade Maple Syrup

2 cups sugar
1 cup water
Maple flavoring
vanilla

In a saucepan on high heat bring sugar and water to a boil.  Stir well and remove from heat, adding 2 to 4 tsp maple flavoring to taste.  Add 1 tsp vanilla if you like.  Serve over pancakes, waffles, French toast, etc.

Yummy stuff!!

The Best Cheese & Broccoli Soup

The Best Cheese and Broccoli Soup

1 large bunch fresh broccoli
1/2 cup butter or margarine
3/4 cup diced onion
1/2 cup flour
2 cups half and half
1 cup reserved broccoli liquid
1/2 tsp worcestershire sauce
8 oz velveeta cheese
2 cups chicken broth
salt and pepper to taste

Cut broccoli into bite sized pieces and cook until crisp tender.  Reserve 1 cup cooking liquid.  Melt butter, add onion and cook until tender.  Stir in flour, add chicken broth, half and half and reserved broccoli liquid and cook until thickened stirring constantly.  Add Worcestershire sauce and velveeta and cook until cheese melts.

Party Slush - various recipes

Various party slush recipes for me to try from ward cookbooks:


Party Slush

Slushy Limeade Punch
1 12 oz can frozen limeade
2 cups sugar
7 cans water
1 (2 liter ) 7 up

Mix limeade, sugar and water.  Put mixture in double bag zip lock gallon bags.  Freeze 3 or 4 days!  Take out of freezer 3 hours before serving.  Put in large bowl and mash with a potato masher.  Add 7 up and serve.  Great for wedding receptions

Summer Slush
1 lg can pineapple juice
1 12-oz can frozen lemonade
1 pkg raspberry Kool Aid
4 cups sugar
1 pkg frozen raspberries
Add water to make 2 gallons.  Mix and freeze.  Serve this with 7 up or just thawed alone.


Isla's Shower Slush
2 cups sugar
3 cups water
1 1/2 cup orange juice
1/4 cup lemon juice
46 oz can pineapple juice
1 box frozen strawberries that have been mashed or blended
3 bananas mashed
3 qt ginger ale

mix sugar and water and boil five minutes.  set aside to cool.  combine rest of ingredients.  add to sugar and water mixture.  Freeze in two 1/2 gallon milk cartons . set the mixture out an hour before using  Add 3 quarts ginger ale just before serving.  Yield: 2 batches that serve 30 to 35 nicely.

Best slushy punch
2 pkgs Kool Aid  (any flavor)
2 cups sugar
2 quarts water
1 46 oz can pineapple juice
1 qt cold ginger ale
Mix ingredients together, adding ginger ale right before serving.  if you like, freeze punch base in gallon freezer bags the night before and add ginger ale before serving to make a slush.  I put 13 1 cup servings into the first freezer bag and pour the rest into the second bag.  This slush is always a big hit.  Serves 25

Pina Colada Drink
1/4 cup cream of coconut
1/2 cup pineapple juice
2 tsp lemon juice
1 large cup ice cubes
Put all in blender and blend just until ice is small crystals.

Old Fashioned Lemonade:
Water
1/4 cup sugar
3 lemons
3 limes
Mint leaves or lemon balm
Fill a teapot full of water and bring to a boil.  In a small saucepan bring 1/4 cup water to a boil  Add 1/4 cup sugar and stir til dissolved.  Add zest of 1 lemon, juice of 3 lemons, zest of 1 lime, juice of 3 limes.  Stir and pour into a 6 cup container.  Add 5 cups boiling water.  Stir and chill.  Serve with lots of ice and garnish with mint leaves or lemon balm.

Wedding Punch Sauce
5 cups sugar
2 cups water
1 oz almond extract
1 oz lemon juice
ginger ale
Bring sugar, water and lemon juice to a boil.  Remove from heat and add almond extract.  Cool in fridge.  Make the night before it's needed.  Add 1 1/2 cups sauce to 2 liter bottle of ginger ale.

Strawberry Crush
4 pkg frozen strawberries
3 large cans pineapple grapefruit juice
6 mashed bananas 
1 lg can orange juice, frozen
1 large can frozen lemonade
6 cups sugar
2 qts water
7 up
boil sugar in water about 5 min.  add all other ingredients and stir until frozen juices are melted.  Pour into containers and freeze  spoon into glasses and cover with 7 UP