Hamburger Stroganoff

• 1 lb hamburger
• 1 large onion chopped
• Canned mushrooms
• Garlic
• Cream of Mushroom
• 16 oz of cream cheese
• 1/4 c Butter
• Salt/Pepper

Brown hamburger and drain....leaving a little grease left. Saute onions in the butter, add, garlic, mushrooms and soup. Stir until coated. Add sour cream along with salt/pepper. Allow to cool and freeze in a 1 gallon freezer bag.

I added chopped green peppers and used garlic powder instead of the cloved garlic. I also added parsley flakes to the mixture before freezing.

It's my idea to collect all of these with pictures to make a cookbook on shutterfly or snapfish.

Yummy Cream Puffs from the Betty Crocker Cookbook

• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup butter

Bring these to a boil in a saucepan then stir in:

• 1 cup sifted flour

Stir vigorously over low heat until mixture leaves the pan and forms into a ball (about a minute) then add 4 eggs one at a time. Beat mixture until smooth and velvety. Drop from spoon onto ungreased baking sheet. Bake until dry. All to cool slowly. Bake at 400 degrees for 45-50 min. Makes about 8 large cream puffs.

Cut in half and fill. I used pudding as my filler which was Vanilla this time. Put in fridge and serve cool. YUMMY!

This came from my Grandma Bruna's cookbook with was dated 1953:)

2009 Famil Photo shoot

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Purple People Eater

I went off to teach my HCC class and had Kyra set up with her paints to create her playdough ornament/magnets for her grandparents right? I told Ryan that I was leaving and that he should probably come in the kitchen to watch her.

WELL.........

When I got home Kyra was saying "Picture Mommy!" I thought she had painted a pretty picture for me but she was headed to the camera. Ryan helped her get the camera out and on and said "Ready to show mommy?" She said "YES!" and this is what I got! A little purple child!

Apparently she had already had paint on her from her mouth down and Ryan decided to paint the rest! She is growling here....surely daddy wasn't thinking K-State Wildcats?????:)

BBQ Freezer Meatballs

• 2lbs ground hamburger
• 2 eggs
• 2 c quick oatmeal
• 1 c minced onion
• 1 c milk
• black pepper

Sauce

• 3 c ketchup
• 2 c brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons liquid smoke
• salt
  

Mix all ingredients and make 72 meatballs. (Made bigger ones and got 50+) Use smaller sized meatballs so sauce will cook through. Spoon 1/2 sauce over meatballs. Place flat in a pan and bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees. Let cool then add meatballs and remaining sauce to 1 gallon sized freezer bags.

I always doctor up my recipes with other spices. When mixing the meat I put in garlic salt and some chili powder. I always like to add more to the sauce also. I use about 1.5 ketchup/1.5 BBQ sauce. I also added some 57 sauce in the mixture this time. In addition to the liquid smoke I use Worcestershire sauce too. Make a little more sauce than what the recipe calls for because it is always nice to have more to spoon over the meatballs.

Meatballs are always easy to make and yummy to eat!

Makin' Muffins

Kyra and her daddy made Wild Berry muffins Sunday night while mommy was making her freezer meals. Kyra does a great job lining the muffin pan with liners and she loves to dump all the ingredients in the bowl. It was a great family cookin' night!

New Freezer Meals

Pimento Mac n' Cheese

• 1 lb elbow pasta
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons of butter
• 1 small onion finely chopped
• 2 gloves of garlic
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• salt and pepper
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups milk
• 2 tablespoons hot sauce
• 3 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• 2 3-oz jars of pimento drained
• 1/2 cup parsley

Boil your pasta and set to the side.
In a large pot heat over medium heat heat your oil and butter. Add the onions, garlic, paprika, salt and pepper until softened. About 5 minutes, then add the flour and cook about a minute. Whisk in milk and hot sauce and bring to a bubble. Turn off heat and add 1/2 of the shredded cheddar cheese until melted. Add pasta to mixture and mix. Once mixed fold in the pimento. Top with rest of shredded cheddar cheese. Thaw and bake at 400 degrees until cheese is brown and bubbling.

I was able to get two meals out of this recipe to put in the freezer.



Broccoli Casserole

• 2 packages of frozen broccoli
• 1/2 cup onion or minced onion
• 1 small jar of cheese whiz
• 1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup
• 1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
• 2 cups of cooked rice
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Saute onion and broccoli in a pan with the oil. Add all the rest of the ingredients except the rice. Mix well. Remove from heat and stir in the cooked rice. Thaw and cook at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes.

Again I was able to get to meals out of this recipe to put in the freezer.

I got these containers at Dollar Tree of course for $1.00/package. They come in a package of three. These make very nice freezer containers for freezer meals and they are inexpensive.

Olberding Photo Shoot

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Keeping her "Freebum" safe!!

Her Auntie Freedom and Grandma Green came to visit this weekend! She LOVES her Auntie! She went to give Grandma a hug and then at the last minute she swung over to Freedom!:) Too cute. She is Freedom's little shadow. Here Freedom is getting a movie for Kyra and Kyra was holding her legs to keep her "safe" from falling. Her shirt is off because she was in between playing dress up hence all the clothes on the floor. She normally is always fully dressed I promise!

First Day of 6th Grade

Back to School Night (August 18th)
My room was finished and ready for the kiddos to arrive. It was great to have the giddy feeling of the first day of school and to see my class for this year! Yeppers, there is a little belly action goin' on:) On a side note..not only was this the week for school to start but this was the week that the little guy or gal decided to make their presence known to me by KICKING me!!!:) Felt him or her a week earlier than I felt Kyra. I felt Kyra at 16 weeks and this one at 15 weeks.

My beautiful tin can pencil holders all finished and stuck to desks with Velcro!

Just another view of my classroom.

Awe...my awesome shelves my awesome husband made me!!!! Isn't he awesome??

My classroom window. My co-worker and friend Jill found these awesome window crayons!!! I am needing to get some of my own. I'm planning on keeping a calendar of events on my window for parents and students.

Had a great first day of school today! The kids were GREAT!!! Let's see how great it will be tomorrow!!:)

Oh To Be A Kid!!

Kyra is trying to draw "Patrick" from Spongebob Squarepants

Kyra and mommy were doing some chalk drawings this weekend. This was mommy's attempt at drawing Spongebob aka "coupon" according Miss Kyra.

Kyra and I went to Wal-mart and she saw "Bumblebee" on a T-shirt display. Mommy couldn't resist...so Kyra got some new "PJ's" LOL. Kyra calls them her "Biggie Bumblebee shirt". She loves this shirt and we have a hard time getting it off her. Who knew!

This was so funny!!! This bag was actually a mask we made and she turned it into a "pony". She likes to be a Cowboy and was telling it to "Giddy Up!"

So the summer is over and school begins this week! I think I'm ready for work but then again I've really enjoyed the last couple of weeks of summer now that I'm feeling somewhat better. I "think" I've felt the little girl/guy move this week!!! I'm 15 weeks and growing:) LOL Went shopping in Topeka on Saturday for some new clothes but cut it short because I have had more headaches with this pregnancy. I came home and slept from 6-10 pm I was so exhausted.

Today "Sunday" after church and lunch we went in and tried out the new HyVee grocery store. LOVED IT!!!

Well, Kyra is telling me that it's dark so I think that is my clue to head to bed and prepare for a long day at work tomorrow.

Night and until next time....

Another Freezing Food Day

Mexican Casserole

1 pkg soft tortilla shells
2 1/2 lbs of hamburger
1 med onion chopped
1 med green pepper chopped
1 pkg taco seasoning
1 can red beans, drained
4 oz cheddar cheese shredded
4 oz Monterey cheese shredded
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can Ro-tel tomatoes & green chilies

Line bottom of 9x13 baking pan with tortilla shells. Brown hamburger, green pepper and onion then drain. Mix in taco seasoning and beans. Set a side. Mix together soup and Ro-tel. Set aside. Layer this beginning with tortilla shells, hamburger mixture, soup mixture then cheese. Repeat second layer same ending with cheese on top. Cover and bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees then uncover and bake for 10 minutes and serve with taco sauce.

Freezer Bagel Pizzas (freezer meal)
24 Plain Bagels -- split and buttered
2 pounds ground beef
1 large onion -- diced
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1 - 6 oz. jar processed cheese spread
1- 14 oz. jar pizza sauce
1/2 cup minced fresh parsley
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
Brown beef and onion in large skillet; drain.
2. Season with salt, pepper, and garlic salt.
3. Spread 2 teaspoons of cheese spread and 2 teaspoons of pizza sauce on
each muffin. Spoon meat mixture onto pizza sauce. Sprinkle with parsley and
Parmesan cheese.
4. Place on a cookie sheet and freeze. Place in 1 gallon freezer bag. Store
in freezer until ready to use.
5. Bake frozen, approximately 20 to 30 minutes, at 350 degrees, or until
bubble

With the pizza bagels I got the cost of these after ingredients to be about 60 cents a bagel...not bad!!!

So far so good with the freezing of the meals...again I'm hoping my mom comes down next weekend and we can have another cook off weekend:) LOL

Things from School

My Survival Kits for this year:

Eraser: Don't be afraid to make mistakes

Sharpener: You are here to sharpen your skills

Gum: our class will stick together

Dice: Don't be afraid to take chances

Rubber Band: Be flexible

Paper Clip: To help you hold it together

Tootsie Roll: to remind you to roll with the punches

My tin can pencil holders. Hopefully this will cut down on clutter in their desk. A student job will be to collect these each night and distribute each morning to the kids. How will they stay on the desk???? VELCRO!!

Lots and Lots of Freezing!!!

Got home tonight and got our freezer stocked up!!!

My freezer has never seen so much food:)

My Sloppy Joe Manicotti Bake before cheese
Finished Manicotti Bake

Sloppy Joe Manicotti Bake (Serves 4)

• 1 12-piece package manicotti shells
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 3/4 pound lean ground beef
• 1 can tomato sauce (28 ounces), divided
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• Salt
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Preparation

In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the pasta until al dente, about 8 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water.

Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat the EVOO over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until softened, about 5 minutes.

Add the beef and brown it, breaking it up as it cooks, about 5 minutes. Stir in 2 cups of the tomato sauce, the brown sugar and the Worcestershire sauce and simmer for 5 minutes. Let cool slightly.

Drizzle a 9-inch x 13-inch casserole dish with 1/4 cup of the remaining tomato sauce. Stuff each manicotti shell with 1/4 cup of the meat mixture and place them side by side in the casserole dish.

Spoon the remaining tomato sauce over the manicotti and top with the cheese. Bake until golden and bubbly, about 15 minutes.

Salisbury Steak
Simple Salsbury Steak(Freezer recipe)
(Campbell's soup recipe)
1 can of mushroom soup
1 pound of ground beef
1/3 cup dry bread crumbs
1 egg beaten
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
1 1/2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
In a bowl, mix together 1/4 cup of the soup, beef, bread crumbs, egg, and
onion. Shape firmly into 6 patties. (If you are using raw meat, you can
freeze it now and brown the mushrooms and freeze them too, or you can freeze
everything after cooking)
In a skillet over medium heat, cook patties, a few at a time, until browned
on both sides, spoon off fat, set aside.
Stir in remaining soup and mushrooms, return the patties to the skillet,
reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 20 minutes or until done, turning
patties occasionally.
Allow to cool and place patties and sauce into freezer bag. Lay flat to
freeze.
To COOK: Allow to thaw. Reheat and eat!

Spaghetti and Cheeseburger N' Fries meal

CHEESEBURGER 'N' FRIES CASSEROLE (freezer meal)
4 pounds lean ground beef
2 cans cream soup
2 cans cheddar cheese soup
1 package onion soup mix
2 packaged (20 oz each) frozen crinkle-cut French fries
In a skillet, brown the beef, drain. Stir in soups and soup mix. Pour into
two 1 gallon freezer bags. Lay flat to freeze.
Thaw. Place meat mixture into 9x13 baking dish. Top with frozen fries. Bake,
uncovered, at 350 for 50-55 minutes or until the fries are golden brown.

I didn't get a picture of this meal, but this got me two loaves of meatloaf!
Easy Pleasing Meatloaf(freezer meal)
2 lb. Ground beef
1 package (6 oz.) stuffing mix
1 cup water
2 eggs, beaten
½ cup barbeque sauce, divided
Mix all ingredients well except for ¼ cup of the barbeque sauce. Shape meat
mixture into 2 oval loaves, side by side, in a 9"x13" baking dish. Top with
remaining barbeque sauce. Bake at 375 degrees for 35 minutes or until center
is no longer pink.
To freeze: Allow loaves to cool. Wrap individually in tin foil, and place in
1 gallon freezer bag.
To serve: Thaw, and reheat in oven or microwave. Top with more barbeque
sauce, if desired.



I have to give credit to two people, first my friend Jill for giving me 98% of these recipes and to my mom for helping me get them prepared. We had lots of fun in the kitchen and hopefully she will make it down to our house and we can make more!!!