Aunt Carolyn’s Egg & Sausage Casserole

Brown and dry on towel:
1 lb. Jimmy Dean Spicy Sausage
Add and mix well:
6 eggs
1 ½ C. milk
1 t. dry mustard
2 slices bread torn in pieces
Grated cheese
Chill all night.
Bake uncovered 350 degrees 45 minutes.

Robin Bullock’s Eggs & Chile Puff

Beat together until light:
10 eggs
½ C. flour
½ t. salt
1 t. baking powder
Add:
2 C. cottage cheese
2 C. grated Monterrey Jack cheese
1 4 oz. can green chiles, chopped
Pour into buttered 9x13 baking dish.
Bake 350 degrees 40 minutes.

Dad’s “Monte Cristo” Omelette

Beat:
3 eggs
Stir in:
4 T. milk
salt and pepper
Melt in an omelet pan or non stick omelet-sized frying pan:
2 T. butter
Pour egg mixture into pan.
As the eggs cook, tip the pan and hold the cooked eggs back so the liquid flows into the bottom of the pan and cooks uniformly.
Add:
1/8 to ¼ C. Monterrey Jack cheese or Tillamook medium cheddar (or any cheese you like)
1/8 to ¼ C. thinly sliced ham & turkey
When Cheese starts to melt fold the omelets in half and flip and continue cooking until egg is cooked through but not dry.
Slide omelet onto a serving plate.
Top with sour cream right down the middle of the length of the omelets.
Strawberry jam or mint jelly or grape jelly.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Eat until full!

Meatballs (Polpete or Croccheta)

2 1/2 pounds ground beef
2 1/2 pounds ground pork or non-spicy pork sausage
Two cups Romano cheese, freshly grated
Two eggs
One cup wet bread or wet oatmeal (used to help the meatballs stick together.)
Three heaping tablespoons Oregano flakes
Three heaping tablespoons Basil flakes.
Four tablespoons minced garlic.
Mix either with hands, bread kneader or mixer watching for texture. Do
not over mix—shouldn’t be creamy or gooey.

Pre-heat skillet to 350 degrees F. Make meatballs about two inches in
diameter and about one inch thick. (Makes about thirty to thirty-five
meatballs) Place in pan and cook until browned on each side. Mostly
cooked through. Place half of the meatballs in the spaghetti
sauce while on simmer. They should simmer in sauce for at least 2-3 hours, thus they go in during the morning simmer of 5 hours. Leave in until ready to serve.

Fry the remaining meatballs until dark brown on each side and place in
covered saucepan. Heat oven to 350 degrees F, add one cup of hot water
and cook for an hour or so or until done.

Italian Meatballs

Combine:
½ C. soft bread crumbs
¼ C. milk
1 egg
2 T. minced onion
¼ t. salt
¼ t. pepper
¾ lb. ground beef
¼ pound pork sausage
¼ C. grated Parmesan cheese
1 t. basil
½ t. garlic powder
Form into balls and place on baking sheet. Broil 8 minutes 4 inches from flame. Heat any kind Italian cooking sauce. Add meatballs and simmer.

Flan

In a small skillet, heat and stir over medium heat:
1/3 C. sugar
When sugar melts and becomes golden brown pour quickly into a 3 C. ring mold or ramekin tilting mold to coat bottom and sides with caramelized sugar.
Beat together:
2 eggs
1 13 oz. can evaporated milk
¼ C. sugar
1 t. vanilla
dash of salt.
Pour into caramel coated mold and set mold in a baking pan in the oven. Pour
water into the pan around the mold to a depth of 1 inch. Bake uncovered at 325 degrees for 50-55 minutes or until a knife inserted halfway between center and the edge comes out clean.

Impossible Cheeseburger Pie

Heat oven to 400 degrees.
Grease a 9 inch pie plate.
Sauté in butter or oil:
1 C. chopped onion
Add & brown then spread in pie plate:
1 pound ground beef
½ t. salt
Sprinkle with:
1 C. shredded cheese
Combine & pour on top of meat/cheese mixture::
½ C. Bisquick
1 C. milk
2 eggs
Bake 25 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.

Sweet & Sour Meatballs

Combine:
1 pound ground beef
½ C. soft bread crumbs
¼ C. milk
1 egg
2 T. minced onion
2 t. soy sauce
½ t. garlic powder
¼ t. salt
¼ t. pepper
Shape into balls and broil for 8 minutes, 4 inches from fire.
Sauce:
Combine in a sauce pan:
1 can 16 oz. whole berry cranberry sauce
1/3 C. apple cider vinegar
2 t. grated orange rind
½ t. ground ginger
Add a mixture of:
1 T. water
1 t. cornstarch
Bring to a boil stirring constantly.
Add meatballs & simmer uncovered 10 minutes. Serve over rice.

Italian Meatballs

Combine:
½ C. soft bread crumbs
¼ C. milk
1 egg
2 T. minced onion
¼ t. salt
¼ t. pepper
¾ lb. ground beef
¼ pound pork sausage
¼ C. grated Parmesan cheese
1 t. basil
½ t. garlic powder
Form into balls and place on baking sheet. Broil 8 minutes 4 inches from flame. Heat any kind Italian cooking sauce. Add meatballs and simmer.

Southwestern Meatloaf

1 ½ pound ground beef
¾ C. bread crumbs
½ C. onion, finely chopped
1 egg
¾ C. salsa
1/3 c. raisins
¼ C. chopped almonds
½ t. sugar
½ t. salt
¼ t. ground cinnamon
1/8 t. ground cloves

Grandma Packer’s Meat Loaf

Combine:
1 pound sausage
2 pounds ground beef
1 egg
1 can chicken noodle soup
½ C. green pepper, chopped
2 T. minced onion
1 C. cracker crumbs
½ C. milk
salt and pepper
garlic
Form into loaf pan.
Top with:
Catsup
Parmesan cheese
Bake 350 degrees 1 ½ hours