Old School Pizza Burgers

 

Who remembers getting pizza burgers in school. It was one of my favorite school lunches next to Chicken and Noodle day. This recipe is the authentic one, no fancy add in's. 

Basic Ingredients:

1 lb. Ground Beef 

1 tsp. Garlic Powder 

1 tsp. Onion Powder 

1 Tbsp. Italian Seasoning 

1 1/2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese

1 (14 ounce) jar pizza sauce

sliced or shredded mozzarella cheese

6 hamburger buns (English Muffins and chabata rolls make a great option to the hamburger buns)

Instructions: see **notes below 

1. Brown meat and drain.

2. Stir in seasonings and start by adding 1 cup of pizza sauce and your  cheese and blend well. If you think you would like more pizza sauce you can add more to your liking but if it's too liquidy it does make the bun soggy so I go for a dryer mixture.

3. Take 6 hamburger buns and split in half. Spoon meat mixture onto each half, top with a shredded or a slice of mozzarella.

4. Broil 4 to 8 minutes or until lightly browned.

*** Notes

Add pepperoni on top of meat mixture then mozzarella cheese on top.

If you'd like to add some diced green peppers or onions add them to ground beef while browning.

You can also dice up some fresh or canned mushrooms I add those after the pizza sauce.

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Pani PoPo Coconut 🥥 Sweet Rolls

This crazy simple Samoan sweet treat Pani PoPo combines regular Yeast Rolls with a Coconut Milk 🥥 Sweet gooey glaze that goes on both before and after the bake.

Ingredients

• • 20 frozen dinner rolls
  • 10 ounces coconut milk
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tbsp. Coconut or Vanilla extract

  
  

Instructions

• Coat a 9x13 glass baking dish with cooking spray and arrange rolls evenly to thaw (if doing homemade rolls, roll dough into golf-ball size balls and arrange the same way).
• Cover with plastic wrap sprayed with cooking spray (to keep dough from sticking to the plastic wrap). Allow to rise until doubled in size.         

   This can take 4-5 hours.  If you need the rolls to thaw quicker, follow the quick-rise instructions on the frozen roll packaging.
• Pre-heat oven to 350-degrees. In a medium bowl whisk until smooth the sugar, extract and coconut milk together.
• Pour about 2/3 of the coconut mixture over the rolls and bake for 20-30 minutes (or according to package/dough recipe instructions) or until golden brown and dough is baked through.  

  

  
  
• Remove from oven and pour remaining coconut mixture evenly over the top of the rolls.
• The rolls should be sticky and gooey on the bottom (read notes above). Can be served upside down or right-side up.

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Sugar Free Pumpkin Fluff Dip

 

This is a very creamy and yummy vanilla pumpkin dip!

Ingredients

1 (15-ounce) can solid pack Pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)

1 (5-ounce) package Sugar Free instant vanilla pudding mix

1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

1 (16-ounce) container Sugar Free frozen whipped topping, thawed

Directions

Gather all ingredients.

Mix pumpkin, pudding mix, and pumpkin pie spice together in a large bowl.

Fold in whipped topping.

Cover and chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

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Hot Cocoa Mix

Ingredients

4 cups Whole Milk Powder*

1 tablespoon Corn Starch*

1½ cups of Sugar or Splenda etc.*

1 cup of Unsweetened Cocoa Powder

1 cup of Mini-Sized Semi-Sweet or Milk Chocolate Chips

1 cup of Powdered French Vanilla Creamer

¼ teaspoon of Salt

Mix all of the ingredients in one large tub until well blended.

* Corn Starch is to thicken it and for creamy silky texture

* You can use Sugar, Splenda or whatever kind of sweetener you prefer that measures same as sugar.

If you’d rather use Powdered Sugar use 2½ - 2¾ cups

* Whole milk powder such as pictured below to make it rich and creamy and let's face it, tastes way better than the non fat kind. You can substitute with the non fat kind if needed though. 

To make Cocoa:

Add 3-4 tablespoons or how ever much to your taste and liking of the homemade hot cocoa mix to a mug or cup of HOT water or milk and stir well! 

Add a sprinkle of cinnamon, some marshmallows, whipped topping, peppermint candy cane, or marshmallow fluff if desired! Enjoy!

Notes

Makes one very large air tight container of cocoa mix, approx 8 cups

Enough to last a large family a few months! 

 

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Breakfast Egg Rolls

 

Filling and ingredient choices 

1/2 pound Breakfast Sausage

1/2 pound Fried and Crumbled Bacon

Shredded Cheese

Onion diced

Mushrooms diced

Green Peppers diced 

6 -8 eggs

Egg Roll wrappers

Depending on your personal ingredient choices 

Cook Bacon crumble and set aside

Crumble & Cook breakfast sausage 

After Sausage is cooked leave in skillet and add vegetables and cook for a few minutes until tender then add eggs, scramble with all ingredients until eggs are cooked through. Don't add the cheese until the end.

After filling is done get your egg rolls add filling, wet all four sides of wrapper for it to secure shut and fry.

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DIY Jiffy Cornbread Mix

 

Homemade "Jiffy-style" cornbread mix

You can also create your own homemade version of the Jiffy mix by combining all the dry ingredients yourself. This approach allows you to control the exact ratio of flour and cornmeal for a more corn-forward flavor. 

Ingredients

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 cup yellow cornmeal

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt 

Instructions

Whisk dry ingredients. Whisk the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl until they are thoroughly combined.

Store or use. You can use the mix immediately or store it in an airtight container for later.

Bake the cornbread. To bake, use 1½ cups of your homemade mix and combine it with one beaten egg and ⅓ cup of milk or buttermilk. Pour the batter into a greased pan and bake at 400°F for 20–30 minutes. 

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Pot Pie Pasta

 

Ingredients 

2 cans Chicken

2 reg. size cans Cream of Chicken soup or one family size can

Egg Noodles 

2 cans mixed vegetable or 2 frozen bags

Season to your liking with any or all of the following; 

Salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder,  poultry seasoning 

Bring a large pot of water to a rolling boil, add some salt to taste 1-2 Tbsp add egg noodles

In another large pan add the chicken,  vegetables, soup and seasonings. Add a couple ladles of pasta water to mixture to thin out the sauce mixture.  When noodles are cooked, drain and add to soup mixture.  Serve

Pot Pie Pasta in a bag, FOOD PANTRY or FOOD BLESSING BOX full meal in one bag.

Shopping List: most items you can get at the Dollar Tree but I find Walmart and Kroger have cheaper canned items like the veggies and soup. But the chicken is best price at DT

Durable bag

2 can mixed vegetable 

2 can chicken 

2 can Cream of Chicken soup

1 bag egg noodles 

Recipe on card or hand written 

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