The snow has all but melted and the thaw nearly over. Its that icky time of the year when nature can’t decide if its still winter or time for spring.
I do think we’ll have another good snow fall before its over.
Yesterday, while the guys hauled trailers & set up for the Louisville RV & Boat show….Erika, Evelyn & I spent the afternoon in Louisville at the Home Remodel Show. Danielle was able to get free tickets so other than gas is was a nice free afternoon out. We thought it was the annual Home & Garden show…boy were we surprised. If we need our gutters cleaned, windows replaced or basement sealed we had it made….not a gardening vendor in sight. Then we looked at the banners again….OOPS! Still it was a nice change of pace & we spent some fun time together.
Our tired and hungry guys came home to a supper of meatballs & brown gravy over a bed of noodles, home canned corn, homemade apple sauce & fresh from the oven bread with fresh butter. I wish I knew which site to credit but, recently I saw a cooking tip about making meat balls…instead of leaving your mix in the bowl & rolling from there guessing the amount for each ball, I placed a piece of wax paper on a cookie sheet, spread the meat ball mix out evenly & placed in the fridge for an hour or so until it was nice and firm. I then sliced it off in a grid like a checkerboard for premeasured amounts for meat balls!
The original poster recommended placing in the broiler on a broiler pan to let the dripping fall through. I fried them in a cast iron skillet & drained the grease saving the good stuff for gravy. I cooked more than we needed and froze the rest. It’s a quicky meal waiting in the freezer.
There are hundreds of meatball recipe’s but this is what I used
1 lb lean sausage
1 lb (YUMMY) venison or ground beef
1 small onion
1 clove crushed garlic
1/2 cup minced carrots & celery each (they never knew)
1 cup crushed bread crumbs (helps as a binder)
salt, pepper & general seasonings to taste.
Its a basic recipe to use with many sauces, tomato or spaghetti sauce…or use the drippings in the pan to make a brown gravy.
What’s a quick meal in your freezer?
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