The Sewing Mom

WOW! I can’t believe it! I am finally getting to post my favorite meme, Four Foods on Friday. I feel like the last month has been so hectic that I’ve barely had time to breath and my posts have been somewhat sparse. This morning I sit here enjoying my one day off this week and enjoying one of my favorite blogs and her meme. This week there is only one question and if you’d like to participate, drop by >Fun, Crafts and Recipes and leave a comment.

What can you make with meat or poultry, rice, cheese and a vegetable?

1 cup white rice
3/4 cup water
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 cup fresh broccoli florets

Mix ingredients in an oblong dish and sprinkle with paprika. Place skinless boneless chicken breasts on top. Sprinkle chicken with paprika. Bake in 375 degree oven for 35 minutes. Sprinkle with shredded cheddar cheese and bake an additional 10 minutes.

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Hormel Foods. All opinions are 100% mine.

Wow! I just found out that Hormel® chili and Dinty Moore® are celebrating 75 years! That’s incredilble! I truly had no idea that either of those products had been around so long, no wonder just about everyone I know has memories of eating one or the other sometime in their life. Personally, every single time I see a can of Dinty Moore® I instantly go back in time to when I was a kid. My parents would take us camping in a small travel trailer and I always remember my mom opening up a can of thick, hearty stew, heated over the propane stove and served in paper bowls, usually while we were pulled over at a rest stop on our way to whatever destination we were heading to. It was always, delicious, warm and filling. To this day I don’t think a camping trip is complete without eating a can of Dinty Moore® stew!

After getting married, I discovered that my husband enjoys a can of hormel chili now and then. I’ve even been know to add a can to my crockpot taco soup once in a while. Here’s the recipe:

1 pound browned ground beef
1 can Hormel® chili
1 can pinto beans (drained)
1 can beef broth
1 package of taco seasoning
1 can diced tomatoes
Combine all ingredients in a crockpot and cook on low for 6 hours. Place in serving bowls and top with grated cheese and sour cream.

For more recipes you can check out www.hormelrecipes.com. Be sure to share your favorite memory or recipe with me!

I have survived the last week, and trust me when I tell you, there were a number of days when I didn’t think I would. My blogs imploded, I’m working my new job which is adding a truck load of stress, I had orders for sewing projects and I have company coming in one week’s time and I need to be getting my house in order. In the end, I am thankful for my blogging friends, they really pulled me through the last week and helped me regain some control over the chaos.

One of those friends is Val who hosts Four Foods on Friday and she has kindly offered to help me update with Wordpress on both of my blogs and I will be asking her to do just that very soon. Rebecca was able to get the huge kinks worked out and dealt with my host to get my blogs enabled and I still can’t thank her enough. I want to send her a HUGE hug!

In the mean time, I want to celebrate the fact that I survived it all by getting back into the swing of things and participating in my favorite meme, Four Foods on Friday. Here are this week’s questions and my answers:

#1. Potato chips. Flavored? Regular, ridged or stacked? I prefer flavored chips unless there is a good dip, then I like plain. Ruffles are excellent with ranch dip!

#2. Cheese doodles. Yellow or white? Puffed or crunchy? I don’t eat these much, but when I do, I like yellow and puffy.

#3. Pretzels? Your favorite shape? Favorite flavor? I like round or “pretzel” shaped, regular flavor and salty.

#4. Share a recipe for salsa or dip. Take one package of softened cream cheese and place it on a serving dish. Shred one package of crab meat and sprinkle over the top of the cream cheese. Serve. As the “mound” gets dipped into, the crab meat will be pushed into the cream cheese and it tastes wonderful.

Oh my! With yesterday being Christmas and my husband having been home all week, I’ve completely lost track of what day of the week it is! We just got home from making a couple of returns and having a nice lunch when I realized it’s Friday! So, without further ado, here is my favorite meme, Four Foods on Friday. If you’d like to participate, head on over and give a shout out to Valmg at Fun, Crafts and Recipes.

#1. Do you prefer cooking with electric or gas? I prefer gas, I’m just so used to it. I now tend to burn things when I cook on electric. With gas, when you turn the burner off, it’s off. With electric, the burner is still hot even after it’s turned off.

#2. How many times a month do you order out? To tell you the truth, I’m not sure. Although I do know we’ve cut way back and probably order out 3-4 times a month now.

#3. How do you like your ice – cubed or crushed? At home I like cubed, but when I’m out, I tend to like crushed, especially from Sonic!

#4. Share a Christmas recipe Well, I just made this yesterday, so I’ll share. I used to always buy the can of jellied cranberry sauce to serve with our dinner, but I recently learned to make it from fresh cranberries and it tastes the same.

1 bag of fresh cranberries, 1 c. water and 1 c. sugar. Rinse cranberries and remove any stems or bruised fruit. Heat water and sugar to boiling, add cranberries. Boil for 10 minutes. Cool to room temperature and then refrigerate until ready to serve.

WOW!  I actually missed the last couple of weeks and almost forgot to do this today.  Friday sort of snuck up on me and here it is, all ready!  This week has absolutely flown by but I am going to post my favorite meme Four Foods on Friday , before I head out to do a little holiday shopping.

This weeks questions and my answers:

#1.  Does your family usually eat meals in the kitchen or somewhere else? We usually do eat dinner at the kitchen table. It really gives us a chance to unwind and talk about the day without the interference of the television or anything else. It’s the one chance to really focus on each other.

#2.  Who usually does the dishes in your house? Me, me and me.

#3.  What’s your favorite small appliance or tool in the kitchen? I don’t really have a favorite. I have to have a coffee maker and I currently despise the one we have. I probably couldn’t go without my electric mixer either, it’s a must for making mashed potatoes which is a staple in this house!

#4. This one’s for my son. Share a recipe for chili. Let’s see. I just made this one on Monday, let’s see if I can remember it.

Brown hamburger and put in crockpot. Add 1 can tomato sauce, 1 can diced tomatoes, 1 T chili powder, 1 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. pepper, 2 cloves chopped garlic, 1 chopped onion, 1 1/2 tsp. ground cumin. Heat on low in crockpot for 6-8 hours.

Add 1 can kidney beans 20 minutes before serving and continue to heat. Serve with grilled cheese sandwiches.