Crock Pot Ground Beef & Biscuits

Last time we went to the library I checked out the Fix it and Forget it Cookbook. I went through and wrote down all the recipes that sounded good. This recipe was a little different. It was good but had a different taste to it. Not sure if it was the recipe itself or the fact that I used ground turkey instead of ground beef.

1 lb ground beef

1/2 cup chopped onions

2 tbsp flour

1 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

1/2 tsp dried oregano

16 oz tomato sauce

2- 7.5 oz refrigerated buttermilk biscuits

2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Brown ground beef and onions. Drain. Stir in flour, salt, pepper, oregano, and tomato sauce. Pour into crock pot. 

Sprinkle 1 cup of cheese on top then arrange biscuits on top. Cover with remaining cheese. Bake uncovered on high for 1-1 1/2 hours.

A few things for next time. I wouldn't use 2 tubes of biscuits. The ones in the middle were still doughy after I let it cook for almost 2 hours. I would just make a ring of biscuits around the outside instead. I also think this might taste better in a baking dish and baked in the oven. The biscuits just weren't cooked enough but some of the edge parts were burnt.  

Chicken and Noodle Soup

With the weather warming up I've starting searching for crock pot meals so I don't have to turn on the oven and heat up the house. I've had this recipe on my menu for a while and finally decided to give it a try the other night. It was pretty good, but I would say it's more of a entree than a soup since it was pretty creamy.

5 cups of chicken broth 

One 10.75 oz can cream of chicken soup

1/2 cup onions, chopped fine

One 15 oz can of whole kernel corn, drained

Salt and Pepper to taste

1 1/2 cup Egg noodles

2 cups cooked chicken chopped or 2 cans canned cooked chicken

Combine everything except the noodles in the crock pot. Cook on low for 4-5 hours. Turn crock pot to high, add the noodles and cook for another hour. 

It smelled so good while cooking. But see how there's no soupy-ness to it? It was still really good though. 

Frito Chili Pie

My Walking Taco Casserole recipe is the most popular recipe I've posted. A few of you have commented saying you call it Frito Chili pie so of course I went searching to see what the difference is. Besides the obvious chili there really isn't much difference. Both dishes are very tasty.

Corn Chips

Chili

Cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cover bottom of baking dish with chips. Pour chili on top. Cover with cheese and bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes or until cheese is melted. 

I didn't include any measurements because I just used as much as I wanted based on the size of my dish. 

Marley & Mason's Birthday Party

Two weekends ago we had the kids birthday party. Since Marley's birthday is only 16 days before Mason's we had them together this year. I'm not sure if we'll continue having them together but it worked out well this year. Along with Marley and Mason we also celebrated my nieces' birthdays too. Mallarie turned 11 last October and Maliyah turns 8 in May.

We did a Barnyard theme for the party. I'm sure the girls weren't thrilled about that, but it was Mason's first birthday so he pulled rank this one time.

To eat we had burger and hot dogs. We also had macaroni salad, potato salad, little pigs in a blanket, and chips. I also got some little ducky candy, cow tail candy, gummy worms and some mints that were in fancy wrappers that went with the farm theme.

My cousin Nikki made each kid their own cake in the flavor of their choice. Maliyah had sprinkles, Mallarie had strawberry, Marley had oreo, and Mason had banana.  We also had ice cream. 

He loved his cake. He ate at least half of it! 

Probably the best part of the party was the bounce house we rented for the day. Since it was a farm theme we were originally going to rent a pony, but Marley said she would rather have a bounce house. I think the kids had way more fun in the bounce house. Oh who am I kidding, the adults were in there too. I heard my 30 year old brother say he wants a bounce house at his next birthday party!

And of course there were lots of great presents. 

I can't believe Marley is 5 and Mason is 1 already.