Easy Meatballs For Dinner

Sweet & Savory Meatballs.

If you're looking for an easy meal for dinner, then try these yummy meatballs.

These are not your usual meatballs, which are normally served in an all savory sauce, also made with ground beef. Mine is made with Ground Turkey and my Sauce is sweet, yet it has a hint of tartness and what's more, it's creamy too.

What more can a girl ask for...oh wait Chocolate! Lol

(That can be for dessert)

Here is what you will need to make

 Sweet & Savory Meatballs

1 lbs of  Ground Turkey

1 large Onion

1 cup of Breadcrumbs

2 heaped Tablespoons of Italian Seasoning

Salt & Pepper

1 cup of Grape Jelly (for those in the UK - Jam)

2 cups of Ketchup

1 can of diced Tomatoes

1/3 cup of Milk

1/4 cup Heavy Cream

2oz of Low Fat Cream Cheese

Heat your oven to 425 Deg

Whizz up your bread to make Breadcrumbs

I already whizzed my onion into small cubes.

Add you breadcrumbs to the ground turkey

Add the Seasonings and Milk

Add Olive Oil into a frying pan & heat

Gather up some of the meatball mixture and form into a ball (1lb of turkey makes 16)

Then place them into the hot oil. You're just going to quickly brown them off.

Once browned, place in an oven proof dish & pop in the oven for a good 20 minutes.

Now while they are cooking you're going to make your sauce.

Add your jelly, ketchup & tomatoes to your pan.

Add some extra Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Give it a quick stir and heat.

Heat until the jelly has melted

Next add the cream cheese and stir until it melts

Next add your heavy cream, now don't worry if the sauce looks like there's streaks of white from the cream cheese, you're going to take an immersion blender & give it a really good whizz.

This is how it will look once youv'e finished Whizzing, nice and creamy...Mmm

Taste test now, make sure its to your liking, if needed add more salt and pepper.

By now the meatballs will be done.

Add the meatballs to your sauce & stir carefully, you don't want to break your yummy meatballs.

Heat through.

Serve with some Jasmine Rice and freshly steamed Green Beans, Brocoli & Carrots.

Mmmm...So Good.

And before you know it, you'll be scooping up some more to enjoy.

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How Beautiful

How Beautiful is Nature!

 Small traces of green are still making their mark, peeking their way through the overwhelming fall colors of yellows and browns in the woodland surrounding Eagle Heights

Awe inspiring.

Gives you plenty to be thankful for.

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24 Clear Signs You're a Mother

I came across this post 

24 Clear Signs You're a Mother

And I  laughed hard, when I read it.

It's from Huffington Post

Why did I laugh, because other than #5 all the other signs...is what I have experienced and still do, as I have two little girls aged 3 and 1...

Take a five and read

For us mothers, this is a 2 min LAUGH to get you through your day

Co-authored by Mark Simmons, co-founder WeMothers llc

We asked the moms of www.wemothers.com what it means to be a mom. Here is what they told us. You know you are a mom when:

1. Instead of running from projectile vomit, you run towards it.

2. You do more in seven minutes than most people do all day.

3. Happy hour has become the 60 minutes between your kids going to bed and you going to bed.

4. A night of drinking requires more recovery time than minor surgery.

5. A glass of wine counts as a serving of fruit.

6. You have mini-therapy sessions all day long with anyone who will listen.

7. Going to the grocery store by yourself is a vacation.

8. You can experience heaven and hell at the same time.

9. You think of physical pain on three levels: pain, excruciating pain and stepping on a Lego.

10. You have the ability to hear a sneeze through closed doors in the middle of the night, two bedrooms away, while your SO snores next to you.

11. You'd rather have a 103 degree fever than watch one of your kids suffer with it.

12. You'd rather go to sleep than have sex.

13. A 15-minute shower with the door locked feels like a day at the spa.

14. Peeing with an audience is part of the daily routine.

15. You use baby wipes to clean up random spills and the dash of your car.

16. You lock yourself in the bathroom and pretend to have diarrhea just to get a break.

17. You love Moms' Night Out and Date Night with the Hubs.

18. You have a secret chocolate stash because frankly, you're sick of sharing.

19. You've been washing the same load of laundry for three days because you forgot to dry it.

20. You realize you've been watching Nick Jr. alone, even though your kids have been in bed for over 30 minutes.

21. You can cook dinner, breastfeed, talk on the phone and yell at the kids, all without breaking stride or missing any of the TV show you are watching.

22. You get more excited about the Mini Boden Catalogue than J Crew's.

23. You decide to stick with your car for the next decade because a) you can't afford to switch and b) you haven't found a car wash that knows how to get all the milk stains and glitter removed.

24. By the end of the day, brushing your teeth feels like a huge accomplishment.

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Shea Moisture

Shea Moisture

Is a Brand that makes wonderful products, that I love using.

And what's more, they have NO BAD chemicals, SLS' etc. 

Making it a product, I know my little girls can use without the worry of what's going on and absorbed into their bodies.

I stumbled upon them, last summer when I had to find a nicer smelling baby shampoo & body wash for our very super sensitive skinned Carys. I was making and using my own Shea Body Butter for Carys to use as well as myself :) 

 click HERE for link to that post

Since then myself and my girls only use this brand called Shea Moisture.

You can find the array of Mens, Womens & Baby Products

 At 

Target, Walgreens & Amazon

Give these luxurious products a try.

Believe me you'll not regret it :)

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Big Shoes To Fill

Our darling 'Little Tinkers'

As I was preparing dinner (we were having the LDS Missionaries over)  last night...needless to say I had a million things to do and prepare...and as we mothers know...we can get a little frazzled!!

Then I turn around and I saw Seren and Carys wearing Jason and my shoes!!! 

Carys insisted on wearing my boots backwards.

As my sweet little tinkers :-)

 I love  them so much...

and was so GRATEFUL  for their good timing and making me laugh :-)

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Rustic Thanksgiving Sign

'TIS The Season'

For

Giving Thanks

November is the month we 'Give Thanks'

So with that in mind, my craft minded, mind  (gosh 3 mind's in that sentence, oops now 4 lol)

Set in motion to see what I can come up with for my front 'porchish' display.

Albeit, there's not much I can do with College Student Apartments & 'Fire Hazard'

So my display had to be on the smaller scale.

I'd picked up some wood crates a while back from my local grocery store 3 for $10 !! What a steal. Which I used & I also found a tall Wooden Ladder at the local thrift store for $5 !! Again a steal, ESP as I have wanted a Wooden Ladder since seeing in used as Home Decor! Which I will do 'When we have our own home' once Jason is done with his Masters.

I set up my front display and knew there was something missing.

What was missing? A Simple Wording Sign. And this is a quick and easy sign to make It took me
 30 MINUTES TO MAKE!!

So rummaging through my wood pile (albeit small) I found a piece which would work for what I wanted to use for my sign.

 I gave the wood a very light spray of Ivory Primer & Paint first.

Then using the cheapest Walmart Spray Paint, I gave the wood 3 coats and let it dry.

Once dried, I marked where I wanted to drill my holes for the twine.

I threaded the Twine and knotted it.

I tied the twine, big enough so it wouldn't slip through the hole.

Once you have done the one side, do the same for the side.

I then used simple chalk and drew my outline.

The using my White Bistro Chalk Marker, I filled my wording in.

Here is my finished Rustic Thanksgiving Sign

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Yorkshire Puddings / Popovers

               

From as early as I can remember

Yorkshire Puddings

 Have always been a staple

In the 'British Sunday Dinner'

Where we eat them as a savory, with a roast, vegetables and yummy gravy.

It's the 'Norm' to know 'How to' make Yorkshires. Although some may have a hard time to get them to RISE!! Argh ...lol

Now here in  the USA.

YORKSHIRE PUDDINGS are known as 'POPOVERS'

Now if you want to make Sweet Yorkshires/popovers

Just add some sugar, or cinnamon sugar.. 

The possibilities are endless to make savory or sweet.

Over the years, I have made so many Yorkshires...yet when I lived in Utah

The altitude.... Hindered the height of my Yorkshires :( boohoo

BUT.... Here in Madison

My Yorkshire Puddings RISE!

 WOOHOO YEAH.

Here is what you need to make Yorkshire Puddings or Popovers.

3 Eggs

1 1/2 cups Milk

1 1/2 cups of Flour

1/4 Tsp Salt

Oil  (to use for muffin tin) or if you have meat drippings USE that, 

as your savory Yorkshires will taste heavenly

Muffin Tin

Before you begin Heat your oven 425 deg 

While that is preheating you are going to make the Yorkshire/popover mixture.

Blend you Eggs & Milk

Add your Flour

Blend well Until you have NO more Lumps

I leave my mixture to settle, while the oil is heating in the oven.

 Then just before I pour into the HOT OIL

I give it a quick Whisk again.

I use not a full soup spoon of Oil, for EACH Muffin casing.

Pop it into the oven, for a good 3-4 mins.

To check if the oil is hot enough, I do a sizzle check.

Just dip your finger in your mixture then let it drip into the hot oil...

If it Sizzles.... The oil is hot enough.

The mixture will fill 1 full muffin tin.

Bake in the oven for  20 minutes then reduce oven temp to 350 deg.

Continue to bake till golden brown & dry to touch.

Voila!

Delicious Crispy Yorkshire Puddings / Popovers

This is how we Welsh/British People Eat Yorkshire Puddings....

Mmm.... Yummy.

What you doing still looking at the picture...hop to it and whisk up some of your own 

Yummy Yorkshires/Popovers.

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