Monday, September 24, 2012

Come see us this fall!

We are going to be busy this fall! We hope to see some familiar faces at these WONDERFUL markets!

LET THE SHOPPING BEGIN!

October 4-6
Fort Worth, Texas

November 8-10
Jackson, Mississippi

November 15-17
Dallas, Texas

November 26
Fort Worth Club
Fort Worth, Texas


Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Metro Cooking Show September 22-23, Dallas, Texas

Join us at the Metro Cooking Show in Dallas, Texas Saturday and Sunday September 22 &23 at the Dallas Convention Center. This is going to be a great event. Paula Deen and Bobby Flay will be there along with lots of local chefs. There will be delicious food and lots of fun kitchen items for sale, including our very own HOT MAMA APRONS!

Monday, August 27, 2012

Chicken Spaghetti



Chicken Spaghetti
A great meal for a school night or for entertaining!

Meat from 2 rotisserie chickens, chopped(I bought mine at Costco)
1 stick butter
2 onions diced
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 bell pepper chopped
8 oz chopped mushrooms
10 level tablespoons all purpose flour
2 cups milk
3/4 pound grated sharp cheddar cheese (reserve1/2 cup)
1 package dry Italian dressing
1 cup white wine
2 4oz jars pimientos
2 cans cream of mushroom soup (10 3/4 oz)
2 cans cream of chicken soup (10 3/4 oz)

1 16oz package spaghetti, cooked

Sauce:
Melt butter in skillet, saute onions, celery and bell pepper until tender, add mushrooms. Whisk together milk, flour and cheese. Pour over veggies and stir until thickened. Add Italian dressing packet, white wine, pimientos and soups. Stir until blended, add cooked chicken and stir again.

Cook Spaghetti, drain and return to pot it was boiled in. Pour in enough sauce to generously coat spaghetti. You should have some sauce left over. Transfer spaghetti/sauce mixture into 9x13 baking pan. Top with reserved cheddar cheese, cover with foil, bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
Pour remaining sauce into freezer safe ziploc bag and freeze for another meal at a later date. All you will need to do is boil your noodles, combine with sauce and bake!




Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Beef Stroganoff

Yep! It's that time of year again! We sent our oldest back to school today; he started 5th grade. Our youngest goes back tomorrow, he will be in 4th grade. I am not sure I am ready for the busy fall schedule. With carpooling, sports, and homework it is hard to put a good, well balanced dinner on the table. I do try to provide home cooked dinners for my family during the week and sometimes I will double the recipe and freeze the extra for a meal in the future. Here is a great recipe for Beef Stroganoff. It comes from the cookbook Private Stock, an East Texas gem written by Claire Foster and Betty Hurst. You can double the sauce and freeze it in a ziploc freezer bag. Thaw, heat sauce, and serve over egg noodles. Grab your favorite Hot Mama Apron, wrap it around your waist and get cooking!

1/2 cup chopped onions
1 cup fresh mushrooms, sliced
1/4 cup chopped bell peppers
2-3 tablespoons butter
1 garlic clove, minced
2-3 cups beef tender finger size strips
salt and pepper to taste
seasoned all purpose flour
Dash of Worchestershire sauce
3 Tablespoons dry sherry
1 16oz container sour cream
Egg noodles, cooked according to package directions

Cook onions, mushrooms, and peppers in butter until golden brown. Add garlic and stock. Season beef with salt and pepper. Dredge in seasoned flour. Brown beef in hot butter in a separate pan. Add worcestershire sauce and vegetables to beef and cook until beef is tender. Add sherry. Reheat before serving and add sour cream. Adjust seasoning. Serve over noodles.

Sides: steamed broccoli, garlic bread



Sunday, July 1, 2012

 Refrigerated Chocolate Roll
This is an oldie but super goodie!
Very easy to make and kids can help.
 Ingredients:
2 cups whipping cream
1 tsp. vanilla
1pkg. (9 oz.)FAMOUS Chocolate Wafers
Put on your Hot Mama Apron
BEAT cream with mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form. Gently stir in vanilla.
SPREAD 1-1/2 tsp. whipped cream onto each wafer; stack, then stand on edge on platter. Frost with remaining whipped cream.
REFRIGERATE 4 hours. Cut into diagonal slices to serve.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Crockin Girls Giveaway!!




Be Sure to enter our FABULOUS give-away. You could win a slow cooker, a crockpot and a Crockin' Girls Cookbook!!
all you have to do is "like" us on Facebook and enter your email!
Click HERE to enter. Winners announced July 2nd! Good Luck!

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Baked Spaghetti

Baked Spaghetti

1  8oz pkg Spaghetti cooked according to package directions
2 TBS butter
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese (divided)
1 24 oz ricotta cheese
3/4 cup chopped chives (can leave these out if you have picky kids)
3 cups Spaghetti sauce with meat (you can make your own sauce or use 1 jar of you favorite, store bought, sauce and add 1 pound cooked ground beef, or sausage, to the sauce)
1 1/2 cups grated sharp cheddar cheese

Preheat oven to 350, put on your Hot Mama Apron combine hot cooked spaghetti, chives, butter and 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese until butter is melted.
Arrange spaghetti in bottom of a 9x13 pan. Spread Ricotta cheese over spaghetti. Spread meat sauce over Ricotta, top with grated sharp cheddar and remaining Parmesan. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes. Serve with salad and garlic bread.


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