Yummy Bell Pepper Casserole

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…or maybe that is just the color of my bell peppers.

I love a good stuffed bell pepper.  Not so easy to cook or nearly as vegetable hearty as it COULD be though.  How does a bell pepper casserole sound?  I love cooked bell peppers so it sounds totally scrumptious to me!

Ingredients:

1 lb ground beef or turkey for those watching their cholesterol
2 cloves garlic – minced
1/2 a head of cabbage – chopped/shredded
1 cup minute rice (I use brown minute rice)
1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced
1 green bell pepper, seeded and diced
1/2 onion – chopped
1 14oz can diced tomatoes (you can use fresh, but I do not have that kind of time)
1/2 tbsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1.25 cups water
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (I use sharp)

Directions:

  1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Cut your veggies
Yummy Bell Peppers
Onions
Cabbage

3. Brown ground beef with garlic, drain fat

4. In large bowl combine all ingredients and mix together – put in casserole dish

4. Bake for one hour – take out and stir after 30 minutes

5. Remove from oven, top with cheese, serve after cheese has completed melted

out of the oven
Add Cheese
Melted cheesy goodness
A healthy yummy dinner!

Serves a family of four with enough leftovers for lunch the next day.

Super yummy!

What is a Fat Quarter worth?!?

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My husband calls me a hoarder, I resent this, I feel I am more of a collector.

I collect beautiful yarns, fabrics, ribbons, clothes, shoes…well you get the idea.

I have amassed quite a collection of fat quarters since I started quilting 10 years ago.

This is just a small sample of the collection. Needless to say I have to figure out some way to use them or my husband will have a coronary!

The question I had to ask myself was: What can you get out of a fat quarter?

Well, for all you quilters, here is the answer!

Fat Quarter Squares:
99 – 2″ Squares or
50 – 2.5″ Squares or
42 – 3″ Squares or
30 – 3.5″ Squares or
20 – 4″ Squares or
16 – 4.5″ Squares or
12 – 5.5″ Squares or
9 – 6″ Squares or
6 – 6.5″ Squares
Now that is just squares!  Imagine what other shapes you could get out of your fat quarters.
I am so excited I might just have to go make a few blocks from the 50 fat quarters pictured above.


Are you inspired to do something with your stash? Do you want to do something with mine?  Leave a comment on any post this week for a chance to win this fat quarter!  It is from the Fat Quarter Queen -Cindy Surina – Custom Creations. I purchased this 9 years ago at the same time I purchased my sewing machine at the Pacific International Quilting Fest in Santa Clara, CA.
Now get sewing!!

Work It Wednesday!

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What are you working on?

As always, I have about 10 projects in the queue. The two that are uppermost on my list are a St. Paddy’s day pillow stuffie – stay tuned for the pattern, and my butterfly quilt. I finally managed to get my back pieced and the batting cut, now I need to start safety pinning.

I am on my second rendition of the pattern, the first draft you can see didn’t turn out so well 🙂

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Deconstructed Sloppy Joe’s

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Maybe I watch too much Top Chef…but I decided to call this recipe Deconstructed Sloppy Joe’s. It is super easy to make, kid friendly, budget friendly and YUMMY!

As I said this is a kid friendly and budget friendly dinner. My husband and I love this towards the end of the month when pay day is still a few days away, if you know what I mean.

The Ingredients:

1 lb ground beef (you could substitute ground turkey)
1 large can vegetarian baked beans (I like Bush’s)
1 cup (ish) Favorite Barbecue Sauce (I don’t really measure, I pour until it looks good)
1 tbsp Instant Chopped Onion (or 1/4 cup chopped onion) – I’m a busy mom with a toddler, instant is easier!
2 cloves minced garlic (I use the jarred garlic because it is easier)
1 canister of refrigerated biscuits (I like the butter biscuits)
3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Directions – with pretty pictures!
Step 1: Preheat your oven to 375 degrees
Step 2: Brown beef with onion and garlic
(drain fat)
Step 3: Add in BBQ Sauce and Beans
Bring all ingredients to a bubble
Step 4: Transfer to a large oven proof casserole dish
Step 4: Slice 6 biscuits lengthwise
Step 5: Top bean and beef mix with biscuits
Step 6: Bake in pre-heated oven for 18 min or until biscuits are golden brown
What’s in there?
Looks yummy!
See the nice golden hue 🙂
Step 7: Top with Cheddar Cheese, allow to melt completely before serving
Pre-melting
Post-melting
Step 8: Serve it up with your favorite veggies!
Nice wholesome yummines that you can feel good feeding to your family!

My family loved this dish!

Yummy messy fingers
More Please!
She really gets into her food 🙂
Empty bowl, satisfied toddler and mommy!
I hope you and your families enjoy this recipe as much as my family does!  Tell me in the comments how yours turn out and any adjustments you made. I’m always looking to improve my recipes.

My Craft Bucket List

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For New Years this year my honey and I wrote our bucket lists. Well…to be perfectly honest, I wrote mine and he sat there wondering why I was writing one.

I started thinking that I need a craft bucket list. I always say to myself that I am going to learn how to do this or that, but I don’t always make a concerted effort to do said thing.  Maybe if I had a bucket list I would hold myself more accountable. After all, this year alone I am going to get to cross at least one thing off my New Years bucket list!

My list after the jump!

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