Quick Update to the Manwich Muffins!!!!

My oldest daughter Becca begged for Manwich Muffins this past week.  I had some left over meat/sauce and some biscuits.  She begged and pled and quite honestly I broke like a twig.  Her beautiful brown eyes....I just can't say no.  So I broke open the heart attack biscuits.  Every damn time I jump....I know what is going to happen and I squeak and jump.  Adulting is hard.  This time however I peeled the biscuit in half and rolled it out.  This was amazing.  AMAZING.  So much more room for meat and cheese. 

I highly suggest that you cut the biscuits in half.  Less carbs.  I only had enough for 8 muffins, so I had 4 whole biscuits left and I stuffed them in the muffin tin and filled them with cheese.  Delicious.

Look at this.  Same amount of time 13 minutes.  And they were perfect. 

Seriously.  Try these.  The recipe is in an earlier post.

Love Lizzo

Oh *insert expletive that rhymes with hit*

This past weekend, was full of crafts and fun!  One planned, one spur of the moment, one super tasty and one "Oh Shit project".  If you are a mother or father, nothing motivates you more than hearing on Sunday morning, "Mom, my project is due this week!!!"  Shit.  Shit shit shit shit.  After realizing that repeating "shit" does nothing for the project, except make your little one giggle, you rush to figure out what has to be done.  My daughter Gretchen, has a pop bottle person to make.  She didn't want this person, it was chosen for her, which makes things so much more fun for me as a mom.  Motivating a strong willed 8 year old is super fun Sunday morning without coffee in me.  Bigger deadline, she wants to do it with me, it's 0800 hours and she's due to go back to her father's at noon.  SHIT!!!    

Gretchen's class chose people from the past to do biography reports.  Part of the project is to recreate the person using a pop bottle.  (Please don't look down on me, I call it soda, but it's literally the bame of the project.)  Please let me introduce you to the person we were about to replicate.

 Ms. Clara Barton!!!! 

Miss Clara Barton was the founder of the American Red Cross.  *Interesting fact*  Did you know that she was forced to resign from the American Red Cross by a bunch of Scientific Men because they did not agree upon her ideals?  What the hell.  That is super sad.  So she resigned at the age of 83 and founded the National First Aid Society.  She was labeled the Angel of Mercy.  Pretty cool chick.


Anywho.....History lesson done.  The instructions stated we needed a bottle, something to weigh down the bottle, and some sort of head.  We also needed to dress the bottle in period clothing.  Suggestions were foam ball for the head and felt for the clothing.  The town we were in had no such thing.  Next best thing, was old fabric, and my not so great sewing skills. 

We started with a bottle, flour and rice, a sock and tennis ball for the head and a whole bunch of fabric.  I drew a design on the fabric and sewed...and sewed...and bled a little bit, but definitely sewed some more.  This is what I came up with.

Clara was starting to look pretty good.  Gretchen pointed out that Clara, in the picture, had lace around the neck and buttons.  So we added those.  At this point we were stumped for the head.  Balloon with a picture?  No printer.  No Styrofoam ball.  I had just done laundry and had seen socks with out partners.  Unfortunately, none were white.  So we killed a pair of socks, shoved the tennis ball in and stretched the rest over the bottle. 

Our next dilemma was hair.  I knew exactly what to do.  I had scrap yarn.  Gretch rolled up a ball and I decided to weave and sew it into the head.  It came out quite nice.  Plus Gretch styled it into an odd bun.  Very late 1800's.  Gretch told me that she needed bushy eyebrows, brown eyes, red lips and rosy cheeks.  Gretch used permanent markers for the eyes, brows, lips and nose.  We couldn't find the right colour Sharpie for the cheeks, so I let her break into the make-up and use real makeup for those rosy cheeks.  I found a larger button in a drawer and drew on the Red Cross cross. 

Pretty dang good for 4 hours of work.  Gretch wanted her to look like the picture so Ms. Clara Barton had a photo shoot.  This is her best shot.

     

  Not too shabby!  Just as we finished the girls' dad came to pick them up.  Time for a deep breath.  And coffee...and band-aids.

And more coffee.

 

 

Love Lizzo

 

Baked Manwich Cups!

Hello loyal readers! 

It's been about a week.  I split my time between my mom's house and my home.  While I have my girls I stay at my moms.  We get to help her out and the girls get Grandma time.  I have two Pinterest Wins I have to share!!!!!  This post is about amazing sloppy joe stuffed biscuits.

A friend of mine made these a while ago.  She made little biscuit balls with cheese and meat.  I took a survey of my family and they unanimously decided they would much rather have cups with the meat stuffed inside.  OK. 

Pinterest Post of Manwich Biscuits

 

 

 

M-M-M-Manwich Cups!

 

Sloppy Joe Cups

 

• 1lb Ground Beef
• 1 can Manwich
• 1 yellow onion minced super fine (optional if you don't like onion)
• 2 containers of biscuits (I used store brand)
• 1 bag of cheese (I used Colby Jack)
• Olive Oil

 

First, as always, I preheated the oven to 400 degrees.  Then, I grabbed a pan and added a drizzle of olive oil in the pan and sautéed the onions.  Next, I added the meat and I browned it.  Make sure it's done.  I would hate for someone to get sick.  After it is browned, drain the grease, add the sloppy joe mix (I use Manwich) and set aside.

 

Next, I opened the biscuits.  I hate these.  It's like an adult jack in the box.  Scares me every damn time.  Ugh.

 

So, after the heart attack opening the biscuits.  I took the biscuits and I rolled them thinner.  Thinking back I would probably cut them in half and roll them out more, because after they were done there was sooooo much bread.  I'm a meat and cheese gal.  The more the better!  If there is less bread, there is more room for meat and cheese! 

 

I took the rolled out biscuits and packed them into muffin tins.  Make sure you do NOT break or tear the biscuits because it will make a mess.  After the tins were filled, I added a sprinkle of cheese to the bottom and I used a spoon to add the meat/sauce mixture.   

 

Stuffed with Meat/sauce mix.



 

 

 



 

 

Sprinkle some cheese on the top and you are ready to bake them!  Throw them in the oven for 10 - 15 minutes.  You should know how your stove works.  I would leave them in at the very least for 10 minutes then check them.  I left my batch in for 15 minutes, because I thought they needed a little bit more baking.  The end product should look something like this...

 

 

 

 My girls loved them.  My mother who said made a comment about using a bun, loved them.  My girls asked if we could try open faced pot pies this way.  I'm up for the challenge.  However, I would definitely cut the biscuits in half and roll them out so their is more room for delicious filling.

 

I paired this with fresh veggies.  I never have a major fight when it comes to veggies at my house.  I have been blessed with good eaters.  My youngest always tries something.  If she's not okay with the veggie du jour, she knows she has to down a can of V-8. 

 

Stop eating fast food!  It isn't good for you!  I used to be a fast food junky.  Cooking will change you.  Cook for those you love.  Freeze leftovers for later.  Once you start cooking you'll see a change in how you feel.  You'll start feeling better.  When you put good food in, you get good feelings out.  I've been there, there are days you are so darn tired you can barely lift your arms to take your shirt off.  And that's okay, but if you're eating out more than in, maybe it's time to reevaluate you're eating habits.  I hated cooking.  It took too much time.  But when you sit down and look, really look at the faces of the people you are cooking for enjoying a meal.  It's all worth it.  And hell, if you don't have anyone to cook for and you're in the Toledo area.  Get ahold of me.  We can make dinner together!  If you need a cheerleader, I am here. 

 

 

 

 

As always my friends, if you have any questions or comments please email me @ lizzo.loves.blog@gmail.com.  If you have an recipes you are nervous to try, let me know, I'll see how I can hack them and make them easier.  My only request is that it's not shellfish.  We have an allergy and try to stay as far away as we can from delicious, mouthwatering crab, lobster, shrimp....etc.  Thank you!

 

Love Lizzo