Recipe: Jazzin' up Freezer Rolls

This week has just felt off. Keith is sick and I have been feeling a bit restless. I miss crafting, but am waiting until my craft room is full set up to start making creative messes again. The last few nights have been spent with a quick walk, watching old shows on netflix, lounging on the couch and making food we have had in our freezer for too long. 

So tonight was no different, however I wanted to liven up some frozen rolls I had to go with our ravioli and meatballs.

So I present to you: easy jazzed up rolls

These are boring old freezer rolls. Remove the plastic cover. Preheat the oven to the directions that come with the rolls- ours was 325 degrees. While it preheats, spray on olive oil (we have this handy thing), sprinkle with sea salt, black pepper and seasoning (I used a mix of Italian Seasoning from a local spice shop).

Lookin' Good

Bake the bread to the packaging instructions.

Once baked, eat it up! It's a really good and easy way to make freezer rolls even better! Enjoy!

Recipe: crockpot pork chops

You guys! I made the best dinner ever yesterday. So, Keith has been REALLY busy this semester with his promotion at work and a harder semester at school and now, his show got picked up for another run; we barely see each other!So, I haven't felt like cooking much for just one and I have been making easy food. So, this weekend I wanted to try something new (and still easy)

Okay, I didn't take any photos of the making, just the finished product. So, here's what you need!

• 4-6 pork chops (I got boneless)
• 1 can of cream of chicken soup
• 1 can of chicken broth (we got organic, low sodium)
• 1 packet of brown gravy
• 1 packet of onion soup 
• Crockpot

Put the pork chops in the bottom of the crockpot.  In a bowl, mix the other ingredients together until its all blended. Pour the mixture over the pork chops. Cook in the crockpot for about 8 to 10 hours on low, or until the pork is tender and ready to fall apart. I cooked ours for 8 hours on low. Then I also served with homemade mashed potatoes and zucchini.  Of course use the gravy from the crockpot on top of the mashed potatoes. DELICIOUS.

Keith said this is one of the best meals I have ever made and it was so so so easy.

Anyway! Enjoy.

Recipe: Sausage Rolls

Well, ladies and gentlemen- It's horrible in Illinois. It's freezing and is well below zero. The snow is deep, and the windchill is like negative 40. Keith just ventured out of the house for the first time since Saturday afternoon. Anyway, we have spent the time doing work, watching movies, cooking food and enjoying each others company.

We have been cooking quite a bit in the new year, even though some of our meals has consisted of chicken nuggets and mac and cheese, we have had some gems in there. Keith made a really tasty sausage rolls dish, which was seriously delicious and reminded me of my summer in Scotland. I also was totally impressed with Keith's cooking ability. Anyway, let's get to the recipe.

Recipe: Sausage Rolls

What you need:
One package of puff pastry
1 lb of ground beef
1/2 pound of pork sausage (I got Italian Pork Sausages from Trader Joes)
1 and 1/4 teaspoons of salt
3/4 tsp of black pepper
3/4 ground coriander
1/2 tsp of nutmeg
1 cup bread crumbs
1 beaten egg to brush pastry with

So, here's how:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut open around three sausages and mix them in with the ground beef. Add the seasonings and the breadcrumbs along with 1/2 cup of water to meat mixtures and blend together. Place defrosted puff pastry rolls on cutting board and cut into rectangle pieces. Place meat and spice mixture into the puff pastry, closer to one side, fold together and crimp sides with a fork to hold them together. Make three to four slits in the pastry dough. Brush with egg. Bake for roughly 25 minutes. Check on the meat to make sure it cooked all of the way.

We ended up with roughly six to eight sausage rolls from two sheets of puff pastry dough (or one box). and Boy, they were DELICIOUS.

Sorry, we don't have more photos. You just have to trust me they were so good.

Stay warm you guys.