Chili Cups

Oh my. I think this may be my new favorite dinner. It is so fast and easy to make up, and it makes great left-overs too! My mother-in-law Julie made these for superbowl Sunday, and I have been making then weekly ever since. I don't think my husband is as huge a fan as me, but oh well, he'll survive right? I simply top these with some Cheddar Cheese and Sour Cream, but feel free to play around and add whatever sounds tasty to you. Also, I used a regular Campbell's chili, but for a totally meat-free meal, you can use your favorite Vegetarian Chili, or home-made as well, just make sure it's a thicker sauce, otherwise it will make the cups soggy. If you like a lot of dough, use the Grands biscuits, they will be on the softer side, if you want them thinner and crispy, like what you see in the pictures, use a regular biscuit.

1 can butter-tastin biscuits. (After using both, I prefer using the Grands)
2 cans Chili of your choice (Or homemade)
Cheddar Cheese
Sour Cream
Toppings of your choice

Preheat oven to 350. Spray muffin tin and set aside. Flour counter or pastry mat and pop open can of biscuits. Roll out biscuit until it is big enough to fill the muffin cup and overlaps the top a little. Repeat with all biscuits. Fill each biscuit with Chili. Top with Cheese. Bake for 20-22 minutes or until edges are Golden Brown. Let sit for 5 min. and then remove from muffin tin. Enjoy with your favorite toppings!!

Caramelized Onion and Gruyere Tarts

Oh my gosh, can I say heavenly??? We had a housewarming party at our new place a month or so ago and Karrie made these. They were gone in a few minutes, and wow, can I say delish? So, since we had some left-over filling (which can be frozen, and then thawed) and pastry, I just did up some more onions, and made some more for the fun of it! These would be perfect for any type of party, brunch or shower! Just beware, they are addicting.....

3 Cups (10 oz.) grated smoked Gruyere cheese (we got ours from the counter at Harmons. They just cut off a chunk for us and we ran it through the food processor.

8 oz. Cream cheese softened

1 Tbsp. Dijon Mustard

1 Tbsp. Fresh Oregano

3/4 tsp. Fresh cracked Pepper

2 Tbsp. Unsalted Butter

2 Large Sweet Yellow Onions

2 Tbsp. Fresh Thyme

Puff Pastry

Mini Muffin Tin

Heat oven to 400. Mix Gruyere, Cream Cheese, Mustard, Oregano, and Pepper in a bowl and set aside. Make sure to set pastry out to thaw according to package directions! Melt butter in a skillet, add Onions. Cook over med-low heat stirring occasionally until caramelized, about an hour. Stir in the thyme and set aside. Flour counter, or pastry mat. Set out pastry dough, and cut (we used a pizza cutter) into small squares. Place a square of pastry into sprayed muffin tin and press down. Fill all holes in tin with pastry. Next, place a small spoonful of cheese mixture into pastry and spread up on the side a little bit. Repeat with all squares. Then, place a forkful of caramelized onions on cheese mixture until all have been topped. Place in oven and bake 12-15 minutes or until pastry is golden brown!

*Variation-You can also cut pastry into rectangular shape and place onto cookie sheet, spread cheese mixture on and then onions on top of that.

*You can freeze Cheese mixture for up to 2 months. When ready to use, just place in refrigerator a day or two ahead of time to thaw, or defrost slowly in microwave stirring frequently.

Yummy Veggie Lasagna Roll-Ups

This was a yummy way to pack some serious veggies into a meal - it is a little more work than most meals but so much fun and totally worth it!

• Approximately 12 wheat lasagna noodles
• 1 jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce
  
• 1 zucchini
• 1 squash
• 1 head broccoli florets
  
• 4 large carrots
• 2 cups mozzarella cheese
  
• 1 1/2 cups grated parmesan cheese
  
• 1 small container ricotta cheese
• cheesecloth
• salt 'n' peppa and garlic and onion powder to taste
  

In food processor shred (together or separate) zucchini, squash and carrots. Once shredded wrap in cheesecloth and squeeze excess water out. In a large container add ricotta, 1 cup of mozzarella and 1/2 cup parmesan, shredded veggies and broccoli. Lay out lasagna noodle and spread cheese/veggie mixture on the noodle. Roll up and place in a cake pan slightly lined with spaghetti sauce. Cover the roll-ups with remaining sauce and mozzarella cheese, sprinkle with additional parmesan cheese. Cover with foil and bake at 350 for 30 minutes, remove foil and bake for an additional 5-10 minutes.

Enjoy!

Our Giveaway Winner....

And the winner is: GINA JENSEN!!! Congratulations to the ONE AND ONLY person who actually left us an e-mail. Here is what she wrote:
I LOVED the veggie fajitas! It was also the first time that I have actually cooked onions instead of using dried minced. You know me and my onion crying. Yes, I was bawling my eyes out while making them, but it was worth it. We added a 1/2 lb plain ground turkey that was already cooked up and it was good in there too. It will definitely be going in my permanent recipe book!
When you called me that night asking about the Fajitas, you inspired my sister and I to make them as well, and we had so much that they were eaten as leftovers for days!! They are so yummy. So, Since Gina was the only person to actually make a recipe and e-mail us I am going to take the high road and assume you were all too busy, or just didn't understand the rules of the contest. But, fear not, we will have another one in the future. So Gina, let me know if you want me to mail you the measuring cups, or if you just want to wait and get them when you are here next month! Congratulations, and thanks for taking part in our contest, it was sure fun for us!!!

HAPPY APRIL FOOLS

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New Recipe!!

Submitted by our brother Erik!!
Feeds 8-10 adults

Ok so what you do is go out and buy the biggest turkey you can find, you then get a whole duck and a whole chicken. I like to season mine with more meat paste thin it out and inject the wonderful flavor of meat into your birds. You then take the chicken and stuff it into the duck, you want to fill in any gaps with meat stuffing. Take the duck now and stuff it into the turkey and again fill in with meat stuffing. Yes it does fit. You want to then cook this covered at 350 for 6 hours uncovering for the last 1. During this last hour go out and get that BBQ going, marinade some steak with your fave. and grill them bad boys low and slow. Serve all together with beans or even grilled sausage smothered in Wingers juice. Good luck and Good eats.

APRIL FOOLS EVERYONE!!!

Recipe submission is closed!

Ok, get your aprons on and start cooking! The second part of our contest is now underway. You can choose any recipe from the blog and cook it up. Then, send us an e-mail to mostlymeatlessmamas@gmail.com and tell us what you thought about the recipe. You can cook up as many recipes and submit as many e-mail's as you'd like. We may share your e-mail on the blog if we like it! The contest will close on April 15th, and on the 16th, we will announce our winner. Have fun, and happy cooking!!!