Cinnamon Ornaments

Easy to make ornaments that smell wonderful!

Mix together:
1 cup Cinnamon
3/4 cup of applesauce
2 Tablespoons Elmers Glue

Form into a ball.  Roll out and cut into shapes with cookie cutters.  Let dry overnight.

Simple Sloppy Joes

1 1/2 pound ground beef

1/4 cup brown sugar

2 teaspoons steak seasoning blend (can add more)

1 medium onion, chopped

1 tablespoon red wine vinegar

1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

2 cups tomato sauce

2 tablespoons tomato paste

In a medium sized skillet brown the ground beef.  Combine brown sugar and steak seasoning. Add sugar and spice mixture to the beef and combine.  When the meat has browned, add onion to the skillet.  Reduce heat to medium and cook onions, red wine vinegar and Worcestershire sauce with meat until onions are soft (about 5 minutes).  Add tomato sauce and paste to pan.  Stir ingredients and reduce heat to simmer and cook  5 minutes longer.  Serve on your favorite buns with your favorite sides.

If your family likes green or red peppers, you can add chopped peppers with the onion.

smarTouch Gloves from ISOTONER

Great gift idea for Christmas!  With these gloves from ISOTONER, you can operate handheld touchscreen devices while keeping your fingers warm. 
They are compatible with most touchscreen devices including smartphones, mp3 players, ATM's, gas pumps and GPS devices.
What makes them work?  The thumb and index finger are embroidered with conductive thread that conveys an electrical impulse to the touchscreen, allowing for pinpoint accuracy.
Other features:  Non-slip palm improves grip and they are water repellent.

Kool-Aide Play Dough

3 cups of flour
1/2 cup salt
2 packages of Kool-Aide
1 Tablespoon Alumn
3 Tablespoons Vegetable oil

Mix the ingredients, stir in 2 cups of boiling water.  When cool knead in more flour as needed.

Tater Tot Hotdish

Cozy up to a plateful of piping hot comfort food.  This easy recipe is a family pleasing, belly-warmer!

1 1/2 pounds browned ground beef, drained
1 cup chopped yellow onion
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of celery soup
1 can french cut green beans

Mix the ingredients above and put into a 9 by 13 inch casserole dish.  Cover with 1 pound of frozen Tater Tots.  Bake at 350º for 1 hour.

Banana Bread

This recipe will make 3 small loafs or one large loaf of bread.
You can add your favorite chopped nuts.  Or, my families' favorite, mini chocolate chips.

Preheat the oven to 350º
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup sour cream
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups flour
3 medium bananas, mashed

Mix ingredients together and pour into loaf pans that have been sprayed with cooking spray.
Bake for 50 minutes

25 Ways to Wear a Scarf in 4.5 Minutes!

I love wearing a scarf, and this tutorial gives you step by step visual instructions on 25 different ways!

You can revisit one of the 25 mini-lessons by clicking on it!

Taco Soup

Simple and Easy to make!

Taco Soup

1 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes
2 cans chili beans
2 cans sweet corn (do not drain)
1 can black beans
1 can kidney beans
1 package of taco seasoning

Pour ingredients into your crockpot.  Cook on low for 8 hours.
Serve with:  Shredded cheddar cheese, tortilla chips, sour cream and olives.

Welcome to Simplified!

After multiple requests by friends to start a blog to share my recipes, I have decided to take the dive in to cyber space!
I am hoping that this blog will provide simply recipes and inspiration for any home!  If your home and life is as busy as mine, I know you appreciate when things are simple too.  
I hope to see you soon - to make things simplified!