Make-Ahead Sloppy Joes

Hello Residents!  Hope everyone is well.  I was blessed the other day by my Granddaughter's Momma asking me for a recipe!  It humbled me, it was very nice.  And of course, it caused me to have to make the recipe LOL.  All time favorite with us, works great with a crowd.  Have a great week!  Blessed Be!

Make-Ahead Sloppy Joes

1 pound bulk pork sausage

1 pound ground beef

1 medium onion, chopped

14 to 16 sandwich buns, split

2 8 oz cans tomato sauce

2 tablespoons prepared mustard 

1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

1/4 teaspoon dried oregano

In a skillet, cook sausage, beef and onion over medium heat until the meat is no longer pink.  Remove from the heat; drain.  Remove the centers from the tops and bottoms of each bun.  Tear removed bread into small pieces; add to skillet.  Set buns aside.  Stir remaining ingredients into sausage mixture.  Spoon about 1/3 cupful onto the bottom of each bun; replace tops.  Wrap individually in heavy duty foil.  Bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until heated through or freeze for up to 3 months.  To use frozen sandwiches bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until heated through

**Sometimes I like to add shredded cheese!

**Recipe from Taste of Home

Egg Salad Sandwich

Since I shared how to make the Perfect Hard Boiled Egg, I figured I would share my egg salad recipe.  I know everyone is different, which is amazing and wonderful, so you are more than welcome to share your add ins or recipes in the comments!!




Egg Salad
Makes 1 sandwich


2 hard boiled eggs, diced
1 TBSP miracle whip
1 TBSP Famous Dave's Signature Spicy Pickle Relish
1 TBSP mustard
Paprika (to taste)
2 slices of bread (I like 12 grain or cottage)
(bread can be toasted or plain)

Mix your ingredients and spread on one slice of bread and top with the other! Done! I like to slice mine at an angle, but feel free to slice yours any way or not at all, you rebel you!


I love (even though I shouldn't) to eat egg salad sandwiches with kettle cooked potato chips.  They make some amazing ones right here in SD called Dakota Style!

Happy Birthday to my kiddo, he turned 11 yesterday! 

Baked Ham and Cheese Sandwhiches

Welcome back to the Asylum!  Did you enjoy your Sunday pass?  We hung out here at home and I worked on pallet signs (well, I recruited help).  Hubs and the kids worked in the shop.  They are starting to paint the motorcycle they have been turning into a café bike. 




I think Mother Nature needs to join our Asylum.  It was in the upper 80s last week and this week it is rainy and as I type this it is currently 48, the week before it snowed!  So we are breaking out the slippers and hoodies.  I washed the blankets over the weekend and every chair or couch has a blanket to cuddle up in!  We have a large house that is mostly a big open space.  So keeping it at a high temperature would break the budget.  All I know is I get to have cute slippers!  You should ask Saucy Irish about her Fluffy (Puffy) Little Shoes!




So I was trying to think of something that would be warm to eat and quick and easy.  Then I remembered these little gems a friend had told me about!  They will go great with soup for a complete meal!  I would recommend my Hawaiian Sweet Roll recipe for your bread! 


My hubs has always done something similar with ham, cheese and bread slices.  He throws it in the microwave just long enough to melt the cheese.




Baked Ham and Cheese Party Sandwiches
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Ingredients:

3/4 cup melted butter 1 1/2 tablespoons Dijon mustard 1 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce 1 1/2 tablespoons poppy seeds

1 tablespoon dried minced onion 24 mini sandwich rolls 1 pound thinly sliced cooked deli ham 1 pound thinly sliced Swiss cheese

Directions:

1.	Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
2.	In a bowl, mix together butter, Dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, poppy seeds, and dried onion. Separate the tops from bottoms of the rolls, and place the bottom pieces into the prepared baking dish. Layer about half the ham onto the rolls. Arrange the Swiss cheese over the ham, and top with remaining ham slices in a layer. Place the tops of the rolls onto the sandwiches. Pour the mustard mixture evenly over the rolls.
3.	Bake in the preheated oven until the rolls are lightly browned and the cheese has melted, about 20 minutes. Slice into individual rolls through the ham and cheese layers to serve. Note: We would replace the cheese with American or Pepper Jack at our Asylum! Oktoberfest is approaching so make sure you get your orange  or black "jackets" for the occasion!

Hello Crazies! Oh how I have missed you!

Good beautiful afternoon!  I have so missed you guys!  Bwahahahhhhaaaaaaaaaaa!  I'm still having family issues and I'm still not home but the Spicy German has her hands full and you know that's what friends are all about! We try to prove that here everyday by offering clean jackets, bleached and crisp lmao! :D!  We love to live crazy and free and eat well!  So glad you have stopped by to join us.  Today's sandwich is great for inside or out.  The instructions call for the chicken to be broiled we have also made it on the grill!  And what better place to be for the Holiday!?  Ok, gotta get back to my real life.  I hope you all have a wonderful holiday and I THANK ALL the families, men and woman who serve for us everyday to give us our freedom!  This recipe comes from a book of chicken recipes put together by Gold Kist Farms.

Bistro Chicken Sandwiches

2 1/2 tablespoons olive oil

1 teaspoon lite or regular soy sauce

4 small or 2 large Gold Kist Farms boneless, skinless, split chicken breasts

1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning

1/2 teaspoon lemon-pepper seasoning

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1/2 cup fresh basil leaves, loosely packed

1/2 cup torn spinach leaves, loosely packed

1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

2 tablespoons coarsely chopped walnuts

1 clove garlic, coarsely chopped

4 sandwich buns, split

4 slices provolone cheese

4 thin slices red onion

4 tomato slices

Preheat broiler.

Place olive oil and soy sauce in shallow bowl and beat to combine.  Dip chicken in mixture, coating both sides.  Place chicken on rack of broiler pan and sprinkle both sides with Italian and Lemon-pepper seasonings.  Broil in preheated broiler 4-6 inches from source of heat.  Cook about 5 minutes on each side, turning occasionally, until lightly browned, fork tender and no longer pink inside.  Remove from broiler, set aside and keep warm.  

Place mayonnaise, basil, spinach, Parmesan cheese, walnuts and garlic in food processor or blender.  Process on and off until smooth.  Spread mayonnaise mixture on both sides of inside of buns.  Place 1 chicken breast (or half if larger breasts are used) on bottom half of each bun.  Top with provolone cheese, onion, tomato slice and top half of bun.  Enjoy!