Yummy Homemade Sloppy Joes and a Free Death By Chocolate E-Book

Photo credit: Heavenly Homemakers

 

I should be napping after the late night with a sleepless J and early morning doc appointment with same child, but I'm actually more in a writing mood than sleeping. That's a good thing, because that muse has been scarce lately!

  Anyway, we were trying to decide what to have for lunch today, and was going through my list of  what we had. I knew we had hamburger meat already cooked and frozen so I thought I'd try Sloppy Joes. The sauce that you get in a can is good, but it has high fructose corn syrup in it, something I am trying to avoid. My friend Laura from Heavenly Homemakers  has a recipe that she actually posted to her website in 2009. It's quick, simple, and delicious! I don't have a camera at the moment so I borrowed her picture above. Click on the link above and it will take you straight to the recipe. She says her sloppy joes work well as a freezer meal too, but we don't have enough left over to freeze this time. 

   Valentine's Day is coming up rather quickly, and if you're looking for a chocolate treat to make, I found a free e-book that should give you a few ideas. The Frugal Girls  had it listed on their email post, and it's from Mr. Food.  They ask you to subscribe to the Mr. Food email when you click on the link on that page and you get the e book automatically. Just thought I'd pass that along. The Frugal Girls have some great stuff that they post, from free e books to great deals on popular magazines to coupons. Check them out!

  Thought I'd pop in and share those things with you today. Enjoy! 

Recipe Friday: Peanub Butter - Nutella Buttons

 Everywhere it seems these days people are talking about Nutella. Even on Pinterest  you can do a search and find different recipes. Well, since my crew loves Nutella, I thought I'd see about making some cookies. 
  I am a big fan of flourless peanut butter cookies. Easiest thing in the world to make and most people are surprised that it takes only 3 ingredients. I thought well now, how about nutella cookies in the same fashion?  I tried that. They spread too much, got crunchy-chewy, and just didn't taste right to me. J ate some, but he wasn't enthusiastic about them. I have what's left of them in a bag to see if hubby likes them.
   I wasn't ready to give up yet. I thought about trying them with half peanut butter, half Nutella and see how that worked. It was perfect! They taste yummy. Just ask my official taste tester, J. He grinned and stood by the cookies several times while I was baking. 
  It's a really simple recipe, just four ingredients. Nope, I didn't leave anything out, I promise. If you try them, please let me know what you think. Please don't ask about WW points or calories because I have no clue how to tabulate all that. 

Peanut Butter--Nutella Buttons
 Preheat oven to 350 degrees farenheit

1/2 (one half) cup peanut butter (I used Full Circle organic creamy peanut butter but any type will do except the type you have to stir each time)
1/2  cup Nutella
1 cup sugar ( i used regular granulated sugar) 
1 egg

Mix ingredients well. Form into small balls, more or less the size of a marble. Flatten on ungreased baking sheet. They will work better if they are more or less the size of nickels or quarters, but smaller or slightly larger works well also.  Depending on size of pan I usually put about 3 or 4 to a row on the short side.  Bake 8 to 10 minutes at 350.
 Yields about 3 dozen, give or take, depending on the size of the cookie. Enjoy!