Glazed Meatballs

My kids love meatballs – Meatball sub sandwiches, Swedish meatballs, etc… – so I was thrilled when I figured out that I could turn one of our favorite appetizers into a main dish for my little meatball lovers. 

Ingredients:

• 1 jar (12 ounce) of grape jelly
• 1 cup of your favorite barbecue sauce
• 1 bag (16 ounce) of frozen original meatballs

Directions:

1. Combine jelly and barbecue sauce in a large saucepan
2. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until jelly melts.
3. Add meatballs and cook over low-medium heat for 15-20 minutes.
4. Stir occasionally until meatballs are hot and glazed with sauce.
5. Enjoy!

I mentioned that this was originally an appetizer so at this point you can would normally serve these in a crock pot or buffet slow cooker set on low.  As you can tell from the photo above, we like to eat this as our main dish over egg noodles.  Either way, it is a really easy and yummy dish. 

Baked Sausage Dip

Saturday was perfect weather for football so while Josh was working hard over at a friend’s house… The kids and I whipped up some fun football food, hopped on the couch, and enjoyed an afternoon of SEC football.  My sweet mother-in-law gave me this yummy recipe a few years ago and it is now one of our favorites.  Thanks Mama June!

Ingredients:

• 1 loaf of baked or round bread – This is my favorite!
• 1 pound of hot sausage
• 8 ounce package of sour cream
• 8 ounce package of cream cheese - softened
• 2 cups of shredded sharp cheddar cheese
• 4.5 ounce can of green chilies
• 1 bag of Fritos Scoops

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350° .
2. Brown and drain sausage. 
3. Hollow out bread in center to form a bowl. 
4. Mix together sausage, sour cream, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, and green chilies. 
5. Spoon mixture into bread bowl. 
6. Bake for approximately 25 – 30 minutes.
7. Serve warm with corn chips.   We also like to dip the carved out bread pieces. 
8. Enjoy!