Jimmy and Kolie’s Meatballs

Makes: About 50 meatballs

Ingredients:

  • 5 pounds of buffalo meat
  • 5 pieces of wet bread (white)
  • 2-1/2 cups seasoned bread crumbs
  • 4 cloves minced garlic (2 tablespoons from jar)
  • 1 tablespoon of granulated garlic
  • 8 eggs
  • 3 cups grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 tablespoon pepper
  • 1 tablespoon basil
  • 2 tablespoon parsley
  • 1 tablespoon ground onion
  • 1/2 tablespoon Parmesan herb blend
  • 1 tablespoon salt (if needed)
  • 1/4 cup of water (if needed)

Mix everything in a very large bowl.  Make a small meatball and brown to check seasoning and adjust if needed.  Roll into 1-1/2 to 2 inch balls and brown on all sides.  Add meatballs to pot of sauce and continue cooking all day.

Grandma Stump’s Meatball and Sauce Recipe

Italian Meatballs
1 cup Breadcrumbs
1 small clove of garlic (finely chopped)
1 lb ground beef
3 eggs
2 tbs grated Parmesan cheese
Pepper
Salt
Basil leaf
Parsley (about tsp)
water

Mix breadcrumbs, garlic, ground beef, parmesan cheese, eggs, pepper, salt, basil leaf and parsley.  Add enough water to make the mixture easier to roll and stick together (approx 1/4 to 1/2 cup).  Moisten hands and roll into balls.  Brown on all sides and add meatballs to sauce.

Sauce
1 Large can crushed tomatoes
1 Large can puree
2 Cans (12 oz) Contadina tomato paste
1 Small onion finely chopped
oil
Basil leaf
Parsely
Pepper
Salt
1 tsp sugar
Sausage, or pieces of pork, or meatballs

Brown meatballs first, remove and set aside.  Brown meat (if you have some), than sausage with chopped onion and set aside.  I brown all this in a fry pan.

In a large pot put crushed tomatoes, puree, and paste.  Fill each can of tomato paste twice.  Add basil, parsley, pepper, salt, and sugar.  Then add meatballs and meat as well as oil and onion.  Simmer until sauce thickens and meat is done.  When sauce is done, if oil rises to top, spoon the excess oil off with spoon before using.  Spread over pasta with grated Parmesan cheese.

Pistachio Muffins

Preheat Oven to 350 degrees

1 Yellow Cake Mix
1/3 cup pistachio nuts – Unchopped
1/3 cup pistachio nuts – Finely Chopped
1/3 cup applesauce
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 tsp green food coloring

Boil the unchopped pistachio nuts for 20 minutes.

Prepare Yellow Cake Mix as per directions on the box EXCEPT use 1/3 cup Less Water.
(The water will be replaced by the Applesauce.)

Add the remaining ingredients except leave out a few spoonfuls of the Finely Chopped pistachio nuts to use as topping.

Stir lightly just to mix. Don’t over mix or texture will suffer.

Spoon into about nine paper-lined muffin cups.

Spoon topping on tops.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 22-25 minutes or until golden brown.

Cool 5 minutes, then remove from pan and cool on wire rack.

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Crab Cakes

Ingredients
1 1/8 cups crushed saltine crackers
1 cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon prepared brown mustard
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 stalk celery, chopped with leaves
1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
1 pound crabmeat

Directions
Preheat oven on broiler setting. Lightly grease a baking sheet.
In a medium bowl, mix together crushed saltine crackers, mayonnaise, brown mustard, onion, celery, and Old Bay seasoning. Gently stir in the crabmeat. Shape into 6 patties. Place on prepared baking sheet.

Broil crab cakes 8 to 10 minutes on each side, or until golden brown.

Robert’s Rockin’ Ribs

Dry Rub

Mix
1 cup Brown Sugar
1/4 cup Chili Powder
1/4 cup Paprika
  1 Tbs Minced Onion
  1 Tbs Ground Mustard
  1 Tbs Garlic Powder
  1 Tbs Minced Garlic
  1 Tbs Coriander
  1 Tbs Red Jalapeno Pepper
  1 Tbs Red & Black Pepper
  1 Tbs Salt

Coat at least Two Racks of  Ribs with Dry Rub mix.
Wrap Ribs in plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.

Place Unwrapped Ribs on Rack in oven pan.
1/4 cup Applesauce
1/4 cup Water

Mix Applesauce and water and add to pan below Ribs.

Cover with aluminum foil.

Cook at 225 degrees for 6-8 hours, or until bones turn.