Because of my serious recipe addiction, I have a habit of making "one and done" recipes. I have so many things I want to try that I frequently make things one time only, no matter how great they turn out. And then it's on to the next new thing! Not so with this recipe. I have several times already since I discovered this amazing recipe!
Every other recipe can wait. This is too good. I'm talking about ground beef, cheese, and sauteed onion smothered in BBQ sauce and baked in a pie crust. (Please excuse me while I wipe the drool off my keyboard.) This is the kind of food that you eat and think, "I could eat this the rest of my life." Those who really know me know that I love any excuse to eat BBQ sauce. So this dish is right up my alley. And my husband would probably eat roadkill if I served it on pie crust. So it's right up his alley as well. To say the least, we're both kind of into this recipe.
When I was a kid, we ate cereal for breakfast almost every day. And although I loved cereal, having something else for breakfast, especially on a school day, was a pretty big deal. Every now and then my siblings and I would whine enough at the grocery store and my mom would buy us a box of Pop-Tarts. Those toasted pastry crusts with hot fruity filling (because they didn't have all those crazy flavors back then!) where quite a treat back in the day. Now, not so much.
Maybe my pallet has over-evolved, but a store-bought Pop-Tart just doesn't do anything for me anymore. They are hard, artificial tasting, and just not very good. No thanks. But a homemade version of a Pop-Tart? Now we're talking. These are REAL pastry crusts. That means flaky and buttery, not hard and cardboard-tasting. And they have REAL filling. Read the ingredients. You can actually pronounce them. Put that filling in between two of pieces of that pastry crust, and you get something that is absolutely fabulous. Cold cereal has nothing on these babies!
A lot of the great things in life were made by accident. Post-It notes and about half of our population come to mind. And now, these cookies. Between you and me, these were totally meant to be something else. These cookies are the product of one of those "oh-crap" kitchen moments.
They were supposed to be turtle cookies with chocolate chips, pecans, and caramel bits. I actually made them for a tailgate party last fall. The day I was to make them, I sent my husband to the store (which almost never happens) with a very specific list, including caramel bits. I told him the brand I wanted and everything. He shortly returned home and reported to me that our small town grocery store doesn't have caramel bits. "Oh crap" might not have been all that was going through my head at that moment, but I put my thinking cap on and came up with something that was delicious in its own right.
The Madness has officially begun. Last night the reigning NCAA basketball champs, the Kentucky Wildcats, saw their season go down in flames in the first round of, get this, the NIT. They were defeated by Robert Morris (anyone ever heard of them?) whose fans then proceeded to storm the court. Again, keep in mind we're talking about the first round of the NIT. For those of you who don't follow basketball and have no idea what I'm talking about, let me compare this to Arnold Schwarzenegger losing to, let's say....me, in an arm wrestling competition. Epic fail.
For those of you who are basketball fans, be jealous of me. I am on Spring Break for the rest of the week, which means I get to watch those daytime tournament games from the comfort of my own couch, instead of clandestinely streaming games onto a smartphone while pretending work like the rest of you. This includes my beloved K-State Wildcats on Friday afternoon. Ah, I love my job!
So anyway, I like watching sports. I like eating good food while watching sports. Crock Pot cocktail meatballs are good food, especially for watching sports.
March Madness is upon us. It's yet another opportunity to gather 'round the couch with your friends and drink a few cold ones while eating junk, all in the name of sports. I love America! And what is more American than a cheeseburger?
While "bigger is better" is typically the American mindset, sliders have managed to find a nice, miniature, spot in our hearts. And why not? They're a fun change up from a standard burger, they can be eaten one handed, and you can eat multiple of them guilt-free. Plus, they make great party food because your guests can enjoy a cheeseburger without filling up, allowing them to enjoy the rest of the delicious food you have worked so hard to prepare. And one of the best things about this slider recipe is that these particular mini-burgers are the easiest burgers I have ever made!
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