Basic Meatballs - An Easy New Year's Eve Appetizer!

Meatballs are a great "toothpick" appetizer you can serve at your New Year's Eve Party that require little work to prepare or serve.

Basic Meatballs:
6 servings

Ingredients:

1 lb Ground Beef
1 Egg Large
1/4 c Onion Chopped
1/3 c Bread Crumbs Dry
1/4 c Milk
3/4 ts Salt
1/8 ts Pepper
1 ts Worcestershire Sauce

Preparation:

Mix all the ingredients together.
Shape mixture by Tablespoonfuls into 1 1/2-inch balls. (For ease in shaping the meatball, occasionally wet your hands with cold water.)

TO COOK IN A SKILLET: Heat 1 Tbls salad oil in a large skillet, cook the meatballs over medium heat until brown, about 20 minutes. Drain off excess fat.

TO COOK IN THE OVEN: Place the meatballs in a lightly greased baking pan 13 X 9 X 2 or 15 1/2 X 9 1/2 X 1-inch bake, uncovered, in a 400 degree F. oven until light brown, about 20 minutes. Drain off the excess fat.

Serve with your favorite sauce on a festive platter!

Here are some recommended items you can use with this recipe:

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This has handles so you can easily serve your guests:



Star Shaped Platter:



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Happy New Year!

Teri :)

Christmas Cornish Hens

I have made cornish hens for Christmas before and they turned out great! It was like each person got their own little turkey. :)

This recipe comes from "The Lady and Sons Savannah Country Cookbook" by Paula H. Deen

Honey Game Hens: (Feeds 6)

Ingredients -

6 cornish hens (About 3/4 to 1lb. ea.)
4 cloves garlic, chopped
One 1in. piece of ginger, peeled and chopped
1/2 c. soy sauce
1/2 c. honey
2 tbsp. peanut oil
2tbsp. orange juice
1 tbsp orange zest, minced

Preparation:

The day before cooking:

Rinse hens, trim off excess fat, pat dry, and place in bowl
Put garlic and ginger in food processor and process until nearly smooth
In another bowl combine soy sauce, honey, oil, orange juice and zest
Add the garlic and ginger
Pour mixture over game hens coating well
Refridgerate overnight, turning in marinade several times

Day of Meal:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Place hens in shallow roasting pan, pour marinade on top
Bake for 1hr., basting every 15 min.
Remove hens to serving platter
Pour cooking juices into small heavy saucepan and boil for 5 min. or until sauce thickens
Pour over hens just before serving

Serve with sesame noodles or rice pilaf.
These hens can also be grilled, just remember to baste often!

Her are some recommended items to help you make this dish!







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Happy Holidays!

Lea's Peppermint Bark Recipe

Hi!,

This is a recipe that my daughter makes every year at Christmas time and is one of my favorites!

Not only is it good, but it is very easy!

1 LB almond bark
1 cup of peppermint candy canes (Crushed)

Supplies Needed:

Large mixing bowl
Wax Paper
Cookie Sheet

Use instructions on almond bark package to melt in mixing bowl.
Add crushed pieces and stir
Put wax paper on cookie sheet
Spread on mixture on cookie sheet and refigderate (Or freeze if you need it sooner) until hard
Break up into pieces
Put in gift tins, baskets or tissue paper with a bow, but don't let it melt, keep at room temp. or colder!

You can have the kids:

• Help you crush the candy canes, just be careful of the sharp edges that can be created when breaking the candy.
  
• Help you stir the mixture together
  
• Have fun breaking the hardened mixture into the pieces, just don't let them break the pieces too small!

Here are some recommended items to help you with this fun Christmas Candy Project!