Apple Cranberry Relish

I cooked dinner for Julianne's Young Women yesterday and made this relish to go with Pork Roast.  Way better than plain applesauce.

1 pound fresh or frozen cranberries
4 apples, peeled and chopped
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup apple juice
2 cinnamon sticks


Dissolve sugar in juice. Add cinnamon sticks, cranberries and apples. Bring to boil then reduce heat and simmer until cranberries pop and sauce thickens. Remove cinnamon sticks.

Stuffed Pepper Cups

Cut off tops of 6 medium green peppers; remove seeds and membrane. Precook green pepper cups in boiling salted water about 5 min. Drain. Sprinkle inside of peppers with salt.
Cook 1 pound ground beef and 1/2 chopped onion. season with 1/2 tsp salt and dash pepper. Add 1 can tomatoes with juice, 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup uncooked rice and 1 tsp worchestershire sauce. Cover and simmer until rice is tender, about 15 min.  Stir in 1 cup grated or cubed cheese.  Stand pepper cups in baking dish. Fill with meat mixture. Top with additional cheese. Bake uncovered at 350 for 20 to 25 min.

Tamale Pie

1 pound ground beef
1 cup chopped onion
1 chopped green pepper
1 can tomato sauce
1 can stewed tomatoes, cut smaller
1 can corn drained
1 can olives halved
1 clove garlic minced
2 to 3 teaspoons chili powder
1 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
dash pepper
1 1/2 cups grated cheese
Topping:
3/4 cup cornmeal
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups cold water
1 Tbsp butter

Cook meat, onion and green pepper until meat is brown and veggies are tender. Add remaining ingredients except cheese and topping.  Simmer about 20 min.  Meanwhile make topping. Stir salt and cornmeal into cold water.  Cook and stir constantly until it boils and thickens. Remove from heat and stir in butter.  Add cheese to meat mixture and stir to melt.  Pour into casserole and spread topping over meat.  Bake in 375 oven about 30 to 40 min.

Italian Meatballs

I'm trying to get rid of a lot of STUFF.  I have several cookbooks from which I use 1 or 2 recipes, and I can never remember which recipe is in which book, so I waste a lot of time looking for things.  I am posting them here so I can find them more easily and get rid of the books.

Italian Meatballs

1/2 cup bread crumbs

1/2 cup water

2 eggs

1 lb. ground beef

1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

2 tbsp. parsley

1 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. dried oregano

Dash of pepper

Mix ingredients together in medium bowl.  With wet hands form mixture into small balls.  Place on cookie sheet and bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, or put in glass pan and microwave for 10 minutes. 

Note:  Use 5 lbs. of hamburger and proportionately add other ingredients and freeze in small bags.