Chipped Beef Cheeseball

Every Holiday that comes around, not only am I basically asked to cook everything when I go some where but I am also expected to bring my Chipped Beef Cheeseball. This has become a family tradition for the past 15 years that I have been making it. My brother and my father have both tried to reproduce it, only to fall flat from where it should be.

This yummy appetizer will become a fan amongst your friends! My family and friends tell me I have to bring it to any function that I attend. LOL.

Cheeseball Ingredients

2 8oz Packages of Cream Cheese (softened)
1 package Chipped beef (large diced)
1/2 a bunch of Green Onion Tops (large diced )
1 TBSP Creamy Horseradish
1 TBSP Worsterchire Sauce
1/2 tsp Garlic Powder

Combine all ingredients, mix well. Form into a ball shape and place on your platter. Chill one hour at a minimum. Serve with an assortment of Crackers, Pita Toasts, or Bread Rounds.

If you want to make a bigger Cheeseball, just add another 8oz's of Cream Cheese, 1/2 a packet extra of Chipped Beef and a full bunch of onion tops. No need to double up on the ingredients.

You'll be asked to bring this to every event you attend!

I've had people who hate onions gobble it down. I've had people who hate horseradish eat it like it was their last meal. They LOVE it!

Sorry about the piture but I had to take one before it went to all the greedy hands around. LOL. Enjoy! Also great for when playing cards.

White Bean Chicken Chili

White Bean Chicken Chili

2 1/2 c. water
1 tsp. cumin seed
4 chicken breast halves, boneless and skinned
Cooking vegetable oil spray
1 garlic clove, minced
1 c. chopped onions
2 (9 oz.) pkg. frozen shoepeg white corn
2 (4 oz.) cans diced green chiles, undrained (use one can if you can't have the spice)
1 tsp. ground cumin (or more to taste to your liking)
2 to 3 tbsp. lime juice
2 (15 oz.) cans white or northern beans, undrained
2/3 c. crushed tortilla chips (optional)
1 1/2 oz. (2/3 cup) shredded Monterey Jack cheese

In large saucepan, combine water and cumin seed. Bring to a boil. Add chicken breast halves. Reduce heat to low and simmer 20 to 30 minutes or until chicken is fork tender and juices run clear. Remove chicken and cut into 1 inch pieces. De-fat the broth, return to saucepan, place chicken back in the stock. Spray medium skillet with cooking spray, add 1 minced garlic clove, cook and stir 1 minute (careful not to burn garlic). Add to chicken then saute 1 cup onions to skillet, cook and stir until tender. Add cooked onions, corn, chilies, ground cumin and 2 to 3 tablespoons lime juice to chicken mixture. Bring to a boil. Add beans, cook until thoroughly heated.

To serve place about 1 tablespoon each of tortilla chips and cheese in 8 individual soup bowls, ladle hot chili over top.

I like to start mine early in the day, throw it in a crock pot and let it simmer all day long. This really brings out the flavors. 

Buckeyes Candy Recipe

So you want to try your hand at making one of the Midwest’s most awesome Candies. Grab your extra helping hands, roll up your sleeves and dig in for an evening of fun at the kitchen table. Great FAMILY EVENT!

Ingredients:


6 Cups Confectioners Sugar (1 large bag)
1 1/2 Cups Smooth Peanut Butter
1/2 tsp Vanilla
2 Sticks Softened Butter
2 Bags of Semi Sweet or Milk Chocolate Chips
Toothpicks
Wax Paper

Wash your hands!

Throw the first 4 ingredients into a large bowl. Mix up the concoction by hand. It’s the best way to get a great mix on stiff ingredients such as these. Once thoroughly mixed, roll into 1 inch balls and place on a wax paper lined cookie sheets. Take the toothpicks and stab each balls, leaving the toothpicks in of course. Place the cookie sheets in the freezer for a bout an hour to give the balls time to settle up around the toothpicks.
After you have let them freeze for an hour, dump one bag of chocolate at a time into a microwave safe bowl. Microwave on high for 2 minute intrevals, stirring to make sure melted threw. Take a few peanut butter balls out at a time, dipping them into the chocolate to cover 3/4 of the way (leaving a circle top uncovered). Place them back on the cookie sheet, remove toothpicks, and grab more balls to dip. Repeat this until done dipping all the peanut butter balls.

Your probably wondering what about those tiny holes in the top. Take out your cookie sheets and gently rub your finger over the hole till peanut butter covers the hole. Store your buckeyes in the fridge or covered on the counter (depends on how hard you want your chocolate to set). Let everyone taste and enjoy!

Funny story behind these; Last week my sister asked me for directions on how to make these. I wouldn’t give it to her till she promised to let my 3 year old niece help her make them. As soon as Eliza stuck her hands in the mixture to help mix it up, she started squealing about how "yucky" it felt. Well being 3 of course it was “yucky ” to her. LOL. By the time they were done my poor sister had the mixture in her hair, on her computer, and all over the dog from where Eliza was shaking her hands to get rid of the yucky. LOL. Needless to say I have been branded to “Bad Aunt Lori” status.