Two Recipes and an Update

     Not much has been going on here in El Paso. Austin still has his class and I'm still just chillin in the apartment. I did however get ahold of the education department on base. This is the last week that Austin has his class and then he will start car pooling again so next week I'm going to talk to a counselor at El Paso Commmunity College and then go to the ed department on base and get everything figured out. I also have to work on FASFA... Not too excited about that. Haha. I'm not too excited about this weekend... Austin has to work from Saturday morning to Sunday morning. I was really mad when he told me. Then Kayla texted me and said she needed me to take pictures for her becasue she wants to make Thanksgiving cards so now I have someone to hang out with. Yay!! I'm not looking forward to Saturday night by myself though... I always hear noises when I'm here by myself. So we will see how it works out.
      I tried out two new recipes; Easy Crescent Taco Bake from Pillsbury.com and All American Meat Loaf from Crock-Pot. They were both really tastey!!

Easy Crescent Taco Bake
1 can (8 oz.) Pillsbury refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
1 lb. (at least 80%) ground beef
3/4 cup salsa
2 tablespoons Old El Paso taco seasoning mix (from 1-oz. package)
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (4 oz)
   Shredded lettuce, as desired
   Diced tomato, as desired
Directions:
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Unroll dough; seperate into 8 triangles. Place in ungreased 9-inch square pan or 10-inch pie plate; press over bottom and up sides to form crust.
In 10-inch skillet, cook beef over medium heat 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until throughly cooked; drain. Stir in salsa and taco seasoning mix; simmer 5 minutes. Spoon meat mixture in crust-lined pan; sprinkle with cheese.
Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until crust is deep golden brown and cheese in melted. Served with lettuce and tomato.
*We put refried beans on the bottom before put the meat in the pan. We also added some sour cream. Yum!

All American Meat Loaf
3 lbs. lean ground beef
4 cups bread crumbs
2 cups ketchup
1 cup onion, chopped
4 eggs, beaten
2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. black pepper
4 tbs. tomato paste
16 slices cheddar or American cheese, cut into strips

In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients, except for the cheese and tomato paste. Shape half of the meat mixture into a loaf. Arrange 8 cheese strips on the meat, and top with remaining meat, pressing the edges together to seal. Plase in Crock-Pot. Top with tomato paste and remainging cheese slices. Cover; cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours or on High forr 3 to 4 hours.
* I just made the meat loaf the way I usually would then added the cheese and tomato paste. Austin's suggestion is to add the top layer of cheese until its almost ready. It was super tastey!!!

I hope that you enjoy these recipes as much as we did!! If you have any recipes that you would like to share just email them to me. My email is springbabybug@hotmail.com. I love trying new recipes.