Sandhills' Farmhouse Table

Bacon-Wrapped Cheeseburger Bombs Ingredients 1 lb ground beef 1 teaspoon seasoned salt ½ teaspoon black pepper 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon onion powder 1 tablespoon BBQ sauce 1 tablespoon Ranch dressing (optional) 4 oz cheddar cheese or Velveeta (cut into small cubes). * Warning - the Velveeta will literally burst out of the bomb, no matter how tightly you pack the ground beef around it. Not a lot - but enough to say, "dammit..." Still, it's delicious with Velveeta. 8–10 strips of bacon Optional: chopped jalapeños to mix into the burger Optional: mix in some ground pork sausage for another kick of flavor Instructions 1. Preheat Preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C) . Line a baking sheet with non-stick foil or parchment paper. * I prefer to use a large muffin tin for mine; however, that does involve degreasing them on a lined sheet with paper towels afterward. It can get a little messy in the tin, however, if the bomb bursts, the cheese will stay with that meatball in...

Cobbler This cobbler recipe has a very basic base, yet it can be bent however you wish. I love using fresh blueberries; however, I've used every fruit I can find. Blueberry remains my favorite.  Ingredients 1/2 stick (4 tbsp) butter, melted 1 1/4 cups sugar (1/4 cup divided) 1 cup self-rising flour 1 cup milk 2 cups fresh or frozen blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, berry pie fillings, or whatever fruit you wish.   1 tablespoon vanilla extract Optional: cheesecake filling, made from scratch or store-bought Optional: whipped cream or vanilla ice cream Instructions Preheat oven to 350°F Coat the pie dish in butter, NOT oil or flour. In a bowl, mix 1 cup sugar + flour + milk + vanilla  until combined. Stir in the melted butter . Pour the batter into the baking dish. If you choose to add cheese cake filling, dollop softened filling onto the batter and swirl with a butter knife. Sprinkle the fruit evenly on top (don’t stir the fruit in)....

    Cheese! Are you a cheese lover? Have you ever wanted to make your own cheese ? Or are you like me - snowed in and bored out of your mind so you make your own cheese to pass the time? Oof...that was a mouthful. Well, no matter what your reason for coming to this post is - I hope you end up with a beautiful and delicious farmer's cheese / cheese crumble by the end of the day. You can follow along easily in the video below! @madmarymcleod  How to make “Farmer’s Cheese” or “Cheese Crumble” from scratch. 🧀 🧀  #cheese   #homemade   #howto   #recipe   #cheeserecipe   #snowday   #snowdays   #makeyourown   #cookwithme   #homesteadcooking   #cheesecrumbles   #easycheese   #easyrecipe   #family   #familycooking   #fromscratch   #cooktogether   #fyp   ♬ Natural Emotions - Muspace Lofi In this video, I chose to make two different flavors: Chokecherry /honey (to use as an oatmeal toppi...

 Homemade Thick Chicken Stew This stew is SO good for many different occasions. Be it a cold fall evening or a day you just don't feel above the weather.  Instead of telling you a story about how this soup came to be...how about you make it yourself and come up with your own story! Ingredients: 1 Carton Chicken Broth (Low Sodium) 1 Can Cheddar Cheese Soup 2 Cooked and Shredded Chicken Breasts (I used leftover rotisserie) 6 Sweet Peppers chopped 1/4 Sweet Onion chopped 1/2 Cup butter Salt - pinch Pepper - pinch Garlic Salt - poke (little more than a pinch) Italian Seasoning - 1 Tablespoon is plenty 6 oz. Cream Cheese Medium Amish Noodles (Fettucini style) 1/4 Cup Parmesan Get Cooking: Melt the butter in a large saucepan on medium-high heat Add chopped onions and peppers, salt and pepper - saute for about 5 minutes or until peppers are tender Add cream cheese, stir until melted and mixed Pour in the carton of chicken broth, bring to a simmer Add in the can of cheddar cheese...

 Black & Blue Cheesecake ~This post contains affiliate links~ Black and Blue cheesecake has an incredible flavor that will not only surprise you but will make you come back for seconds and thirds. Blueberries and blackberries. If you don’t believe me, try it for yourself! INGREDIENTS:  CRUST: 1 ½ C graham cracker crumbs 1 ¼ C confectioners’ sugar 5 Tbsp. melted butter ⅛ teaspoon salt OR you can buy ready-to-use cheesecake crusts in the cake aisle at any grocery store. FILLING:  Blueberry PRESERVE (not jam, not jelly, preserve) Blackberries - fresh or frozen. 2 8oz. Packages of room temperature cream cheese ⅔ C sugar 2 large room temperature eggs 1 tsp pure vanilla extract I prefer no crust and to bake my cheesecake filling in glass custard cups on a cookie sheet. You can eat the cheesecake with a spoon and you can add whatever toppings you’d like with the extra room in the custard cups. **Preheat oven to 350 MAKE IT: Prepare your crust or lightly grease your cus...

 Stuffed Bell Peppers ~This post contains affiliate links~ INGREDIENTS: 1 Bell pepper for EACH eater 1 lb. ground breakfast sausage (Sage flavor is delicious) ½ sweet onion thoroughly chopped into small pieces 1 jar of alfredo sauce 1 C shredded cheddar Optional: Scrambled eggs Chopped celery Chopped sweet peppers Mushrooms Chopped spinach BEFORE YOU START: **Prepare your peppers ~ If you prefer a softer pepper: cut top, scoop seeds, and drop into boiling water for 5 minutes. Remove and run under cold water to keep it from overcooking. ~ If you prefer a crunchier pepper: Cut the top, scoop seeds, and coat outside of pepper LIGHTLY with olive oil. DIRECTIONS: 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees 2. Brown breakfast sausage in skillet 3. Toss in chopped onion and continue to cook until onions are soft 4. Add alfredo sauce (enough to your liking) 5. Set prepared peppers on a cooking sheet sprayed with cooking oil 6. Scoop sausage mixture into peppers ...

 Puffball Mushroom Soup with Lamb Recipe by Kate Cooper ~This post contains affiliate links~ This creamy concoction uses ground lamb, puffball mushroom, potatoes, green onions, garlic, etc. I want it to resemble the Italian wedding soups that are found in fancy delis. So here we go!  All of the ingredients come from the garden-fresh if at all possible. Even the garlic. This is a great fall/winter season soup because most if not all of the ingredients are just waiting to go straight from the soil (washed of course) into the pot! Improvising is always acceptable so use your favorites! Ingredients:  1 lb. ground lamb, browned  Olive oil  1-2 medium white potatoes, peeled and chopped - fresh in season from farmer’s markets  2 fat green onions, peeled and sliced thin – also fresh in season if possible  3-4 cloves garlic, minced  1/3 cup sweet corn   32 ounces low sodium chicken broth  1 to 1 ½ cup puffball mushroom chopped into small pie...