Meal Planning with Connie

Pizza Puffs The Pizza Puffs were a hit with everyone! I think they would be a great dish to serve at sleepovers, birthday parties, youth group meetings, school functions, etc. They're easy to make and inexpensive. They cook really quickly, too. You could make them in batches for a very large group. Pizza Puffs 1 pound ground beef, browned and drained (can add chopped onion and green peppers, if you like.) 1 cup pizza sauce (or 1- 8 oz. can tomato sauce with 1 T. Italian seasonings and 1 t. sugar) 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese 2 cans flaky-style refrigerated biscuits 2 tablespoons melted butter Additional pizza sauce, optional Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 20 cups of muffin pans with cooking spray. Combine meat, sauce and cheese. Pull one can of biscuits in half, placing each half into a prepared muffin cup. Spoon a heaping teaspoon of meat mixture on top of each biscuit. Separate the other can of biscuits, place each piece on top of meat mixture in muffin cups. Brush with mel...

Mini-loaf Have you ever been baking bread or a cake and had too much batter for your pan? I just hate to throw good food like that away! I used to try to force the excess batter into the pan anyway. Of course, this made a mess, if it ran-over in the oven. Then one day I had an idea. I'd make a single mini-loaf of bread or cake from that dab of batter. It works great, and there are a number of fun things to do with the mini-loaf: 1. We have several friends who are older and live alone. This size is perfect for sharing with them! 2. If I'm making a new recipe and am sharing the big cake/loaf, the mini-loaf allows me to "taste test" the new recipe! 3. These loaves can be wrapped, frozen and used for a quick breakfast! What do I use for a pan for the mini-loaf? I use the little Pyrex dish in the photo. As I am writing this, I am shocked to realize that I've had this tiny piece for 40 years!! When I was six, my cousin, who was a young wife and mot...