Homemade Beef Ravioli Recipe

Hey guys! If you are looking for a new recipe for your family, definitely give this a try! It was a lot easier than I was expecting! This made enough for two people plus some left overs. I had left over meat mixture which I just froze for next time. If you have a bigger family, I would double the dough recipe. I had most ingredients on hand, however I had to go get some cheese.

What you need:

Ingredients: dough

2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 tsp. salt

3 eggs

Add all ingredients together, mix well. Place in mixer or knead by hand for 8-10 minutes.

*when adding eggs, make a hole in center of flour/salt mixture

let stand covered for 20-30 minutes

brown beef (I used 92% lean ground beef)

Seasoning for meat

1/2 tsp. of: Onion powder, garlic powder

1 tsp. of Italian seasonings

1/2 Cup mozzarella, ricotta, and Parmesan/ Romano cheese

(add more or less to your liking)

add all to meat mixture after meat is cooked and drained. should form a paste like consistency where you can make a ball of mixture

Split dough in half

roll out on floured surface until desired thickness ( I made mine pretty thin)

cut extra dough off as needed, make sure you have 2 pieces the same size. add about 1 Tbsp. of meat mixture, form into ball and place in center of dough. place meat about 1/2 inches apart. Add dough on top, cut pieces between meat. Use water to help adhere dough together. Seal together using a fork.

Cook in boiling water for about 5 minutes or until the ravioli is floating.

Enjoy with your favorite sauce!

Meatball Grinders!

Meatball Grinders! For that cheat day dinner. These are super easy to make and taste delicious! 

What you need: 

1 pound (or a little more) ground beef (I used 85%, but feel free to use higher)

3/4 Cup bread crumbs (I used 4C Panko Seasoned Japanese style)

2 Tablespoons of each: Garlic powder, parsley flakes, Italian seasoning, Parmesan cheese

1 Egg (beat before adding it to the dry mix)

Preheat oven to 375

Mix all together in a medium bowl with hands. Form into balls and place on a baking sheet. Cook for 20-30 minutes depending on the size of the meatballs.

While they are cooking, heat spaghetti sauce in pan on medium-low heat. Also melt half of a stick of butter with added garlic powder. We had our sandwiches open face and spread the garlic butter onto the open buns. Place in oven while there is about 10 minutes left for the meatballs.

We cut our meatballs in half and placed them onto the buns, added the sauce and some mozzarella cheese and placed them back into the oven for about 5 minutes until the cheese is melted. I turned the temperature up to about 400.

A super easy and quick dinner, and hubby approved! :)

Lemon Blueberry Muffins!

Hey guys! Today I'm sharing a super delicious and healthy recipe for blueberry muffins (ok, their not that healthy with the sugar and flour, but blueberries and lemon is pretty good for ya ;) ) 

This recipe is a staple for me and is so delicious and super easy to make! Sometimes I make a simple sugar glaze to go on top of these, but usually I skip it!

Preheat oven to 375 degrees 

1/2 C butter (1 stick), softened

2 tsp lemon zest

1 cup sugar

1 large egg

1 tsp. vanilla extract

2 cups all purpose white flour

1.5 tsp salt

2 tsp. baking powder

2 cups blueberries (I just use a carton)

1/2 cup fat free milk

1. Cream butter w/ lemon zest and 1 cup of sugar until light and fluffy. 

2. Add egg and vanilla and beat until combined, meanwhile toss blueberries w/ 1/2 cup of flour in a small bowl sift 2 cups flour baking powder and salt. 

3. Add flour mixture to butter/sugar mixture slowly, alternating with milk. Once combined fold in blueberries

4. Grease a jumbo muffin tin or regular size muffin tin. (I use liners) Distribute batter so muffins are 2/3 full. Sprinkle sugar on top if desired. 

5. Bake 30 mins for jumbo or 22-25 mins for regular. Muffins are done when toothpick inserted comes out clean.

This recipe calls for 2  tsp of lemon zest which is about 2 lemons, sometimes I don't want it to be too lemony so I only use 1. Choice is yours...

I usually get a little over a dozen regular size muffins with this recipe and 6 jumbo ones!

If you guys try this let me know how you think they turn out!

I usually use fresh blueberries but frozen works just as well. Just be sure to thaw and rinse them!

Enjoy! :)