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!

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! :)