Sweet & Sour Meatballs

2 pound ground beef

2 tsp salt

1 small onion finely chopped

1 cup soft bread crumbs (dry work fine, too)

1/2 cup milk

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Form into balls (appx 1.5 inches). Place on a greased baking sheet and bake at 400 degrees for 12-15 minutes, or until centers are no longer pink. These freeze really well. If I'm feeling ambitious, I'll make up a couple hundred and put them in Ziploc bags ready for a quick dinner or appetizer.

We combine the following to make a "sweet/sour" sauce:

2 cups ketchup

1 cup grape jelly or marion berry jam

Sweet and Sour Hamburger

This is one of my favorite meals (as well as Josh's and Garet's). Mel requested the ingredients for it, but this is the actual recipe not the "I don't know 4 or 5 tablespoons" or "until it looks the right color".

Sweet and Sour Hamburger

1 lb. hamburger
1 c catsup
4 T. Worchestershire sauce
5 T. vinegar
5T. sugar
1/3 c. water

Brown hamburger, drain off grease. Add all other ingredients and simmer for 10-15 minutes. Serve over rice.

Taco Stuffed Pasta Shells

16 jumbo pasta shells
1lb ground beef
1 can refried beans
1 package taco seasoning
1 cup water
16 oz bottle of salsa
1 c. shredded cheddar cheese, divided
green onions (optional)
Sour Cream (optional)

Cook and drain pasta shells according to directions, set aside. Brown ground beef, rinse and drain. Add taco seasoning and water, cover and let simmer until moisture is absorbed (about 5 minutes). Mix ground beef, refried beans and 3/4 c. cheese. Stuff shells with meat mixture. Cover bottom of baking dish with 1/2 c. salsa then place shells upright. Spoon extra salsa over shells and then cover with cheese. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes, until heated through. Serve with green onions and sour cream.

*This recipe also freezes well. I usually make it in 2 small pans and we have 1 dinner and I freeze the other for another day.

January's Enchiladas

1 doz. tortillas-corn or small flour tortillas
1 lb. hamburger, browned and drained
1/2 diced onion cooked with hamburger (optional)
2 cups Pace or other favorite salsa
1 cup (small can) tomato sauce
lots of grated cheese

In a small saucepan, stir and warm the salsa and tomato sauce.
The best way is to fry the tortillas in oil for a few seconds on each side, remove and dip in the salsa or spoon salsa on the tortilla on a plate and fill with 2 T. meat, lots of cheese, roll up and place seam-side down in a 9" x 13" pan spayed with Pam and the bottom covered with a thin layer of salsa mixture. When they are all in the pan, spoon the rest of the salsa over the tops (if not enough salsa, make some more it may really take 3 cups and a 15 oz. can of tomato sauce because I never only made 12 and never measured!). I like each enchilada covered in sauce and then sprinkle more cheese over the salsa. Bake at 350 degrees until cheese is melted, about 15-20 minutes. Check them so they don't dry out, but if they do, spoon a little more warmed up salsa over the top. Leave out the meat and you have great cheese enchiladas. Serve with diced tomatoes and thin-sliced lettuce and diced avacados or guacamole and sour cream if you like.

Or, warm the tortillas in the oven and fill each one with the meat and cheese and so forth. It saves a few calories but they don't hold together as well. They still taste fine, though.