Homemade Freezer Jam

My mom has made this recipe probably since she married my dad. I have a hard time eating store bought Jam because of this! You can use any fruit you want for this recipe.

 Put your strawberries in a sink full of water. Cut off the stem and place in your blender. You want 3 cups of blended fruit.

 Add 5 cups of sugar to a big bowl. Add your blended fruit. Stir for 1 minute. Let it sit for 20 minutes.

 This is the only kind of pectin we use. Mix 1 package of MCP pectin with 1 c. water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil 1 minute while stirring. Pour boiling mixture into fruit and sugar and stir for 2 minutes.

Pour your jam into freezer containers. Let it sit overnight on your counter. Put lids on and place into your freezer.

The Best Bundt Cake. Period.

A lady in my neighborhood made this for a church activity and I immiately fell in love! I am a succor for any kind of Bundt cake! She told me where she got the receipe: www.thepioneerwoman.com

Ingredients:

5 whole eggs

1 package fo white or yellow cake mix

1/2 cup oil

1 package (small) instant vanilla pudding

1 cup half and half

1 t. almond extract

2 T sugar

2 T cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and set aside.

Beat eggs well until foamy. Add all remaining ingredients, except for the cinnamon-sugar mixture, and mix for 2 minutes on medium speed. Prepare a bundt pan with spray oil and coat the pan with the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Pour batter into the pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes.

To get cake our of the pain in one piece, allow it to cook for only 3-5 minutes. Then invert the bundt pan onto a plate and allow to cool and for the cake to slide out of the pan.

The recipe didn't have a frosting to go with it. I made a simple powdered sugar and water frosting. At the church activity, they made homemade whipped cream and put it on top of each slice.

Spicy Beef Tacos

This recipe is YUMMY!!! ( And not spicy like it says in the title) It is now me and my husband's favorite way of having tacos.  The meat is so flavorful!

If you are doing weight watchers it is 7 points for 2 tacos.

Ingredients:

cooking spray

2 cloves Garlic

1 pound of ground beef

1 1/2 t ground cumin

1 1/2 t ground coriander

3/4 t salt or to tast

1 1/2 c canned diced tomatoes with green chilies (or with jalapenos if you want it more spicy)

8 small corn tortillas

lettuce

cheese

salsa

anything else you want on your tacos

 Coat a large skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium-high heat. Add garlic and cook about 30 seconds to 1 minute. Add beef and cook until browned. After about 5-6 minutes add cumin, coriander, and salt. Once beef is browned add diced tomatoes. Cook for another 5 minutes until liquid is absorbed.

 Place tortillas on a cookie sheet. Spray tops of tortillas with cooking spray, lightly. Heat in oven at 300 degrees until slightly crisp but not too crisp that they break when folded. I think I had them in the oven about 3-5 minutes.

The recipe says add 1/4 cup of meat to each tortilla but that way too much for me. Make your taco and enjoy!!