{CHICKEN} Crock Pot BBQ Chicken Drumsticks!

With Super Bowl around the corner many people are planning there party's and there menu.

That's one thing I'm working on right now.

One thing that is a must in my home for the Super Bowl Menu is Wings, Yes Messy, Saucy, Yummy Wings.

I love this Recipe Because its so easy to do and they taste so good.

What You will Need:

• 12 Drumsticks and/ or wings (or you can use Boneless thighs but be prepared that people will need a fork if you use these) You can use Thawed or Frozen.
• 1 Large Bottle of your favorite BBQ Sauce (I used Half Sweet Baby Ray's Original & Half Sweet Baby Ray's Sweet & Spicy, Because my Hubby likes a little hot)

Instructions:

1. Spray Crock Pot With Cooking Spray.
2. Place Wings In Crock Pot.
3. Pour 1 Cup BBQ Sauce on Top, Let Cook On High for 3-4 Hours. If using Frozen Cook for 4-6 Hours. 
   
4. Remove Chicken from Crock Pot and Place in Large Bowl or Serving Tray. If Desired, toss with with more BBQ sauce depending on how messy & Saucy you want them.
   

Notes:

• After cooked if you leave them in Crock Pot Chicken will Fall off the Bone.
• You can use as much Sauce as you want.

I hope you enjoy this as much as My Family and I do.

Please Leave a Comment Below!

Do you Have a Super Bowl Favorite Food?

Have you Tried cooking Wings This way?

Any Tips or Ideas?

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Cheeseburger Bake

This Dish Taste Just like a Cheeseburger I love it, and its so easy to make.

I love making Pasta Baked Items because its so easy to make it earlier in the day or even the night before and then when dinner time comes just pop it in the oven and in 15 min dinners ready! love it!

I think this dish taste even better the next day!

You must try this dish.

                                                                                                                

Prep Time 10min        Cook Time 25min         Total Time 30min

                                                                                                                

Ingredients

• 2 cups spiral pasta (or any you have on hand)
• 2 teaspoons oil
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 1/2lb Beef minced
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons tomato sauce or 4 tablespoons Ketchup
• 1 15oz can diced tomatoes (don't drain)
• 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 1 cup panko breadcrumbs
• 2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded

Instructions

1. preheat oven to 350F.
2. boil the pasta in large saucepan following packet directions. drain and return to saucepan
3. meanwhile wall the pasta is boiling warm oil in large fry-pan
4. Add the onion and fry until softened.
5. Add garlic and stir
6. add mince beef and cook until browned.
7. stir in salt, tomato sauce and mustard.
8. add the diced tomato's, stir well to combine.
9. reduce heat and simmer for approximately 2-4 minutes or until mixture is thickened.
10. pour mixture into saucepan with pasta, stir well.
11. pour mixture into casserole dish.
12. sprinkle with breadcrumbs and top with the cheese.
13. bake in the oven for approximately 10-15 minutes or until cheese has melted.
14. use the time its in the oven to clean up the kitchen
15. serve with a salad and corn.

I hope you like it just as much as me and my family.

Please leave your comments below of what you think of it or what you did different!

Panhandle Beef Brisket

This Tender, Texas-style brisket is so yummy. and pretty easy to make. It's a good meal to make when your having cooler weather.

What you will Need:

2-1/4 cups ketchup

1-1/2  cups beef broth

1 large onion, chopped

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup white wine vinegar

2 tablespoons chili powder

2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce

3 garlic cloves, minced

1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1 fresh beef brisket (5 to 7 pounds) most people will trim it but I don't.

2 Tablespoons liquid smoke, Optional but dose make a big difference. 

                                                                                                                                                                   

1.) In a large saucepan, combine the first nine ingredients. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat. Remove 2 cups sauce to a bowl; cover and refrigerate for serving.

2.) Place brisket in a shallow roasting pan; brush with liquid smoke if desired. Pour remaining sauce over meat. Cover and Back at 325F for 3 hours or until meat is tender.

3.) Let stand for 5 minutes. Heat reserved sauce. Thinly slice meat across the grain. Serve sauce with meat.

Notes: This Dish is very nicely served with Mash potato's and Steamed veggies.

Making a Grocery List

By this time you should have your Meal Plan all ready. 

if you do not go  to our post on "Planning Meals" 

• Once you have your menu in hand, you can now do the grocery shopping list. For while you are planning your menu, you are also noting the items you need to prepare all your meals.
• This is also a good time to go through your food staples, cleaning supplies, and personal hygiene products to see if you need to restock while you're at the store.

1.     Be a coupon clipper, look and see if you have any you can use!

2.          Scheduling grocery shopping after you have done the chores in the house can be a good idea also after you have clean and fix fridge and pantry or anywhere else you keep food.

•  I shop at 4 main stores #1 being Costco #2 Win-Co #3 Trader Joes and #4 Save-Mart I try and get as much as i can at Costco, but there are just something I can’t get. so that's when the other stores come into play.

• I make my list one for each store, me knowing the thing i want is not at Costco why put it on the Costco list so it goes on the other list.
• So as you make your list think about where you are getting this and put it on that list.

• I write items on the lists in a way that reflects the way the store is arranged.  For instance, the meat is closer to the entrance of my store, so I put those things first on the list.  And the frozen fruit is almost at the end of the store, so that goes near the end of my list.
• I usually look back over the meal plan twice just to make sure I didn't forget to add anything to the list.
• Of course, I also sometimes need to buy items that don’t appear on my menu plan. I keep a running list on the fridge of those things (things I or my Husband have add to the list).

•  I do take a look at the sale flier for the stores I shop, and if I see a good deal on something I don’t really need that week, I sometimes will add it to my list.  Buying items when they’re cheap keeps me from having to buy them when they’re not on sale.

 here is the basic suggestions:

1. Plan a menu. Going to the store without a basic idea of what you’re going to be cooking is a recipe for over-spending and over-buying (which often leads to food waste)

2. Use your menu plan to help you make a specific list. If you know your list is specific and comprehensive, you won’t be tempted to buy extra stuff “just in case”.

3. Keep a running list of items you need. 

How do you make your shopping list? Please Comment or send me an email at contactus@ultimatehousewife.com

1950s Housewife

Things are Very different form how there were in the 1950s. But we can all learn a little for reading about being a Good Housewife in the 1950s. what was a good housewife in the 1950s?

"The Basics" The following is excerpted from an actual 1950's high school Home Economics textbook: "ADVANCE: How to be a Good Wife

HAVE DINNER READY: Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal--on time. This is a way to let him know that you have been thinking about him and are concerned with his needs. Most men are hungry when they come home, and having a good meal ready is part of the warm welcome that is needed.

 PREPARE YOURSELF: Take fifteen minutes to rest so that you will be refreshed when he arrives. He has just been with a lot of work-weary people. Be a little gay and a little more interesting. His boring day may need a lift. Greet him with a smile.

CLEAR AWAY THE CLUTTER: Make one last trip though the main part of the house just before your husband arrives, gathering up children's books and toys, papers, etc. Then run a dust cloth over the tables. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you lift too.

 PREPARE THE CHILDREN: If they are small, wash their hands and faces and comb their hair. They are his little treasures and he would like to see them playing the part.

MINIMIZE ALL NOISE: At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise from the washer, dryer, or vacuum. Encourage the children to be quiet.

SOME "DO NOT'S": Don't greet him with problems and complaints. Don't complain if he is late for dinner. Count this as a minor problem compared to what he might have gone through that day.

MAKE HIM COMFORTABLE: Have a cool or warm drink ready for him. Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or suggest that he lie down in the bedroom. Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soothing voice. Allow him to relax and unwind.

LISTEN TO HIM: You may have a dozen things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first.

MAKE THE EVENING HIS: Never complain if he doesn't take you to dinner or to other entertainment. Instead, try to understand his world of strain and pressure and his need to unwind and relax.

THE GOAL: TO MAKE YOUR HOME A PLACE OF PEACE AND ORDER WHERE YOUR HUSBAND CAN RELAX IN BODY AND SPIRIT." Most wives in the 1950's had one job: to be a homemaker. This meant wives must not only clean the house but also truly make a home. Being a homemaker in the 1950's meant caring for both your family and your house, as well as presenting yourself as picture-perfect throughout the day. Not only that, you had to make it seem effortless.

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner • Wives in the 1950's had many fewer conveniences than today. You might wonder what a homemaker did with her time back then. She began by cooking breakfast for her family; there were certainly no drive-through restaurants where members of her family could grab a bagel and latte. There were no government-sanctioned school breakfasts, sometimes not even a hot lunch program for the kids, so she also had to make and pack lunches -- often for her husband as well. In the late afternoon when her children were home from school and her husband had returned from work, the homemaker of the 1950's was already busy preparing dinner.

One Car and No Microwave • Not only were wives in the 1950's expected to cook and serve breakfast, lunch and dinner, they were expected to have a house that was neat and tidy, and to keep their hair and makeup attractive. There were no microwaves, sometimes not even an electric vacuum; there was certainly no dishwasher. A housewife cleaned and washed dishes and clothes, perhaps walked to the grocery store -- most families had only one car, which her husband took to work.

Changing Times • Early in the 1950's with the advent of television came frozen dinners; this precipitated changes in homemaking because homemakers were able, on some nights, to take a break from cooking. Instant desserts made their debut, as well as convenience foods such as ready-to-eat cereal and frozen waffles. Electric appliances become more affordable, and therefore commonplace, and homemakers were able to more efficiently do their work. Wives in the 1950's gradually were freed from many chores and able to expand their horizons beyond homemaking itself.

The Highest Calling • In the 1950's, homemaking was considered a woman's highest calling -- the pinnacle of her life. Many today believe a woman can find her highest calling in ways other than simply being a homemaker, but the homemaker of the 1950's was relieved of what many, then and now, consider an onerous chore in itself: earning an income. There our some good things and bad thing about all of this, back then Housewife had to do all of this other wise they were considered a bad housewife! now days if we want to do all of this for our husband and children they know we are doing it out of love and care not just a job. Many of us wife's can learn more on how to care for our family. so lets take a look at were we can Start. Go to "The Ultimate Housewife's role" Page on our Blog here.

Other Blog Post you May Like: Cleaning a Home, Providing Meals, Caring for your Husband, Making a House a Home

Providing Meals

Providing Meals for your Family!

Everyone has to eat and feeding the family is one of the main duties of the homemaker.

You will Need to Plan meals for the week. for help with this see Blog Post Planning Meals. the meals you will do is breakfast, lunch and dinner, including snacks, and desserts.  

Think about this too, food is central to all cultures and family life. As a homemaker you are not only taking care of your family, you are also creating traditions. Enter into this endeavor of feeding your family with the intention of not only providing nutrition for their bodies, but family time and building good memories.

Dinner in particularly is a meal that has traditionally be prepared by the housewife for her husband after he returns home from work. 

Here's where you get to prepare those scrumptious, nutritious meals for your family!

Think you can't cook? Experiment with easy recipes. Enroll in a cooking class at your local community college or parks department. 
and Coming soon we will have a Cooking School Video!

Wives in the 1950's: She began by cooking breakfast for her family; there were certainly no drive-through restaurants where members of her family could grab a bagel and latte. There were no government-sanctioned school breakfasts, sometimes not even a hot lunch program for the kids, so she also had to make and pack lunches -- often for her husband as well. In the late afternoon when her children were home from school and her husband had returned from work, the homemaker of the 1950's was already busy preparing dinner.