Yummy Harvest Treats!

Here are the pictures of the stuff I brought out to the field today;

'Bundles of Goodness'

Recipe:

1 lb. Ground Beef

Salt

Pepper

Salt Free Garlic Seasoning

Dried Cut Onions (In the seasoning isles)

8 oz. Cream Cheese

3 cans regular crescent roles

Preheat Oven to 375.  Cube cream cheese.  Brown hamburger, adding the seasonings and onions to taste, drain.   Add cream cheese to beef, stir until cream cheese is melted and the beef is creamy.  Unroll crescent roles.  Add a dollop of the beef mixture to the center of the crescent roles.  Role up and seal.  Bake for 11 to 13 minutes or until brown.  

'Bundles of Goodness' wrapped up to go out to the field

Chex Mix

Dinner out in the field

Frozen Fruit Slush (Recipe Courtesy of one of the Farmer's Wives!)

Serves 12

3 medium firm bananas, sliced

1/2 cup thawed lemonade concentrate

6 medium ripe peaches, peeled and cubed

3 cubs water

1 can (20 oz) crushed pineapple, undrained

2 cups sugar

1 1/3 cups seedless grapes, halved

1 cup thawed orange juice concentrate

In large bowl, stir the bananas and lemonade concentrate until coated.  Stir in the remaining ingredients.  Spoon into plastic cups.  Freeze for around 6 hours or until firm.  Remove from the freezer just before going to the field, mixture becomes slushy in the hot sun.  

Results:

Well, I think everything went over well.  They all said that they liked it, but it's not like they would say it was gross! They guys had seconds and thirds and fourths of the Bundles and Tom even took an extra fruit slushy so I'm guessing it went over ok.  All for today, I have to clean the kitchen and make Matt's lunch for tomorrow!

Harvest Food

As I write this today I am in the process of making a few things to take out to the field for supper tonight.  We're lucky this year, they guys all pack their own lunches so we don't have to worry about taking lunch out too - just supper!  Anyway, as I was deciding on what to make for dinner this evening, I couldn't find any resources on great field recipes.  Every search I tried online yielded no results!  I did have a few recipes that I got from my Farm Wives group, but most of the recipes I received from them were for sit down meals.  Matt likes it when I bring things that can be carried around.
So today, I made a fruit slushy (I can't remember who brought that recipe - but thanks!), home-made chex mix and what I like to call 'Bundles of Goodness' which are crescent roles wrapped around a mixture of beef and cream cheese.  I can make these ahead of time and wrap them in tinfoil.  Heat and then go!  I'm also bringing water and Pepsi, so I think that should be good.  The guys aren't too picky and I think are just happy someone is bringing them food!  I'll post pics later!

Summer Fun!

It has been so nice staying at home with Ava this summer.  Especially since I am pregnant with number 2!! That's right - Ava's going to be a big sister.  I have been pretty nauseous and today I was so dizzy I couldn't move.  Thank goodness for the in-laws - they really saved me by taking Ava so I could camp out on my chair and in bed.
Otherwise, it's been pretty fun!  Ava and I go out to run errands and shopping and she plays or goes swimming in the backyard.  Today felt so weird because she wasn't around all day!

Ava swimming!

Ava and I have a lot of art projects planned and we are also going to go to the zoo in Salina one of these days.  Then, at the end of July we are going to go visit my friend Crystal in Omaha so she can meet Ava and we can go to the Henry Doorly Zoo (the best zoo in the world).  Ava's just been my little buddy this summer!

So harvest is postponed by a few days because of the rain.  I'm taking this as a blessing because I feel so yucky and it won't be fun making food for everyone if I feel like this!  Pray that this baby starts to behave so I can help out!  

That's about all for now, I'll try to be better about updating!

Sarah