Mickey D's Rheat

I've successfully reheated a doggie bag in my crock pot as well as bread sticks. How would McDonald's Food hold up?

This is a small fry and two cheeseburgers:

It had sat in the fridge overnight and I thought I would have it for lunch today.

How did it turn out?

Just okay. The burgers were soggy and the fries were okay. It just didn't hold up as well as the other reheats. If I try it again, I will do it without the wrappers. Maybe that was the problem?

Hamburgers & French Fries

Easy Sausage & Cheese Balls

I got so excited when I found this easy recipe for sausage and cheese balls and I had all the ingredients on hand . . .

Easy Sausage & Cheese Balls

1 1/2 cups biscuit mix

3 or 4 cups shredded cheese

1 pound bulk turkey sausage

Mix biscuit mix and cheese. Add raw sausage and mix with your hands like meatloaf.

Shape into balls the size of walnuts (I used my cookie dough scoop). Place on cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.

Remove from oven and drain on paper towels. Great warm and good cold.

It made 38 balls!

They came out spicy because the sausage I used was quite spicy. Also, they were more firm than a regular meatball. Everyone loved them. Even the toddlers loved the spiciness and hubby asked for more!


As usual, I bagged up the leftovers and put in the freezer for future toddler (and adult) lunches.


These will be on my regular lunch menu!

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Toddler-Friendly Corn Dog Muffins

Corn dog muffins are yummy and I like how convenient they are, too, and they freeze well. They're just not toddler-friendly if you use the conventional recipe because you need to cut hot dogs into pieces so they don't become a choking hazard. I don't know why I didn't think of this before--cut up the hot dog and put into muffin mix?

I used two boxes of Jiffy Muffin Mix and made it according to the package directions. I'm sure any cornbread recipe or mix would work. I sprayed my silicone muffin pan with Pam, and filled the cups equally with the batter.

I cut 6 hot dogs up into little pieces and put about half a hot dog worth of pieces into each muffin cup.

I baked the muffins according to the package directions.

I let them cool, then got my Ziploc bags ready, bagged them up and put them in the freezer.

I got one Ziploc bag out of the freezer the morning I served them to the toddlers and let them defrost on the counter for a couple of hours, then zapped them in the microwave to warm them up.

There was a problem when I cut them in half to put on the toddler plates--they fell apart. There was too much hot dog pieces per muffin--oops. Good thing toddlers aren't picky. Actually, they enjoy taking muffins apart before they eat them anyway!

So, next time, I will put about a third of a hot dog per muffin and I will probably mix the muffin mix and hot dog pieces together in the batter before I put it in the muffin pan.

Do Toddlers Like Breakfast in a Muffin?

Toddlers DO like Breakfast in a Muffin. They all like eggs and bread and sausage, they all dove right in.

Truth be told, this is one of my favorites!

More, Please! (Pamm's Brown Bag Burritos Toddler Verdict)

Today was the first day I served Pamm's Brown Bag Burritos to the toddlers.

This morning, first thing, I grabbed two burritos straight out of the freezer and put them in my mini crock pot on high. They were 'frozen together' so about an hour into it, I separated them and rearranged them in the crock pot. At lunchtime, I pulled them out and they were defrosted and heated through and to my surprise the tortillas had a slight crispiness. They were in the crock pot for almost three hours.

So, at lunchtime I used my pizza cutter to cut them into toddler-sized pieces. I was delighted at how little mess they made (the picture looks messier than it was). They held together quite well. Each burrito piece was like a toddler-sized burrito.

I put them on the toddler plates and served them with frozen mixed veggies and banana slices.

The banana slices are always the first to be eaten--I didn't get my camera ready quick enough to capture that. And when I say "frozen veggies" I mean I served the frozen. My little guys gobble them up as a summer treat and they are great for teething!!!

Anyway, I was very pleased at how the burritos held together even when they were cut into toddler pieces. There was little mess to it all with a normal amount of wiping faces and hands (I was preparing for the worst). All the toddlers ate it and when I looked at them most were saying "more, please" in sign language so I knew they loved it.

It's definitely a hit and will be served often.

Toddler Cornbread Verdict

Yummy to eat.....

And a great plaything!

For instructions, read Ready, Set, Cornbread!