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Life 2014 | Melanie

My cousin, Melanie Baker suffered for many years with cancer and passed away on January 18, 2014. I was able to go to her funeral on January 23rd with my parents and brother, Cody. It was a celebration of her good life, but of course, we are all sad that she isn’t here on earth with us anymore.

Melanie was so kind and loved everyone. She loved all things Disney and it was a big part of who she was.  I will never forget being with her and the whole Baker Family in 2009, when we went to Disneyland. Melanie planned it for us and it was such a great trip. Even though, she was several years older than me and we actually didn’t get to see that side of the family that often, I still felt a little close to her and I’m so grateful she was my cousin. I’m so happy that she is out of pain and I’m sure she has a great mission in store for her on the other side.Until we meet again, Melanie!

Here’s the layout I did:
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I used my Believe in the Magic and a template from Simple Scrapper

Filed Under: Layouts, Life 2014, Personal, Project Life Tagged With: 2014, cancer, cousin, disney, family, funeral, layout, melanie, memories, personal

Recipe Thursday | Meatloaf & Death Potatoes

Meatloaf & Death (Funeral) Potatoes by DeDe Smith
Meatloaf & Death (Funeral) Potatoes by DeDe Smith
This week’s Recipe | Meatloaf & Death (Funeral) Potatoes by DeDe Smith
This is actually 2 separate recipes, but I always serve these together! They compliment each other very well. I’ve been making this since I was married and over the last 11 years I have created this meal to suit my own family’s tastes. It is my husband’s absolute favorite meal that I have ever and probably will ever make. I admit – that it is actually kind of hard to make a recipe out of this because by now I don’t even measure any of the ingredients – I just throw it all together, so I’ll just have to do the best I can.

These potatoes are actually called Sour Cream Potatoes – but in the LDS Culture (and maybe other religions as well) they are called Funeral Potatoes because they are often served at funeral luncheons. It is a wonderful comfort food. My husband always calls them Death Potatoes, so that’s just what they are known around my house. If you didn’t want to make it with meatloaf – some diced ham into the casserole is extremely good – I’ve often served it with ham for Christmas dinner!I’ve made the meatloaf in the oven a lot – but the past few years, I’ve enjoyed cooking it in the crockpot – it’s very tender and doesn’t get dried out!

The perfect meat and potatoes meal!



DeDe Smith

Meatloaf & Death (Funeral) Potatoes

The perfect meat and potatoes meal!

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Ingredients

    Potatoes:
  • 8-10 potatoes
  • 16 oz sour cream
  • 2 cans cream of chicken soup
  • 1/2 cup melted butter
  • 1 can corn
  • grated cheese
  • crushed corn flakes
  • melted butter
  • Meatloaf:
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • minced onion
  • 1 lb hamburger
  • 1 lb pork sausage
  • Crushed Ritz Crackers
  • 4 slices of wheat bread
  • baby carrots
  • 1 package Beef Gravy Mix
  • BBQ Sauce
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Death Potatoes:

I like to make the potatoes ahead of time (either the day before or the morning before) and just put it in the fridge and then stick it in the oven an hour before serving!

Boil the potatoes (with the skins still on) until done. Don’t let them get too soft. Peel and dice the potatoes. Mix sour cream, cream of chicken soup, butter, corn and grated cheese into a casserole dish. Add the potatoes and mix well. Put melted butter into a ziploc bag and add the corn flakes. Mix in bag until corn flakes are all covered in butter and then top the potatoes. Bake at 375 degrees for an hour if you had made it ahead of time and usually about 30-45 minutes if not made ahead of time. Just until it’s all bubbly.

Meatloaf:

You can just use 2 lbs of hamburger if you don’t have the pork sausage. This will cook in your large crockpot!

In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs and add milk and onion. Mix well. Add hamburger and pork sausage. Then add enough crackers and bread so that the meatloaf mixture is easily formable and not runny. (I usually mix this with my hands so that it all gets mixed in very well). Fill the bottom of your LARGE Crockpot with baby carrots (1 layer). Sprinkle your Beef Gravy mix over the top of the carrots. Then place your meatloaf on top of the carrots – (use your hands to create a loaf of the mixture). Pour BBQ Sauce over the top of the meatloaf. Cook for 5-6 hours on high and 8-10 hours on low.

Nutrition

Calories

448 cal

Fat

3 g

Carbs

94 g

Protein

15 g
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