Recipe: Baked Cinnamon Sugar Apples with a Crumb Topping

So Ken wanted some sort of baked apples for dessert one night but neither of us like regular baked apples so I threw this together. I wasn't sure what to call this one but it was good. 

You'll Need:

5 small apples, sliced

1/2 cup sugar

1 TBSP. flour

1 tsp. cinnamon

2 TBSP butter

1/2 cup. water

Crumb Topping

In a small bowl, mix together 2 tablespoons brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Cut in 1 tablespoon cold butter until mixture is very lumpy. 

What to do: 

Add sliced apples to a pan.

Add water, cinnamon, flour, sugar, and butter. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently until apples start to get soft...about 7 minutes. 

Add apple mixture to a baking pan and top with crumb topping. Bake for 30 minutes at 350F. 

Do you like baked apples? 

Have you ever just started throwing ingredients together not really knowing what the end result is gonna be? lol I do that all the time. This one turned out good. 

Recipe: Zucchini Carrot Bake

You will need: 

2 zucchini, shredded

1 carrot, shredded

2 large cauliflower florets, shredded

1 green onion, chopped

1/2 cup marinara sauce, divided

1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese, divided

1/4 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. pepper

2 eggs

What to do:

Spray an 8x8 inch square baking dish with cooking spray or lightly oil. Add shredded zucchini to a dish cloth and squeeze as much water out as possible.

In a large bowl combine, shredded zucchini, shredded cauliflower, shredded carrots, green onion, 1 TBSP of shredded cheddar cheese, 1 TBSP marinara sauce, salt, pepper and eggs until well mixed. Press into the bottom of the baking dish and bake on 400 for 30 minutes. 

Add remaining marinara sauce and cheese to the top of the baked vegetables and return to oven for an additional 5 minutes or until cheese is melted. Let cool for 5 minutes before serving. 

You guys, this was so good. I couldn't find a recipe online that had everything that I wanted so I made my own. That's right, this is a Mary original. 

Recipe- Fried Cube Steaks

If you're like me you just take these cube steaks and fry them in a little oil and if you're like me, they came out tough, tough, tough... So I tried something different and it made all the difference. They are much more tender and taste really good. 

Take your cube steaks and dredge them in a mixture of flour, salt and pepper. be sure to coat them really good. 

Add enough oil to a frying pan so that the oil covers the whole bottom of the cube steak and the sides. Add floured cube steaks to a hot pan and cook on med/high heat just until both sides are browned. They cook really fast, about 4 minutes on each side. 

Serve with whatever side you like, we had mashed potatoes and gravy that night.