Winter Veggies Under A Fluffy Cheddar Blanket Food

ROASTED WINTER VEGGIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Cut the carrots, parsnips, sweet potato, and butternut squash in 1 to 1 1/4-inch cubes. All the vegetables will shrink while baking, so don't cut them too small.
• Place all the cut vegetables in a single layer on 2 baking sheets. Drizzle them with olive oil, garlic powder salt, and pepper. Toss well. Bake for 25 to 35 minutes, until all the vegetables are tender, turning once with a metal spatula.
• Sprinkle with parsley, season to taste, and serve hot.

TACO FILLING (OAMC)

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over med high heat. Add onions and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add garlic, jalapenos and seasonings, cook, stirring 1 minute.
• Add beef; cook, breaking up meat with a wooden spoon, until no longer pink, about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally until liquid has evaporated, 15 to 20 minutes.
• I placed 3 cup servings in freezer zip loc bags. (It will make 4 different meals -- tacos, burritos, taco salads and taco soup!

FLUFFY CHEDDAR BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 425 degrees.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and pepper.
• Cut in butter a piece at a time until mixture looks like large crumbs.
• Add buttermilk and cheese. Mix until combined, flouring your hands as needed, until it sticks together. If it is too sticky, add in some more flour, a little at a time.
• Do not over mix.
• Lightly flour a large work surface. Turn out the dough and flatten it to 1 in thickness.
• Cut out rounds with a floured 2 inch round cutter. Keep spacing as close together as possible. Put the rounds on a baking sheet.
• Collect any scraps, and, mixing as little as possible, flatten out to 1 in thickness again. Cut out any additional rounds you can.
• Do not over mix.
• Brush tops of biscuits with melted butter.
• Bake until they look golden brown,. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes. Rotate the sheet after about 10 minutes.