Do you need an easy dish for your next potluck affair? Here is a three ingredient recipe. Frozen meatballs, jelled cranberry sauce and barbecue sauce. That is it. I promise you it is a crowd pleaser. I have been asked its recipe many times. In fact I took it to my granddaughter's Maddie advanced birthday party this past Sunday. She will be two years old in a few days. Her dad really liked it and wants the recipe. He even suggested the sauce will be good for chicken wings too.
As I previously mentioned, Maddie had her advanced birthday party this past Sunday. Here are highlights of her party. Happy Birthday Maddie. We love you. You have given us so much joy these past two years.
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| The two boxes for this kitchen arrived more than two weeks ago. It was assembled one week later but was hidden from Maddie for another week. She loves playing with dishes when she is at my house. Dishes she inherited from her Mom so we know this will be a hit with her. She was stunned when it was unveiled and just went to open every nook and crannies for the dishes and plastic food. |
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| That is how excited she was. I could not take a posed shot she was just all over the kitchen. |
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Finally we were able to yank her out of her toy kitchen to open her other gifts. Here
Aunt B has just opened a toy cash register, one of her other favorite toy gifts. |
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| When we asked what theme she would like for her B-day, whether Barbie, Elsa or Elmo. Without hesitation she answered Elmo. Her Aunt B shopped till she dropped for everything Elmo for her B-day decoration - streamers, tabletop deco etc etc. Elmo plus his friends as shown in this B-day cake from Giant Eagle. It was so good together with Edy's ice cream. I just ditched my diet for that day. |
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| I love this pose. It really shows she has grown up. She did not have to be helped on the chair which we did on her first birthday party last year. That look of happiness on her face is precious. Note the Elmo doll in the background that actually embraces people including Maddie. She was afraid of it at first but she is used to it now. |
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| Her grandma Carol is helping Maddie blow the candles. |
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| In the foreground, is Kali, Jason and Anne's daughter. Anne is holding her. Maddie is in the background being fed the cake by her grandma Carol. |
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| This house was revealed to her about two weeks ago before the party. It came with a phone just like the kitchen. Maddie really belongs to high tech age as you can glean from how comfortable she is using the toy phone. The side table is used a lot for serving the dishes and plastic hot dog and hamburger that came with the grill which was bought separately. |
Slow Cooker Cranberry BBQ Sauce Meatballs
12 servings (2 large meatballs with sauce or 4 small ones per serving)
- 1-16 oz can jelled cranberry sauce
- 1 cup barbecue sauce (from a bottle)
- 24 large pieces frozen meatballs or 48 small ones (or you can use your own meatball recipe)
Place all the ingredients in a slow cooker. Cook for 3 hours at high or 6 hours at low setting. I used an Aroma brand rice cooker/slow cooker where I cooked the mixture for 2 hours at slow cooker setting.
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