ROASTED SPICY APRICOT WINGS

What is a Super Bowl get-together without chicken wings? I love these because they are made with apricot preserves, a favorite of mine.

30 pieces

Oven 350 degrees

Ingredients:

15 chicken wings or drumettes

1/2 cup apricot preserves

1 tablespoon cider vinegar

1 to 2 teaspoons hot sauce

1/2 teaspoon chili powder

1/2 clove garlic, minced

Directions:

Cut each chicken wing at joints to make three pieces; discard tips. Combine remaining ingredients to make basting sauce.

Place chicken in a single layer on a foil-lined baking sheet with sides. Bake 25 minutes. Then brush with sauce and cook 5 additional minutes.

MOM’S HOT BEEF SANDWICHES

Makes about 20 little sandwiches or 8-10 using burger buns.

Oven 325 or crockpot

4 pounds beef stew meat, cut up chuck roast or moose meat cut in chunks

2 packages of Lipton “Beefy Onion Soup” (mix two pounds of beef with one package of soup mix)

Cook in crockpot on low for six hours for a four-pound batch or on high for four hours, depending on cut of meat, or cook 2-3 hours in the oven “covered” or until fork tender.

Mom uses chuck roast and cuts it up herself. If it gets too dry by the oven method, add a can of cream of mushroom soup or beef broth as needed.