Norak's hotdog cart, parking lot of Rural King farm store Clarksville, Tn

 OK. If you havn't been to norak's hot dog stand outside of the Rural King parking lot on Ft Campbell BLVD., You are missing a real treat. The husband and I happen to be needing some items from the farm store and as luck would have it, by the time we left it was lunch time.

There was no mistaking the great smell coming from this little cart when we walked out the door.  They offered 3 sizes of hot dog (huge dogs), brats and smoked sausages that were 1/4 lb. They have a few condiments on the front of the truck. Your standard raw onions, banana peppers, relish and other staples. But the real treat is behind the stand. They grill onions and peppers and slices of fresh garlic. I totally loaded up my dog and went to the car to finish eating.

I refused to let my husband leave the lot until I was finished with my so if I wanted another I was still close....needless to say, I wanted another!!

I enjoyed two smoked sausages and the husband had a half pound dog and two bags of popcorn.
The owner of this cart will not be there for a couple weeks because he went under the knife to have 3 heart stints put in this past Thursday but be sure to watch for his cart and swing in for one heck of a treat once he gets back....... Tell'em Kelley the blog girl sent ya!!  ;)

Blueberry Cream Cheese Mini Pies

 These are so delicious. I received the recipe through a friend and did not hesitate to make them that weekend.  They take no time at all to make and if you don't want to go through making the homemade blueberry filler you can use a simple cheat of using blueberry pie filling and add the lemon zest and lemon juice to the pie filling. Then reduce the amount you put into muffin pan from 2Tbs to 1Tbs.

INGREDIENTS:

Streusel

6tablespoons all-purpose flour

1/4cup sugar

1tablespoon grated lemon peel

1/4cup cold butter or margarine

Blueberry Filling

3/4cup sugar

3tablespoons cornstarch

1cup water

4cups fresh or frozen blueberries

1teaspoon grated lemon peel

1tablespoon fresh lemon juice

Cream Cheese Filling

1package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened

1/4cup sugar

1egg

Crust

1can (16.3 oz) Pillsbury® Grands!® Flaky Layers refrigerated biscuits

DIRECTIONS:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In medium bowl, mix flour, 1/4 cup sugar and 1 tablespoon lemon peel. Cut in butter, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Set aside.
• In 2-quart saucepan, mix 3/4 cup sugar and the cornstarch. Gradually stir in water. Cook and stir over medium heat about 10 minutes or until thickened. Add 1 1/2 cups of the blueberries. Reduce heat to low. Cover; cook about 10 minutes or until mixture returns to a boil. Stir in 1 teaspoon lemon peel and 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Add remaining blueberries; stir gently. Set aside.
• In small bowl, beat cream cheese filling ingredients until smooth; set aside.
• Separate dough into 8 biscuits. Split each biscuit in half to make 16 rounds. With floured fingers, flatten each to form 4-inch round. Press 1 biscuit round into each of 16 ungreased regular-size muffin cups. Spoon 1 tablespoon cream cheese filling and 2 tablespoons blueberry filling into each biscuit-lined cup. Sprinkle each with about 1 tablespoon streusel (cups will be full).
• Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 5 minutes. Remove from muffin cups to cooling rack. Cool 10 minutes before serving.

dennys 18750 Herndon / Oak Grove Rd Oak Grove, KY 42262 (270) 640-4673

 The husband and I decided to go for breakfast last week with a friend. I ordered the ultimate skillet which consisted of seasoned potatoes, eggs the way you like them, sausage, cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, spinach, onions and cheese. I omited the onions. And a coffee. The husband ordered biscuits and gravy but ate it before I could get a picture. :) we also shared an order of 6 pancake puppies. Our friend ordered the meatlovers scramble. Both our orders were too big to finish but they all tasted great...and were worth the price as you can tell by the receipts. The place was clean but the cloth handle used to bring the hot skillet out was dirty with older food.