Tater Tot Casserole

2/3 bag of Tots
1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup
1 can of Evaporated Milk
1 lb ground hamburger
1 whole chopped Yellow Onion
4 Tbl chopped Green Onion
Grated Cheese- to taste
Dash of Cayenne Pepper
1 can of corn- or equivalent in frozen corn

Brown ground beef with the yellow onion. Drain. Mix soup and milk with green onion. Place 1 layer of tots on bottom of 9x13 casserole dish. Pour corn over tots evenly. Pour 1/2 of soup mix over tots & corn. Layer grated cheese and the ground beef & onions. Pour remaining soup and cheese over the top. Sprinkle lightly with cayenne pepper.

Bake 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes.

Chicken Pillows

• 3 oz. Cream Cheese, softened
• 3 Tbl Butter (2 Tbl for mixture, 1 Tbl for top)
• 2 C. Chicken, cubed and cooked
• 1/4 tsp. Salt
• 1/4 tsp. Pepper
• 2 Tbl Milk
• 1 Tbl Chopped Green Onion
• 1/2 of small can of Diced Green Chilies
• 1 small can of Sliced Mushrooms, drained
• 3/4 C. seasoned Bread Crumbs
• 8 oz can of Crescent rolls
• 1 can of Cream of Chicken soup

Blend Cream Cheese, and 2 Tbl of melted butter until smooth. Add next 6 ingredients and mix well. Separate crescent rolls. Divide meat mixture into roll, and then bring the tail of the roll up to cover the mixture. Brush with melted butter and roll in bread crumbs. Cook on ungreased baking sheet, 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes, or until golden brown.

Serve with mashed potatoes or rice. Use remaining mixture, and can of Cream of Chicken, mix together, heat and serve as a gravy for the mashed potatoes or rice.

Marinated Baked Pork Chops

I really love these Pork Chops. Ben liked that they were a little sweet without being to overly saucy. I doubled the recipe for the sauce, as I wanted to serve with potatoes as the gravy.

• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons ketchup
• 6 pork chops, trimmed

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In a small bowl, thoroughly blend soy sauce, vegetable oil, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, brown sugar, and ketchup.
3. Place pork chops in a medium baking dish, and spread with 1/2 the sauce.
4. Bake pork chops 30 minutes in the preheated oven. Turn, and spread with remaining sauce. Continue baking 30 minutes, or until internal temperature of the chops has reached 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).
   
   
   
   

No-Bake Dreamsicle Cheesecake Recipe

I made these the other day for Ben & I. They were so good that they disappeared before I got a picture. I got the recipe from Craftaholics Anonymous, love this site. http://www.craftaholicsanonymous.net/no-bake-orange-dreamsicle-cheesecakes-recipe

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 8 ounce packages cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 2-3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 tablespoons orange zest (zest of 1 large orange)
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
• whipped cream
• 4 orange sugar candies

Directions:

Beat the cream cheese in a stand mixer, on medium, or food processor until smooth. Add the orange juice, orange zest and vanilla extract. Pulse/mix until everything is well-combined. Then slowly add the powdered sugar. When everything is well combined, turn off your machine.

In the bottom of each glass, evenly place 2 tablespoons graham cracker crumbs. Distribute the cheesecake mixture into the glasses so that it is evenly distributed amongst your glasses. Put the glasses in the refrigerator to chill and set for 2-3 hours.

After the cheesecakes set, top the cream cheese mixture with whipped cream. Garnish with an orange candy.

Note: Taste the cream cheese mixture before assembling to see if you want to add an additional teaspoon of vanilla extract.

Biscuit Cinnamon Roll Ring

This recipe is like a combination of cinnamon rolls and monkey bread.  I found it on jennyrambles.  (I copied her text, but added my own pictures from when I made it this morning.)  For better pictures, click on her link above.  Thank you jennyrambles for this delicious recipe!  My family loved it!

1 1/2 Tubes Grands Flaky Biscuits

3 Tbsp melted butter

1/2 Cup syrup

1/2 Cup brown sugar

1 Tbsp. cinnamon

Optional: 1/2 cup chopped nuts of your choice

bundt/fluted tube pan

cooking spray

**HINT** Make sure you have a plate/platter/bowl whatever big enough to fit the entire biscuit ring when you turn it out from the pan before you have the hot pan out of the oven. Also make sure the plate has some sort of a lip, to catch excess syrup. 

1. Preheat oven to 350. Stir together syrup and melted butter. Spray tube pan with cooking spray, add half butter/syrup mixture to the bottom.
2. Stir together brown sugar, cinnamon and nuts if using. Sprinkle half in bottom of pan. Open biscuits and begin to stack them around the center of the pan, sprinkling a pinch of cinnamon sugar in between each biscuit.
3. Top with remaining butter/syrup and cinnamon sugar.
4. Bake for 20-25 minutes.  WITH POTHOLDERS, hold the edges of the plate and the edges of the pan and flip over, so the pan is now on top and the plate is on the counter. If you are scared to do the flip method, the ring will probably stick together well enough for you to dump it out onto your plate. But remember your working with really hot syrup so be super careful.
5. Enjoy.

 

 

Banana Cinnamon Muffins

Source:  Betty Crocker

Ingredients

Muffins:
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 vegetable oil
2 eggs
2/3 cup mashed very ripe bananas (2 small bananas)
1 tsp vanilla
1 2/3 all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

Topping:
1/4 sugar
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 butter, melted

Heat oven to 375°F. Grease bottoms only of 12 regular-size muffin cups or line with paper baking cups.  In medium bowl, beat 2/3 cup sugar, the oil and eggs with wire whisk. Stir in bananas and vanilla. Stir in remaining muffin ingredients just until moistened. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups. Bake 17 to 21 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately remove from pan to cooling rack.


In small bowl, mix 1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Dip muffin tops into melted butter, then into cinnamon-sugar. Serve warm.

No-Bake Energy Bites

I found these super yummy morsels on Pinterest.  Hooray for Pinterest--love it!  Anyway, they're quick, easy, and oh so yummy.  Thanks to gimmesomeoven.com for this awesome recipe!

Ingredients
1 cup dry oatmeal
2/3 cup toasted coconut flakes
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 ground flaxseed or wheat germ
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips (optional)
1/3 cup honey
1 tsp vanilla

Stir all ingredients together in a medium bowl until thoroughly mixed. Let chill in the refrigerator for half an hour. Once chilled, roll into 1 inch balls.  Store in an airtight container and keep refrigerated for up to 1 week.

Makes about 15-20 balls.