Saturday Brunch

Today we are driving over to my in-laws house and I wanted to make something tasty for them.

What you need: makes two

10 eggs
1 Tbs. Salt
1 Tsp. pepper
1 tomato
2 deep dish pie shells
16 oz. bag of cut broccoli, thawed
1/2 onion, diced
1/2 red bell pepper diced
3 oz. of shredded Colby Jack cheese
4 oz. Philadelphia chive & onion cream cheese



In bowl beat eggs, salt and pepper.
In large bowl mix all other ingredients.
Poke the bottom of pie shells with a fork a few times and then brush with the egg mixture.
Pour veggie mix into both pie shells then top with egg mixture.

bake in the over at 375º for 45 or until top is golden brown and ENJOY!

Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

I have always loved Hummus and Red Pepper hummus is my favorite so today I made some and let me just say WOW! YUM YUM you have to try my recipe if you love Red Pepper Hummus!


You will need

3 Tbsp. of minced garlic
2 15 oz. cans of garbanzo beans, drained
the juice from 3 lemons
3 red bell peppers
1 Tsp. chili powder
1 Tsp. paprika
2 Tbsp. of salt or just salt to taste
2 Tsp. black pepper or to taste
Olive oil....about 3 Tbsp. for the hummus
1 Tbsp. butter to cook the peppers with



First cut up your bell peppers and cook them on the stove top with 1 Tbsp. butter and a drizzle of olive oil until the peppers are soft.
Them combine all your ingredients in your food processor and process until smooth.
Transfer Hummus to bowl, cover and chill until you are ready to serve.

ENJOY!

New Kitchen

So, we have now been in our new home, here in the DFW area for a week now and I am LOVING my new kitchen!
I have been cooking my heart out and every morning I wake up with more and more recipes I want to try!

Today we are having Tim's family over, for the first time in the new house and I am cooking up a feast of new foods I have never tried cooking before.

First up,

Easy Baked Cheese & Vegetable Twist


What You Need

2 Eggs
4 oz. (1/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 cup KRAFT 2% Milk Shredded Italian* Three Cheese Blend
3 cups Frozen broccoli cuts, thawed, drained
1/2 lb. fresh mushrooms, cut into quarters
1/2 cup Cherry tomatoes, cut in half
4 Green onions, sliced
2 cans (8 oz. each) refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
Make It

HEAT oven to 375ºF.

MIX first 3 ingredients in large bowl until well blended. Stir in next 4 ingredients.

UNROLL crescent dough; separate into 16 triangles. Arrange in 11-inch circle on foil-lined baking sheet, with short sides of triangles overlapping in center and points of triangles toward outside. You should have 3 or 4 extra, use them to fill in the middle so the hole is covered. Spoon cheese mixture onto dough near center of circle. Bring outside points of triangles up over filling, then tuck under dough in center of ring to cover filling.

BAKE 35 to 40 min. or until crust is golden brown and filling is heated through.


Same concept just with PIZZA!

Pizza Twist


What You Need

2 cans (8 oz. each) refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
1 14oz. jar of pizza sauce
2 1/2 cups of Finely shredded Monterey Jack & Cheddar cheese
1 pkg. pepperonis

HEAT oven to 375ºF.

UNROLL crescent dough; separate into 16 triangles. Arrange in 11-inch circle on foil-lined baking sheet, with short sides of triangles overlapping in center and points of triangles toward outside. You should have 3 or 4 extra, use them to fill in the middle so the hole is covered.
Now spoon pizza sauce onto crescent dough then layer cheese and pepperonis as high as you want then bring outside points of triangles up over filling.

BAKE 35 to 40 min. or until crust is golden brown and filling is heated through.



I am also cooking Salmon patties with lemon/pepper rice but I will post that up at a later date CHEERS!
Special thanks to Amber for the idea of filling in the middle with more crescent rolls!

No Meat Tex-Mex Tortilla Bake

We found out last Thursday that we are moving from the city I have lived in for the past 25 years,to Dallas TX and I have been one BIG ball of stress every day!
I haven't really done much grocery shopping lately so my kitchen has been kinda dry. Today I decided to rummage through the kitchen and find whatever I have and cook something. Cooking is such an excellent stress reliever, I don't know why I have waited so long before getting back in the kitchen again!

You will need;

1/2 cup of salsa
Olive oil
4 small potatos
1 cup of rice
chili powder
salt & pepper
2 small green bell peppers
half a yellow oinon
3 cups of shredded cheese
1 10oz. cane of Mild Old El Paso Enchilada Sauce
1/2 pkg. of Toca seasoning mix
4 Tortillas

Preheat your over to 350º Dice up your onion.
Clean and cut up your potatoes into bite size pieces. Dice up your bell peppers.
Spray cooking sheet with cooking spray. In lager bowl mix cut potatoes, 2 Tbsp of olive oil, diced bell peppers, 2 Tbsp of chili powder and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Spread out on cooking sheet and cook for about 35 minutes in oven.
While the potatoes are cooking, start cooking your cup of rice as directed on pkg.


After rice is fully cooked, mix 1/2 a pkg of taco seasoning mix into rice and stir well.
Then mix the potato mix, rice mix, salsa, diced onion and 2 cups of cheese in large bowl.

Line bottom of 13X9 casserole dish with four tortillas. Pour all the mix on top of tortillas then lay four more tortillas to top it. Pour cane of Old El Paso Sauce over casserole and sprinkle with the rest of the cheese.
Bake in 350º oven for 40 minutes.

Like Mother Like Daughter

So, one of the ways I have tried to get the kids to eat things that they normally might turn their noses up at, is by having Sky get excited about cooking the meal herself!
Sky loves cooking and any chance she gets to be in the kitchen with me, she jumps at!
This week, Sky cooked her first casserole!

Fancy Mac & Cheese

1 Jar of Cheese sauce ( I use Ragú )
1 bl. of elbow noodles
1 8oz. bag of Colby/Jack cheese
4 slices of bacon fully cooked
1 tsp. minced garlic
2 1/2 cups of crushed up seasoned croutons
3 tbsp. melted butter

Cook the noodles according to package. Cut your bacon into bacon bits. Crush up your croutons.


Once the noodles are cooked and drained, mix your noodles, the whole jar of cheese, half the bag of Colby/Jack cheese, minced garlic, 1 1/2 cups of your crushed up croutons and bacon all together in large bowl. Salt and pepper to taste.

Pour mix into casserole dish, then spread the remaining croutons and sprinkle some cheese on top evenly.
Cook for about 35 min. at 350º

I forgot to take a picture after the dish was done but trust me it was delicious, CHEERS!

Let Them Eat Cake

Today I made a Mermaid/Ocean themed cake for a little girls 5th birthday!
This was such a fun cake to make, I can't wait to do something like this again!

Fettuccine With a Creamy Mushroom, Garlic & Baby Spinach Alfredo Sauce

Fettuccine With a Creamy Mushroom, Garlic & Baby Spinach Alfredo Sauce

This dish is Heaven on a plate!

1 cup of sliced mushrooms
6 oz. baby spinach
2 Tbsp. freshly minced garlic
2 Tbsp. butter
1 Tbsp. olive oil
fettuccine noodles
1 jar of Cheesy Ragú Parmesan Alfredo sauce
salt & pepper to taste

Cook noodles as directed on package. Place Alfredo sauce and 1 Tbsp of minced garlic in pot and cook slowly on low heat.
Places 1 Tbsp. of garlic, the butter, olive oil, mushrooms and baby spinach in pan and cook until baby spinach is wilted.

Top your noodle with the Alfredo sauce and then the mushroom/baby spinach mix.
Top off with a dash of Parmesan, salt & pepper and ENJOY!