Remember that old children's show from the 80's?
Stuffed Pasta Shells
12 oz jumbo macaroni shells, will use only half of the package
boil according to directions on box
1 1/2 lb ground beef
1 tsp celery salt
1 jar spaghetti sauce
8 oz mozzarella cheese
1/2 onion chopped
1 clove garlic minced
1 tsp salt
Brown ground beef with onion, garlic & celery salt, drain any grease. Add to meat mixture 1 cup of the sauce and 3/4 cup of the cheese. Ladle about 2-3 tablespoons of the sauce into the bottom of a 9x13 pan that has been sprayed with Pam.
Fill shells with the ground beef mixture and place in the pan. Top with remaining sauce and cheese. Cover with foil and bake at 350* 30 minutes. Uncover and bake another 5 minute to brown slightly. All done!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Eclair Puffs aren't just for Valentines day!
Good friends of our moved to Wisconsin last summer. This was their specialty that I always looked forward to. I remember Tim bringing these to a gathering one time with them baked together in the shape of a heart! It was so great :-)
Puffs
1 cup water
1 stick margarine
1 cup flour
4 eggs
Boil water and margarine, turn to low and add flour. Keep stirring until it looks like play dough. Remove from heat and add eggs one at a time. Spoon onto a baking sheet a tablespoon at a time, or make long strips if you want it to look more eclair-ish not cream puff-ish. Does that make sense? Bake dough 1 hour @ *400 and cool completely!
Filling
1 large instant vanilla pudding mix
1 1/4 cup milk
1/2 of a 9 oz cool whip - thawed
1 tsp vanilla
Mix together the pudding powder and milk until thick then add vanilla and fold in cool whip gently. Use this to fill each cooled puff that has been sliced open.
Icing
2 squares unsweetened chocolate
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons milk
1 cup powdered sugar.
Melt & stir the chocolate, butter and milk together. Add powdered sugar and it's ready to drizzle over the top of the puffs.
Store leftovers in the refrigerator.
Puffs
1 cup water
1 stick margarine
1 cup flour
4 eggs
Boil water and margarine, turn to low and add flour. Keep stirring until it looks like play dough. Remove from heat and add eggs one at a time. Spoon onto a baking sheet a tablespoon at a time, or make long strips if you want it to look more eclair-ish not cream puff-ish. Does that make sense? Bake dough 1 hour @ *400 and cool completely!
Filling
1 large instant vanilla pudding mix
1 1/4 cup milk
1/2 of a 9 oz cool whip - thawed
1 tsp vanilla
Mix together the pudding powder and milk until thick then add vanilla and fold in cool whip gently. Use this to fill each cooled puff that has been sliced open.
Icing
2 squares unsweetened chocolate
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons milk
1 cup powdered sugar.
Melt & stir the chocolate, butter and milk together. Add powdered sugar and it's ready to drizzle over the top of the puffs.
Store leftovers in the refrigerator.
Did you call me a turkey?
These titles are really bad, sorry. This is a turkey salad recipe that I made up myself! It could be made with chicken of course, use what you have!
Turkey Salad Supreme
4 cups cubed cooked turkey or chicken
1 cup red seedless grapes, halved
1 cup chopped celery
4 green onions
1/2 cup sunflower nuts
dressing:
1 cup miracle whip
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 tsp fresh grated ginger
1 tsp fresh lemon or lime juice
2 tablespoons sugar
Stir together the first group of ingredients in a large bowl. Mix together dressing ingredients and fold in gently. Serve on lettuce leaves or what ever you like!
Turkey Salad Supreme
4 cups cubed cooked turkey or chicken
1 cup red seedless grapes, halved
1 cup chopped celery
4 green onions
1/2 cup sunflower nuts
dressing:
1 cup miracle whip
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 tsp fresh grated ginger
1 tsp fresh lemon or lime juice
2 tablespoons sugar
Stir together the first group of ingredients in a large bowl. Mix together dressing ingredients and fold in gently. Serve on lettuce leaves or what ever you like!
More spinach in your teeth!
One of my all time favorite salads. Did I mention I hate jello? That's why you'll not see many fruity jello fluffy type things here. Now and then I throw one in for my wonderful husband, but mostly he eats jello at his moms on holidays.
SPINACH SALAD
10 oz bag of fresh spinach
1/2 can of water chestnuts slivered
2-3 hard boiled eggs chopped
1 hand full of fresh bean sprouts (optional)
1/2 lb bacon baked till crisp
dressing:
1/2 cup oil
1/4 cup vinegar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp Worcestershire
1/3 cup ketchup
1/2 small onion diced fine
Combine the first group of ingredients and toss lightly. You may want to save a little egg and bacon for garnish. Dressing ingredients need to be blended together until combined well. I always serve the salad separate from the dressing, leftovers will keep better that way.
SPINACH SALAD
10 oz bag of fresh spinach
1/2 can of water chestnuts slivered
2-3 hard boiled eggs chopped
1 hand full of fresh bean sprouts (optional)
1/2 lb bacon baked till crisp
dressing:
1/2 cup oil
1/4 cup vinegar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp Worcestershire
1/3 cup ketchup
1/2 small onion diced fine
Combine the first group of ingredients and toss lightly. You may want to save a little egg and bacon for garnish. Dressing ingredients need to be blended together until combined well. I always serve the salad separate from the dressing, leftovers will keep better that way.
There's snow business like making desserts!
OK, now for recipe # 2. I found a cereal marshmallow dessert thingie in a Kraft magazine that I'm also taking to our church supper tomorrow night. I'd say it's a kicked up rice krispie treat with chocolate on top! It's called:
Chocolate Dipped Snowballs
1/4 cup butter
1 pkg 10 oz marshmallows
5 cups Post Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds cereal
1/2 package semi sweet chocolate chips
(I cheated, the recipe calls for 7-oz Baker's real dark semi sweet dipping chocolate)
Melt butter and marshmallows in the microwave and stir in cereal. Cool slightly, really do this because I of course thought I could start right away and they would not stay together for me.
Shape into balls and place on wax paper or parchment paper to cool completely. I used an ice cream scoop to keep them uniform, I buttered it first and then buttered my hands so they would roll without sticking.
Melt chocolate chips and dip 1/2 of each ball in the chocolate. Set back onto the parchment paper dipped side up until chocolate is not soft. Store in an airtight container.
I doubled the ingredients and got just over 3 dozen, that way I was able to use one whole package of chocolate chips.
Chocolate Dipped Snowballs
1/4 cup butter
1 pkg 10 oz marshmallows
5 cups Post Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds cereal
1/2 package semi sweet chocolate chips
(I cheated, the recipe calls for 7-oz Baker's real dark semi sweet dipping chocolate)
Melt butter and marshmallows in the microwave and stir in cereal. Cool slightly, really do this because I of course thought I could start right away and they would not stay together for me.
Shape into balls and place on wax paper or parchment paper to cool completely. I used an ice cream scoop to keep them uniform, I buttered it first and then buttered my hands so they would roll without sticking.
Melt chocolate chips and dip 1/2 of each ball in the chocolate. Set back onto the parchment paper dipped side up until chocolate is not soft. Store in an airtight container.
I doubled the ingredients and got just over 3 dozen, that way I was able to use one whole package of chocolate chips.
You've got spinach in your teeth
I find myself at the end of the month and I've only posted one time. So to sooth my conscience I'm going to post maybe three times tonight! Yesterday I made the good old spinach dip recipe that every one's mom makes. I can't believe you might not have it, but just in case.....here goes.
SPINACH DIP
1 package 10 oz frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry (squeeze the crap out of it you don't want runny dip)
1 16oz sour cream
1 cup mayonnaise, use Hellmanns or Kraft, don't skimp on this
1 envelope Knorr Vegetable soup mix
1 can 8oz water chestnuts, drained and chopped
3 or 4 green onions chopped, use some of the green as well.
Combine all and chill at least 2 hours before serving. Great with crackers or veggies. I made this for a salad supper at our church tomorrow night. It's always good and it makes a good size batch. This is also a regular for us around Easter time.
SPINACH DIP
1 package 10 oz frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry (squeeze the crap out of it you don't want runny dip)
1 16oz sour cream
1 cup mayonnaise, use Hellmanns or Kraft, don't skimp on this
1 envelope Knorr Vegetable soup mix
1 can 8oz water chestnuts, drained and chopped
3 or 4 green onions chopped, use some of the green as well.
Combine all and chill at least 2 hours before serving. Great with crackers or veggies. I made this for a salad supper at our church tomorrow night. It's always good and it makes a good size batch. This is also a regular for us around Easter time.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
I'm back.........
I'm pleased that someone missed me. I haven't been on for a month and today I got a telephone call urging me to get my act together! OK, thanks for the nudge.
It seems that school gets busier each and every day. Only two months left and I need to have those little smiling faces prepared for next year. My afternoon kids are amazing! Smart, funny, kind, adventurous, beautiful! I will miss them so much next year, but it's so cool when they come back to visit! This year I had a 5th grade boy that came back to read to my kids when he had a day off. We all loved it! The other two classes are great as well, but since they don't come every day I don't feel like I have that close bond with them, at least not as close if that makes sense.
Today I'm going to dedicate my recipe theme to Rice Krispies. James wanted a recipe a couple of weeks ago and I wasn't home, so I'll put it on here for the next time.
Caramel Rice Krispie Bars
4 cups mini marshmallows
1/4 cup margarine
4 cups rice krispies
Melt margarine and marshmallows together and stir in rice krispies. Pat into a 9x13 pan that has been greased with margarine or sprayed with Pam.
1 bag of caramels wrappers removed
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 stick margarine
Microwave above ingredients until smooth and pour over the rice krispie base. Refrigerated 1 1/2 hours.
4 cups mini marshmallows
1/4 cup margarine
4 cups rice krispies
As you did up above melt marshmallows and margarine together and stir in rice krispie cereal. Pat on top of the caramel layer and let it get firm before cutting.
Yes, there are two sticks of butter in this!! Just don't make it every day and you'll be fine!
Now, here is another yummy fun treat that my friend Traci made for the kids at school when Jayce was little.
Chocolate Rice Krispie Bars
12 oz pkg butterscotch chips
12 oz pkg chocolate chips
2/3 cup peanut butter
Melt the above ingredients and add 6 cups of Rice Krispies and 4 cups of miniature marshmallows. Pat into a buttered 9x13 pan. How fast was that?
I know everybody and their mom has this one, but here it is anyway.
Scotcharoos (is this what other people call these?)
1 cup sugar
1 cup white corn syrup
bring to a boil and thoroughly stir in:
1 1/2 cups peanut butter &
1 tsp vanilla extract
now stir in:
6 cups of rice krispies
and pat into a 9x13 buttered cake pan.
In your microwave melt:
1/2 package semi sweet chocolate chips &
1/2 package butterscotch chips
check this every 30 seconds so you don't scorch it. After it's melted pour over the rice krispie mixture and pop in the fridge until the chocolate hardens enough to cut.
This recipe reminds me of my mom, she made it for my brothers when they would leave for school in Minnesota.
It seems that school gets busier each and every day. Only two months left and I need to have those little smiling faces prepared for next year. My afternoon kids are amazing! Smart, funny, kind, adventurous, beautiful! I will miss them so much next year, but it's so cool when they come back to visit! This year I had a 5th grade boy that came back to read to my kids when he had a day off. We all loved it! The other two classes are great as well, but since they don't come every day I don't feel like I have that close bond with them, at least not as close if that makes sense.
Today I'm going to dedicate my recipe theme to Rice Krispies. James wanted a recipe a couple of weeks ago and I wasn't home, so I'll put it on here for the next time.
Caramel Rice Krispie Bars
4 cups mini marshmallows
1/4 cup margarine
4 cups rice krispies
Melt margarine and marshmallows together and stir in rice krispies. Pat into a 9x13 pan that has been greased with margarine or sprayed with Pam.
1 bag of caramels wrappers removed
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 stick margarine
Microwave above ingredients until smooth and pour over the rice krispie base. Refrigerated 1 1/2 hours.
4 cups mini marshmallows
1/4 cup margarine
4 cups rice krispies
As you did up above melt marshmallows and margarine together and stir in rice krispie cereal. Pat on top of the caramel layer and let it get firm before cutting.
Yes, there are two sticks of butter in this!! Just don't make it every day and you'll be fine!
Now, here is another yummy fun treat that my friend Traci made for the kids at school when Jayce was little.
Chocolate Rice Krispie Bars
12 oz pkg butterscotch chips
12 oz pkg chocolate chips
2/3 cup peanut butter
Melt the above ingredients and add 6 cups of Rice Krispies and 4 cups of miniature marshmallows. Pat into a buttered 9x13 pan. How fast was that?
I know everybody and their mom has this one, but here it is anyway.
Scotcharoos (is this what other people call these?)
1 cup sugar
1 cup white corn syrup
bring to a boil and thoroughly stir in:
1 1/2 cups peanut butter &
1 tsp vanilla extract
now stir in:
6 cups of rice krispies
and pat into a 9x13 buttered cake pan.
In your microwave melt:
1/2 package semi sweet chocolate chips &
1/2 package butterscotch chips
check this every 30 seconds so you don't scorch it. After it's melted pour over the rice krispie mixture and pop in the fridge until the chocolate hardens enough to cut.
This recipe reminds me of my mom, she made it for my brothers when they would leave for school in Minnesota.
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