Tasty Tuesday ( Sausage and Vegetables)

Today I wanted to share with you another recipe we fixed while we were camping. It was easy and cheap and since all you had to do was basically warm everything up it was quick to make. This could be easily adapted to a crockpot or oven also.

Sausage and Veggies
1 pkg, smoked sausage
1 lg onion, chopped
1 can corn
1 can green beans
1 tsp seasoning salt
1/2 tsp garlic powder
2 tbsp butter

Mix all ingredients together  and place in foil pan over grill. Cook until heated through.

Tasty Tuesday ( Pizza Pasta Salad)

It is starting to get warm here in Indiana. For my family that means we grill out a lot and eat more salads . This morning I made up a pizza pasta salad that I think you will enjoy. It is simple to make but has a great flavor to it. The best part is that you will have these ingredients already on hand.

Pizza Pasta Salad

1 box pasta ( you can use any shape you want, I used bow tie pasta)
1 bottle zesty Italian dressing ( I used Kraft)
2 large tomatoes or container of cherry tomatoes -cut
2 pkgs of pepperoni- cut into small pieces
1 1/2 tsp of Italian seasoning
1/2 tsp of garlic salt
1/2 tsp of parsley flakes
2 cups mozzarella cheese
Parmesan cheese ( use as much as you like)

Cook and drain pasta. Add remaining ingredients and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Optional- add green onions, olives, salami, etc.

Tasty Tuesday ( Cheesy & Beefy Tomato Corkscrew Pasta Bake)

I found this recipe on Kraft website. I changed it a little bit to fit what we like and that is what I am sharing here. Everyone in my family loved it, even my 8 year who refuses to eat just about anything that has hamburger in it. I hope you enjoy it to!

Cheesy & Beefy Tomato Corkscrew Pasta Bake

1 pkg, pasta ( you can use any shape that you want)
1 pd hamburger
3 cloves of minced garlic
1 can diced tomatoes ( I used homeade diced tomatoes that I had frozen form last summer)
1 cup marinara sauce
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 tsp. Italian seasoning
1 pd velveeta, cubed

Cook pasta as directed on package and drain. Meanwhile brown hamburger with garlic and Italian seasoning. Drain. Add diced tomatoes, marinara sauce, dash of Parmesan cheese. Simmer for 8-10 minutes and then add drained pasta to hamburger mix. Spoon half of mixture in bottom of casserole dish. Top with velveeta. Add remaining pasta mixture and sprinkle with remaining Parmesan cheese. Cover with foil and bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Uncover, bake an additional 10 minutes

Tasty Tuesday (Snickerdoodle Dessert Bars)

Tonight is going  to be a very busy night in my house. We have to register my youngest daughter for Kindergarten next year and I have to work the PTO table. After that my husband is taking her to "dad's Nite" at preschool. It is 2 hours long and they will get to spend some special time together. One of things you do for "Dads Nite" is to take a  snack to share with everyone My husband works crazy hours so Katie and I did it. My husband loves snickerdoodles so we made the into bars.They are so soft and chewy. I am sure they will be a hit in your house to
 




Snickerdoodle Dessert Bars

2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups packed brown sugar
1 cup butter, melted
2 eggs
1 Tablespoon vanilla
2 Tablespoons white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9 x 13 inch baking pan.

2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

3. In a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla until smooth. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture and beat until well blended.

4. Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan.

 5. In a small bowl, combine the white sugar and cinnamon.

 6. Sprinkle the mixture evenly over the batter in the baking pan.

 7. Bake for 25 - 30 minutes

Tasty Tuesday ( Golden Baked Chicken)

I tried this recipe for the first time the other night. Everyone in my family seemed to enjoy it. It was easy to make and since it bakes for so long, it kept my house warm on a cold day!
~Mindy

Golden Baked Chicken

2 cups mashed potato flakes
3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
2 tbsp parsley flakes
1 tbsp paprika ( I didn't have any so I left it out)
3/4 tsp garlic salt
3/4 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp pepper
Chicken- I used boneless skinless chicken breasts but you can use whatever you want
1 cup butter, melted

In a bowl, combine potato flakes, parmesan cheese, parsley, paprika, garlic salt, onion powder and pepper

Dip chicken into butter, then into potato flake mixture. Place on a greased pan and bake at 375 for 50-60 min.

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This serves 12 people. I am unsure where I got the recipe from. I had it written down on a index card

Tasty Tuesday~Taco Salad

I love taco salad! It is one of my very favorite foods. We make it a couple of different ones but the one I am going to blog about is made with Fritos. It is so simple it doesn't even need a recipe.

First you need to brown your ground beef and then add the taco seasoning ( just like you do for tacos)
Cut your tomatoes up. On a plate layer fritos, ground beef, shredded cheese ( we like to use mexican style) and top with tomatoes.
Of course you can add whatever toppings you want but this is a very yummy way to eat it!

Tasty Tuesday (Spaghetti Inside Garlic Bread)

We eat a lot of spaghetti in my house. I love it and it is cheap and filling for everyone. Of course I have to make garlic bread with the spaghetti so when I saw this recipe I had to try it. I changed it a little to fit my family and it would be easy to change to fit yours to!

First you need a frozen loaf of bread, thawed out

Roll it out using a rolling pin. I used some non stick spray on the counter to help it from sticking.

Once it is rolled out I covered it with some saran wrap to keep it moist. While it was covered I cooked my spaghetti and browned my ground beef.

Uncover your dough and cut slits up both sides. Put on your cookie sheet

Add your cooked spaghetti and ground beef down the middle. I topped mine with mozzarella and parmesean cheese.

Criss cross your dough giving a braid effect.

Brush your dough with a egg white. I then sprinkled it with some more parmesan cheese and soem garlic powder.

Bake at 350 for about 20 minutes.

Tasty Tuesday ( Breakfast Pizza and Sandwiches)

I was cleaning out my refrigerator this morning and saw that I had 2 cans of crescent rolls and a dozen eggs that were going to expire this week. Yesterday Craig and I had cleaned out the pantry and I couldn't believe how much food we threw away that had expired. Not wanting to throw anything else away I decided to go ahead and make some stuff up. First I made a breakfast pizza ( well kind of , I am just not sure what else to call it lol) and then I made up some bacon, egg and cheese crescent sandwiches.

For the pizza I took one can of crescent rolls and spread them out of a pizza pan. You can top it with anything you would like but I used bacon, egg and cheese.

I then folded over the top part of the crescent.

Bake at 375 for about 15 minutes.

Cut and serve!

For the sandwiches I just unrolled each of the crescent rolls and topped with bacon, egg and cheese, Roll back up and bake at 375 for 10 minutes.

You could freeze these or just make them up and heat them over for breakfast all week. I am not a big breakfast person but these both were really good and so easy to make!
-Mindy

Tasty Tuesday ( Velveeta Spicy Cheeseburger Dip)

Usually on New Years Eve I don't fix dinner, I just fix a bunch of snacks. Cheese Dip is always one of them. This year I tried a new dip and it was really yummy. The recipe came from Velveeta.

Velveeta Spicy Cheeseburger Dip

1 lb. (16 oz.) VELVEETA, cut into 1/2-inch cubes

1 can (10 oz.) RO*TEL Diced Tomatoes & Green Chilies, undrained

1 cup KRAFT Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese

1/2 lb. ground beef, cooked, drained

4 green onions, sliced

Combine all ingredients except onions in microwaveable bowl.

Microwave on HIGH 5 min. or until VELVEETA is melted and mixture is well blended, stirring after 3 min. Stir in onions.

Serve with RITZ Crackers and assorted cut-up fresh vegetables. ( we use tortilla chips)

-MINDY

Tasty Tuesady Fudge in the Microwave

Since Mindy made all those cookies Saturday I decided to make candy on Sunday I did not get as much done as her but I did get some made. 

Today I am going to share with you a idea a saw on pinterest it was for fudge in the microwave.  I went to the sight and realized it was the same recipe I use just made in the microwave.  So much easier.  And just as good.   Here is the recipe

 

Fudge

18 oz chocolate chips
1 can sweet condensed milk
pinch of salt
3/4 cup nuts
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

In heavy saucepan, over low heat, melt chips, butter, and sweet condensed milk. Stirring the whole time. Remove from heat, and add remaining ingredients. Pour in 9 inch square pan. Chill a few hours, then cut into squares.
Variation: White Fudge: Use 1 1/2 pounds white confectionery candy coating instead of chocolate chips

Now to make it in the microwave simply put choc chips, sweet condensed milk and butter in the microwave for 3 minutes.  Remove for microwave and stir till everything is melted add rest of ingredients and follow rest of directions. 

I am so glad I found this recipe I hated the stirring part of the original recipe.

Hint I line my 9 inch pan with aluminum foil to make it easier to remove the fudge

Stephanie

Cheesy Green Bean Casserole

Here is another side dish that I think your family will enjoy. Again it would be great to make for the holidays but simple enough to make for an every day meal.

Cheesy Green Bean Casserole

2 pkg (16oz each) frozen green beans, thawed
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 pd velveeta, cubed
1 1/2 cups hot water
1/4 cup butter
1 pkg Stove Top Stuffing for Chicken

Heat oven to 350. Combine beans and soup in a 2 qt casserole dish.

Top with Velveeta

Add water to butter in a medium bowl, stir until melted. Stir in stuffing mix just until moistened. Spoon over bean mixture.

Bake 35-40 minutes.

*The pictures that you see are a double recipe.*



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Macaroni and Cheese with Corn

Over the next month Stephanie and I will both be posting recipes and crafts that we are doing for Christmas. My recipe for today is Macaroni and Cheese with Corn. It may sound a little odd but it is so good! We just had it for Thanksgiving and I am sure we will make it again for Christmas.

Macaroni and Cheese with Corn
1 pd macaroni
2 cups Velveeta
1 can corn, drained
1 can cream style corn
Boil macaroni. Transfer to greased casserole dish and add other ingredients. Bake at 350 for 45 min.

 

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tasty Tuesday Duck

Okay so Scott has been wanting to try duck for a long time.  A couple of weeks ago they had frozen duck at Aldi's for about $12.00 about what I would spend on a roast.  So we decided to try it. 
We decided to use the New wave oven to cook it in.  I think this is becoming one of my favorite kitchen appliances.  And not just because Scott cooks in it most of the time.  It just cooks stuff so well and in way less time than other methods. 

Okay so like I said we decided to cook it and we always use Paula Deans House seasoning on turkey so we decided to use it on the duck.  All you do is rub it all over the piece of meat you are cooking and you are good to go.  I will add the house seasoning recipe at the end of this post.

house seasoning

Duck in new wave oven

finished Duck see how crispy the skin is and how juice the meat still is.
 

Now on to what we thought of the duck.  The skin was really crispy and I do love that .  But there is really no white meat and I don't really like dark meat.  I also just didn't really like the flavor of the duck.  Scott said it was okay but not something he would tell someone they just had to try.  Patrick said it was good. 

House Seasoning:
1 cup salt
1/4 cup black pepper
1/4 cup garlic powder

Mix ingredients together and store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.

Tasty Tuesday ( Slow Cooker Cheesy Chicken and Tortillas)

This meal is so easy to make and it is so good! You start off in the slow cooker and finish it in the oven.

Cheesy Chicken and Tortillas
 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts ( frozen is fine)
1 pkg taco seasoning
2 cans cream of chicken soup
2 tbsp butter
5 1/4 cups chicken stock ( I just use chicken broth)
10 flour tortillas, cut into bite sized pieces
4 cups shredded mexican style cheese

Place chicken in slow cooker and top with all but 2 tbsp of taco seasoning. Pour 3 1/2 cups of the chicken stock over the chicken. Cook on low 4-5 hrs.

Remove chicken and shred.

Heat oven to 350. Heat butter in 3qt saucepan.

Stir in remaining taco seasoning, stock and soup.

Once it is mixed well add chicken.

In a casserole dish layer half of chicken mixture, tortillas and 2 cups cheese..

Repeat layer.

Bake 30 minutes.

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