Stuffed Bell Peppers

My husband LOVES stuffed peppers myself i personally just like the filling lol but these are a big hit in my house! Its a very simple recipe and you can add what you like i always put jalapenos and banana peppers in the bottom of my peppers and i add onions to the hubby's peppers since i don't like them, its a good meal to customize for the picky eaters in your house! 

as you can see 2 of these have onions on the top that way i would know what ones had onions inside :) 

What you will need:

(this makes six peppers)

1 poundground beef

1/2 cupuncooked long grain white rice

1 cupwater

6 green bell peppers

2 canstomato sauce

1 tablespoonWorcestershire sauce

1/4 teaspoongarlic powder

1/4 teaspoononion powder; to taste

1 teaspoonItalian seasoning

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Place the rice and water in a saucepan, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and cook 20 minutes. In a skillet over medium heat, cook the beef until evenly browned.

Remove and discard the tops, seeds, and membranes of the bell peppers. Arrange peppers in a foil lined baking dish with the hollowed sides facing upward. (Slice the bottoms of the peppers if necessary so that they will stand upright.)

In a bowl, mix the browned beef, cooked rice, 1 can tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper. Spoon an equal amount of the mixture into each hollowed pepper. Mix the remaining tomato sauce and Italian seasoning in a bowl, and pour over the stuffed peppers.

Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, basting with sauce every 15 minutes, until the peppers are tender.

Enjoy! 

Strawberry Jello Pie

I found this recipe online BUT i didnt like how you had to do it lol so i just simply changed it and it came out really good hubby said it tastes like a strawberry short cake :) so its something different to try and that's always a good thing in my book! Hope you like this super easy desert! if you try it let me know how you like it! 

Looks Yummy Right?

What you will need:

1 pre baked regular pie shell 

(follow the directions on the package on how to bake an empty pie shell super easy! )

1 small box of strawberry jello 

2 cups sliced fresh strawberries 

1/2 cup of sugar 

1/2 cups HOT water 

1/2 cup cold water 

Cool whip (spray kind or tub whatever you would like)

Directions:

Pre bake pie shell as directed on the package 

slice your strawberries and arrange them in the cooled pie shell 

mix together the sugar hot water and jello mix dissolve 

add cold water and combine 

pour mixture over the top of the strawberries 

refrigerate until set takes a few hours 

apply cool whip just before serving!

ENJOY! 

Lemon Dream Cake

Its been a while since I have posted anything Life has gotten away from me the past couple of weeks BUT I did try a couple new recopies and this is one of them, I liked it the nice thing about this you could make it with whatever you like you could change the cake mix, pie filling, and icing to whatever you and your family likes, I love lemon so i thought i would try it the way the original recipe said can wait to try other combinations! 

What you will need:

1 (18.25 oz.) box French Vanilla Cake Mix

ingredients needed to make cake (eggs, oil and water)

1 (15.75 oz.) can lemon pie filling

1 tub lemon flavored frosting

1 ( 8oz.) tub whipped topping, thawed

Directions: 

Preheat oven to 350F degrees

Spray a 9x13 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray (I like the kind that has flour in it).

Prepare cake mix as directed on the back of the box.

Pour batter into baking dish.

Place spoonfuls of lemon pie filling all over the batter.

Take a knife and swirl it all around to help evenly distribute it better.

Note: The lemon pie filling is heavier than the cake batter. So it will sink to the bottom of the cake as it is cooking. 

Don't worry, it won't burn. This is normal.

Bake at 350F degrees (in center rack) for about 35-40 minutes.

Until it springs back to the touch and isn't jiggly in the center.

Let cake cool completely before proceeding to the next step.

In a bowl, combine lemon flavored frosting with whipped topping.

Mix until thoroughly combined.

You can do this by hand or with an electric mixer.

It actually comes together pretty easily by hand, but it's up to you.

Spread frosting over cooled cake.

Refrigerate until chilled and keep any leftovers refrigerated.

ENJOY!

Classic Stuffed Shells

This is a fun recipe to make takes a little time and you get a little messy but I don't mind at all :) This is a huge hit with my family they dont last very long the nice thing is this usually makes enough to serve 4 then have leftovers for the next day for lunch! you can add or subtract what you do or don't like, I usually don't do the parsley i just add dried italian seasoning to mine and they are just fine but if you want to use parsley then by all means go right on ahead! I do not have a photo of the last time i made this it slipped my mind to take a photo so here is a stand in one to give you an idea of what the dish looks like ill upload one the next time i make this 

What you will need:

 1 jar (1 lb. 8 oz.) Ragu® Old World Style® Pasta Sauce

1 small tub of  ricotta cheese (ive made this with 4 oz of cream cheese before and it was great so its whatever you prefer or have on hand) 

1 to 2 lbs hamburger 

2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (about 8 oz.)

1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1 package (12 oz.) jumbo shells pasta, cooked and drained

What to do:

Preheat oven to 350°. Evenly spread 1 cup Pasta Sauce in 13 x 9-inch baking pan; set aside.

Brown off hamburger until done 

Par cook your pasta shells til they are flexible but not limp 

lay out the shells on a cookie sheet to cool so you can handle them 

Combine a 1/4 cup of the sauce the cheese (save some shredded for the top) and the hamburger together

Fill shells with cheese mixture, then arrange in baking pan.

 Evenly top with remaining Pasta Sauce. 

Add remaining  shredded cheese to the top 

Bake 45 minutes or until sauce is bubbling.

ENJOY! 

Edible Easter Baskets

I made these a few years ago for an Easter church function and it was a huge hit with the kids and adults alike I really need to make these again they were very good! Not to mention they are ADORABLE! I'm uploading two photos here the first one is from the actual recipe and the other is how they actually came out you know how that can be sometimes they hardly ever look exactly like the professional recipe! 

Arnt they cute?! 

What you will need:

1 package about 18 oz refrigerated sugar cookie dough 

1 cup M&M's milk chocolate mini baking bits 

1 teaspoon water

1 to 2 drops green food coloring

3/4 cup sweetened shredded coconut

3/4 cup any flavor frosting 

1 package red licorice whips cut into 3 in lengths

What to do:  

 Lightly grease 36 (1-3/4-inch) mini muffin cups. Cut dough into 36 equal pieces; roll into balls. Place 1 ball in each muffin cup. Press dough onto bottom and up side of each muffin cup; chill 15 minutes. Press 1/3 cup "M&M's"® Milk Chocolate Mini Baking Bits into bottoms and sides of dough cups. Preheat oven to 350°F. Bake cookies 8 to 9 minutes. Cookies will be puffy. Remove from oven; gently press down center of each cookie. Return to oven 1 minute. Cool cookies in muffin cups 5 minutes. Remove to wire racks; cool completely. In medium bowl combine water and food coloring. Add coconut; stir until evenly tinted. In each cookie cup, layer 1 teaspoon frosting, 1 teaspoon tinted coconut and 1 teaspoon "M&M's"® Milk Chocolate Mini Baking Bits. Push both licorice ends into frosting to make basket handle. Store in tightly covered container.

Caramel Cinnamon Roll Monkey Bread

I had a recipe for Monkey Bread with Caramel and I made that one it was pretty good, then my sister had given me some cinnamon rolls and I got to craving that monkey bread again so instead of using regular biscuits I used the cinnamon rolls and OH MY it was yummmy it turned out much better than I thought it would, so you can use either biscuits or cinnamon rolls in this recipe its up to you! 

What you will need:

3/4 cup granulated sugar

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

4 cans of biscuits or cinnamon rolls 

1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

Directions:

You can either use a baking dish the ones in the picture are 8x8 i believe or you can use a bunt pan 

foil line your pans you will be using and spray with cooking spray 

mix sugar and cinnamon in a large freezer bag 

separate the rolls or biscuits 

cut each one into quarters 

shake the quarters in the bag to coat 

place randomly into your pan 

Mix melted butter and brown sugar together and pour over the top 

Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes or until golden brown 

cool for 5 minutes

turn upside down onto a serving platter

if you use cinnamon rolls put the icing on top of the monkey bread

DO NOT LET THIS SIT AND COMPLETELY COOL THIS IS VERY STICKY 

you will have a mess on your hands if it cools completely! 

Enjoy!

Enchilada Pie

This one is a true family favorite I grew up on this and I love it still to this day everyone I have made it for falls in love with it. It tastes just like regular enchiladas BUT without all of the work! Give them a try and let me know what you think! Its sure to please the whole family! 

Makes my mouth water and brings back so many memories thats what food is all about to me! 

What you will need:

1 package corn tortillas

1-2 lbs of hamburger

1 package of your favorite taco seasoning

1 small can enchilada sauce 

1 package of shredded cheese (or shred your own) 

What to do:

preheat oven to 350

Cook up your hamburger just like you would for taco meat, drain grease add taco seasoning

put enchilada sauce in a large bowl add about a half a can of water 

dip corn tortillas into the enchilada sauce and layer them into a baking dish 

put a layer of taco meat on top of the tortillas

top the taco meat layer with a cheese layer 

repeat until all of the taco meat is gone

usually makes about 3 layers

Pour remaining enchilada sauce over the top

bake for 15 minutes or until bubbly 

you can top this with your favorite hot sauce or serve as is! 

Let me know how you guys like it! 

ENJOY!

Mini Pigs In A Blanket

My husband loves pancakes so instead of standing there making a dozen pancakes I seen this and gave it a try its super duper easy and very yummy. Its a good recipe if you have kids as well! I usually have to make quite a few because they don't last long in my house! 

What you will need:

A cupcake pan

Cooked sausage links or patties 

Pancake mix 

Syrup 

Directions:

Mix up your pancake batter according to the box 

Cook your sausage if using links cut them in half if using patties cut them into 4 pieces 

fill your cupcake pan half full of the pancake batter 

Place a piece of sausage into each slot 

cover the sausage with more batter 

cook at 350 until they are golden brown 

serve with syrup! 

Told ya they was easy! 

Enjoy! 

Buffalo Chicken Taquitos

I love anything buffalo and I love taquitos so when i found this recipe here I had to try it and they were good! Could even make them for a dinner they are so filling and the nice thing you can make them as spicy as you want or as mild as you want! Give them a try and let me know what you think of them! 

Heres the Recipe:

4 cups chicken, cooked and shredded

12 soft taco, flour tortillas (Depending on what size tortillas you you will change how many it will make)

2 cups mozzarella cheese, grated

4 ounces Philadelphia cream cheese

1/3 cup Frank's hot sauce (more if you like it spicy)

1/3 cup milk

2 tablespoons butter

1 teaspoon garlic powder

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Salt & Pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

In a small sauce pot over medium low heat, melt butter.

Add garlic powder & seasonings Stir to combine and cook for 1 minute.

Add cream cheese and stir until melted and completely combined with butter and spices.

Wisk in hot sauce and milk and simmer for 5 – 8 minutes

Combine chicken and sauce

.Lay out a tortilla; fill with about ¼ - 1/3 cup chicken and 2 tablespoons of mozzarella cheese.

Tightly roll up taquito and place on a greased baking sheet; repeat until chicken is gone.

Brush taquitos with vegetable oil on all sides.

Bake for 15 – 18 minutes; rotate them every 5 minutes, until golden brown.

ENJOY!

Oven Roasted Potatoes, Sausage, Peppers & Onions

This is another easy one that you can throw together on a night when you really don't feel like standing over the stove its one of those throw together meals and its very filling! You could get creative with this try different kinds of sausage, different potatoes or peppers. I don't like to eat onions or peppers but i defiantly added them to this recipe give this dish sooo much flavor! 

One pan, throw it together, and easy clean up! 

Here we go....

1 package (at least 1 lb) of your favorite sausage links 

4-5 decent-sized potatoes 

1 small jar banana peppers

1-2 bell peppers, sliced

1 large onion, sliced

3 tbsp olive oil

salt & pepper

Line a sheet pan or baking dish with foil spray the foil with non stick cooking spray

slice sausages into thin rounds,

cut potatoes into 1/2″ chunks

slice onion and pepper into strips

place all ingredients on baking sheet and drizzle oil over.  use your hands to toss everything together in the oil, making sure everything feels coated.

add salt & pepper

top with sliced banana peppers

bake at 400 for about 30-35 min, until potatoes are tender

Enjoy!

Easy Fried Rice

My husband and I love Chinese food so this was a good one for me to try, and it was really simple and very good! Hubby liked it very much so that's always a plus! I don't like onions so I simply just didn't put them in there :) If you like fried rice you will like this homemade version! 

Looks yummy doesn't it? You could always cook up some chicken to add to this to make a main dish out of it!

3 cups cooked white rice (day old or leftover rice works best!)

3 tbs sesame oil **

1 cup frozen peas and carrots (thawed)

1 small onion, chopped

2 tsp minced garlic

2 eggs, slightly beaten

1/4 cup soy sauce

      On medium high heat, heat the oil in a large skillet or wok.  

Add the peas/carrots mix, onion and garlic. 

Stir fry until tender. 

Lower the heat to medium low and push the mixture off to one side,

 then pour your eggs on the other side of skillet and stir fry until scrambled.

 Now add the rice and soy sauce and blend all together well.

 Stir fry until thoroughly heated!

** I did not have sesame oil at the time I made this and it still came out good**

ENJOY!

Ranch Oyster Crackers

This is such an easy snack I once again found this on Pinterest lol I'm addicted to that site, I seen this and thought well I love those Ranch crackers you get at the store so I gave this a shot and much to my surprise for how easy it was they was sooooo yummy they didnt last long thats for sure! Anyways if you like ranch you will like these! 

OK you are going to laugh at how simple this is! 

1 package of ranch dressing mix

1/4 cup vegetable oil 

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1 box or bag of oyster crackers

Preheat oven to 250 degrees 

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl stir to coat all of the crackers 

Spread out on a baking sheet 

cook for 15 minutes stirring  every 5 minutes 

let cool and enjoy! 

Told you it was super easy, its not a long recipe so Im not doing a printable version of this one! Let me know how you like it! 

Southern Skillet Corn

I've had mixed feelings about this one, I loved it and so did my mom but the hubby not so much but hes not much of a fan of cream style corn so I think that why he wasn't a fan of it but you will have to give it a try to find out what you think of it! It calls for ears of corn but i have made it with frozen corn on the days i dont feel like messing with the ears of corn! 

This is the photo from the website i got this recipe from i originally found it on pintrest 

This is the photo I took, I had made it with stuffed peppers it was very yummy Ill post my recipe for stuffed peppers later! 

Ok heres the recipe: 

6 ears corn or a package of frozen corn

3 tablespoons flour

2 teaspoons sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

1 1/2 cups water

3 tablespoons butter

Shuck corn and pull off silks, then rinse under cool running water.

In a large bowl, cut the corn from the cob with a sharp knife.

Combine flour, sugar, salt and pepper in a small bowl, then add to 1 1/2 cups of water. Stir with a fork or whisk or combine.

Melt butter over medium-low heat in a large, heavy bottomed skillet.

Add corn and flour mixture and cook over medium-low heat for 40-45 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Enjoy!

Here is a printable version of this recipe