Time goes too quickly! Some Cake, Burgers, Fries, and Pancakes!

It's been a while since I have had a chance to post anything!  I have been busy with work, Lukas, extra doctor appointments, and my husband had been doing the cooking so I didn't do really any cooking.

My hours at work changed again so I am now getting to cook dinner again.  I missed it so much.  I didn't even get a chance to try new things on the weekend with all the events and sickness going on.

Our house the last month and a half has seen lots of sickness.  I am now done with morning sickness, but Lukas had caught the stomach flu, after that he had constipation problems, during that I took him to the chiropractor for ear infections, and during that there was a cold that he and my husband had shared with each other and now gave to me!  So...needless to say we are definitely ready for spring and good health!

I did try a few recipes over the course of the last month or two.  Here are some links.

Lukas loves pancakes, and one morning he asked for some pancakes.  I usually buy the box version and make them this way.  Well I was out of the box version and found this recipe on Allrecipes.com.  They are wonderful pancakes.  I will never make the box version again!
Fluffy and Delicious Pancakes

One Friday we had a burger and fries night.  I made these cute little slider burgers from Big Red Kitchen and I cut some potatoes up and made baked fries from Allrecipes.com.  We all loved them!  Definitely a fun Friday meal!

Lastly my friend Leslie had her birthday back in January and I made this chocolate dream cake!  It was a big hit and she loved it!  We liked it so much I made it again a couple weeks later!

Sorry for no pictures...maybe now that I get to relax and do some cooking again I will get time to take some!

Taco Pie

Sweet glorious lovely taco pie!  I love you, I love you, and I love you!  This was such a good supper.  It stuffed me and the whole little family loved it!  I like lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and sour cream on my taco pie.  My husband eats it with only hot sauce and jalapenos on it.  Lukas eats it without all the good veggies on it.  In fact he asked me to take a picture of his plate too...(yeah it was Sunday we didn't do matching plates.)

Taco Pie:

Ingredients:
1 lb hamburger
1 cup sour cream
1 pkg of crescent rolls
1 cup taco or cheddar cheese

Optional:  lettuce, tomatoes, jalapenos, sour cream, cheese, and other veggies for toppings.

Brown hamburger, while hamburger cooks spray a pie dish with cooking spray and put crescent rolls into pie dish to for "pie crust".  Add taco seasoning and finish cooking meat.  Take 1 cup sour cream and place on bottom of pie, put hamburger over sour cream, and then spread 1 cup of cheese over meat(or more if you desire...we did more.)  Bake on 350 for 20 minutes.  Top with your toppings and eat!  I also crushed some chips on the top before baking. 

2 Dried Beef Dips

 This lovely dip pictured to the left is called Dried Beef Dip.  It is baked in the oven and eaten with crackers.  I had a craving for this and oh my gosh it was great!  Love love love it!!!  (PS sorry none of my pictures turned out for this.)



The dip to the right is called Dried Beef Green Pepper Dip.  It's got a little kick, but not too spicy...only for flavor.  This dip is great and eaten with chips!  Very good for football Sunday!

These dips were just wonderful to eat while finally watching the Vikings win a game!  I got both recipes from my Aunt and I don't know where she got them from.  Lovely for parties!

Dried Beef Dip:

Ingredients:
1 package of dried beef
1 8 oz package of cream cheese
1 cup of sour cream
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 TBSP minced onion

Combine in a small baking dish and bake at 350 for 30 minutes.  I usually check on it every 8-10 minutes to stir it.  Eat with your favorite crackers!


Dried Beef and Green Pepper Dip:

Ingredients:
1 8 oz package of cream cheese
1 green pepper diced
1 package dried beef

Combine ingredients in a small crock pot and melt together.  Eat with chips. 

I love appetizerish food!  ♥

Peanut Butter...is my new go to food.

Well...all I can say is wow.  I now remember the early pregnancy sickness and never knowing when it's coming.  I had it with my first one and now with this one.  What can I say...I have started eating in the middle of the night, munching small things through the whole day, and napping accidentally quite often.  I confess that I have not been cooking.  We have had frozen pizzas, things that can cook in a crock pot all day, or having good old ramen noodle.  Poor Lukas he doesn't seem to care though.  I try to change up what he is eating, but I just don't have the energy or the desire to cook.  However, there is one thing that has kept me a happy girl and it's peanut butter.  I liked peanut butter before, but now I LOVE peanut butter.

My 3 favorite peanut butter loves have been.
     1.  Peanut Butter and Banana sandwiches on whole wheat bread...So so very yummy!  I use Skippy's natural  peanut butter and a good old Dole banana.  These grilled are very good too!

     2.  Peanut Butter Crackers...a wonderful snack that helps me keep sickness away!  Ritz whole wheat crackers and of course Skippy's natural peanut butter!

     3.  Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches on whole wheat bread.  I make these and keep them in a ziplock baggie for my middle of the night potty breaks and hunger sessions!  I use Smuckers Strawberry sugar free jelly it's very delicious!

Sorry I didn't have anything more delicious or earth shattering, but I am attending a baking party on Saturday and with hopes I will bring some pictures and stories back with some yummy Christmas snacks! 

Mexican Dish

I have a confession.  I haven't been cooking lately.  I have been feeling awful lately.  The "morning sickness" is getting the best of me and I have been too exhausted to cook.  I have been making the old stand by recipes that are easy and my husband knows how to make them too.  However, I finally did cook supper last night!

This dish has been one of my family's favorites for years.  My Aunt first made it when I was little.  Her version had hot taco sauce and jalepenos in it, but this is my Mom's version.  It's made with green chilies and mild taco sauce.  You eat it like a dip with chips.  It's such a great yummy comfort food!

Mexican Dish:
2 lbs hamburger (I used turkey)
2 bottles of taco sauce (which ever spiciness you prefer)
2 cans of chopped green chilies
1 can of chopped black olives
2 cups of mozzarella cheese
2 cups of mild cheddar cheese
2 cans of refried beans
2 cups of sour cream
Tortilla chips

Preheat oven to 350 and in a frying pan brown hamburger.  Once hamburger is browned layer ingredients as follows:  1 can of refried beans, half of hamburger, 1 can of green chilies, 1 bottle of taco sauce, 1 cup of mozzarella cheese, 1 cup cheddar cheese, sprinkle with black olives, and repeat last layer.  Bake for 35 minutes, bring out of oven and put your dollops of sour cream all over the top and sprinkle with black olives.  Bake for 5-10 more minutes.  Eat with chips!  So very very yummy!

Lunch Wraps

This really isn't a recipe, but it's been my favorite lunch for some time now.  We love to make wraps instead of sandwiches at our house.  Lukas won't eat them, but we sure do gobble them up!  The best part is you put whatever you want in them.  My husband loves mustard, extra pickles, and ham in mostly all of his wraps.  I am more of a turkey, cheese, lettuce, and tomato girl.  We usually have this for lunch or for a late afternoon snack!

I am not feeling very creative lately.  I have found myself in the fatigue of the first trimester.  I experienced this with Lukas and now with this one.  At least I have the second trimester to look forward to.  Can't wait for my energy to return!  I used to look up recipes and print out a few a week to try, but I am so tired.  The only suppers my family have been eating are our old stand by suppers.  Like meatloaf, spaghetti, tator tot hotdish, and noodles with sauce.  Hopefully this fatigue will go away...I have way too many plans for the holidays!  I have also found cooking makes me nauseous right now.  The smells of the food are sometimes too much.  ~Sigh~  What we go through for our little bundle of joys!

Cheddar Jalapeno Wraps:

Ingredients:
1 Mission Cheddar Jalapeno Wraps
5-6 pieces of deli meat (which ever you prefer)
1-2 pieces of ice berg lettuce
diced tomotoes
shredded colby jack cheese
 pickles
mustard or mayo (I like light mayo)

Layer all ingredients and roll.  Eat!  

♥ Easy peasy lemon squeezy!

Turkey "Beefy" Nachos

Happy Friday!  Thank goodness the weekend is coming!  This week has been packed full of doctor visits, cooking, and cleaning up the yard for winter.  I thought since it's Friday I am going to post a fun and yummy snacky type of dinner.  I found this recipe from a blog called KevinandAmanda.com.  She has some great crafting ideas as well as some really good recipes too!  She made homemade tortilla chips and all to go with the nachos...call me a bum, but I didn't go to that much trouble!  I bought the good old Tostitos Tortilla Chips.  We made these yummy nachos on a Sunday night when our Vikings were playing the Green Bay packers.  We lost, but the food was great!

Turkey "Beefy" Nachos
(32 oz) Velveeta cheese (I used 2% Velveeta)
1 can Rotel tomatoes and green chilies
1 lb sausage, browned and drained (I used turkey sausage)
1 lb hamburger, browned and drained (I used ground turkey)
1 small jar of salsa
1 can cream of mushroom soup


Melt Velveeta for 1 1/2 to 2 hours in a crockpot on high.  Brown meat in a frying pan and drain.  Turn crock pot to medium or low and add meat, rotel tomatoes, salsa, and soup.  Let it cook on low for 1/2 hour.


Serve with chips and devour!  We didn't eat all of ours so I put it in a freezer safe container and then wrapped it in foil.  I will bring it back out in the next few weeks and try reheating it for a football game or I might try to make some kind of other nachos with more veggies and use this.

Autumn Mix and Mummy Munch

Happy Belated Halloween!  Sorry for the late Halloween post, but Halloween weekend in a nutshell felt like a blink of an eye!    We attended a family Halloween party Saturday night and I brought these two snacks for them.  One was Autumn Mix (I got the recipe from my Pastor's wife) and Mummy Munch from Picky Palate.

Here is the Autumn Mix recipe:

4 Cups Honey Chex
1 cup peanuts
2 cups mini pretzels
1 cup cheereos
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup butter
2 tsp garlic powder
1 Tbls Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp salt
1 cup candy corn

In a big bowl combine first 4 ingredients place on a greased cookie sheet, in a microwave melt peanut butter and butter, and then mix the remaining ingredients in into peanut butter/butter mixture.  Pour over cereal mixture and bake at 200 for 1 hour stirring every 15 minutes.


Mummy Munch:

4 Cups Honey Chex Cereal

16 oz package vanilla candy melts

1 Cup Candy Corn

1 Cup dry roasted peanuts

2 Cups mini pretzels

Place cereal, candy corn, peanuts and pretzels into a large bowl.  Mix to combine.  Melt vanilla candy melts according to package directions then pour into cereal mixture.  Gently stir until well coated then pour onto wax paper or foil lined baking sheet to dry.  Once dried, break up into pieces and serve!
This was a hit!

I was a Double Mint Twin for Halloween I hope your Halloween was great!

 

Pioneer Woman's Pico de Gallo

I love Pico de Gallo!  I usually just chop up whatever I have available and voila snack yummy goodness!  Well I followed Pioneer Woman's Pico recipe for our football day!  Here is the recipe for Pico de Gallo. 

Except I did change a few things since my two year old digs into this dip and eats it too.  I reduced the amount of jalapenos and omitted the guacamole.  I love guacamole, but my husband isn't a fan of it.  I also used some yellow tomatoes I had left from my garden. 

Pickle Beef Rollups and Buffalo Chicken Dip

Last Friday we had a big grill out for my husband's birthday. We had got some hamburgers, brats, and hot dogs for the get together. I also made some yummy appetizers!


I made some Pickle and Beef rollups. These are my husband's favorite! He was eating them while I was making them. Which is actually counter productive, but I let him do it since it was his birthday!

To make these rollups:
1 package of tortillas
1 container of dried beef
1 package of cream cheese
1 can of hamburger pickles

Spread cream cheese on tortilla, place dried beef to cover tortillas, and then put 2 layers of pickles down the middle. Roll the tortilla up and then slice into appetizer pieces. So delicious!


The other appetizer I made was Buffalo Chicken Dip. He loves buffalo wings and this dip is perfect for parties!

To make dip:
1 package of cream cheese
1 cup buffalo sauce
2 cups cooked and shredded chicken
2 Tablespoons butter
1/2 cup blue cheese dressing
1 cup mozzarella cheese

Spread cream cheese on the bottom of a 13x9 pan. Mix buffalo sauce, chicken, and butter then pour over cream cheese. Drizzle blue cheese dressing over the chicken mixture and then top with mozzarella cheese. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Eat with chips! As you can see I didn't even get much of a chance to take a picture. Next time I will double the recipe so I have more to offer!