Thursday, April 21, 2011

Scrambled Egg Muffins

My kids love these in the morning. I freeze them & they get one out & microwave it for 45 seconds or so & they have a quick hot breakfast. Eric likes to toast an english muffin & squish it in between.

1/2 lb pork sausage, or sausage links, cut up
12 eggs
1/2 C. green onion, chopped
1/4 C. green pepper, chopped
1/2 t. salt
1/4 t. pepper
1/4 t. garlic powder
1/2 C. cheese, shredded
cook pork. drain. Mix remaining ingredients, add sausage. Spoon into greased muffin cups (1/3 C.) Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

Hot Spinach Dip

10 oz frozen spinach, thawed & drained
1/2 C. sour cream
1/4 C. mayo
1/3 C. parmesan cheese
1/4 C. green onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1 C. mozzarella cheese, shredded
pepper
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine all ingredients. Place in an ovenproof dish & bake for 25 min. Serve with tortilla chips.

Hot Wing Dip

2 C. cooked chicken, I use our home canned kind
8 oz. cream cheese, cubed
2 C. shredded cheese
1 C. ranch dressing
1/2 C. hot sauce
Combine all in a 3 qt slow cooker. cook on low for 1 hr. or bake at 350 degrees for 20 min. Serve with tortilla chips.

Rolo Cookies

3 C. flour
3/4 C. cocoa
1 t. baking soda
1 C. sugar
1 C. brown sugar
1 C. butter, softened
2 t. vanilla
2 eggs
1 bag of Rolos, unwrapped
1/2 C. sugar, for rolling cookies in

Combine flour, cocoa & baking soda. Set aside. Mix sugars, butter, vanilla & eggs. Add flour mixture & mix. Wrap just enough dough (about 2 T.) around 1 Rolo.  Roll in sugar & bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

Very Soft Sugar Cookies

2 C. sugar
1 C. margarine, softened
3 eggs
1 t. vanilla
1 C. sour cream
5 C. flour
1 t. baking soda
1 t. baking powder
1 t. salt

Cream sugar and margarine. Add eggs, vanilla & sour cream. Combine dry ingredients in seperate bowl & add to wet mixture. Refrigerate about 2 hrs. Roll out to 1/2" thickness. Cut out into desired shapes. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Frost when cooled.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Baked Ziti

1/2 lb. ground beef
1 large onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 jar (26-30 oz) spaghetti sauce
8 oz. tomato sauce
1 t. dried oregano
1 lb. ziti pasta, cooked 7 minutes & drained
1 container (15 oz) ricotta cheese
2 C. shredded mozzarella, divided
1/2 c. grated Parmesan cheese

Cook beef, onion & garlic until browned, stirring frequently. Drain. Stir in spaghetti sauce, tomato sauce & oregano. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat.
Combine 1 C. sauce with ziti. Spoon half into 9X13 pan.
Combine ricotta & 1 C. mozzarella cheese.
Spread cheese mixture in pan on top of pasta.
Pour 1 C. sauce over cheese, followed by the remaining pasta & the rest of the sauce.
Cover & bake in 350 degree oven for 20 minutes.
Sprinkle with remaining 1 C. mozzarella & parmesan cheese.
Bake uncovered 10 minutes longer or until heated through.

I made this last night for our Cub Scout Blue & Gold Banquet. My dish was empty at the end of the night. Someone else brought a pasta dish & it only had a few scoops taken out of it!!!I felt pretty bad, so we took some of hers home with us.
This is great with garlic bread & a green salad!

Easy Chocolate Sauce

1 tub (8oz.) Cool Whip
1 C. semi-sweet Chocolate chips

Microwave frozen whipped topping & chocolate in medium microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1 min or until chocolate is melted & mixture is shiny & smooth.
Makes 1 1/2 cups

We like this on ice cream! Also good with 3-4 T. peanut butter mixed in!! Yummy!

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These recipes are all family favorites. If I haven't made the recipe myself, someone I know has & their family loves it. These are recipes that have been tried, tested & made perfect!!