Berry Cobbler

Recipe credit: http://cookthat1.blogspot.com/2014/03/berry-cobbler.html

Ingredients:
2 12oz bags of Frozen Berrys (mixed berries, blueberries, marionberry, huckleberry, peaches etc)
1 box of of White Cake (NO Pudding)
12oz of Diet 7-up or sprite or generic etc essentially clear soda

Directions:
Place the berries in a baking dish Sprinkle the dry cake mix on top of the berries (DO NOT STIR)
Sprinkle the soda on top of the mix (DO NOT STIR, this will give you the crust)
Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes or until the crust is golden.

Kitty Litter Cake

1 18.5 ounce pkg spice cake mix
1 18.5 ounce pkg white cake mix
2 4-serving pkg instant vanilla pudding (we used the cups of pudding premade)
1 12 ounce box vanilla wafer cookies, crushed
6 - 10 tootsie rolls
Confectioner's sugar
1 brand new kitty litter pan
1 brand new plastic kitty pooper scooper
green food coloring

Prepare the cakes and pudding according to package directions.

* crumble the baked cake into the kitty litter pan
* add pudding and mix with crumbled cake
* add a few drops of green food coloring to 1 cup vanilla cookie crumbs and set aside
* mix the rest of the vanilla cookie crumbs into the pan
* soften tootsie rolls by microwaving for 10 seconds, mold into kitty poop
* sprinkle the set aside green cookie mixture with the regular mixture on top of the cake
* place the molded and hardened tootsie kitty poop on the top of the cake.

(an added idea is to get fake flies and place them on the cake)

Skirlie

This is my very modern take on a traditional Scottish dish called skirlie. A basic skirlie is fat, oats, salt and pepper, from what I gather. It can be eaten alone, as a side dish, as a stuffing, etc.

2 Cups salted water for cooking oats

1 1/2 Cups oats of your choice, I like old fashioned oats best and I think instant oatmeal would be gross

3 Tablespoons butter

1/2 Onion, diced

1 Green bell pepper, diced

1 large package frozen spinach, thawed, drained, and chopped

4 eggs, beaten

1/2 cup shredded cheese of your choice, we like pepper jack

Salt and pepper to taste

Boil water and then add oats. Cook about 5 minutes, until water is absorbed. Keep on low once finished until everything else is cooked.

Melt butter in large pan, add onions and bell pepper. Cook till tender. Add spinach and stir. Push mixture to one half of pan. Add eggs, salt, and pepper. Once eggs are cooked turn heat to low and stir again, adding in the oats and cheese. Cook on low till the cheese is all melted.

This makes a substantial and filling breakfast for very little cost. It was a hit with the hubby and the two year old, so it's a home run in my book!

Minna's Mac N' Cheese

I got this from a good friend. It's so easy and really yummy.
Minna's Mac N' Cheese
Serves 4

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

1 onion, chopped fine
1 green bell pepper, diced
1 lb lil' smokies, chopped up
1 heaping tablespoon of butter or margerine + extra for greasing baking dish
1/2 lb macaroni (8 oz.) undercooked by 2-3 minutes
1 can Campbell's cream of chicken soup
1 can Campbell's cream of mushroom soup
1 soup can of milk
4 C shredded cheddar cheese (Tillamook!)

Put pot on to boil for pasta. Chop veggies and meat, a food processor makes this faster. Put butter in frying pan and heat it up. Shred cheese, food processor makes this faster too. Saute veggies and meat. Cook pasta-don't cook till al-dente because it has to finish cooking in the oven. While pasta and veggies are cooking, mix the soups and milk till lumps are gone. Drain pasta and add to frying pan after the veggies are done cooking. Mix. Add cheese and mix. Add mixture to greased baking dish. Bake @ 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Broccoli would be a good substitute for green pepper, if you're not into green pepper.

Fresh and Tasty

I made Redneck Caviar the other night and it was a hit. Here's a link to the recipe.

I recommend not adding the avocados to the actual bowl of the stuff if it's going to sit for a while just in case they start to brown. The acid in this dish will help it not to but I don't like to look at brown avocados so I just put the diced avocados in individual bowls and spooned the dip over it.

Italian Chicken and Pasta Salad

Italian Chicken:

Ingredients:

1 bottle of Italian dressing
2 chicken breasts

Directions:

Marinate chicken breasts in the dressing (you only need to just cover the breasts) for at least 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Place the chicken and marinate into a bake safe dish and pour the rest of the dressing on top of the chicken.
Bake chicken for about 45 minutes turning the chicken at least half way.


Pasta Salad:
1 pkg of tri colored spiral pasta
Italian dressing
small can of sliced olives
1 cucumber
2 tomatoes
Feta cheese


Boil the pasta according to the package
Drain and rinse with cold water
Cut up the cucumber and tomatoes
Put olives in
Mix together
Add Italian dressing so everything is coated
add in the Feta cheese

When we served it we added a tad bit more Italian dressing to our liking and some Feta on the top.

Alice Springs Chicken

Ingredients

* 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, 1/2 " thick
* honey mustard (see below for how to make a delicious honey mustard)
* 6 slices bacon, sliced in half (we used bacon bits and cooked it with the mushrooms)
* 1/2 teaspoon McCormick's Season All
* 1 cup sliced mushrooms, drained
* 3 cups shredded colby or monterey jack cheese

Directions

1.

Rub chicken breast with Seasonal All and set aside to marinate for 1 hour.
2.

While the breast is marinating fry bacon crisp and drain.
3.

Sauté chicken breasts on medium heat in pan with just enough oil to prevent sticking.
4.

Cook on both sides until a slight golden color and cooked in the middle but not dry.
5.

Remove from pan and place in a 9 x 13 dish.
6.

Spread chicken breast with honey mustard, cover with a layer of mushrooms, three pieces of bacon and then sprinkle with shredded Colby/jack cheese, chicken should be covered with shredded cheese.
7.

Bake at 350 degrees about 15 minutes or until cheese melts.
8.

Sprinkle with parsley and extra honey mustard may be served on the side.



Honey Mustard Ingredients

* 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise
* 1/4 cup Grey Poupon mustard (no substitute)
* 1/2 cup honey

Directions

1.

-Stir together all ingredients in a small bowl until smooth.
2.

-Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour before serving