Nummys

Spaghetti Calzone!!!

Ok....I have to admit when I first saw this recipe that I thought YUUUUUMMMMMY!!!!!  Then I started REALLY thinking about it and had second thoughts!!  I almost didn't make it and that would have been a REALLY BAD MISTAKE!!!  It is AWESOME!!!!!!!  ;o

Doesn't that look YUUUUUMMMMMY????

Recipe!!

1 Loaf Rhodes™ Bread Dough or 12 Rhodes™ Dinner Rolls, thawed to room temperature
6 ounces spaghetti, cooked
1 cup thick spaghetti sauce
8 ounces mozzarella cheese, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 egg white, beaten
Parmesan cheese
parsley flakes

Garlic

Butter

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Gorilla BreadI hope that everyone had a HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE!!!! We played games and made Gorilla Bread!! Here is the recipe from Food Network!!

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 3 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese
• 2 (12-ounce) cans refrigerated biscuits (10 count)
• 1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped walnuts

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Spray a bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray. Mix the granulated sugar and cinnamon. In a saucepan, melt the butter and brown sugar over low heat, stirring well; set aside. Cut the cream cheese into 20 equal cubes. Press the biscuits out with your fingers and sprinkle each with 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon sugar. Place a cube of cream cheese in the center of each biscuit, wrapping and sealing the dough around the cream cheese. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of the nuts into the bottom of the bundt pan. Place half of the prepared biscuits in the pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, pour half of the melted butter mixture over the biscuits, and sprinkle on 1/2 cup of nuts. Layer the remaining biscuits on top, sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon sugar, pour the remaining butter mixture over the biscuits, and sprinkle with the remaining 1/2 cup of nuts. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes. Place a plate on top and invert I only had 1 can of biscuits!!!

ENJOY!!!

 

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Gorilla Bread

I hope that everyone had a HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE!!!!  We played games and made Gorilla Bread!!  Here is the recipe from Food Network!!




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YUCK MOUTH

No Bake Cookies!!!

It is so UNBELIEVABLE to me that someone might NOT know about NO BAKE COOKIES!!!!
WHAT????  How can that be??  Did your Mom not make these for you growing up?????  I can NOT imagine my childhood without them!!!!
BUT just TODAY.....NO JOKING....I had 2 people ask me for the recipe!!!  WOW!!!!
So HERE IT IS......

1 stick of butter
1/2 cup milk
4 Tbsp Cocoa
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups oatmeal
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter

Cook all the ingredients except oatmeal and peanut butter (set them aside) on a slow boil for 90 seconds!  THEN add oatmeal and peanut butter!!  Stir all together and drop spoonfuls onto wax paper!!!  ;)

NUMMY!!!! YUMMY!!!!
I am going to get up and make some!!  LOL!!

ENJOY!!!!!!

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Nutella Hot Chocolate

Nathaniel wanted some hot chocolate this afternoon and I have been seeing theNutella recipes floating around on the web so I decided to give it a try!!!! 

OMG....it is AWESOME!!!!  VERY rich!!!  I added some homemade whipped cream to the top and we LOVED it!!!  This will definitely be a new HALLMARK favorite!!

I altered the recipe a little bit!  I will post the original recipe and tell you what I changed!  You can decide how to make yours!!

1 cup milk
3 Tbsp Nutella
1 Tbsp Cocoa
1 Tbsp Brown Sugar
Tiny pinch of salt

I added a little bit more milk and heaping Tbsp's of Nutella!!

ENJOY!!!!!




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DATE BALLS

8oz chopped dates

1 stick butter

1/2 cup coconut

1 cup brown sugar

Cook above ingredients for 6 minutes stirring the whole time so it doesn't stick!

Take off of burner and add

1/2 tsp vanilla

1 cup rice crispies

1 cup chopped pecans

Mix all together! Take small amounts and roll into balls! When finished take the balls and roll in powdered sugar!!

YOU ARE DONE!!!!!!!

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 3 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese
• 2 (12-ounce) cans refrigerated biscuits (10 count)
• 1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped walnuts

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Spray a bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray. Mix the granulated sugar and cinnamon. In a saucepan, melt the butter and brown sugar over low heat, stirring well; set aside. Cut the cream cheese into 20 equal cubes. Press the biscuits out with your fingers and sprinkle each with 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon sugar.     Place a cube of cream cheese in the center of each biscuit, wrapping and sealing the dough around the cream cheese. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of the nuts into the bottom of the bundt pan. Place half of the prepared biscuits in the pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, pour half of the melted butter mixture over the biscuits, and sprinkle on 1/2 cup of nuts. Layer the remaining biscuits on top, sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon sugar, pour the remaining butter mixture over the biscuits, and sprinkle with the remaining 1/2 cup of nuts. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes. Place a plate on top and invert  I only had 1 can of biscuits!!!

ENJOY!!!!

This is without a doubt on of the easiest

POTATO SOUP RECIPE....ever! And the best part is that it is for the crockpot!

EASY CROCKPOT POTATO SOUP

1 30oz. bag of frozen, shredded hash browns

3 14oz. cans of chicken broth

1 can of cream of chicken soup

1/2 cup onion, chopped

1/4 tsp. ground pepper

1 pkg. REGULAR cream cheese

Combine all ingredients, EXCEPT for the cream cheese, in a crockpot. Cook for 6-8 hours on low heat. About 1 hour before serving, add cream cheese and keep heated until thoroughly melted. Serve with cheese, sour cream, bacon bits, green onions!

You will NEVER know that it is this simple! My family LOVES it!

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I had seen these cute little mouths with teeth made out of apples and marshmallows on Pinterest!!  So I decided to make them for MC's class snack!!

As you can see, mine turned out a little CRAZY!!  So I have decided to name mine YUCK MOUTH!!!  ;)

I used my apple corer to cut an apple into 8 and then cut each piece in halph making 16!  Then spread PB on 2 slices!  Place marshmallows onto one side and then place the second slice on top!!  Now in the pic's I have seen they are all clean and straight but mine did NOT turn out that way!!!  ;)  I still think that they are pretty darn cute!!!

GOTTA LOVE IT!!!  

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Tasty Tuesday 10/4/2011

My family and I LOVE the recipes that I am about to post!!!  I HOPE that you ENJOY them as much as we do!!

The first is "JULEAH'S SPAGHETTI"

1lb hamburger meat

1lb italian sausage

1 jar alfredo sauce

1 jar Rao's Arrabbiata Sauce HOT

16 oz Rigatoni noodles

Brown meats and add both sauces! Cook rigatoni noodles and add to sauce!!  Let simmer for at least 30 minutes!!!  It is AWESOME!!!  But much better the 2nd day!! 

TREASURE PIE

8 oz cream cheese

2 Tablespoons sugar

2 Tablespoons milk

MIX all together with beater and place in bottom of graham cracker crust!

Add a lb of sliced strawberries on top of the cream cheese layer

1 package of cheesecake instant pudding

1 cup milk

8 oz coolwhip

Beat pudding and milk!!  Then fold in coolwhip!!!  Place over the strawberries!!! 

DONE!!!  That is it!!!  This is without a doubt one of the best desserts EVER!!!!!

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Wednesday 28, 2011

My friend Pam has requested that I post a TORTILLA SOUP that I made years ago!!  I had forgotten about this recipe and glad that she brought it to mind!!  I will be making it as soon as the "cold front" moves through!!  LOL!!  HAHA...we live in the SOUTH!! ;)

1 1/2 lbs cooked chicken

1 small onion chopped

1 can corn

1 can diced tomatoes

1 can rotel

1 can black beans

1 can pinto beans

1 pck taco seasoning

1 pck hidden valley ranch dressing

sour cream

cheese

tortilla chips

all cans are regular size cans!

Combine all ingredients EXCEPT the last three!

Cook on low to medium for 30-45 minutes!  Serve with sour cream, cheese, and tortilla chips on top!!  ENJOY!!!!  :)

EVEN BETTER....It can be made in the CROCKPOT!!!

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Tuesday 27, 2011

TASTY TUESDAY!!!!!!!!!

Ok...today I needed SIMPLE!!!  So I hope that you enjoy my finds!!  I am doing a crockpot dinner and FROZEN banana treats for the kids!!  AT LEAST they are somewhat healthy!!!  PLEASE, PLEASE give me some feedback!!!

1 to 2 lbs. lean ground beef
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
15 oz. can tomato sauce
1 can stewed tomatoes
1 tsp. oregano
1 tsp. Italian seasoning
salt/pepper
10 oz. frozen spinach, thawed (I used fresh spinach)
16 oz. bowtie pasta, cooked
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, shredded
1 1/2 cup mozzarella, shredded

Brown ground beef with onion and garlic. Put in crock-pot and add sauce, tomatoes and seasonings. Cook for 6-7 hours on low. Add the last 4 ingredients during the last 30 minutes of cooking and turn crock-pot to high. Mix well! Then I added the last 1/2 cup of mozzarella to melt on the top. ENJOY!!!!! I found this on an really cute blog off of Pinterest Becoming Betty

Frozen Banana Bites

2 large bananas
1/4 to 1/3 cup chocolate chips
1/4 to 1/3 cup peanut butter
coconut flakes or sprinkles
Place some wax paper on the counter and slice your bananas in good bite size pieces!! Then mix chocolate chips and peanut butter together and heat on high for about 1 minute!

Take the banana bites and dip into the chocolate mixture and place on wax paper! You can drizzle the remaining chocolate over the bananas! Then sprinkle with coconut or sprinkles!! My kids LOVE the SPRINKLES!!!!!! ;)
Then place in Freezer!! You can eat before they are frozen but REALLY good frozen! GREAT HEALTHY TREAT!!!!!!

I hope you enjoy!! Please check back!! Next week is my AWESOME PASTA dish that my friend Juleah gave me a while back and everytime I make it, people GO CRAZY!!!!

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Wednesday September 21, 2011

Apple Dumplins

2 large Granny Smith apples, peeled and cored
2 (10 ounce) cans refrigerated crescent roll dough
1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle Mountain Dew

1.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
2.Peel apples and cut each apple into 8 wedges and set aside. Separate the crescent roll dough into triangles. Roll each apple wedge in crescent roll dough starting at the smallest end. Pinch to seal and place in the baking dish.
3.Melt butter in a small saucepan and stir in the sugar and cinnamon. Pour over the apple dumplings. Pour Mountain Dew™ over the dumplings.
4.Bake for 35 to 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown

FYI.....there is a lot of juice so just scoop out a couple of spoonfuls and pour over the top!  GREAT with ice cream!!!

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Fruit Salsa

Pinned on Pinterest from http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/  GREAT BLOG!Fruit Salsa with Baked Cinnamon Chips

by Allrecipes

2 kiwis, peeled and diced
2 Golden Delicious apples - peeled, cored and diced
8 ounces raspberries
1 (16 oz) carton of strawberries, diced
2 tablespoons white sugar (more or less to taste)
1 tablespoon brown sugar (more or less to taste)
3 tablespoons fruit preserves, any flavor (I used strawberry)

10 (10 inch) flour tortillas
melted butter or butter flavored cooking spray

Cinnamon sugar:
1 cup white sugar
2 Tablespoons cinnamon

1. In a large bowl, thoroughly mix kiwis, apples, raspberries, strawberries, white sugar, brown sugar and fruit preserves. Cover and chill in the refrigerator at least 15 minutes.

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

3.Coat one side of each flour tortilla with melted butter or butter flavored cooking spray. Sprinkle tortillas with desired amount of cinnamon sugar. Cut into wedges and arrange in a single layer on a large baking sheet. Spray again with cooking spray (not necessary if using melted butter).

4.Bake in the preheated oven 8 to 10 minutes. Repeat with any remaining tortilla wedges. Allow to cool approximately 15 minutes. Serve with chilled fruit mixture. This salsa can also be serve with cinnamon graham grackers or cinnamon pita chips. Best when made and eaten the same day otherwise the fruit gives off so too much juice and it gets runny.

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Tomato Basil Soup

WOOOOO HOOOOOO!!! Fall Is HERE!!! I am so super excited and could NOT wait to make my TOMATO BASIL SOUP and GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICHES!!! I want to crawl up on the couch with my sweet husband and kiddos!! I know that some have asked for my recipe so here it is!! HOPE you ENJOY!!!! Feel free to leave me any comments!!! ;)


4 C. canned whole tomatoes, crushed You can use fresh!
4 C. chicken stock
12 to 14 washed fresh basil leaves
1 C. heavy cream
1 1/2 sticks salted butter
salt to taste
1/4 tsp. cracked black pepper

Puree tomoatoes in blender and then add all ingredients to large pan! Cook on medium, stirring constantly, until all ingredients are blended and melted! Turn to low heat and let simmer for at least 30 minutes!!

Garnish with basil leaves and serve with your favorite bread.

As you all know, I tend to add a little here and there to my recipes! I tend to add a little more cream and basil!! I just keep tasting until I get it the way I want it!! :) ENJOY!!!!

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German Chocolate Cake

Cake Ingredients

4 oz Baker's German Chocolate

1/2 cup boiling water

1 cup butter

 2 cups sugar

4 egg yolks

4 egg whites

1 tsp vanilla

2 1/2 cups cake flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup buttermilk

Mix German chocolate with the boiling water, stir until mixed well. Set aside

Mix butter and sugae until fluffy.  Slowly add egg yolks while the mixture is beating.  Mix until no more yellow is evident.  Add chocolate mixture and vanilla. 

Sift flour and add baking soda and salt.

Alternate adding the milk and the flour mixture to your butter mixture as it is beating.  Mix until smooth.

In another mixer or bowl, beat your egg whites until fluffy!  May take about 5 minutes!

After they are fluffy, very slowly FOLD them into the cake batter! 

You will need to grease and flour 3 cake pans!  I put wax paper in the bottem of mine!

Now divide the batter evenly between the 3 pans.

Bake in PRHEATED oven at 350 for 30-40 minutes!  Test with a toothpick!

When finished let cool on a cooling rack!

Icing Ingredients

1 cup evaporated milk

1 cup sugar

3 beaten egg yolks

1/2 cup butter

1 tsp vanilla

2 cups coconut

2 cups ROASTED chopped pecans

In a mediun sauce pan, combine all ingredients except the coconut and the pecans.  Cook for 12 minutes on medium heat.  Stir constantly or it will stick.  Add coconut and pecans!

I usually end up using more but I just keep adding the coconut and pecans until I get the consistency that I want!  Let cool!

When cool, frost the cake! 

Add frosting in between all layers and then cover the top!  I ALWAYS double the recipe to make sure that I have enough!!!!!

ENJOY!!!

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Spray counter lightly with non-stick cooking spray. Roll loaf or combined dinner rolls into a 12x16-inch rectangle. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest 10-15 minutes. Cook spaghetti according to package instructions. Drain and let cool slightly. Remove wrap from dough. Place spaghetti lengthwise in a 4-inch strip down center of dough. Top with sauce and cheese cubes. Make cuts 1 1/2-inches apart on long sides of dough to within 1/2-inch of filling. Begin braid by folding top and bottom strips toward filling. Then braid strips left over right, right over left. Finish by pulling last strip over and tucking under braid. Lift braid with both hands and place on a large, sprayed baking sheet. Brush with egg white and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, parsley and garlic. Bake at 350°F 30-35 minutes or until golden brown.  When take from oven brush with melted butter! Cool slightly and slice to serve.

You literally pick it up and eat it just like a CALZONE!!!  My ENTIRE family gave this a

HUGE THUMBS UP!!!!  ;)