Pumpkin Muffins

This recipe came from HERE. I got it from Pinterest. 

 Only 2 ingredients. A can of pumpkin & a box of yellow cake mix.

Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes.

Sprinkle with powder sugar.

Crockpot beef & Noodles

A new one my family tried. We all loved it! Served over egg noodles.

-1 10 oz can of cream of mushroom soup

-1 10 oz can of cream of celery soup

-1 package onion soup

-1 (4 oz) can of sliced mushrooms drained

-1 lb stew meat

-noodles or rice

-Put all ingredients (except rice or noodles) in crockpot & cook on low 8-10 hours. Serve over rice or noodles.

Chicken Souiza Cornbread Bake

My friend Kena G. wanted to share this recipe. She got it from http://allrecipes.com/. Can't wait to try it!

Ingredients
1/2 cup margarine
1 onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 (15.25 ounce) can whole kernel corn
1 (15 ounce) can cream-style corn
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup egg substitute
1 (8.5 ounce) package corn bread mix
2 1/3 cups chopped cooked chicken breast
2 tablespoons canned green chile peppers, chopped
1 (4 ounce) jar chopped mushrooms, drained
1 1/2 cups nonfat sour cream
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 (8 ounce) package Monterey Jack cheese, shredded

Directions
1.Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 9x13 inch baking dish.
2.Melt margarine in a small skillet over med-high heat. Saute onion and garlic until tender, 4 to 6 minutes; set aside. In a large bowl, combine corn, cream style corn, salt and eggs. Beat in muffin mix. Fold in cooked onion mixture. Pour into prepared baking dish.
3.In a large bowl, combine chicken, green chiles, mushrooms, sour cream, salt and pepper. Spoon over corn mixture to within 1 inch from edge. Sprinkle top with cheese.
4.Bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until edges are golden brown
 

Chunky Chocolate Cookies

-1 package of Duncan Hines moist delux dark chocolate fudge cake mix.
-2 large eggs
- 1/2 C butter melted
-1/4 C firmly packed brown sugar
-1 tsp vanilla extract
-1 C semi sweet chocolate chips
-1/2 C chopped pecans or walnuts

-Preheat oven to 350.
-Place cake mix, eggs, melted butter, brown sugar & vanilla in large bowl.
-Stir w/ spoon until blended.
-Stir in chocolate chips & pecans or walnuts
-Drop by spoonfuls onto greased baking sheets
-Bake at 350 for 12 minutes
-Cool 2 minutes

These are good! Just make sure & not over-cook!

Cheeseburger Casserole

Tried this tonight for the first time. This is one of the easiest recipes & my family really liked it.

• 1 lb hamburger meat
• 1 clove garlic minced
• 1/4 C chopped onion
• salt & pepper
• 1/4 C ketchup
• 1 (8 oz) can tomatoe sauce
• 1 C cheddar cheese, shredded
• 1 can refrigerated biscuits

-Brown meat, garlic, & onion. Drain greese. Add salt & pepper. Stir in ketchup & tomatoe sauce. Heat thouroghly.
-Poor hamburger mixture into an 8 inch square baking dish. Sprinkle with shredded cheddar cheese. Top with biscuits.
-Bake 20 minutes or until biscuits are golden brown.

Ashley's Weekly Menu

This is what we are eating this week:

Spaghetti (a weekly staple)
Chili Lime Chicken Tostadas (a new recipe)
No Peek Stew (another new one)

I'm excited to try these new recipes!  I'll let you know how they turn out!
And if you have any new/old recipes that you would like us to post...please share!  We love trying new things!

Ashley

Chocolate Peanut Buddy Bars

• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1 C peanut butter
• 6 tbls soft butter
• 1 C sugar
• 1 C flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 pkg semi-sweet choc chips

-Pre heat oven to 350. In large bowl blend peanut butter & butter till smooth. Add sugar, eggs, & vanilla. Beat well. Blend in flour & salt. Stir in 1 C chocolate chips. Spread unto ungreased 13X9 in pan.
-Bake 25-30 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Immediatley sprinkle remaining chocolate chips on. Let stand 5 minutes or til morsels become shiney & soft. Spread evenly over top.
-Cool completley. Cut into 1 1/2 in squares.

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Adapted from Big Red Kitchen

Ground chuck (80/20) 2 pounds for a 9 x 13 pan, 2-1/2 pounds for a 10 x 15 pan
Dried, minced onion
Seasoning salt
6 slices of cheese
Sliced dill pickles
Dinner rolls, any brand
Sprinkle dried minced onion on the bottom of a 9 x 13 or 10 x 15 pan. Use as much as you like.
Press ground chuck into pan, on top of onions until it completely covers the bottom. Use two pounds of ground chuck if you are using a 9 x 13 pan or 2-1/2 pounds of ground chuck if you are using a 10 x 15 pan. Sprinkle the meat with seasoning salt.
Place in a 400 degree oven for 25 minutes. (Make sure you use an 80/20 mixture of ground beef, otherwise your burgers will be dry.)
The meat will shrink in the oven. After 25 minutes remove and cover with six slices of cheese. Place meat back in the oven for two minutes until the cheese is melted.
With a pizza cutter or a knife, slice the meat into as many square pieces as you have rolls.
Place the meat in between the bun with some of the onion and pop on a few dill pickles. You are ready to serve.

http://noblepig.com/2009/06/30/a-homerun.aspx

Thank you Jasmine M for this great recipe!

Mexican Potato Casserole

Ingredients:

4 medium potatoes, with peel

4 Tablespoons butter
1 envelope taco seasoning
1 pound lean ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 cups salsa
1 cup chopped peppers (red, green or yellow)
1 cup grated Monterey Jack cheese

Directions:
Cut potatoes into bite-size pieces and place in greased casserole dish.
Melt butter...stir in taco seasoning.
Pour over the potatoes and stir to coat well.
Bake uncovered at 425 degrees Fahrenheit for 40 minutes.
Stir...bake 10 minutes longer.
Brown and crumble beef; add onion and cook until soft...then drain.
Stir in salsa and chopped bell peppers
Pour over potatoes.
Top with grated cheese.
Bake uncovered for 10 minutes.

We put this in tortillas and it was SO Yummy!!  We used ground beef but you could also use chicken or ground turkey!  It's also a good way to stretch your meat!  Thanks Tommie V. for the awesome recipe!

Ashley

Easy Chicken & Cheese Enchiladas

• 1 can of Progresso chicken enchilada soup
• 1/3 C Sour Cream
• 1 can chopped green chilis
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 2 C chopped cooked chicken
• 1 1/2 C shredded colby-montery jack cheese
• 8 flour tortillas

~Heat oven to 350.
~In med bowl mix soup, SC, chilis, & Cumin. In ungreased 2 qt shallow baking dish, spread 1/2 C soup mixture.
~In another bowl, mix 1 C soup mixture, the chicken, & 3/4 C cheese.
~Place 1/3 C chicken mixture in each tortilla. Roll up & place seem down in dish. Pour remaining soup mix. on top. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Cover dish with foil sprayed in cooking spray.
~Bake 30 min. Remove foil & bake 5 more minutes or till cheese is melted.

French Silk Chocolate Pie

Filling

• pie crust
• 3 oz unsweeted chocolate cut into pieces
• 1 C butter softened
• 1 C sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 4 eggs

Topping

• 1/2 C sweet whip cream
• chocolate curls

-Heat oven to 450. Prepare pie crust bake 9-11 minutes or until golden brown.

-In a 1 qt saucepan, melt choc over low heat. Cool.

-In small bowl with electric mixer, beat butter on med speed until fluffy. Grad beat in sugar until light & fluffy. Beat in cooled choc & vanilla til blended .

-Add eggs 1 at a time, beat 2 minutes each until smooth & fluffy. Pour into cooled pie crust.

-Refrigerate 2 hours before serving.

-Top with cool whip & chocolate shavings.

Ashley's Weekly Menu

Excited to be linking up with http://www.orgjunkie.com/ for Menu Plan Monday!  Hop on over to get lots of other recipe ideas!

Here is what my menu looks like this week:

Spaghetti, Green Beans, Croissant Rolls-a tried and true recipe that we have just about every single week!  :)
Barbecue Chicken Sandwiches, Sweet Potato Fries-LOVE throwing chicken in the crockpot and having a meal ready when I get home!
Beans and Cornbread-Gonna throw some green chilies in with the beans this time and spice it up a little!
Tuna Alfredo-This one I'm just gonna throw together with some stuff I have in the pantry.  I'll let you know how it goes!

What have you got planned this week??

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Ashley's Weekly Menu

Trying a few new ones this week:

Baked Ravioli
Beans/Cornbread
Pancakes
Meaty Spanish Rice
BBQ Chicken Sandwiches
Leftovers

What are you having this week??
Ashley