BBQ Ranch Chicken

Greg is amazing.

One of the reasons he is amazing because he makes food like this:

Take a chicken breast and pound it until thin.

Place extra sharp white cheddar cheese, bbq and bacon bits inside and wrap it up.

Then wrap the chicken breast in bacon. (Greg is trying to incorporate bacon into every meal)

Lather with cheese and place for 30 minutes in oven at 350.

Take out and put more bbq on the chicken and place back in over for 15 minutes.

Then eat this deliciousness with a bit of ranch on each bite and go on and die and go to heaven. :)

Simple Truffles

My first try at making truffles, so I found an easy recipe. They turned out good. Next time I might try some white chocolate or some other variations.

What you need:
20 squares of Baker's semi-sweet chocolate squares
1 8 oz package of cream cheese
sprinkles or other decorations of your choice

What you do:
Melt 8 chocolate squares. Beat cream cheese with mixer until creamy. Blend in melted chocolate. Refrigerate until firm.
Shape into 36 balls (I must have made mine a little smaller because I got 50) Place on waxed paper covered baking sheet.
Melt remaining chocolate squares (12). Use fork to dip truffles; return to baking sheet. Decorate with sprinkles or other toppings, then refrigerate 1 hour.

easy yummy crockpot dinner

Easy and yummy... can't beat that for Sunday dinner!

1 pound beef stew meat

1 can cranberry sauce

2 T soy sauce

1 diced onion

Cook on high for 5-6 hours. Serve with mashed potatoes, rolls, green beans, and a salad.

YUMMY!!!

Cream of Wheat

Greg made the best cream of wheat on Sunday. It was the best because he added 12 white chocolate lindor truffle balls!!! Yeah, very bad for you but it was OH SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!! :)

Magic Cookie Bars with a Twist (or Swirl)

We had these on Sunday and Bob wanted the recipe so here it is.

1 1/2 C chocolate graham cracker (or cookie) crumbs
1/2 C butter
1 1/2 C swirl white/chocolate chips (or use half chocolate and half white chocolate chips)
1 1/3 C shredded or flaked coconut
1 C coarsley chopped pecans
1 can sweetened condensed milk

Melt butter in 9x13 baking dish. Add chocolate graham (cookie) crumbs. Mix until well moistened and press evenly in pan. Sprinkle swirl white/chocolate chips over crust. Layer coconut over top. Sprinkle nuts on top. Cover with sweetened condensed milk. Bake at 375 until lightly browned, about 15-20 minutes. Cool and cut into bars.

Beef Chowder

My Mom made this for us this past Sunday and it was EASY, and TASTY!

Ingredients
1 1/2 lb ground beef
1/2 C chopped celery
1/2 C chopped onion
1/3 C chopped green pepper
2 16oz cans of tomatoes cut up
2 10 3/4oz cans of condensed cream of celery soup
1 17oz can of cream style-corn
1/4 C snipped parsley
1/2 tsp ground thyme
1/4 tsp salt

Instructions
-In skillet, cook beef, celery, onion and green pepper until meet is browned; drain well. Transfer mixture into crockery cooker.
-Stir in undrained tomatoes, soup, corn, parsley, thyme and salt. Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 8 hours. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Makes 10-12 servings.

My mom added extra corn but it was extremely tasty and I love that you just plot all that stuff in a crock pot and leave it for 8 hours and then you get this tasty meal.

Enjoy! :)

Soon I'll be posting pie recipes - Greg's been experimenting to find some good ones for Thanksgiving :-D Which means I need to loosen my jeans a bit haha.

Delicious, easy Apple Crisp

Last night we got a whole lot of yummy apples from Joe and Melanie and came home and made apple crisp - and it was so delicious! It was pretty darn easy too, except for the peeling the apple part since we don't have a peeler (idea for a Christmas gift haha!).

Ingredients
"Apple Part"
-10 Cups all purpose apples, peeled, cored and sliced
-1 Cup white sugar (we used splenda and just used 1/2 a cup - still yummy!)
-1 Tablespoon all-purpose flour
-1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
-1/2 Cup of water

"Crisp Part"
-1 Cup quick-cooking oats
-1 Cup all-purpose flour
-1 Cup packed brown sugar
-1/4 teaspoon baking powder
-1/4 teaspoon baking soda
-1/2 Cup butter/margarine, melted

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Place the sliced apples in a 9x13 inch pan. Mix the white sugar, 1 tbsp flour and ground cinnamon together, and sprinkle over apples. Pour water evenly over all.
3. Combine the oats, 1 C flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and melted butter together. Crumble evenly over the apple mixture.
4. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

Extra Yummy Ideas:
We found that drizzling caramel on top and a dab of whipping cream makes this extra tasty!

Have a happy fall! Definitely try this recipe :-D