Cheese Cake Bites

I thought these would make a good little bite sized dessert for the Easter cookout...and boy did they:-) They were all gone quickly!! I only got one...but it was good:-) These are really simple to make too!

Graham Cracker Crust:
1 1/2 cups graham crackers
1/4 cup sugar
1/3 butter melted

Cheese Cake Bites:
2 8oz packages of cream cheese at room temp
1/2 sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
Cherry pie filling


Combine everything and mix well.

Preheat over to 375. Line a mini muffin pan with paper liners. Place small amount of crust mixture in each cup and press down.

Cream together cream cheese, sugar with a mixer until fluffy...add eggs one at a time,,,mix. Add vanilla...mix.

Pour small about of batter in each cup to fill them in. Bake for 15 minutes or until the edges appear to be set.

Allow to cool completely before adding cherry topping. Refrigerate until serving:-)

Chicken Chimichanga

YUM!! These were awesome:-) Joel LOVED them!

I used my chicken taco recipe for the meat:

3-4 chicken breasts (Frozen or thawed) Put the chicken breasts in crock pot...add a can of diced tomatoes, a can of corn and a can of green chilis. Turn on high for 4 hours.... Shred chicken.Drain any extra juices from the meat mixture before using for the chimichanga's.

Heat up can of refried beans
Spread beans on flour tortilla, add some chicken mixture and a little cheese. Roll up and put on hot griddle with a little butter for about 2-3 minutes until brown...flip and do the same thing to the other side....ENJOY!!!!

Pasta Salad 2

This is a delicious and easy summer pasta salad! I made it for a cookout we had recently and everyone LOVED it....Joel keeps asking me to make it again:-)

Ingredients:

Whole wheat pasta (one package of the spiral kind)

1 red bell pepper chopped

1 cucumber - de-seeded and chopped

pepper

Italian dressing (not a lot)

Colby jack cheese chopped into small cubes (however much you want)

salami (chopped into cubes) however much you want

red onion chopped

Mix everything together and let chill in fridge for about an hour before serving...YUMMY! Very light and delicious! You could also add black olives....carrots....etc...whatever veggies you want!!