Boiled Egg Sandwich

My Pee Paw use to make this when I was a kid...and no one could ever make them as good as he could:-) I didn't put any lettuce on this one like he use to because I didn't feel like breaking out the whole head of lettuce for one little piece. If you like boiled eggs...you must try this if you haven't already. It's REALLY good....and easy to make...and chances are you already have everything you need in your kitchen.

Ingredients:
2 eggs
2 slices of bread
1 tablespoon of mayo
salt and pepper
lettuce if you want:-)


Boil and peel the eggs. Toast the bread. Spread mayo on both sides of toasted bread. Slice eggs onto bread...top with salt and pepper. Enjoy! Oh...add lettuce if you want...

White Chicken Enchiladas

OMG...these ROCK!! I love The Pioneer Woman:-) Easy recipe...and DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!! Here is the link to the recipe. The rice recipe is also below...I just through that together and it was REALLY GOOD!!!!!

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/11/white-chicken-enchiladas/

Ok so my picture isn't the best...I didn't have much light to work with people...but don't let the picture fool you...they are really yummy!

Mexican Rice
1 cup white rice
1 tablespoon veg oil
2 cloves garlic (pressed through one of those squishy things...)
1 tomato seeded and chopped
about 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
salt pepper to taste
1 3/4 cup of chicken broth
1/2 (yellow) onion chopped

Put veg oil in pan and heat to med heat...add rice...cook stirring for about 3 minutes. Add chicken broth and the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Stir and cover for about 20 minutes...done:-)

Butter Finger Cake

Yum! This is really good...so good you can taste the "bad" in every bite! Thomas's Nanny sent me some recipes...I can't wait to try all of them. This was soooooo good! Thanks so much Margie for sharing this with me:-)

Ingredients:
1 Duncan Hines - Devil Food Cake Mix
1 jar of caramel ice cream topping
1 can of sweetened condensed milk
1 jar of rich and creamy cream cheese frosting
2 regular size butterfingers

Directions:
Make cake per box directions...when done poke holes in top of cake with fork. Pour can of condensed milk and the jar of caramel all over the top of the cake while cake is still hot. Place cake in freezer for about 15 minutes. Once cake has cooled.....ice with cream cheese frosting and sprinkle butter finger all over the top. Keep refrigerated for up to a week! ENJOY!!!!

Chicken and Sausage Kabobs

I know everyone knows how to make these...so this isn't some "Special" recipe or anything....but I LOVE kabobs...so I thought I would share:-)

Ingredients:
3 chicken breasts
1 sausage (I use beef sausage)
2 bell peppers
a few handfuls of mushrooms
tomatoes (I didn't have them for these kabobs)
Italian dressing
BBQ sauce

Directions:
Marinate the chicken in Italian dressing for at least a few hours. Cut all of the ingredients into bite size pieces...except the mushrooms and tomatoes...leave then whole. Put everything on skewers. Heat grill to medium heat. Cook kabobs for about 10 minutes or until everything is done. Joel like to brush BBQ sauce on his kabobs a few minutes before he pulls them off the grill. I serve them with rice and a salad. YUM!!! Great leftovers too!

Berry Cheesecake

This is delicious!!!

Pie Crust:

1/3 cup Milk
2/3 cup Vegetable Oil
2 1/4 cup Flour
1 tsp Salt

1. Measure the milk and vegetable and combine.
2. In a large bowl add the flour and salt. Pour the wet mixture over the dry and mix with a spoon.
3. Use this pie dough for any sweet or savory pie! Simply press in the pie pan rather than having to roll.

Cheesecake:

8 oz Cream Cheese
1/2 cup Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
2 eggs
2 cups Strawberries, sliced
1 cup Blueberries
1 TBS Light colored Jam (any flavor such as orange, apricot, peach, etc) I used pineapple
Pie Dough Stars, pie dough star cut outs, baked 15 minutes

preheat oven to 350 degrees

1. Press pie dough into a 9 inch pie pan. Reserve a small piece of pie dough, about 1/4 cup full and set aside for pie dough stars if using. Press dough up the side of the pie pan, and use your finger to press indentions to create a border. Place unbaked pie crust in the fridge.
2. Place the cream cheese and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until creamy and fluffy. Add vanilla. With mixer (or hand mixer) on low speed, add eggs one at a time fully incorporating before adding the second egg.
3. Remove crust from the fridge and pour cheesecake batter into crust. Bake for 25- 30 minutes until firm and set in the center, and the crust is lightly tanned. Sprinkle cinnamon over the cake and crust immediately after removing from oven. Sprinkle over the stars (if using). Let cheesecake pie cool completely.
4. Rinse and pat dry the berries. Remove the stems from the strawberries and cut in quarters. Gently place the berries on top on the cheesecake.
5. Boil some water (in the microwave is easiest) and pour over the jam a tablespoon at a time until it has melted and is thick and syrupy. Use a pastry brush to brush the glaze over the berries. This will create the shiny, glossy look.
6. Place the stars on the pie up to three hours in advance to avoid them getting soft or stained. The pie can be made 24 hours in advance.

Chicken and Black Bean Quesadillas

I put these together tonight with what we had in the kitchen...and they were REALLY good!!

Ingredients:
2 chicken breasts
1 bell pepper
black beans (if you use canned drain them first)
4 wheat tortillas
1 tbs butter
seasoning (whatever you want) I used a little Cajun seasoning and a little fajita seasoning on the chicken and bell peppers
shredded cheddar cheese

Directions:
Cook chicken in a little butter and olive oil on med high heat...add sliced bell pepper a few minutes before the chicken is done. Season with whatever seasoning you would like. Once chicken and bell peppers are done...set to the side.
Butter the back of two tortillas and put them on a hot griddle (350). Spread cheese on tortilla, add black beans, bell peppers and chicken...sprinkle with a little more cheese then place the second tortilla on top. Flip when bottom tortilla is brown. Let cook until other side is browned and everything in the middle is melted and hot. YUM!!

Hashbrown Casserole

I love hash brown casseroles! This one is simple to make and yummy!

Ingredients:
6 eggs
1 cup of milk
1 bell pepper (any color) chopped
1 small onion chopped
1 cup sliced mushrooms
handful of fresh spinach chopped
6 slices of bacon
1/3 cup sour cream
enough cheddar cheese to cover the top
salt and pepper for seasoning
2 cups of shredded potatoes (I use the bagged...)

Directions:
Cook bacon and set aside (this recipe could also be used with sausage) Saute the onion, mushrooms, bell pepper and spinach in 1 tbs of butter until soft. In an 8x8 casserole dish put the shredded potatoes. Salt and pepper. Place cooked bacon on top of the potatoes. Put veggie mixture on top of the bacon. Whisk together the eggs, milk and sour cream. Pour egg mixture on top of casserole. (At this point you can refrigerate the casserole until you are ready to cook if if you need to) Cover with shredded cheddar cheese. Bake on 400 for about 35 minutes:-)

ENJOY!!!