Salsa Chicken Quesadilla

July 26, 2012 by 4 Comments

This is one of my all time favorite summer quesadillas. The kids don’t like the peppers or green onions so you don’t have to add those in there. Find a salsa you like, if you like spicy go for it, you want mild have at it. Make it up as you go! This makes a wonderful appetizer or lunch for busy summers.

 

Ingredients

 

about 2 cups of shredded chicken which had slow cooked in the crock pot the day before.

1/2 cup or more of homemade salsa

1 shredded cheese of choice (provolone, swiss and pepper jack work great in this spicy meal)

1/2 cup chopped green onions

1/4 cup chopped sun dried tomatoes

1/4 cup chopped roasted red bell peppers

flour tortillas

 

Directions

Mix up the shredded chicken with salsa. Add in shredded [Read more…]

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Slow Cooker Meat Sauce Recipe

July 17, 2012 by 5 Comments

This is a really easy slow cooker sauce you can do on a busy day. I mostly use fresh tomatoes, since my garden is in full bloom right now, but since most don’t grow or even can tomatoes I’m giving the version that uses store bought jars.To make it really pop though dicing up a few tomatoes and adding them in to the sauce- it will add a bunch of flavor! My kids love this meaty sauce. I chop a lot of extra vegetables in there, zucchini works best just chop them up and toss in the sauce to cook!

Ingredients

1lb ground beef

1/2lb Italian sausage

1 chopped green bell pepper

1 chopped red bell pepper

1 onion diced

6 gloves garlic chopped and minced

4 jars diced tomatoes (14oz)

1 can tomato sauce (15 pz)

1 can tomato paste [Read more…]

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Salsa Chicken Quesadilla

July 11, 2012 by 5 Comments

This is one of my all time favorite summer quesadillas. The kids don’t like the peppers or green onions so you don’t have to add those in there. Find a salsa you like, if you like spicy go for it, you want mild have at it. Make it up as you go! This makes a wonderful appetizer or lunch for busy summers.

Ingredients

about 2 cups of shredded chicken which had slow cooked in the crock pot the day before.

1/2 cup or more of homemade salsa

1 shredded cheese of choice (provolone, swiss and pepper jack work great in this spicy meal)

1/2 cup chopped green onions

1/4 cup chopped sun dried tomatoes

1/4 cup chopped roasted red bell peppers

flour tortillas

Directions

Mix up the shredded chicken with salsa. Add in shredded cheese of [Read more…]

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Cool Summer Pies Recipe

July 3, 2012 by 7 Comments

This is a really easy summer recipe. I never really do it the same but the base is the same. Cream cheese, whipped topping and a pie crust. Easy right? It’s also refreshing for a hot day, you can whip it up literally in minutes and your good to go!

So yummy!

Ingredients


1 8 0z package of cream cheese softened
1/3 cups of sugar
2 cups thawed whipped topping
2 tablespoons lemonade drink mix (pink lemonade works well)
Your choice pie crust
Fresh fruit for topping

Directions. Beat with an electric mixer the sugar, cream [Read more…]

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Vidalia Onion and Bacon Warpped Steak

July 2, 2012 by 11 Comments

This is a recipe of my husbands evil brain. It is NOT healthy, or good for you in any way. Well, the onions might be a bit good for you, but cooked the way they are I very much doubt it. This recipe is not for the faint of heart or high of cholesterol.

It is inspired by Vidalia Onions, recently brought home from recent travels. Can’t get any fresher, now can you? LOL. The Vidalia onion, which can only be produced IN Vidalia, Georgia, are sweeter than other onions.
Vidalia onion growers have protected their brand, and today all onions labelled Vidalia must be grown in one of thirteen different counties in Georgia or in specific portions of seven other counties. Bet you chef’s didn’t know that! Read on for the bacon and onion-filled recipe 🙂

Bacon wrapped steak with Vidalia Onions

3 pieces of fillet Mignon (half pound), as little cartilage as possible, cut about an inch and a half thick
half pound thickly cut bacon
1 Vidalia Onion
your favorite spice rub
teaspoon olive oil

Cut onion into quarter inch pieces, you want to be able to get a piece per fork full or so.
Next take a slice of bacon and cut it half, put olive oil, half slice bacon and onions in large frying pan.
Let cook uncovered on low heat.

While the onions are cooking, put your favorite dry rub on your steak pieces, we used a Cajun spice [Read more…]

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Dry Rub Grill Recipe

June 25, 2012 by 5 Comments
Here’s a good dry rub recipe, I’ve used it on tons of grilling food and love it. Simple, easy, but not the best picture though, sorry about that, I can’t make ribs look good. LOL

This is a super simple, super easy never fail dry rub recipe that I was given years ago. I add and subtract ingredients though just to change things up now and again. Perfect for summer and even better perfect for Father’s day! I have used this on all kinds of meat though I don’t like it on fish. We used this on spare ribs this past [Read more…]

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Cereal Bar Recipe

June 13, 2012 by 5 Comments
School is out, summer is here and my kids are pestering me for snacks. Well not really pestering, but you know what I mean. With the kids home from school for the summer I need to be more creative getting snacks ready for them. This simple and easy mix and match recipe has always been a wonderful summer treat. I have used different cereals and different dried fruit so it’s never the same. Play with it, bake them and keep them on hand!

Cereal Squares

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar packed
2 tablespoons honey (could be light syrup)
3 cups cereal (flakes of any kind are the best for this recipe, like Honey Bunches of Oats and or Frosted flakes, Bran Flakes, you get the idea)
1 cup quick cooking oats uncooked
1 cup coconut
3/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup raisins
1 cup apricots
*optional 1 cup peanuts



Directions
Preheat oven to 350F

Take the first three ingredients and cook in a small saucepan over medium heat until it boils, be sure to stir. While this [Read more…]

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Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins Recipe

May 16, 2012 by 9 Comments

I got this recipe from a friend who says it’s the only way her kid will ever eat oatmeal! I love those recipes where you sneak in something healthy and kids don’t know about it. The kids are too busy marveling at the bursting blueberries in the muffin they will never even question about oatmeal. Besides the bursting flavor I love how little sugar it uses – only one third of a cup! My family enjoys this as a breakfast on the go,an afternoon snack or even a sweet dessert throughout the summer. Easy, delicious, quick, what more can you ask for?

Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins

Ingredients
1 1/3 cups flour
3/4 cups oats
1/3 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 beaten egg
3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup oil
3/4 cup fresh blueberries
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 ( my oven runs hot, so 375 works perfectly for these muffins, adjust the time) Grease muffins cups or line your muffin pan with liners.
Toss the oats and flour together. Add in the sugar baking powder and salt. In another bowl combine the wet ingredients , leave out the berries [Read more…]
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