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Pink stuff

Pink Stuff

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 Pink Stuff

If you need an easy, delicious dessert, this is it.  This is Denton’s absolute favorite if he wants something sweet and it is extremely fast and easy to put together.

Pink stuff

Pink Stuff

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Course Dessert

Ingredients
  

  • 1 (3 ounce) Cherry Jello
  • 1 (24 ounce) Cottage cheese
  • 1 (8 ounce) Whipped topping, (Cool Whip)
  • 1 (15.25 ounce) Fruit Cocktail, drained
  • 1 (16 ounce) Maraschino cherries, drained and cut in half

Instructions
 

  • Put everything in a large bowl and mix well.
  • Chill for at least an hour.

Here’s how I make it:

This recipe was passed down to me from Denton’s Mama.  My version, as per usual, is slightly different.  You can substitute name brand versions of everything if that is how you roll, I just can’t tell the difference in Jello brand jello and the Walmart version. 😉

pink stuff

If I were making this for just myself, I would leave out the fruit cocktail entirely.  I LOVE maraschino cherries and the more the better.  Denton would prefer that I use only 8 ounces of those and more fruit cocktail.  But we all have to compromise sometimes.

However you choose to make it, the base recipe is a delicious end result. Let me know how you like it if you decide to try it! 

You can find my other recipes here.

panko carrots

Panko Garlic Roasted Carrots

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  Panko Garlic Roasted Carrots

This is a perfect side dish.  I’m always looking for another one that isn’t potatoes, because you can’t eat potatoes for every meal.  Right?  Who am I kidding, of course you can!  But this is still a great side.

Panko Garlic Roasted Carrots

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Course Side Dish

Ingredients
  

  • 2 lbs carrots
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 2 tsp minced garlic
  • 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
  • 1/4 cup Panko bread crumbs
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Peel and cut up your carrots so that they are approximately the same size.
  • Mix together the carrots, olive oil, garlic, cheese and panko.
  • Pour everything onto your baking sheet.
  • Bake at 400* for 20- 25 minutes until roasted and delicious.
  • Enjoy!

Here’s how I make it:

Gather all of your ingredients, why yes, I do keep my olive oil in my grandmothers vinegar bottle.  Peel your carrots and chop them into sizes approximately the same size.  And then combine everything together and pour onto your baking dish.  Bake for about 25 minutes at 400*.

Enjoy!  They are delicious!

You can find my other recipes here.

Cheesy Beef and Noodle Bake

Cheesy Beef and Noodle Bake

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Cheesy Beef and Noodle Bake

I’ve been going through my 9,873 cookbooks and deciding on what to make as a new to me meal at least once a week.  I cobbled together a few of the casseroles that I found and came up with this recipe.  This was super simple, and delicious.  I can’t wait to make it again.

Here’s how I make it:

Fry your beef with onions until cooked through…..

Meanwhile, boil your noodles….

Drain the beef and onions  – add in your tomatoes and green chilis…..

Pour over the tomato sauce…..

Mix together……

Then add in your cream cheese…..

And your sour cream……

Mix again…..

Add in your drained egg noodles….

Mix…..

Add in some shredded cheese and mix…..

Top with more cheese and bake for 20 minutes until bubbly….

Et voila!

This is SO good.  Denton has already requested that it be doubled next time for many leftovers……

I think I’ll add green or red peppers for the crunch and color next time too.

 

You can find my other recipes here.  Do you need a new baking dish?  Tonight I used my red cast iron dutch oven to make this entire meal – except for the boiling noodles, which if I had thought it through I would have done first and saved myself a pot to wash.

Here’s the handy dandy printable:

Cheesy Beef and Noodle Bake

Cheesy Beef and Noodle Bake

A cheesy casserole with lots of beef, egg noodles, tomatoes and green chilis that is easy, simple and delicious. And also fast!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes

Equipment

  • 1 dutch oven (or 1 pot to boil your noodles and a baking dish that can go in the oven)

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups egg noodles
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1/2 cup diced onions
  • 10 ounce can of tomatoes and green chilis (like rotel)
  • 8 ounce can of tomato sauce
  • 3 ounces cream cheese
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1 cup shredded cheese

Instructions
 

  • Boil your noodles and set aside.
  • Fry the ground beef and onions until the beef is no longer pink; drain.
  • Put the rest of the ingredients into the pot and stir everything together.
  • Top with more cheese and bake for 20 minutes.
  • Let it cool for 5 to 10 minutes and serve with a salad and garlic bread. Yum!
cherry pineapple dump cake

Cherry and Pineapple Dump Cake

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Cherry and Pineapple Dump Cake

I made this for Denton’s birthday a few weeks ago and we ate the entire thing in two days.  It is a keeper!

Here’s how I make it:

Mix a can of cherry pie filling with a can of crushed pineapple together in a baking pan.

As you can see, I couldn’t find my can of crushed pineapple, so I diced up some pineapple rings I had instead.  It worked just fine!  Use what you have people.

Next sprinkle an entire box of cake mix over the top of the fruit mixture…..I used Duncan Hines Classic Yellow cake mix, but I’ve also used others, just use what you have and have a taste for!

Cut up an entire stick of butter and place all over the top of the cake mix……Cherry and Pineapple Dump Cake

And bake.  It’s so, so good!  And easy too.

Dump cakes are the best.  Let me know what you think.cherry pineapple dump cake

You can find all of the my other dessert recipes here.  Do you need a new baking dish?  Here are some that I think are lovely.

Here’s the handy dandy printable.

Cherry Pineapple Dump Cake

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert

Ingredients
  

  • 1 (21 ounce can) cherry pie filling
  • 1 (20 ounce can) crushed pineapple
  • 1 box cake mix
  • 1 stick butter

Instructions
 

  • Mix together cherry pie filling and crushed pineapple in a baking dish.
  • Sprinkle the cake mix over the top of the filling.
  • Cut the butter into pats and place over the cake mix.
  • Bake at 350* for about 30 minutes or until golden and bubbly.
  • Enjoy!
Mississippi Pot Roast

Mississippi Pot Roast

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Mississippi Pot Roast Recipe

I have made this several times now and it is always delicious.  I make it specifically to eat on buns, rolls, or as Denton likes it, on tortillas.  Any way you eat it, it’s yummy!

Here’s how I make it:

I love chuck roast for this and my normal Sunday dinner type roast that I make.  But if you don’t have a chuck roast, just use what you have.  

I put the roast in the bottom of my slow cooker, sprinkle on the ranch dressing package, slice the butter and scatter it around and throw in around seven or eight peperoncini’s.

Cook it on low for seven to eight hours, or as I normally do – about four hours on high. Shred everything in the pot and serve however you deem best.  Anyway you serve it, it’s going to taste divine.

NOTE:  Yes, I know that most recipes call for au jus to go into the pot too.  I can never find it at my store, so I just leave it out!  Mississippi Pot Roast Let me know what you think!

Here’s the handy dandy printable.

 

Cherry Pineapple Dump Cake

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert

Ingredients
  

  • 1 (21 ounce can) cherry pie filling
  • 1 (20 ounce can) crushed pineapple
  • 1 box cake mix
  • 1 stick butter

Instructions
 

  • Mix together cherry pie filling and crushed pineapple in a baking dish.
  • Sprinkle the cake mix over the top of the filling.
  • Cut the butter into pats and place over the cake mix.
  • Bake at 350* for about 30 minutes or until golden and bubbly.
  • Enjoy!
Chicken and Yellow Rice recipe

Chicken and Yellow Rice Recipe

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Chicken and Yellow Rice Recipe

This is another one of my very simple recipes that I’ve made for years.  I originally got the recipe from Denton’s Mama when we first got married.  If you need supper on the table in about 30 minutes, which will fill everyone up and not cost the earth, AND taste delicious, this recipe is for you.

 

chicken and yellow rice recipe

 

Here’s how I make it:

First I fry my chicken with a little bit of butter and olive oil.  With salt and pepper.  You DO NOT HAVE TO DO THIS.  I do this (1) because Liv doesn’t eat meat.  You can boil the chicken in the water that you are going to cook the rice in and it will save you this step. Denton actually prefers the chicken boiled.  He loves the way it tastes.  But I don’t want to have to make two batches of separate rice, so…..You do you.chicken and yellow rice recipe

You can use any kind of yellow rice from the store.  This is what I had in my cabinet.  I have used this one – Vigo, I have also used Mahatma, Zatarains, Goya, Knorr, and I just saw this one on amazon which comes in bulk.  I’m going to give it a whirl too.  I can’t tell the difference in any of them.  But as I always say, you do you.  And then everyone will be happy.One note:  if you do take the time to fry the chicken separately, it will give it more flavor, but the rice has a lot of flavor to begin with, so it’s really not necessary.

I follow the directions on the rice packets and boil it until it’s delicious….

And then I chop the chicken and add it to the rice and it’s ready to eat!  I always separate enough for Liv to have at least a couple of meals with her Tofu.  It’s her favorite.  She asked for this to be her birthday meal this year.

At Denton’s request, I always serve this with my coleslaw.  And at my request, I always make cornbread muffins to go with it.chicken and yellow rice

It’s absolutely delicious.  Let me know what you think!chicken and yellow rice recipeHere’s the handy dandy printable.

 

chicken and yellow rice

Chicken and Yellow Rice

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Cook Time 30 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 (9)ounce packages yellow rice
  • 3 TBSP butter
  • 3 chicken breasts

Instructions
 

  • Saute your chicken OR boil it in the water you are going to cook the rice in.
  • Cook the rice per the instructions on your package with the butter.
  • Dice up the chicken and add to the cooked rice. And enjoy!

Notes

If you want to make this recipe vegetarian, just use Tofu or your choice of veggie protein in place of the chicken.
ravioli bake

Easy and Delicious Baked Ravioli

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Easy and Delicious Baked Ravioli

If you need an easy and delicious, QUICK meal, this is it.  It’s also just different enough that I can get away with it being something new.  Yay!  Best of all, it’s only FOUR ingredients.

Here’s how I make it:

As always with all of my recipes, if you don’t have something, say ricotta cheese, substitute something else.  I like cottage cheese in bakes like this.  If you don’t have spinach and cheese ravioli, use what you have.  I like this though because it gets more veggies inside us without sacrificing the taste.  This was excellent and I’ll definitely keep it stocked in my freezer from now on.  I HIGHLY recommend the Rao’s marinara though.  Yes, it costs the earth for a spaghetti sauce, but it also tastes amazing, and it doesn’t give everyone in my house heartburn.  Which is worth a gold piece or two.  Right?  Right.

Pour about 1/3 of your spaghetti sauce in the baking pan….

Put down a layer of ravioli…..  Get out your handy dandy scooper….

Put down a layer of ricotta (or cottage cheese)……  The scooper just makes everything more tidy, which makes my heart happy….

Sprinkle over some shredded cheese….

Add another layer of spaghetti sauce….

More ravioli and ricotta…..

More shredded cheese……

And just keep doing that until you are happy or you run out of supplies, OR your pan is completely full.  You do you, boo.Baked Ravioli

Bake until golden brown and bubbly.  I don’t mind that the ricotta doesn’t spread much, but if you do, just smear it about with a rubber spatula.  But I don’t have time for that…. YUM.
Serve with my favorite garlic bread.  And a giant salad.  More salads Tracie……

ravioli bake

And voila!  Here’s the handy dandy printable.

Easy and Delicious Ravioli Bake

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 (24 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce (we LOVE Rao's)
  • 1 (30 ounce) bag frozen ravioli
  • 1 (16 ounce) container ricotta cheese (or whatever yummy cheese you have on hand, like cottage cheese for instance)
  • 1 cup (or more) of shredded cheese

Instructions
 

  • Pour a thin layer of sauce in the bottom of your baking pan...
  • Add a layer of frozen ravioli
  • Then use a scooper to add a layer of ricotta cheese
  • Sprinkle with shredded cheese
  • Repeat the layers until you are happy or you run out of ingredients....
  • Ending with shredded cheese on the top.
  • Bake in a 400* oven until golden brown....
  • Serve with your favorite garlic bread and a giant salad! Enjoy!
Easy Green Bean Casserole

Easy Green Bean Casserole

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Easy Green Bean Casserole

Do you have a favorite easy green bean casserole recipe?  This is mine.  It’s super easy, fast and it tastes delicious.

Here’s how I make it:

Start with all of your ingredients:  I like the French style green beans, a can of cream of mushroom condensed soup, soy sauce, milk and French fried onions…..

Drain your green beans….

Add the can of soup…..

Then add a half of can of milk…..

A teaspoon of soy sauce….

As much black pepper as you can stand.  For me it’s a LOT.

Mix that all together…..

Add in half OR all of the French fried onions.  Just remember that you’ll want to add more to the top later.  So maybe you should buy two…..

Pour into a greased baking pan and bake for 20 minutes until its hot and bubbling.  Then put on the rest of your French fried onions and bake for another 10 minutes.

Or until it looks like this.  YUM.Easy Green Bean Casserole

And voila!  Here’s the handy dandy printable.

Easy Green Bean Casserole

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cans french style green beans, drained
  • 1 (10.5 ounce can) cream of mushroom condensed soup
  • 1/2 can milk
  • 1 tsp soy sauce
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper, or more to your taste
  • 1 or 2 (6 ounce bags) french fried onions

Instructions
 

  • Mix everything EXCEPT your reserved french fried onions together and pour into a greased baking dish.
  • Bake at 350* for 20 minutes until hot and bubbly.
  • Sprinkle the reserved french fried onions over the top and bake for an additional 10 minutes.
  • If you can wait for it to slightly cool, do that. Then enjoy!

Easy Green Bean Casserole

 

Easy Garlic Pasta Supper

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This recipe is so, so easy.  And it’s absolutely delicious too!

I am going to say right up front that you can simplify this recipe waaaay down from what you will see below.  This can be a one pot meal.  But, I have picky people in my house.  Sometimes Denton restricts his carbs, so he won’t eat pasta.  Liv doesn’t eat meat, so I cook it separately.  Hayden won’t touch a piece of broccoli with a 10 foot pole.  So I do each component in its own pot.  You don’t have too!  You can do the whole thing in one pot. That part of the recipe is at the bottom of this post.  It’s up to you and how picky your people are.

Here’s how I make it:

Boil your favorite pasta.  See how simple.  I also love Campanella pasta, but you can literally use anything.

After you drain your pasta, drop a whole stick of butter into the hot pot….

Put your pasta back in with the butter and add a teaspoon or seven of minced garlic…..

Shake in a half a cup of Parmesan cheese……

Or as much as you have and then use the powdered kind in the green container when you realize that someone ate all of the shredded kind and didn’t write it on the kitchen board….

Gather your broccoli….

Chop it into bite sized pieces….

Add a stick of butter to a pan…..

Add your chopped broccoli to the butter….

Salt and pepper the broccoli…. Then add 42 cloves of garlic that have been minced, or however much you like…..

Add a squeeze of lemon or a capful of the stuff that I keep in my fridge….  This part of the recipe is actually my beloved recipe you can find here.

Next choose your protein.  Most of the time I use leftover chicken.  Whatever I have on hand.  I didn’t have any chicken today so I pulled this yummy Kielbasa out of my lovely giant freezer….

Chopped it into rounds….

Fry it up in a pan and added more minced garlic to it…..

Put it all into a bowl and enjoy!!  Now here’s the kicker.  If I didn’t have picky people in my house, here is how I would make this dish:

Boil your pasta.  While it’s draining add a couple of sticks of butter to the pot.  Put in your chopped broccoli and 49 cloves of minced garlic – or to your taste.  Add a squeeze of lemon and put in your leftover cooked protein of choice.  Dump your hot pasta back into the pot.  Cover with a good Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper and serve!

Easy peasy.

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Easy Garlic Pasta

The easiest, delicious pasta on the planet
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 6 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound pasta
  • 3-4 heads broccoli
  • 1 pound cooked chicken or kielbasa
  • 2 sticks butter
  • 1/4 cup minced garlic
  • 1 squeeze lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup parmesan cheese

Instructions
 

  • Boil your pasta and drain.
    While the pasta is draining add 2 sticks of butter to the hot pot.
    Add the broccoli, minced garlic and lemon juice.  Saute for about 2 to 3 minutes.  Salt and pepper to taste.
    Add the cooked chicken or protein of your choice.
    Add the drained pasta.
    Add the Parmesan cheese and stir to combine.
    Enjoy!