Day 55

So I missed yesterday, it was a rather busy day, filled with going to work, cleaning and getting in a lovely nap.

Crock Pot Cheesy Potatoes
- 1 1/2 cups sour cream
- 1 can cream of potato soup
- 1/2 can cream of mushroom soup
- 3 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
-salt and pepper to taste
- 3 lb red potatoes
- shredded cheddar cheese (as much as you want!)

Thinly slice potatoes Mix sour cream, can of soup, worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper together in a large bowl
Add potatoes to the mixture and mix until all potatoes are well incorporated
Spray your crock pot with a cooking spray, cheese gets messy!
Put half of the mixture in the crock pot
Give it a lovely layer of cheesy goodness
Layer the rest of your potatoes on top of the cheese
Top with more cheese!

Cook on low for 6 hours and enjoy!

Day 48

1 pkg of regular Oreos

1/2 c. of butter

1 lg box of instant chocolate pudding

3-8 oz cool whips

2-8 oz pkg of cream cheese, softened

2 c. powdered sugar

Crush the whole package of cookies either with a food processor, or in a bag and a rolling pin.  Save a 1/2 c. to sprinkle on top of dessert when it's done.  

Pour remaining crumbs in a 13x9 pan.  

Melt butter and pour into crumb mix.  Stir it up good and press crumbs in bottom of pan to make a crust.  

Make chocolate pudding according to package directions and let it setup in the fridge.  In a mixing bowl blend cream cheese until nice and smooth and then add powdered sugar, mix.  

Then fold in 2-8 oz thing of cool whip.  

Top oreo layer with cream cheese mix, then pudding, then your last 8 oz thing of cool whip, and then sprinkle remaining Oreo's on top.  

Refrigerate for at least a half an hour before serving.

Day 41

Cheese Stuffed Potato Bites

 

5-6 Russet potatoes, peeled, cut into chunks

2 green onions, thinly sliced

1 egg, beaten

1/4 tsp. black pepper

1/2 tsp. salt 

Velveeta, the big block type, cut into cubes

1 pouch Shake'N Bake Extra Crispy Original Coating Mix

Cook potatoes in boiling water for about 15 to 20 min. or until tender. Drain ALL water. Mash potatoes until smooth. Add onions, egg, salt and pepper; mix just until blended.
Preheat oven to 400ºF. Roll potato mixture into 24 balls, using about 2 Tbsp. for each. Insert 1 Velveeta cube into center of each ball, completely enclosing Velveeta cube with potato mixture. Place potato balls on baking sheet covered with coating mix; turn until evenly coated. Place on clean baking sheet. 
Bake for about 20 minutes and enjoy! These don't save very well and may need to be popped back into the oven to warm up again!

Day 34

Steak Sauce Sliders

1 pound ground beef, browned
1 onion, chopped, bigger if you like lots, smaller if you don't!
1 green pepper, chopped
1/4 cup steak sauce
1 cup beef broth
Salt and ground black pepper
Potato buns(we do it slider style
provolone

Mix beef, onion, and green pepper and cook another 6ish minutes, so the vegetables begin to soften. Mix in the steak sauce and beef broth,  let the liquid bubble around the edges and let it sit for 5 minutes. Spoon onto a bun/roll, with a slotted spoon, add a dollop of steak sauce and a slice of provolone! Delish!

Day 20

Taco Cornbread Casserole

1 lb ground beef or turkey
1 packet taco seasoning
1 can tomatoes and green chiles
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 box Jiffy corn bread mix, and the ingredients to make cornbread
shredded cheddar cheese

Brown your beef
Drain as much fat as you possibly can!
Mix in your taco seasoning according to directions on seasonings packet
Stir in beans, tomatoes & chiles and a handful of cheese
Pour mixture into a baking dish (if you want more cornbread per serving do a small deep dish; if you want less, do a larger more shallow dish)
Sprinkle a layer of cheese on top of your mixture
Prepare cornbread according to the package
Pour over meat and bean mixture

Bake in the oven at 400 degrees for 25 minutes

Serve with some tasty rice and a dollop of sour cream on top!

Day 14

Oreo Pudding CAKE!

I made this for Jesse and he ate it all so quickly!
It's so easy it's almost a joke.

Ingredients
1 box of chocolate cake mix(and the ingredients needed to make the cake)
1-2 boxes of Oreo pudding mix and the milk you need to make them


Make your cake like you normally would.
Make the pudding about 5 minutes before the cake comes out.
Take a straw and poke holes in the cake. You either need a big milkshake straw or a lot of little straw pokes.
Pour the pudding over the cake, make sure you hit all the holes!
Let it sit in the fridge for about an hour before eating.
There are so many other combinations you can do with pudding and cake mixes, I can't wait to try!!

Crockpot Potato Soup

The most delicious thing ever. Okay, maybe not ever, but it's pretty freakin' tasty. And relatively easy. Minimal chopping and the only outside cooking is if you want bacon. And let's be real, we want the bacon. I don't have any of my own pictures for you so I have a couple I borrowed from other people. Plus, their pictures make it look more appetizing.

Ingredients
3 14 oz cans of chicken broth
1 can cream of chicken soup (reduced fat works fine)
half an onion, roughly chopped
30 oz bag of frozen hash browns
1 block of cream cheese (regular, nonfat doesn't melt well and won't incorporate)
2-3 cups of shredded cheddar cheese (depending on how cheesy you like your soup)
Salt and pepper to taste

Optional Ingredients
Bacon
Shredded chicken
Green Onions
Sour cream dollop


So like I said, super simple.


Add broth and cream of chicken to the crock pot, whisk together so you don't end up with chunks of the cream of chicken. Add chopped onion and bag of hash browns.
Let it cook for 3-5 hours on high or 5-7 hours on low. It's going to look a little liquidy and runny but the cream cheese thickens it upThe last half hour add the cheddar and cream cheeses, I find the cream cheese melts better if you cut it into small cubes and stir it in.

Add whatever additional ingredients you want and serve! It's delicious on a cold with a side of French bread!