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Appetizer
Cheerios Nuggets
Ingredients
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 1/4 cup light corn syrup
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tps baking soda
- 6 cups cheerios
- 1 cup salted peanuts
- 1 cup raisens
- 1 cup m&m candies
Instructions
- Heat Oven to 250 degrees
- greese 9x13 pan
- Heat brown sugar, margarine, corn syrup , and salt in 2 quart saucepan over medium heat
- Cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 2 minutes longer.
- Remove from heat, stir in baking soda until foamy and light colored.
- Pour over cheerios, peanuts, raisins, and M&Ms in 4 quart bowl
- Stir until mixture is coated and spread evenly in pans
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Stir, let stand until cool, about 10 minutes
- Loosen mixture with metal spatula and let stand until firm, about 30 minutes
- Break into bite-size pieces
Pico
Ingredients
- 4 Roma tomatoes deseeded and diced
- 2/3 cup white onion
- 1 bunch cilantro finely chopped
- 1 serrano pepper or jalapeño finely chopped
- 1 lime juiced
- 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients, mix thoroughly
- Wait 15mins before serving to allow ingredients to meld together
Breakfast
Breakfast Sandwich
Equipment
- Cast Iron pan
- Toaster
Ingredients
- 1 english muffin
- 1 sausage patty (precooked)
- 1 egg egg
- 1 tsp butter spread
- 1 slice american cheese slice
Instructions
- Cut english muffin in half, start in toaster
- Preheat cast iron pan on medium heat
- Place sausage patty on cast iron to heat
- Cook egg in ring mold, break yoke
- Reheat Bacon in microwave
- Butter english muffins, add cheese, top with sausage patty
- top with cooked egg and bacon
Main Dish
Mexican Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 small onion, diced finely
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 4oz can Old El Paso diced green chiles
- 1 1oz package Old El Paso taco seasoning mix
- 1 15oz can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 12oz package frozen corn
- 3 cups shredded Mexican blend cheese
- 1 28 oz package frozen tater tots
- 1 10oz can Old El Paso red enchilada sauc
- 1 can olives
- 1 bunch cilantro finely chopped
- sour cream (for topping)
- 1 roma tomatoe diced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees and spray a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray.
- Bake tatertots in oven while cooking beef
- In a large skillet, brown the beef and the onion. Add the garlic towards the end of the browning process and cook for 1 minute. Drain
- Add the green chiles, taco seasoning mix, black beans, corn, and 2 cups of the cheese. Stir together to combine. If your skillet isn’t big enough you may need to stir it together in a bowl.
- Pour mixture into the prepared 9x13 pan. Arrange tater tots on top of the mixture in a single layer.
- Pour the enchilada sauce on top of the casserole as evenly as you can.
- Bake uncovered for 30-40 minutes or until tater tots are nice and crispy. Sprinkle the remaining 1 cup of cheese on top and place back in the oven for 2-3 minutes or until cheese has melted.
- Top with olives, cilantro, sour cream, tomatoes when serving if desired.
Nana's Turkey Cassarole
Ingredients
- 2 cups Crushed Potato Chips
- 4 cups Egg noodles
- 2 cups diced Turkey, Chicken, beef or pork
- 1 cup diced celery
- 3 Chopped green onion
- 1 can mushroom soup
- 1/2 cup water (or stock)
- 1 cup grated cheese
Instructions
- Combine meat, celery and onions
- Place half of mixture in 1 1/2 quart casserole dish
- Spoon 1/2 can soup and 1/4 cup water over meat mixture
- Sprinkle with half the cheese and 1 cup of potato chips
- Continue layering in same order
- Bake uncovered at 350 degree over 25 to 30 minutes
Tatertot Casserole
Equipment
- Baking Sheet
- 9x13 dish
- Large Frying Pan
- Medium Frying Pan
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 half onion
- 6 oz mushrooms
- 1 can Mushroom soup
- .5 cup milk
- 1 can greenbeans
- 1 lb Hamburger
- .5 cup cheddar cheese (shredded)
- 16 oz Tatertots
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Place tatertots on baking sheet, place in oven for 10 minutes
- In large pan melt butter and sauté onion and mushrooms, salt and pepper
- Add Mushroom soup and milk, heat until well mixed
- In a second frying pan, crumble hamburger, salt and pepper, cook till brown
- Place green beans in bottom of baking dish
- Add cooked hamburger to baking dish
- Add Mushroom soup / onion mixture to baking dish, covering hamburger evenly
- Add shredded cheddar cheese on top of mushroom soup mix
- Place tatertots evenly on top of cheddar cheese
- Cover with tin foil and Bake for 40 minutes
- Remove foil, let stand 5-10 minutes
Upgraded Romen
Ingredients
- 1 package ramen noodles
- 1 package noodle flavoring
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp chunky peanut butter
- 2 tps sriracha sauce
- 1/2 stock green onion thinly sliced
Instructions
- Boil Noodles with flavor packet
- Drain liquid, saving half of a cup
- Mix Soy sauce, peanut butter and sriracha
- Toss noodles with soy sauce, peanut & sriracha mix
- Top with green onion
Sides
Desserts
Homemade Caramels
Equipment
- Stainless 6-quart saucepot with lid
- Digital candy thermometer
- Wooden corner spoon
- Wax Paper
- 12x15x3 sheet cake pan
Ingredients
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup evaporated milk
- 1 pint heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup butter
- 1 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Combine everything except vanilla, stirring occasionally
- Remove from heat when mixture reaches 245 degrees
- Stir in Vanilla then transfer to greased 12x15 pan
- Let mixture cool completely
- Once cooled, cut into small squares and wrap them in wax paper, store in airtight container
Rolo Pretzel Bits
Ingredients
- Square pretzels
- Rolos
- White Chocolate
- Sprinkles or M&M's (Optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250°F and add 25 pretzels on a foil lined baking sheet. Then place one Rolo candy on top of each pretzel
- Bake for 3 minutes, until Rolos have softened.
- Remove from oven and place another pretzel on top of each Rolo to form a sandwich. You can also top with a M&M or pecan instead. Let cool completely.
- If you made the sandwich and want to dip them, add white chocolate to microwave safe bowl and cook at 50% power for 1 minute, then stir. Heat in 30 second intervals until melted (stirring in between).
- Dip half of pretzel sandwich into melted chocolate. Let excess chocolate run off, then return to the baking sheet. Sprinkle with holiday sprinkles.
- Allow rolo pretzels to cool completely before serving. Enjoy!
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