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Hot Ham and Cheese Sliders

Filed under Blogging, Recipes by Mrs. O on December 3, 2011 at 12:01 pm {no comments}

*speechless* these are amazing! simply amazing!

Honestly, I have never really been a huge fan of ham. I don’t mind it but I never buy it or order it. This past summer we were invited to dinner with some wonderful friends. The hostess made the most heavenly delicious sandwiches ever! They were hot ham and swiss (I have never liked swiss) these were amazing.

I asked for recipe recently. She said she obtained this super secret recipe from a cousin who caters. She was only given the recipe if she promised not to give it out. I completely understood, these are some good sandwiches!

Off to my favorite place, Google! Answering all of lifes questions. I typed in hot ham and cheese sandwich. I came across this recipe from a blog called “The Girl Who Ate Everything”. Love this blog!

Followed it to a T, except for the poppyseeds. These are so delicious, everyone in my family loves them. So good, so worth the extra effort.

Ham and Cheese Sliders

adapted slightly from the Recipe Club

24 good white dinner rolls

24 pieces good honey ham
24 small slices Swiss cheese
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1/3 cup miracle whip

Poppy seed sauce (you probably could half this…I had plenty extra)
1 Tablespoon poppyseeds
1 1/2 Tablespoons yellow mustard
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 Tablespoon minced onion
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

In a small bowl, mix together mayonnaise and miracle whip. Spread onto both sides of the center of each roll. Place a slice of ham and a slice of Swiss inside of each roll. Close rolls and place them into a large baking dish or heavy cookie sheet. Place very close together.

In a medium bowl, whisk together all of the poppy seed sauce ingredients. Pour evenly over all of the sandwiches. Let sit 10 minutes or until butter sets slightly. Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until cheese is melted. Uncover and cook for 2 additional minutes or until tops are slightly brown and crispy. Serve warm.

** sandwiches can be assembled a day ahead and kept in the fridge ready to bake.

Preparing them in the pan, this time I used Ciabatti rolls but I have also used

Kings Hawaiian Savory Rolls and regular hard rolls, all are good.

This is after pouring the dressing on and letting it set for 10 minutes

Hot and fresh outta the oven!

Golden Cloverleaf Dinner Rolls

Filed under Blogging, Recipes by Mrs. O on November 30, 2011 at 8:12 pm {no comments}

Bread. Glorious bread. I love bread. I like to make from scratch but I do not do it as often as I would like. My Mom hosted Thanksgiving festivities this year and asked me to make rolls. I was a bit scared because the particular kind she had in mind takes hours to shape. I ran to my favorite recipe resource, Allrecipes.com. I found a highly rated “Golden Dinner Rolls”, as I read the reviews some people suggested Cloverleaf style. I was excited to try because it sounded so simple.

Ingredients

2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
1 cup warm water (110 degrees to 115 degrees)
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1/2 cup shortening
3 eggs, beaten
6 cups unbleached flour

Directions

Soften yeast in warm water. Place sugar and salt in large mixing bowl. Set aside. Heat and stir milk and shortening until shortening melts (120 degrees F-130 degrees F). Add to mixing bowl along with eggs and yeast mixture. Stir in 1 cup of flour at a time to form a soft dough that can be kneaded. Knead on a lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic. Place in a large greased bowl. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. Punch dough down. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Shape into desired rolls or loaves. Place on greased baking sheets or in bread pans. Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, about 30 minutes. Bake rolls at 375 degrees F for 15-18 minutes or until golden. Bake loaves at 375 degrees F for about 30 minutes or until bread tests done. Remove from pans and cool on wire racks.

They are scrumptious! Bon Appetit!

Creamy Chicken Pasta with Green Chiles

Filed under Blogging, Recipes by Mrs. O on May 21, 2011 at 11:56 am {one comment}

Pasta! Who doesn’t love pasta? Seriously!?

With pasta, for me, come so many memories of family occasions, and delicious recipes. One thing that seems to be everyones favorite is Spaghetti. I have a fondness for my Mom’s spaghetti, talk about bringing me back to my youth. Her spaghetti sauce is really meaty, I love it.

Everyone knows someone who has a special sauce recipe. I was thinking about the people I know who have secret recipes that are quite amazing.

1. My Sister in Law, she is Italian and her sauce with her homemade meatballs are OUT OF THIS WORLD. She cooks her sauce all day and night, the house smells so good. I could eat her meatballs for days straight, I just know it!

2. My Father in Law, not Italian but you would not know it by tasting his sauce. He also lets it simmer all day, it is savory and delicious!

3. My Brother in Law, a Swedish Chef! He concocts a culinary treat made from carrots! That’s right, he makes spaghetti with a carrot sauce and it is spectacular! I was blown away, the first time I had it!

So with all this inspiration, what is my problem? I always buy premade sauce. I just feel so intimidated making my own sauce. I looked up a “simmer all day” recipe and it called for about 25 ingredients, that was enough to scare me off for awhile. One day I will do it!!

Another thing I have yet to make, much to my husbands disappointment, is lasagna. I really need to make some a big huge pan of it someday!

Pasta is a huge regular in our house. My kids love it in all forms, and so do my husband and I. We always have buttered noodles or spaghetti on our weekly menu. My kids especially love when I toss linguine with olive oil and garlic salt and grated Parmesan cheese. So delicious!

When it came time for dinner the other night I knew I wanted to make pasta because it is so quick and easy. However, I didn’t want to just do the same ole, same ole. Soooo, I surveyed available ingredients and came up with a delicious meal.

Mrs. O’s Creamy Chicken Pasta

1/2 rotisserie chicken

linguine noodles

1 1/c cups chicken broth

2 tbsp sour cream

1 cup grated mozzarella

1/4 cup milk

pepper

1/4 cup chopped green chiles

I took all the meat I could off of the chicken. Put aside.

In a skillet over med-high heat I put the stock, milk, sour cream, mozzarella cheese and green chiles. Brought it to boil, added the chicken and simmered for about 10 minutes. Add pepper and salt to taste.

I tossed it on the noodles and blended in a big bowl, served with garlic bread on the side, this was really amazingly good!

So off you go! Come back and let me know if you liked it.

My next challenge – Homemade Sauce

Scones!

Filed under Blogging, Recipes by Mrs. O on April 28, 2011 at 12:14 pm {no comments}

The perfect amount of sweetness.

I love scones, love them! I love cinnamon scones, blueberry scones, citrus scones, and “fancy” scones. I call the authentic circular ones tops with jam and cream the “fancy” ones.

Recently I went to Afternoon Tea and picked up a bag of scone mix. The first batch I topped with jam and whipped cream, the second batch got a milk chocolate frosting on top.