Tag: Recipes

Easy Cheesy Pepperoni Rolls

Have I told you how much I love to read blogs of other Moms? There is one that I have learned so much from and had lots of inspiration from… It’s called Sam’s Noggin. She has homeschool tips, organization ideas and recipes, yum!

Recently she had a post titled “Cheater Pepperoni Rolls” it intrigued me and when I saw the pictures, I had a mission. She describes them as a delicious go-to snack out in her neck of the woods. Dough, Pepperonis and Cheese? Sounds good to me!

Rolled out the canned Croissants, added pepperoni’s and spicy Italian sausage

Next comes ooey, gooey mozzarella cheese

Roll em up, seal the sides of the dough

All done! Hot, greasy and delicious pepperoni and sausage rolls! These are the Combo Rolls.

Pepperoni Rolls all ready to eat!

Thank you Samantha!! As always, you are an inspiration. Keep up the excellent blogging!

February 6, 2012
Hot Ham and Cheese Sliders

*speechless* these are amazing sandwiches! simply tasty and amazing!

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

December 3, 2011
Golden Cloverleaf Dinner Rolls
Bread. Glorious bread. I love any type of good fresh bread and I think you’ll love these cloverleaf rolls. I always prefer to make and bake 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
1. 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!
November 30, 2011
Creamy Chicken Pasta with Green Chiles

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

May 21, 2011
Scones!

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.

They were delicious! My kids loved them.

Here is a yummy recipe I made from scratch if you want to bake some up!

April 28, 2011
Slow Cooker BBQ Brisket

Open faced BBQ brisket sandwich

I have always dreamed of making a yummy, fall-apart-it’s-so-tender, BBQ brisket. Honestly, though I was always intimidated. It just seemed like a process that I could not take the time to do. Some people spend years perfecting their brisket, right?

Well recently my husband found out that one of our favorite football players, Terrell Davis, came out with a BBQ sauce. He picked up a bottle last time he went to the store and said we have to cook something good with this.

I searched “slow cooker brisket” and found information on it. Turns out, this could not have been easier. Especially since I already had the sauce.

I headed to the Meat department and found a nice looking beef brisket.

Now it was time to make some open faced beef brisket sandwiches.

Here it is, easy as 1-2-3:
1. Turn slow cooker to 4 hours
2. Pour sauce in, we used Terrell Davis’ Mile High Salute SPICY

3. Place brisket in, fat side down, turn over for the last hour of cooking
4. Enjoy the wonderful aroma that fills your house

5. I served it on fresh italian bread, topped with sharp cheddar, pop in the oven for 6 minutes to melt.

Delicious! LOVE THIS BBQ Sauce, so did my husband and we are picky.

April 7, 2011
Mocha Tartlets, Mmmm

I love chocolate! I always tell my kids, if they want candy, chocolate is a better choice then any of the “sugary” candies out there.

I love coffee, espresso in mochas to be exact.

I love cooking with Pillsbury refrigerated dough products, they are verastile and easy to use.

So here we are! A concoction of 3 things I love. Enjoy!

Mocha Tartlets

1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

1 cup milk chocolate chips

1/4 cup butter

2 tsp Fine Ground Espresso (I used Illy)

MELT (30 seconds in microwave, stir, heat 20 more seconds)

Roll out Pillsbury dough of choice (I used crescent rolls)

Cut out circles with cookie cutter

Bake 8 mins on 350 degrees (monitor their progress)

Remove, use tool (I used the end of a wooden spoon) to form shell

Use pastry bag or cake decorator to squeeze chocolate mix into shells

Top off with chopped nuts or sliced almonds

COOL

Enjoy!

Download PDF: Mocha Tartlets Recipe (Right-click save as to download or click to view in browser)

March 24, 2011
A Yummy, Healthy, Fruit Smoothie

Ever since I got my Ninja I have been promising the boys a fruit smoothie. The week before I had picked up some frozen strawberries and blueberries. I went to work. I wish we had bananas though, I love bananas in smoothies.

It was yummy, the boys ate it right up. I especially liked the whipped cream. We ate them with spoons then drank up the last of it.

2 cups Strawberries

1 cups Blueberries

2 cups Ice

1/2 cup Milk

1 cup Strawberry Yogurt (7 oz)

2 tbsp Honey

Lemon juice from 1 Meyer Lemon

Whipped Cream

*My husband added sugar to his so it may need to be a little sweeter*

March 16, 2011
Another Hit from Allrecipes.com

My husband has been asking for a pasta casserole for a long time and so this past Friday, I decided to cook up a yummy casserole for my Dearest.

I went straight to Allrecipes.com as usual, love that site.

Used Ingredient Search for: Spinach, Pasta, Cheese

I decided on Cheryl’s Spinach Cheesy Pasta, which has 4 and half stars from 238, make that 239 people!

We rate it a 5! All the boys cleaned their plate and Daddy was heating up bite-fuls all night!

February 7, 2011
A Nostalgic Lunch

What to do for lunch? That question is the question I battle with almost daily. I never want to get boring or bland with the lunches I make for my little guys. I partake in Muffin Tin Mondays sometimes, which is fun. You arrange all kinds of yummy food in muffin tins, kids love it.

While trying to figure out what to make yesterday all I knew is I wanted it to be warm and comforting. I also did not want it to be too filling since it was only lunch time and we have 2 snacks times during the day. I thought chicken noodle soup sounded yummy, open the cupboard – no chicken, no noodles, no soup.

But I did come across Tomato Soup. YES! What goes perfectly with Tomato Soup? Of course, Grilled Cheese Sandwiches!

I loved this always as a child, so delicious, warming, comforting, the perfect combination of flavors.

Tomato Soup, Grilled Cheese, Sliced Carrots & Applesauce

My kids love this meal too! Even though I almost always forget to make it. Last time they had it must have been last spring. They even decided to put their sliced carrots in the soup.

What really blew me away: my middle child. The ULTRA picky almost 5 year old had 3 servings of soup. I was shocked he even tried it, but I played it cool and he kept asking for more, success!!

February 4, 2011