June 1, 2012

Pineapple Lemonade Punch


 Here is a yummy drink recipe I found on Pintrest.

1 cup Country Time Lemonade mix
2 cups cold water
1 can of chilled pineapple juice {46 oz}
2 cans chilled Sprite 
Mix together and add lemon slices to make pretty.


Recipe and photo from :The Froggy and the Mouse

Rate It!
Jen: 8
Kile: 6.5
Kiley:
Madee:
Destrie:

May 26, 2012

2 Ingredient Lemon Bars

A box of angel food cake mix and a can of lemon pie filling... Mix them together and bake in a 9x13 cake pan at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. As they are cooling, you can sprinkle with powder sugar if you wish.

Jennifer: 7.5
Kile: 6.5
Kiley:
Madee: 7.5
Destrie: too lemony

*Recipe and Photo from Practically Living

April 23, 2012

Poppy Seed Chicken




Ingredients:
5 to 7 chicken breasts-cooked and shredded
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 c. sour cream
1/4 c. butter
1 sleeve Ritz crackers
2 Tbsp. poppy seeds

Mix chicken, soup, and sour cream together. Put in a 9x13 casserole dish. Melt butter and pour over chicken mixture. Crush Ritz crackers and sprinkle on top of mixture. Sprinkle poppy seeds over entire casserole. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes.

*Recipe from Smithfield 16th ward cookbook


Rate It!
Jen: 7.5
Kile: 7.5
Kiley: 8
Madee: 8
Destrie: best chicken ever

April 20, 2012

Bacon, Egg and Cheese Wreath


Photo and Recipe adapted slightly from Pinterest

Ingredients:

1 can of crescents- 8count
5 large eggs
1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 Hormel Real Bacon Bits

Preheat oven to 375 F degrees. Scramble your eggs on stove top. Lay out crescents
on a parchment lined pizza pan

Add your cooked bacon.
Add about 1/3 of your cheese.
Add your eggs and a third more of your cheese and fold crescents over.
Add the rest of your cheese to the top and bake for 17 minutes or until crescents are done and golden brown.

Rate It!
Jen: 8
Kile:
Kiley:
Madee: 7
Destrie: good

April 1, 2012

Zesty Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken


*Recipe and Photo via Pinterest from Chef in Training.

3 lbs Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast Halves
1 (18 oz) bottle Mesquite BBQ Sauce-I used Sweet Baby Ray's)
1/2 cup Zesty Italian Salad Dressing
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 Tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce

Place chicken in the crock pot.
In a bowl, mix bottle of barbecue sauce, Zesty Italian Salad Dressing, brown sugar, and Worcestershire Sauce.
Pour over chicken. Cover and cook 3-4 hours on HIGH or 6-8 hours on LOW.
Use 2 forks to shred the chicken.

Serve on buns.

Rate It!
Jen: 7
Kile: 7
Kiley:
Madee: 7.5
Destrie: pretty good

March 19, 2012

Simple Banana Cake with Sour Cream Frosting

Recipe and Photo from Real Mom Kitchen



Ingredients

1 box vanilla cake mix (I used a white cake mix)
3/4 cup water
1/4 cup oil
3 whole eggs
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
4 very ripe mashed bananas
2 1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/3 cup sour cream
1/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 tsp. vanilla

Instructions

In a large bowl, add the cake mix, water, oil, eggs, baking soda, and baking powder.
Beat with a mixer for 2 minutes on medium speed. Add bananas and blend well.
Grease & flour a 9 x 13 pan. Add batter to the pan and bake following the instructions on box.
Cool cake after baking.
In another bowl, add the powdered sugar, sour cream, butter, and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer for 2 minutes, or until smooth and fluffy.
Frost cake with frosting. Store cake in the fridge.

*These cake was eaten up before I had time to frost it!

Rate It!
Jen: 7.5
Kile: 8.5
Kiley: 7
Madee: 7.5
Destrie: did not have any

March 17, 2012

Green Velvet Cupcakes




Recipe and Photo found on Pinterest

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1 Tablespoon cocoa
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs
1 cup oil
1 cup buttermilk
1 Tablespoon vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 oz green food coloring

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Lightly stir eggs in a medium bowl with whisk. Add in remaining liquid ingredients. Whisk until blended and sit aside.
Place all dry ingredients in your mixing bowl and stir together well.
Dump all that food coloring, yes the entire bottle, into the wet ingredients.
Stir to make batter green
Pour your wet ingredients into your dry ingredients and mix on medium-high for about a minute or two until well combined and green as the day is long.

Fill cupcake liners 1/2 full.
Bake in lined muffin tins for 15 to 18 minutes.
Frost with following frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting

1 package of softened cream cheese
1/4 cup softened butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 bag powdered sugar (2 lb bag)
Milk as needed

Mix together until smooth. Spread on cupcakes.

Rate It!
Jen: 8
Kile: 7
Kiley:
Madee: 6.5
Destrie: good