Full-Fudge Bars

yield: 9 bars (or 16 smaller bars)

• 1 pkg yellow cake mix
• 1/2 cup + 1 Tbsp butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 1 pkg milk choc chips
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk

1. preheat over to 350-degrees
2. grease 9x9 baking dish
3. mix cake, 1/2 cup butter and egg
4. reserve 1/3 of mixture and pat remaining into baking dish
5. melt chips, milk and 1 Tbsp butter
6. pour chocolate mixture over cake mixture in baking dish
7. top with remaining crumb mixture
8. bake for 25 mins

Garlic Bread

I like to think I’ve come up with a tasty garlic bread recipe…and Mike tends to agree so I thought I’d blog it.

• french loaf from bakery
• 1 stick butter, softened
• 1 Tbsp minced garlic
• 1 Tbsp parsley flakes
• 1/4 cup parmesan
• 1/2 tsp garlic salt

1. preheat oven to 400-degrees
2. slice bread however you like to eat/serve it
3. mix all ingredients other than bread
4. spread on bread generously
5. bake 10-20 mins (keep an eye on it)
6. eat it – yum!

Pretend Chicken Lasagna

yield: 6 servings

• 1 lb ground chk
• 1/2 cup diced onion
• 1 jar spaghetti sauce
• 1 pkg no-boil lasagna noodles
• shredded cheese (whatever kind you have)
• grated parmesan cheese

1. preheat oven to 350-degrees
2. cook chicken in pan with onion
3. once cooked through, stir in sauce
4. layer in 9x9 baking dish: sauce mix on bottom, pasta, sauce mix, shredded cheese, parmesan
5. repeat 1-2 times until sauce is used up, finish with parmesan on top
6. bake 25 mins

Make sure the pasta is all covered with sauce (otherwise you get crunchy noodles).  This was a made up recipe and it was a HUGE success!  Bryker asked for seconds which is rare nowadays.  And Mike is still raving about it a week later!

Samwhiches

yield: 6 samwhiches

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• ketchup
• salt
• pepper

1. brown beef with onion
2. once cooked through, stir in soup
3. add in a healthy dose of ketchup, maybe 1/4 cup or so
4. salt and pepper to taste
5. serve on buns

I wasn’t sure about this concoction but it really works.  We enjoyed it and most of all – it was simple!

 

No Name Soup

yield: 8 servings (give or take)

• 1 lb ground beef
• half an onion, chopped
• 2 cans stewed tomatoes
• 1 can mixed veggies
• 2 cans beef broth
• 1 can rotel tomatoes
• 1 cup egg noodles

1. Brown hamburger with onion
2. Combine everything except pasta in large pot
3. Bring to boil, add pasta
4. Boil 15 minutes
5. ENJOY!

This recipe is from a good friend and really – it’s quite tasty!  For Bryker and me, the can of rotel tomatoes made it extra spicy so next time I’ll cut it down to half a can or none.  Also, just because my mister isn’t a huge tomato fan, we’ll switch from stewed tomatoes to diced next time…but there will definitely be a next time - YUM!

Cheesy Chicken Pot Pie

Yield: 6 servings

• 3 cups cooked chicken, chopped
• 1 pkg (16 oz) frozen mixed vegetables, thawed & drained
• 8 oz velveeta, cubed
• 1 can cream of chk soup
• 1 can crescent rolls

1. preheat oven to 375-degrees
2. combine first four ingredients into 9x13 baking dish
3. unroll crescent rolls and place over chicken mixture
4. make 20-25 mins, until crust is golden brown

This was adult AND kid friendly!  Yum, yum!