Powerballs

Powerballs

Combine

1 cup peanut butter

1 1/2 Tablespoon honey

Oats, granola, chopped walnuts, chopped almonds, dried cranberries, flax seed...anything healthy you'd like would be great.  I also added a few mini chocolate chips.

Breakfast Casserole

Breakfast Casserole

4-5 slices of bread ( any kind )  tear into small pieces and cover the bottom of a greased 9X13 dish

1# of bulk sausage (browned and drained)

1 cup of grated or shredded sharp cheddar cheese

9 eggs

2 cups of milk

1 tsp mustard

1 tsp of salt

dash of pepper

Layer baking dish with bread.  Place crumbled cooked and drained sausage all over the bread.  Sprinkle cheese over top of the sausage.  Beat together the eggs, milk, mustard, salt and pepper.  Pour mixture over everything in the dish.  Bake in a  preheated 350 degree oven for 35-40 minutes.  This can be prepared the night before and refrigerated over night and baked the next morning.  Feel free to be creative.  you can use bacon, ham, pepper, mushrooms, anything you'd like.

Sausage Balls

Sausage Balls

 Original recipe makes 30 sausage balls

• 1 pound ground pork sausage
• 2 cups biscuit baking mix

• 1 pound sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In a large bowl, combine sausage, biscuit baking mix and cheese. Form into walnut size balls and place on baking sheets.
3. Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until golden brown and sausage is cooked through.

Chili

Warm up with a hot, comforting bowl of chili! I serve this chili in a bowl or served over angel hair pasta.  This recipe makes enough to freeze for another couple of meals.

Sweet Italian Sausage & Peppers

                            Sweet Italian Sausage & Peppers

Mild sweet Italian Sausages,or bratwursts, hot Italian sausages

Hunts traditional sauce,or your favorite meatless spaghetti sauce

green peppers

onion

spaghetti/ Italian sub rolls

This is an easy simple dish to make.  I place mild sweet sausage links, you could also use bratwursts, or the hot Italian sausage links.  I just brown them lightly in the skillet then place them in your crock pot along with one can of Hunts traditional sauce.  You can also use your favorite meatless spaghetti sauce.  Cut long strips of green peppers and onions and cover the sausage and sauce.  Cook in your crock pot, slow cooker for 4-6 hours.  It makes delicious sandwiches when served on sub Italian rolls or even hot dog buns. It will remind you of a day at the state fair. This day I cut up the sausages when they were done cooking in the crock pot and served it over spaghetti.  It is a terrific way to spice up your traditional spaghetti dinner.  

Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Sour Cream Coffee Cake

1/2 c margarine

1 c sugar

2 eggs

2 c sifted flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 c sour cream

1 teaspoon vanilla

Topping mixture - mix well

1/3 c brown sugar

1/4 c powdered sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 c finely chopped nuts

Cream margarine, sugar together.  Add eggs, one at a time beating well after each addition.  Sift 2 cups all purpose flour with baking powder, baking soda, and salt.  Add dry ingredients alternating with sour cream.  Stir in vanilla.  Pour half of mixture in a 9X13 pan.  Cream other half with 1/2 of the nut topping mixture.  Add that 1/2 of the dough mixture to the 9X13.  Top the cake with the remaining nut topping mixture.  Bake at 325 degrees for 45 minutes.  Best served warm.

Crock Pot Chicken and Dumplings

Crock Pot Chicken and Dumplings

1 can Cream of Chicken Soup (undiluted)

1 can chicken broth

2 boneless skinless chicken breasts

1 container of refrigerator biscuits 

Combine the cream of chicken soup, chicken broth and 2 chicken breasts in crock pot and cook on high approximately 4-5 hours. You can put the chicken in frozen it will just add to the liquid. For my family I use 4 chicken breasts, 1 can cream of chicken, 2 cans chicken broth, 2 chicken boullins, and 2 rolls of the refrigerator bisquicks. About it cooks for approximately 5 hours then add the bisquits. Cut the bisquits into quarters or halves, then gently press the bottom of them into the liquid. Make sure you have enough liquid because the dumplings will absorb it.