Thursday, March 27, 2008

Yummy Rolls

Easy Creamy Spinach Pasta

1 lb. ground sausage
2 (1 lb.) bottles garlic alfredo sauce
1 large roma tomato (add more or less to preference)
1 cup frozen spinach (add more or less to preference)
1 Tbsp. basil
1 tsp. pepper
Noodles (any type you have, I like to use penne)

Cook pasta. Brown sausage, drain. Mix into sauce with remaining ingredients.
-sorry if the amounts aren't quite... (I kind of made it up)
It's good with chicken too

Homemade Lemonade

I have serious spring fever and it always brings out a need for fresh lemonade! I made this for a luncheon this month already so I thought I better share :)

1 Tblsp citric acid
1 Tblsp lemon extract
3 cups sugar
12 cups water
6-7 sliced lemons and limes

*if anyone has those big glass beverage jars, you can fill it up by 4 times this recipe :)

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Sausage bake

1 lb sausage (ground turkey or chicken)
1 small can green chiles
Tortillas (wheat ones are really good for this:)
8 eggs
Milk
Cheese (mozerella is good if you have, or just cheddar works)
Chili powder
Salt & Pepper

In 9x13 pan, shred tortillas in long stripes and cover bottom of pan. Then layer; green chiles, sausage, and cheese. Then put another layer of tortillas on, try to get the strips close together, then do sausage and green chiles and cheese again. Mix 8 eggs with milk ( like your making scrambled eggs) if you like chili powder sprinkle a little in egg mixture, along with salt and pepper, then pour on the top. Bake @ 350 for about 20-22 minutes, every oven is diffrent mine kind of sucks:) you just want the eggs to be done. It's really good with sour cream and salsa. If you do it with chicken, its good to slice tomatoes and put on top of it before it goes in the oven.

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Chicken Tortilla Soup

(This is a recipe I found on another recipe site. I made it last night but used ground turkey. It is so delicious and makes allot!!)

4 chicken breast halves
2 15 oz. cans black beans, undrained
2 15 oz. can Mexican stewed tomatoes
1 c. salsa
4 oz. can chopped green chilies
14 1/2 oz. can tomato sauce
tortilla chips
2 c. grated cheese (we didn't do this much)

1. Combine all ingredients except chips and cheese in large slow cooker/crock pot.
2. Cover. Cook on low 8 hours.
3. Just before serving, remove chicken breasts and slice into bite-sized pieces. Stir back into soup.
4. To serve, put a handful of chips in each soup bowl. Ladle soup over chips. Top with cheese.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Harvest Soup

6-8 diced potatoes
diced carrotts
broccoli
cauliflour
celery
1/2 chopped onion
boil til tender

drain, keep 6 cups water and add 3 chicken boulions.
melt 1/2 cup butter, mix 1/2 cup flour til creamy, add to hot water.
put back in big pot add veggies and 8 oz velveda cheese. yummy, you can really add any veggies you want to this soup, zucchini is really good in it.