Peanut Butter chocolate squares

Line 9x13 with 1 long layer of foil going horizontally, then line again with another layer of foil going vertically (this will allow you to pull the dessert out after chilled).

3/4 c margarine
3 c Peanut butter
3 3/4 c. powdered sugar
3/4 c brown sugar

melt maragarine, add PB, add brown sugar, gradually add powdered sugar, mix completely. if mixture is too wet add extra powdered sugar.

pat into 9X13 pan.

chocolate topping:
1- 24 oz bag chocolate chips
2 sticks of butter or margarine
2 tsp vanilla

melt stick of butter w/ chips & add vanilla.

pour over peanut butter mixture & chill in freezer overnight, transfer to fridge the next day. Allow to sit on counter for awhile before cutting, then cut with pizza cutter, or serrated knife.

cut into squares of desired size.

Corn Casserole ~ Shared by Anna

This is soooo yummy. I made it for the first time on Easter! Everyone loved it and was very easy! Enjoy!

Corn Casserole

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 eggs, beaten
1 (8.5 oz.) pkg. dry corn bread mix
1 (15 oz.) can whole kernel corn, drained
1 (14.75 oz.) can creamed corn
1 cup sour cream

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a 9x9 inch baking dish.

2. In a medium bowl, combine butter, eggs, corn bread mix, whole and cream corn and sour cream. Spoon mixture into prepared dish.

3. Bake for 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the top is golden brown.

YUMMY!!!

New Recipe ~ Side Dish/Vegtables

Hello everyone ~ Please add your favorite side dish/vegetable dish to the blog. It's always fun trying someone else's favorite recipe. Thanks again for sharing!

I look forward to trying your recipes. Anna

Ham Chowder

Shared By Anna

8 oz. cream cheese
2 cans potato soup
2 cans cream corn

Melt above ingredients together on low heat.

Then Add:
2 cups diced ham
1 1/2 cans milk

Keep on low stirring often. Serve when to desired temp.

Cheesy Potato Soup

Cheesy Potato Soup
From the kitchen of Christa James

Ingredients:
1 stick Butter
½ Onion
8 cups Water
7-8 Potatoes (diced)
½ c All-Purpose Flour
2 c Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese (plus extra cheese as a topper)
1 pint Heavy Whipping Cream
1 lb Fried Bacon (crumbled)
Salt and Pepper to taste

Directions:
*Boil potatoes with 8 cups of water and salt to taste until tender
*Reserve 4 cups of potato water
*Sautee onion and butter until onions are transparent
*Add flour to make a rue (pasty but clear)
*Add potato water and cook on medium heat until thick
*Add potatoes, cheese, cream, ¾ lb of bacon, and salt and pepper to taste
*Add milk if needed to thin out
*Serve with cheese and bacon on top and ENJOY!!

Salads/Sandwiches/Soups

Please add your favorite recipe for Salads, Sandwiches, and Soup! Thank you!

Panko porkchops

Ingredients

* 2 eggs
* 1 teaspoon milk
* 1 clove garlic, minced fine
* salt and pepper
* 1 1/2 cups panko crumbs (found in the asian food isle or baking area)
* 8 thin cut pork chops (you can use any pork with bone, tenderloin etc)
* 1 cup vegetable oil (for frying)

Directions


1. Mix together eggs, milk and garlic and let set for flavors to mix.

2. Place panko crumbs in a shallow dish.

3. Salt and pepper pork chops to taste and dip in the egg mixture.

4. Coat with Panko crumbs, then dip in egg again and coat with another layer of crumbs.

5. Place chops on a plate and let them set for at least 10 minutes to set the coating.

6. Heat oil in large skillet over medium high heat.

7. Fry chops for about 3 to 4 minutes per side or until golden brown.
Do not overcook; these will cook very quickly.

Roasted Garlic Chicken

Ingredients

Shared by sky
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1/2 cup roasted garlic cloves
2 cups water
1 Tbsp salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 Tbsp olive oil
1/2 lemon, cut into 4 wedges
2 bay leaves
1 (3-4 pound) whole roasting chicken
Method

1 Prepare the brine by combining garlic, water, salt, pepper and olive oil in a blender. Squeeze the juice from the lemon wedges into the brine, blend. Stir in the bay leaves.

2 Place chicken in a large, resealable plastic bag, or in a large non-reactive bowl. Pour the brine all over the chicken in the bag, or in the bowl. Add the (already squeezed) lemon wedges. Squeeze out all the air from the bag and seal, or place plastic wrap over the chicken in the bowl. Refrigerate overnight - 12 to 24 hours.

3 Preheat the oven to 375°F. Remove the chicken from the brine. Sprinkle salt and pepper all over the chicken. Place the chicken on a rack, in a roasting pan, breast side up. Roast for about an hour, until the juices run clear from the thigh when pierced with a fork. (Breast meat should have an internal temperature of 165°F, thigh meat should have an internal temperature of 175°F.)

Let the chicken rest for 10 minutes before carving and serving.

Mom's Roast Turkey Recipe

I got this recipe from simply recipes a long time ago, it is a family favorite and a very juicy perfect tasting turkey. The key really is cooking breast side down, and basting often. Even if your tempted too do it the other way, don't, you won't be sorry.

Preparation time: About 5 hours.

Ingredients

* 1 turkey, approx. 15 lbs.*
* Juice of a lemon
* Salt and pepper
* Olive oil or melted butter
* 1/2 yellow onion, peeled and quartered
* Tops and bottoms of a bunch of celery
* 2 carrots
* Parsley
* Sprigs of fresh rosemary, thyme

* Need help figuring out how big a turkey to get? Butterball has a turkey calculator that helps you figure out just how many pounds you need. In general, plan for:

12-15 lb turkey for 10-12 people
15-18 lb turkey for 14-16 people
18-22 lb turkey for 20-22 people

Method

1 To start, if the turkey has been refrigerated, bring it to room temperature before cooking. Keep it in its plastic wrapping until you are ready to cook it. While in the refrigerator, and or while you are bringing it to room temp, have the bird resting in a pan, so that if the plastic covering leaks for any reason, you are confining the juices to the pan. If you get a frozen turkey, you will need to defrost it in the refrigerator for several days first. Allow approximately 5 hours of defrosting for every pound. So, if you have a 15 pound turkey, it will take about 75 hours to defrost it in the refrigerator, or around 3 days.

Handle a raw turkey with the same amount of caution as when you handle raw chicken - use a separate cutting board and utensils to avoid contaminating other foods. Wash you hands with soap before touching anything else in the kitchen. Use paper towels to clean up.

Remove the neck and giblets (heart, gizzard, liver). Use the heart and gizzard for making stock for the stuffing. The neck can be cooked along side the turkey or saved for turkey soup.


Note that if your turkey comes with a plastic piece holding the legs together, check the instructions on the turkey's package. Most likely you do not need to remove those plastic ties for cooking (unless you plan to cook your turkey at a very high temperature). If you remove the plastic ties, you will need to use kitchen string to tie the legs together.

2 Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

3 Wash out the turkey with water. Pull out any remaining feather stubs in the turkey skin. Pat the turkey dry with paper towels. Lather the inside of the cavity with the juice of half a lemon. Take a small handful of salt and rub all over the inside of the turkey.


4 In this method of cooking a turkey, we don't make the stuffing in the turkey because doing so adds too much to the cooking time. For flavor, put in inside the turkey a half a yellow onion, peeled and quartered, a bunch of parsley, a couple of carrots, and some tops and bottoms of celery. You may need to cap the body cavity with some aluminum foil so that the stuffing doesn't easily fall out. Close up the turkey cavity with either string (not nylon string!) or metal skewers. Make sure that the turkey's legs are tied together, held close to the body, and tie a string around the turkey body to hold the wings in close.

The neck cavity can be stuffed with parsley and tied closed with thin skewers and string.

5 Rub either melted butter or olive oil all over the outside of the turkey. Sprinkle salt generously all over the outside of the turkey (or have had it soaking in salt-water brine before starting this process). Sprinkle pepper over the turkey.


6 Place turkey BREAST DOWN on the bottom of a rack over a sturdy roasting pan big enough to catch all the drippings. This is the main difference between the way mom makes turkey and everyone else. Cooking the turkey breast down means the skin over the breast will not get so brown. However, all of the juices from the cooking turkey will fall down into the breast while cooking. And the resulting bird will have the most succulent turkey breast imaginable.

Add several sprigs of fresh (if possible) thyme and rosemary to the outside of the turkey.

7 Chop up the turkey giblets (gizzard, heart). Put into a small saucepan, cover with water, add salt. Bring to simmer for an hour or so to help make stock for the stuffing (see stuffing recipe).

8 Put the turkey in the oven. Check the cooking directions on the turkey packaging. Gourmet turkeys often don't take as long to cook. With the turkeys mom gets, she recommends cooking time of about 15 minutes for every pound. For the 15 lb turkey, start the cooking at 400 F for the first 1/2 hour. Then reduce the heat to 350 F for the next 2 hours. Then reduce the heat further to 225 F for the next hour to hour and a half.

If you want the breast to be browned as well, you can turn over the bird for the last 15-20 minutes of cooking, at an oven temp of 300°F. (Oven must be at least 250°F for browning to occur.) Note that if you do this, you will have a higher risk of overcooking the turkey breast. We never worry about browning the breast.

Start taking temperature readings with a meat thermometer, inserted deep into the thickest part of the turkey breast and thigh, a half hour before the turkey should be done. The dark meat in the thigh should be about 175°F. The white meat in the breast should be 160°F to 165°F. If you don't have a meat thermometer, spear the breast with a knife. The turkey juices should be clear, not pink.

9 Once you remove the turkey from the oven, let it rest for 15-20 minutes. Turn the turkey breast side up to carve it. (See Epicurious video on carving a turkey.)


Making Turkey Gravy

Scrape all the drippings off of the bottom of the roasting pan. Pour drippings into a smaller skillet. Ladle off excess fat with a gravy spoon and save for possible use later. In a separate small bowl take a quarter cup of corn starch and add just enough water to dissolve the corn starch. Beat cornstarch with a spoon to remove lumps. Slowly add the cornstarch mixture to the drippings, stirring constantly. You may not end up using all of the cornstarch mixture. Only add as much as you need to get the desired thickness. Allow time for the cornstarch to thicken the gravy. Add salt, pepper, sage, thyme, or other seasonings to taste.


Save Bones for Stock

When you are finished with your turkey, save the bones from the carcass to make a delicious turkey soup.

America's favorite pot roast

I do my roast fairly often like Anna's but once in awhile I do it this way. This is a weight watchers friendly recipe at 7 pts per serving.

Shared by Sky

* 3 1/2 Pounds sirloin tip roast, trimmed
* 1/4 Cup flour
* 2 Teaspoons salt
* 1/8 Teaspoon pepper
* 3 Carrot -- , Peeled and sliced
* 3 potatoes -- peeled and quartered
* 2 Small onions – sliced
* 1 Stalk celery -- cut in 2" pieces
* 1 2 Oz Jar mushrooms – drained or 1/4 Cup mushroom gravy
* 3 Tablespoons flour
* 1/4 Cup water

Trim all excess fat from roast; brown and drain if using chuck or another highly marbled cut. Combine 1/4 cup flour, the salt and pepper. Coat meat with the flour mixture. Place all vegetables except mushrooms in Crock-Pot and top with roast (cut roast in half, if necessary, to fit easily). Spread mushrooms evenly over top of roast. Cover and cook on Low for 10 to 12 hours. If desired, turn to High during last hour to soften vegetables and make a gravy. To thicken gravy, make a smooth paste of the 3 tablespoons flour and the water and stir into Crock-Pot. Season to taste before serving. Serves 4 to 6

Crockpot Rotisserie Chicken

shared by Sky

This comes out very moist and falls off the bone. I usually do one meal of chicken with sides, and then save the rest for something like shredded chicken burritos, or some other chicken dish.

• 1 Whole Chicken (I cooked a 6 pound chicken)
• Olive Oil cooking spray (or just olive oil from a bottle)
• Lawry's Seasoned Salt (no substitutes)
• Aluminum foil

Directions

Clean chicken inside and out. Spray with olive oil spray. Sprinkle with Lawry's. Spray inside of crockpot with cooking spray. (Do not put any water in the crockpot). Roll some wads of aluminum foil into balls and put them in the bottom of the crockpot. The chicken is going to sit on these. Put chicken back side down in crockpot on top of aluminum balls. Cook on High (will not come out the same on low), 4-6 hours.

1 ounce of cooked chicken with the skin removed equals 1 point . You’ll need to weigh the chicken before serving to figure out how many ounces you have.

Rump Roast ~ Shared by Anna

1 rump roast
1 can condensed cream of mush. soup
1 can condensed french onion soup

Cook on low 8 to 10 hours. Very good and easy. Could add potatoes and carrot too.

Shredded Pork ~ Shared by Anna

3 1/2 lbs pork boneless loin roast
salt/pepper to taste
1 cup water

Spray skillet. Cook roast over med/high heat for 5 min turning once until a little brown. Place in crock pot with water cover and cook on low for 8 to 9 hours.

Take out and pull apart with forks to make it shredded. Add BBQ sauce or sauce of choice. Put on buns or whatever.

Pot Roast ~ Shared by Anna

3 to 4 lbs boneless pot roast
1 pkg au jus mix
1 pkg Good Season Italian mix
1 can beef broth
1/2 soup can water

Combine, cook on low in a crock pot for 9 to 11 hours. Enjoy the smell all day!

Meat ~ Meat ~ Meat

Please add your most delicious meat recipes!

Chicken Alfredo ~ Shared by Anna

1 pkg. Good Seasoning Italian Mix
1 Can cream mushroom soup
1 8oz pkg of cream cheese
1/2 cup soften butter
8 chicken breasts
angle hair pasta, cooked

Mix Italian Seasoning mix, soup, cream cheese, and butter in a saucepan. Heat stirring often until smooth. Arrange chicken in a backing dish, and pour soup mix over the top. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Serve over pasta. Yummy!

5 Can Chili ~ Shared by Anna

1 can condensed tomato soup
1 cans pork and beans
1 can kidney beans
2 cans chili
1 lb ground beef, cooked and drained

Combine ingredients and cook over medium heat for 45 min. Add salt/pepper/chili seasoning to taste.

EASY POTATO HAMBURGER CASSEROLE

Shared by Sky

Weight watchers points = 8

3 potatoes, sliced thin
1 lb. hamburger
1 sm. onion
1/4 tsp. garlic salt
1 (16 oz.) can green beans, drained
1 can cream of celery soup
1/2 can of milk
4 oz. grated Cheddar cheese

Put sliced potatoes in bottom of greased casserole dish. Brown hamburger and onion (drain). Put on top of potatoes. Add garlic salt. Next add green beans. Mix celery soup and 1/2 can of milk and pour over beans. Top with grated cheese. Bake, uncovered, in 350 degree oven for 45 minutes. Put lid on last 10 minutes of baking.

(I sometimes use real garlic, and french fried onions over the top during the last ten minutes).

Hamburger Noodle Casserole

Shared by Sky

servings 9 / Weight watchers points 8

1 can 98% Fat-Free Cream Of Mushroom Soup
1 can 98% Fat-Free Cream Of Chicken Soup
8 oz reduced-fat sour cream
12 oz uncooked egg noodles
1 pound lean ground beef
1/3 cup Parmeasn cheese, grated


Prep:
Brown ground beef and drain. Boil noodles until tender and drain. Combine soups, sour cream. Add beef and noodles, mix well. Cover with foil and bake in a 9 X 13 dish at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes or until bubbly.

QUICK TATER TOT BAKE

shared by Sky

This is a great one too get rid of that holiday ham.

3/4-1 lb. ham or turkey
1 sm. chopped onion
1 pkg. (16 oz.) frozen tater tot potatoes
1 can cream of mushroom soup
/2 soup can milk
8 oz. shredded Cheddar cheese

Place meat and onion in a greased 9 x 13 inch pan. Top with
potatoes. Combine soup and milk. Pour over potatoes.
Sprinkle with cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40
minutes.

WW points = 12 (You could probably make it less depending on the cheese and type of ham used. )

Chili

Shared by Rachel

This is one of my favorite recipes to make on a cold winter day. You throw it in the crock pot and just let it cook. It tastes just as good the second and third day as leftovers.

2 medium onions, chopped fine
1-1 1/2 pounds of lean ground beef or turkey
Saute until onions are done....drain fat away

Add to the above mixture....

3/4 cup chopped green peppers
1/4 tsp beaumonde(by Spice Islands)
1/2 tsp paprika
1/4 to 1/2 tsp pepper
1 tsp seasoned salt
1 tbsp chili powder (I usually put about 1/2 tbsp more for more spice)
1/4 tsp garlic powder (or 1 minced garlic clove)
16 to 32 oz. canned tomatoes
8 oz. tomato sauce
1 can corn
32 oz. beans, drained (can be kidney, pinto, great northern, your choice)
1 bottle beer (different brands give the chili different flavor, we like to add Corona)
OPTIONAL: 1 tbsp brown sugar
*You can also add jalapeno peppers or hot sauce if you like your chili really hot.

Combine all ingredients and simmer about an hour on the stove or in the crock pot.

Pattys chicken and rice casserole - Shared by Sky

My mother in law gave us this recipe a long time ago. It is a constant in our dinner rotation. I usually serve with canned green beans for an easy kick back dinner night.

I do not add the pimentos, but I add a can of sliced, drained mushrooms instead.

Chicken and Rice Casserole

Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 90 minutes
Weight watchers points = 5
Calories: 246, Fat, 7.27, Fiber 0.63, Protein 19.

• 4 chicken thighs
• 1 13 3/4 oz Swanson Can chicken broth OR 2 chicken broth cubes diluted per instructions.
• 1 package long grain wild rice mix
• 1 cream mushroom soup (do not dilute)
• 1/2 cup of water or white wine (I always use water)
• 1 small can mushrooms (optional)
• Salt and pepper to taste
• small jar pimentos (optional)

Combine rice (not the season packet), broth, soup, pimentos if used, and water.

Pour mixture into large (13x9x2) baking dish. Place washed & trimmed thighs which have been lightly salted and peppered on top of mixture.

Bake 1 to 1 1/4 hours at 350 degrees. Stir rice mix around about 1/2 way through cooking time. (Baking dish and chicken do not have to be removed from oven when stirring).

This dish should be moist and rice tender.


Hint: Leave some chicken thigh skin on to keep meat moist.

*Freezes well.

Yield: 4 servings

Casserole - Layered Enchilada Pie

Layered Enchilada Pie - shared by Emily

Brown: 1 lb. hamburger
1 cup chopped onion
1 clove minced garlic

Add: 1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 1/2 Tbs. chili powder
1 8 oz. can tomato sauce

Other: 6 tortillas
2/3 cup water
1 1/2 cup cheese, grated

In a 2 qt. casserole dish, add enough meat mixture to cover the bottom. Alternate layers beginning with tortilla, cheese, meat sauce. Sprinkle w/ remaining cheese. Add water over all, and cover. Bake covered in 400 degree oven, 30 min.

Casserole - Kielbasa Sausage Bake

Kielbasa Sausage Bake - Shared by Dawn

Cut up in small chunks and brown 1 Kielbasa Sausage
(Place cooked sausage in a 13 X 9 inch pan and then add the following ingredients and mix well.)
1 bag of frozen homestyle potatoes ( small cubes)
1 cup frozen peas
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1 1/2 C of milk
salt and pepper to taste
Sprinkle Cheddar cheese on top (optional)

Cover and bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes.

Easy, warm and filling casserole dish. Makes great leftovers too!

Main Dishes/Casseroles/Hot Dishes

Pizza Casserole ~ Shared by Anna

1 Box Noodles (my family likes the medium shells)
1 lb. Hamburger
1 Jar Marinara Sauce
1 pkg Pepperoni - cut up (Could Substitute: Canadian bacon, sausage, etc.)
1/2 pkg. of Mozzarella Cheese
Salt and Pepper to taste

Cook Noodles. Brown hamburger. Mix together in a 9x13 pan. Sprinkle a little mozzarella cheese on top. Bake at 350 for 30 min.

Enjoy! This is a great one to make ahead of time then just bake when needed.