BBQ sauce for Beef or Pork

This recipe is from my Grandma Billie. She makes this every year for our giant Lehi Round-Up celebration.

2 1/2 cups water
5 cups ketchup
3/4 cup vinegar
1/2 cup worchestershire sauce
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup butter, melted
3 tsp. mustard
2 onions, chopped
2 green peppers, chopped
3 celery stalks, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced ( I use 1 tsp. of garlic powder)
2 T. chili powder
1 T. paprika

This is just the sauce that you put on the meat. It makes 2 quarts of sauce. When I make it I divide it up into 2 cup servings and freeze the extras. One of those servings is the perfect amount for a small roast or the leftovers from a sunday roast. If you make the full recipe you will use four 5 lb. roasts. Grandma uses beef and pork together, browned and cooked on low until meat falls apart.

Pumpkin Faces

This is a Halloween tradition in Josh's family, so it falls on me to make them. Mine never look like pumpkins, so I call them scary faces.

1/2 lb. ground beef

1 T. minced onion

1/4 c. mustard

4 oz shredded mozzarella

2 cans refrigerated biscuits

Brown ground beef, drain. Stir in onion, mustard and cheese. Cook over medium until cheese melts. Roll out biscuit into 3 inch circle. Spoon meat filling into 10 biscuits. Cut faces in remaining biscuits and place over meat, press edges together. Make stems out of left over dough.

Bake at 350 for 10 minutes or until golden brown.

I always double this recipe, and when we eat them we dip them in more mustard.

Here is a cute picture of Owen helping me make them when he was little.

Halloween Eyeballs

Halloween Eyeball Recipe

I used M&M's instead of chocolate covered peanuts.

They look so cute but I haven't even eaten one yet. It makes me nauseous just looking at that much sugar.

Beer Bread

This bread is SOOO EASY and SOOO good. It is perfect for things like soup and chili. It is by far one of my favorite bread recipes...

{Sweet Version}

2 1/2 cups self-rising flour

1/2 cup all purpose flour

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

1 (12 oz) can beer

1/4 cup butter, melted

1. Preheat oven to 375. Lightly grease 9 x 5 baking pan.

2. In a bowl mix everything except beer & butter.

3. Pour in beer and mix just until moistened.

4. Pour in baking pan and top with melted butter.

5. Bake 45-55 minutes until toothpick comes out clean. Cool on wire rack.

{Spicier Version}

Add:

1/2 tsp. onion powder

3/4 tsp. italian seasoning

Easy Pumpkin Cake

Sorry no picture, I forgot to take one before I ate it all. I made this dessert for the vice presidential debate. At least something was good that night.

1 box yellow cake mix, set aside 1 cup
1 cube soft margarine
1 egg
combine and press into bottom of 9x13 pan

mix:
2/3 cup evaporated milk
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 can pumpkin (around 14 oz. I think)
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
3 eggs
pour over cake

crumble topping:
combine 1 cup cake mix (that you set aside) with
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecan (you can use less or leave them out)
1/4- 1/2 cube soft marg (I used 1/4 last time and I liked it better)
sprinkle over top

Bake at 350' for 50 minutes, cool 20 minutes so you don't burn your tongue off. It is really good topped with French Vanilla Cool Whip.

Banana Bread

This recipe came from my Better Homes and Gardens cookbook.1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour, divided
2/3 cup sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup mashed banana (2-3 medium bananas)
1/3 cup shortening, margarine, or butter (I've used marg and butter)
2 T. milk
2 eggs
1/4 cup chopped nuts (no thanks!)

In large mixer bowl combine 1 cup of the flour, the sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add mashed banana; shortening, marg, or butter; and milk. Beat with an electric mixer on low till blended, then on high for 2 minutes. Add eggs and remaining flour; beat till blended. Stir in nuts.
Pour into greased loaf pan. Bake at 350' for 55-60 minutes or till a toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes on wire rack. Remove from pan; cool thoroughly on a wire rack. Wrap and store overnight before slicing (WHATEVER).

Pumpkin Muffins

PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS

1 c. flour

1 c. sugar

1 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon (I used almost 1 tsp. of cinnamon, I also added nutmeg and ground cloves)

2 eggs, beaten

1 c. ground pumpkin (canned)

1/2 c. cooking oil

1/3 c. chocolate chips

Mix together.

Fill muffin cups and bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes.

Okay fine, I got this from Becky Higgins too. She has good recipes, I can't help that. These are so much easier than making pumpkin choc chip cookies, just as good too!

Peach Pie

Yes, I made this pie, crust and all. I can hardly believe it myself. My brother brought us some peaches and I got a wild hair. Josh's mom usually invites us up for her delicious peach pie, but I think they lost our phone number. I took matters into my own hands and it was a good thing I did. This pie was delicious. Josh hates pie crust, but he ate this one.

I got the recipes off the internet, so here are the links.

How to make Peach Pie. I used bottled lemon juice instead of fresh and I forgot to put cut up butter on the peaches before I put the top crust on. It still turned out fine.

Cream Cheese Pastry (crust recipe).

Pretzel Hugs

Okay so I totally stole this from Becky Higgins, whatever. They are so good and easy to make I claim them as my own. This is an easy way to involve the children so they feel like they really helped out.

What you need:

1 bag pretzels, waffle style (I use Snyder's)

1 bag plain M & M's

1 bag Hugs

1 bag Rolo's (I have used Hershey's kisses w/caramel, they work fine but the caramel doesn't set up and they are a sticky mess)

Place pretzels on baking sheet. Place hugs or rolos on top of pretzel. Bake at 200' for about 8 minutes. Remove and immediatley place two m&m's on top of each pretzel. Eat a few right off the pan. Let set up before handling (it will take quite a while). I put mine in the fridge for about an hour then set them on the counter and grab one everytime I walk by. They work great for any time of year, especially with the holiday themed M&M's.

Enchilada Ring

This is a great recipe I got from a Pampered Chef demonstration years ago. It is really easy and this time I mixed it up a bit. Whoa!

Here we go:

2 packages crescent rolls

4 chicken breasts, cooked and chopped or shredded

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 cup shredded cheese (or more if you like)

1 tsp. season salt

small can green chilies (optional)

Open both packages of crescent rolls (you should have 16 total), using a greased cookie sheet start by laying 4 rolls (I imagine a clock, lay them at 12, 3, 6 and 9) out. In between each of the rolls you will lay an additional 3 rolls over lapping slightly. When your done it should look like this. A big crescent roll sunshine. Press edges together in circle.

Next combine chicken, soup, cheese, and season salt. Mix well and spoon around circle.

Pick an end to start with and fold crescent rolls into circle pressing end into middle of circle.

Continue until all ends are folded over and your ring is complete.
Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.
Serve with sour cream, lettuce and tomato if you like. This time I made it with just chicken, cheese, soup and bacon. Yum! It is really easy to add anything you want or leave out anything.

Banana Bars

Sorry no picture, I ate them all!

Cream together:
1/2 cup soft butter
2 cups sugar

Beat In:
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups mashed bananas
1 tsp. vanilla

Then Add:
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
dash salt

Pour into jelly roll pan (cookie sheet) and bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes.
Cool completely before frosting.
Frosting:
4 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup soft butter
4 oz cream cheese
2 tsp. vanilla

*Notes: I just use however many brown bananas I have laying around. I don't measure 1 1/2 cups. I also mash them with my hand mixer, works great.
I also have never measured my powdered sugar, 4 cups seems like a lot to me, I just dump it in until it looks good.

Oreo Cookies

So much better than the store bought ones!!!
1 Devils Food Cake mix
1 cube softened butter (or microwave for 20 seconds)
2 eggs

Combine and roll into balls (doesn't matter how big or small, they cook up the same)
bake on ungreased cookie sheet @ 350 for 8-10 minutes.
Let cool slightly on cookie sheet, then remove to cooling rack.

Frosting:
4 oz. cream cheese
1/2 cube butter
1 3/4 powdered sugar

I always microwave cream cheese and butter for about 30 seconds. I am not patient enough to let them sit out and soften. I also have never measured the amount of powdered sugar I use. I just keep dumping it in until it is the consistency I want.

Chicken Cashew Pasta Salad

8 oz. colored pasta

8 oz. bowtie

20 oz. pineapple tidbits, drained

8 oz. water chestnuts, chopped

12 oz. craisins

2 cups celery, chopped

4 green onions, thinly sliced

1 cup seedless red grapes

4 chicken breasts, chopped

Dressing:

16 oz. Kraft coleslaw dressing

1 cup mayo

Sprinkle with cashews before serving.

*I don't use as much pineapple, crasins, or water chestnuts. You can add however much you want. I also make my pasta early and pour on about half of the dressing so it can absorb, then pour the rest on right before serving.

Carmelized Beef Skewers

1 lb. beef sirloin steak, thinly sliced
1/4 cup A.1. Original Steak Sauce, plus 2 Tbsp. for marinating
1/4 cup KRAFT Original Barbecue Sauce
1 tsp. GREY POUPON Dijon Mustard

TOSS steak with 2 Tbsp. of the steak sauce; let stand 10 min. to marinate. Meanwhile, combine steak sauce, the barbecue sauce and mustard; set aside.
PREHEAT grill to medium-high heat. Thread steak onto eight long soaked wooden or metal skewers.
GRILL skewers 8 min. or until steak is cooked through, turning after 4 min. and brushing generously with the barbecue sauce mixture.

I got this recipe off of kraftfoods.com, it was really easy, really good and my kids liked it.

Cherry Chip Bars

I am not a lover of anything cherry, but these I eat like they are going out of style. They are really easy and quick to make.

1 box cherry chip cake mix
1 egg
1/4 cup water
1/3 cup flour
1/2 cup oil
chocolate chips (I used 1/2 a bag, you can put in as many as you like)

Mix well and put in a lightly greased 9x13 pan. Bake at 350 for 15-20 min. or until light brown. Can double recipe and bake on cookie sheet.

Fiesta Time!! Quesadillas

This is my ever so lovely quesadilla maker. We couldn't live without it. The only thing I don't like about this one is that it has little pictures on the inside that it burns into the tortilla. It has too many small grooves and it's hard to clean.
We have all sorts of things we make with it.

Your original Quesa with just cheese.

PIZZADILLA
This is my kids favorite. They like pizza sauce, Pepperoni, and Olives. You can just stick whatever you like on your pizza in it. Yummy.

MEXIMELT
We love these at Taco Bell. We just put chili and cheese in. We like to cook them until melted, but still soft and then we take them out and open them and put hot sauce in them. Then we roll them up.

BBQ


You can buy this BBQ with Pork, chicken or beef. It is shredded and we just put it with cheese.

TACO
I usually do this one if we have left over taco meet from the night before. Taco seasoned meat, Cheese. Then dip it in salsa and sour cream. Or whatever you like on your taco.

Super Yummy Garlic Chicken Pasta

Here is one of my ALL TIME favorite recipes.  The whole family loves it and it is rare that we find something that everyone will eat!

16. oz Farfalle (bow tie) pasta

1 c. heavy cream

4 large chicken breasts (6 small ones) boneless and skinless

2-3 crushed garlic cloves

1 tsp. pepper

1/2 c. butter

1 lb. bacon (baked in oven at 400 until crispy) 

1/2 c. parmesan cheese

1 (12 oz) Lawry's mesquite marinade with lime juice

Crock pot chicken and bottle of marinade on low for 6 hours.  Boil pasta.  Shred Chicken.  

In sauce pan melt butter, add garlic, whipping cream, pepper, parmesan cheese and crumbled bacon. Wisk together on low heat for 3-4 minutes.

In large bowl combine pasta, chicken and sauce.  Stir up and enjoy.

Chip Dip

large cottage cheese (24 oz.)
small sour cream (8 oz.)
1 cup mayo
2 Tbsp. parsley
1 tsp. garlic salt
2 tsp. onion powder
2 tsp. Accent
small amount of celery powder
This is another recipe from my Aunt Mike (she's full of good ones), she requests that you serve this with Wavy Lays only. I won't tell if you don't.

Viv's Dill Dip

2 cups mayo
2 cups sour cream

4 tsp. bon appetit

4 tsp. dill weed

4 tsp. minced onion

This dip is a crowd pleaser. It is so good with vegetables and stick pretzels! It makes a lot, but is really easy to half or fourth it. Is fourth it really a proper term, it sounds funny, but I'm leaving it in! Here is a picture of Bon Appetit, just in case you have never bought it.

Chocolate Filled Angel Cake

This little beauty is really easy. Make one boxed Angel Food Cake. I used a bunt pan because I didn't have an angel. When it is cool cut the top portion of the cake off. Make a tunnel around the inside of the cake.....eat the tunnel!! Put a box of chocolate pudding in the tunnel. Use less milk in the pudding so it is thicker and wont make the cake soggy. I cut the milk down by a 1/2 cup. Then put the top back on the cake. Completely cover the cake with cool whip. Refrigerate cake.

Giant Empanadas

1 lb. ground beef
1 c. chopped onion
1 c. chopped green pepper
1 141/2 oz. can tomatoes ( I used crushed)
1 Tbsp. chili powder
1 tsp. cumin
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
2 refrigerated, folded pie crusts
Cook beef, onion, and green pepper until beef is browned. Drain. Stir in tomatoes, chili powder, cumin, salt, and pepper. Simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally for 15 minutes. Place pie crusts on ends of cookie sheet. Place half of beef mixture on half of pie crust, leaving 1/2 inch border. Fold other half of pie crust over beef mixture. Press edges to seal.Repeat with other pie crust and remaining beef. Bake @ 400 for 20-25 minutes until pie crust is golden brown.

Top with lettuce, tomato, cheese, and sour cream if desired.

Thanks to my Aunt Mike for this yummy recipe!

WELCOME!!

I am so excited to get this party started! I hope everyone feels welcome and will have lots of yummy recipes to share. I am going to set up Labels for most of the food categories, if your recipe falls into one not listed, please feel free to add it. Try to include a picture with your recipe if possible. Also put your first name in the Label so anyone can find recipes posted by you. I can't wait for all the goodness that is going to come from here! Let's have some FUN!