Thursday, July 29, 2010

Salsa Chicken

1-2 lbs frozen of thawed chicken
1 cup salsa
2-3 TBSP of taco seasoning
shredded cheese
tortilla shells

optional ingredients:
sour cream
frozen corn

Place chicken in crock pot then add salsa and taco seasoning. Cook on low heat for about 5 hours. Then shred up chicken, place on tortilla shells and add shredded cheese. Top with sour cream and more salsa if desired. Roll up and enjoy.

Recipe from Eat your Veggies

Snickerdoodle Cupcakes

Heat oven to 350 and grease regular size muffin tins
Beat:
1 cup butter that has been softened
1 cup sugar
2 tsp Vanilla
2 eggs beaten
1 1/4 cups sour cream

Mix in Separate bowl; add to mixture above
3/4 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp cream of tarter
21/4 cups flour
Dough will be like a sticky biscuit dough. Use some sort of scoop (cookie scoop, ice cream scoop, or ladle) and scoop out a portion of dough. Drop dough into a bowl of
1 cup sugar and 2 TBSP cinnamon
Roll around and completely coat dough ball.
Drop coated dough ball into greased muffin tins.
Bake approx. 20 min.
makes about 24 med size cupcakes

You can sprinkle a bit of the sugar/cinnamon mixture on top of each cupcake before baking them.

Recipe from Our Best Bites

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Easy Mexican Casserole

1 lb ground beef
2 cups salsa
1 (16 oz) can chili beans, drained
3 cups crushed tortilla ships
2 cups sour cream
1 (2 oz) can sliced black olives, drained
1/2 cup chopped green onion
1/2 cup chopped fresh tomato
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese 9or the Mexican blend)

Preheat oven to 350. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook ground beef until no longer pink. Stir in salsa, reduce heat and simmer 20 min, or until liquid is absorbed. Stir in beans, and heat through.
Spray 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray. Spread crushed chips in dish, and then spoon beef mixture over chips. Spread sour cream over beef, and sprinkle with olives, green onions, and tomato over the sour cream. Top with cheese.
Bake in preheated oven for 30 min or until hot and bubbly.

From Eat your peas please

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Fruit Salsa with Baked Cinnamon Chips

1 Fuji apple
1 c strawberries
2 kiwis
2 bananas
1 mango
blackberries or blueberries
1 TBSP fresh lime juice
2 TBSP sugar
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

Chop all the fruit up. Mix all ingredients together and chill for at least 20 min
(You can use whatever fruits you want, peaches, pineapples, nectarines, this is just what I used)

Cinnamon Chips
tortillas
butter
cinnamon and sugar

Preheat oven to 350
Lightly brush one side of tortilla with melted butter (or cooking spray). Then sprinkle on cinnamon and sugar. Use pizza cutter and cut into triangles. Put on cooking sheet and bake for 10-12 min. Remove from oven and cool on cooling rack.

I got the fruit salsa from varies places and the cinnamon chips from our best bites.

This was a huge hit at the 4th of July party!

Homestyle BBQs Country Style Ribs

3 pounds boneless country style pork ribs
2 large tart apples, peeled, cored, chopped or thinly sliced
1 large onion, halved and thinly sliced
1/4 tsp cinnamon
scant 1/4 tsp allspice
salt and pepper
1 c BBQ sauce

In slow cooker, combine the ribs, apples, onion, cinnamon and allspice. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Cover and cook on low for 7-9 hours. Drain off and discard juice. Add BBQ sauce and continue cooking for about 30 min longer.

I got this recipe from about.com