Game Day Snack

I'm linking up with The Getts Times today for Game Day Food Bon Appetite Party! 




Today I'm sharing a Ranch Chex Mix Recipe!

Ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted 
• 9 cups Corn, Rice or Wheat Chex cereal (or combination) 
• 2 cups bite-size pretzel twists 
• 2 cups bite-size cheese crackers
• 1 package (1 oz size) ranch dressing mix 
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Heat oven to 250 F. In ungreased 13x9-inch pan, melt butter in oven. Stir in cereal, pretzels and crackers until evenly coated. Stir in dressing mix and cheese until evenly coated. Bake 10 minutes, stirring after 5 minutes. Spread on waxed paper or foil to cool, about 15 minutes. Store in airtight container.

Break out and enjoy while Yelling WAR EAGLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OR

Go-OOOOOOOOOOOOOO  GIANTS!!!! 

Icebox Cupcakes

Earlier this week I talked about a SUPER easy and YUMMY dessert I had made over the weekend.  I have finally gotten time to post about it.  =)  I will start off with showing you these:

These are chocolate wafers made by Nabisco. I purchased them at Publix and they located on an endcap where all the icecream cones and such were displayed. The box has the recipe on it! It calls for a 16ounce container of cool-whip (I used the light) and REAL vanilla extract and the cookies! Woo-hoo, only THREE ingredients! I can handle this. =) The one step that I changed was rather than making the log cake roll they picture on the package, I layered 4 cookies and the filling in cupcake wrappers. Individual sized portions if you will.  (You will still need to eat them with a fork.) 

But hey, let's not try to fool anyone here. I did it strictly out of convenience. It just sounded easier! I made these for fathers day.  All you do for this is mix the whip cream and vanilla and layer it in between the cookies. You do have to make this a little in advance. The wafers are crispy! So once you make the cupcakes you place them in the fridge for the day. Take them out and the chocolate wafers are now soft, like CAKE layers! =) And it's pretty Yummy. You can garnish with all sorts of things.  Strawberries, sprinkles, chocolate shavings.  You decide!  I left ours plain because I have a picky little girl.  ;-)  
This makes a quick and tasty dessert for the summer time.  I hope you make some of them and enjoy as much as we did! 

Creamy Berry Muffins

Linking up with The Getts Times for a Recipe Exchange!
Subject today is MUFFINS!


The recipe I am going to share was found in Southern Living. Remember, I am all about an EASY recipe. So not too many ingredients. LOL!

Creamy Berry Muffins

Ingredients

1 (7-oz.) package berry muffin mix

1 (3.5-oz.) package dried blueberries


4 tablespoons regular or fruit-flavored cream cheese


Preparation

Prepare batter and muffin pans according to package directions for muffin mix, stirring dried blueberries into batter. Spoon batter into prepared muffin pans, filling two-thirds full. Drop 2 tsp. regular or fruit-flavored cream cheese onto center of batter in each muffin cup. Bake and cool muffins according to package directions.

How about you?  Do you have a favorite muffin recipe or just want new ideas?  Check out the McLinky she has going on!  The button for the party is on my side bar ;-)

Alabama Breakfast Cakes

The name of the post today was inspired by my brothers in law!


My first trip up North to meet the hubby's family I cooked some sausage crescent roll breakfast thingy's. They were lovingly dubbed Alabama Breakfast cakes. Since then the name has stuck. And I like it! =) This weekend we had all that I neede to make them (three ingredients). They are super easy and definately delish. I am not one to bake/make pretty food, but I like it to taste good =)

If you want to make some of these I will tell you how I do it!
You will need:

• 1 roll of refrigerated sausage (I prefer Jimmy Dean Mild, but get the sausage you love!)
• 2 cans of pillsbury crescent rolls (I use the low fat and it works great!)
• 1-2 packages of cream cheese (Your choice. I use 1.5 because I like cream cheese. I also use the low fat. I found the fat free does not have the same consistency when baked).

Preheat the oven as directed on the crescent rolls. Brown your sausage and drain, I mean drain all the grease off (otherwise the rolls get soggy and gross). Combine drained sausage and desired amount of cream cheese in frying pan on low or medium heat. Not too hot or the cream cheese will burn. Cook these two together until the cream cheese is mixed in well with the sausage. I use two crescent rolls to make the rectangular shaped breakfast cakes. I've tried rolling them up like a normal crescent roll but I don't like the way the sausage and cream cheese hardens when exposed to the oven temps. So, I just open the crescent rolls, pull off 2 or a rectangle, add the sausage/cream cheese mixture and fold. I spray my pan with PAM to keep it from sticking. Cook as directed on the can of pillsbury crescent rolls. These are great for breakfast. I originally discovered these when I had a surgery and my best friend brought some over for me. Super sweet! I liked them so well I had to know how to make them! I've also substituted the sausage for chicken from a can and added diced onion. Just as easy and tasty but in a different way!
I will be linking this post up with the parties on my side bar that apply later in the week. =)
Hope you all are having a blessed day!

Recipe Exchange!

I'm linking up today with a sweet blog friend who has started to host a recipe exchange! This week's topic is DIPS and Spreads!


Check out her blog and all the fun recipes!

How was everyone's holiday weekend? We attended a very nice cookout with friends. Though I will not be sharing pics, I will be sharing a delicious dip that was served! The hostess, one of my dearest friends, was gracious to send it to me so I could share it with everyone. It is super simple and delicious!

Ingredients
1 (1 ounce) package ranch dressing mix
16 ounces sour cream
1/2 cup bacon bit
1 cup cheddar cheese (shredded)

Directions
Mix all ingredients and enjoy.
Note: as usual with dips this is better made ahead so the flavors can marry.

Hope you have a blessed Tuesday! I am excited to have a FOUR day week this week! Yipee!