Thursday, February 27, 2014

Show Your Stuff - Cheesy Hamburger Pasta

Hi, welcome again to another edition of Show Your Stuff. This week I have a layered cheeseburger pasta. It was one of those nights that I took out some ground beef and not sure what I was going to do with it. So I came up with this tasty cheesy hamburger pasta.

I have three layers of food. On the bottom layer you have ground beef, onions, and spaghetti sauce. I added cooked pasta as my middle layer. I covered it all with a  creamy cheese sauce I made from scratch.

Overall it turned out o.k. I felt that I needed a little more seasoning.

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Bacon Cheeseburger Sloppy Joes and Broccoli Bacon Salad

 My husband made these up for dinner on night and now I am sharing the recipes.
Bacon Cheeseburger Sloppy Joes
1 lb ground beef
1/2 lb. Bacon
1 med. yellow onion Diced
2 Tablespoons pickle relish
1/4 cup ketchup
1/8 cup Yellow mustard
8 oz. shredded cheddar cheese

In 2 quart pan brown ground beef and saute onion. Drain extra grease. Fry bacon til crisp and coarsely cut into pieces. Add all ingredients to ground beef, stir and simmer for 10 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste.

Broccoli  Bacon Salad
3 heads broccoli
1/2 lb. Bacon
8 oz. Cheddar cheese (Shredded)
1 pint Cherry tomatoes (cut in halves)
1 green pepper (diced)
1/2 cup Ranch dressing
2 Tablespoons Mrs. Dash

Fry bacon, pat dry and crumble. In large mixing bowl trim broccoli to just use flowerettes (cut into bite size pieces), Add all other ingredients and mix well.

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Show Your Stuff #116

Hi,
It is time for another edition of Show Your Stuff. I have attempted again to make a lower fat cookie. I had some apple butter to use up and substituted half the butter on my Death By Chocolate Cookies.

It turned out to be not a really good idea. It wasn't bad, but the flavor of the apple butter really over shadowed the chocolate.

I might of been better using the apple butter in a cookie like Oatmeal Raisin or a spice cookie.

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Show Your Stuf #115 - Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

Hi,
It is time again for another edition of Show Your Stuff. This week I took my favorite cookie and made it lower in fat by substituting half of the fat with a banana.  The best part is that the guys in the household like this cookie. They will eat these and not care if it is half the fat.

1/2 cup butter
1 medium banana
 3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 t vanilla
2 1/4 cup flour
1 t baking powder
1 t salt.
2 cups chocolate chips

Cream butter, banana, sugars, 2 eggs, and vanilla.  Add remaining ingredients. Drop round teaspoonful's onto greased cookie sheet. (I used parchment paper) about 1 inch apart. Bake at 350 degrees for about 8 minutes or until done.

Thursday, February 06, 2014

Corn Flake Nut Cookies - Show Your Stuff # 114

Welcome back to another edition of Show Your Stuff. This Week I am showing off another cookie recipe. The original recipe called for using Wheaties, but I substituted it with corn flakes. It does have a chewy crunchy texture, and it is delicious.

So here is the recipe: 

1/2 c butter
1c brown sugar
2 eggs
1t vanilla
1 1/4 c flour
1t baking powder
1/2 t salt
1cup chopped nuts
4 cups corn flakes

Mix butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla together. Sift flour, baking powder and salt. Mix in with butter mixture along with the nuts. Carefully fold in the corn flakes. Bake in 350 degree oven 8-10 minutes.