SWISS CHEESE POTATO PANCAKES

If you like a good potato pancake, you are going to love my recipe. The cream cheese and swiss cheese really make this special. ENJOY!

SWISS CHEESE POTATOE PANCAKES:

1 3 oz. pkg, cream cheese
2 eggs
4 T. flour
4 c. hash browns
1/4 c. shredded Swiss Cheese
2 T. grated onion
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
dash of cayenne pepper
3 T. butter
3 T. vegetable oil

In a mixing bowl beat cream cheese until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each egg. Add flour, mix well. Stir in potatoes, Swiss cheese, onion, salt and pepper and
cayenne pepper. Heat butter & OIL in large skillet, drop batter by 1/4 cup; press to flatten. Fry until golden and crisp, approximately 5 minutes on each side. Makes about 16 pancakes.
Good served with applesauce and some like sour cream!!!! "YUMMY"

YEAR-ROUND LEMONADE DELIGHT

You can make this delightful Lemonade Treat year-round for your family and friends!
I always Add 1 -2 Tablespoons of real lemon juice to give it more lemon flavor.

60 crushed Ritz-Crackers
1/4 cup powder sugar
1 stick of Butter
1 can sweetened Eagle Brand Milk
1 (12 oz.) Cool Whip (thawed)
1 can 6-8 oz. frozen lemonade (thawed)

Pat first 3 ingredients into 9 x 13 pan to form crust (reserve some crumbs for topping) Blend milk, Cool Whip and lemonade together until smooth. Spoon carefully over crust. Sprinkle remaining crumbs on top.

HAM 'N EGG PIZZA

1 (8oz. tube refrigerated crescent rolls
3 eggs
2 T. milk
1/8 tsp. pepper
2 c. chopped ham
1 c. frozen hash brown potatoes
1 c. shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 c. shredded parmesan cheese

Set oven to 375 degrees. Unroll crescent roll dough and place on ungreased 10-12-inch pizza pan. Press onto bottom and 1/4 up the sides, sealing seams and perforations. Bake 5 minutes at 375 degrees. Beat eggs, milk and pepper. Sprinkle ham, hash browns and cheddar cheese over crust. Carefully pour egg mixture over cheese. Sprinkle with Parmesan. Bake 25-30 minutes or until eggs are set. Enjoy!

JELLO POUNDCAKE DESSERT

JELLO POUNDCAKE DESSERT:

1 pound cake
2 boxes strawberry jello
2 boxes vanilla pudding
2 bananas
Cool Whip

Cut pound cake into squares. Line bottom of oblong pan with cake. Prepare jello as directed and pour over cake. Refrigerate to gel. Prepare pudding as directed and spoon half of the pudding over set jello. Slice the two bananas over pudding. Add another layer of pudding. Spread Cool Whip on top of pudding. Keep Refrigerated.

CHICKEN MOZZARELLA MANICOTTI

With this recipe you get both your Italian Chicken and your Manicotti Pasta........
Also, you prepare it with uncooked manicotti. Use your favorite tomato pasta sauce.

CHICKEN MOZZARELLA MANICOTTI:

1 ( 26-30 oz) jar tomato pasta sauce OR Your homemade sauce
3/4 cup water
1 tsp. garlic salt
1 1/2 lbs. chicken breast tenders (not breaded)
14 uncooked manicotti shells ( 8 oz.)
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese ( 8 oz.) (more if you like)
Pecorino Romano or Paremesan Reggiano Cheese, grated
Chopped fresh basil leaves, if desired

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix pasta sauce, and water in medium bowl. Spread about 1/3 of pasta sauce in ungreased 13 x 9-inch dish. Sprinkle garlic salt on chicken. Insert chicken into uncooked manicotti shells, stuffing from each end to fill if necessary. Place shells on pasta sauce in baking dish. Pour remaining sauce evenly over shells, sprinkle with grated Romano or Parmesan cheese. Cover with foil and bake about 1 hour or until shells are tender. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Bake, uncovered about 15 minutes or until cheese melts. Sprinkle with fresh chopped basil.
15 minutes or until cheese is mellted. Sprinkle with basil.

I HAVE ALSO MADE THIS WITH BREADED CHICKEN TENDERS.

REFRESHING FRUIT WITH RASPBERRY DIP

You will be amazed how quickly this will disappear. The kids will love it and it is healthy!
(just don't tell them)

REFRESHING FRUIT WITH RASPBERRY DIP:

1/4 cup Coconut, shredded
2 T. Pecans, finely chopped
1 cup Dairy sour cream
1/4 cup Raspberry preserves
2 T. Milk
Fresh fruit dippers: apple, orange and pear wedges.
banana pieces, strawberries, grapes, melon balls
Lemon juice

Mix coconut, pecans, sour cream, preserves, and milk. Toss apple, pear and banana pieces in lemon juice. Arrange fruit around bowl of dip on a bed of ice. Serve with cocktail picks.

STUFFED TUSCANY TENDERLOIN

You are really going to like my Stuffed Tuscany Tenderloin. It is DELICIOUS!!!!!

STUFFED TUSCANY TENDERLOIN:

1 onion diced
2 T. Olive Oil
1/2 lb. fresh spinach, chopped
1/2 tsp. salt & 1/2 tsp. freshly ground pepper
1/3 Cup shredded Parmesan cheese
3 tsp. drained & chopped dried tomatoes in oil
1 (4 lb) Beef Tenderloin, trimmed

Saute onion in hot oil in a large skillet over medium heat until tender. Add spinach, salt and pepper; saute 1 minute or until spinach wilts. Remove from heat and stir in cheese and dried tomatoes. Cut tenderloin lengthwise down center, cutting to bottom but not through. Lay open flat and spoon spinach mixture down center of tenderloin. Fold tenderloin over mixture and tie with string at 1-inch intervals. Tenderloin won't completely close. Chill 2 hours, if desired.
Place cut side up on a rack in roasting pan. Cover exposed filling with a strip of aluminum foil. Bake tenderloin at 425 degrees for 50 minutes or until meat thermometer registers 145 degrees.(med-rare) Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.....Serves 10

SAUCY SAUSAGE & PEPPERS FOR A DOZEN

Here is a super easy way of making a good quality Sausage & Pepper Sandwiches for your family and friends to enjoy. You can use your own traditional sauce or your favorite sauce in a jar!
Make sure to serve it on some good crusty Italian Rolls.

SAUCY SAUSAGE & PEPPERS FOR A DOZEN:

3 lbs. Sweet or Hot Italian Sausage, cut into 2" pieces
3 med. onions, sliced
3 med. green bell peppers, cut into strips
1 jar (67 oz) or your own Tradtional Pasta Sauce
12 Good Quality crusty Italian sandwich rolls, split
Grated Parmesan Cheese

Place sausage in a 16 1/2 x 12-x2 1/2-inch disposable foil pan. Bake at 425 degrees for
45 minutes or until sausage is browned. Pour off fat. Add onions, peppers, and pasta sauce.
Cover, Bake 45 minutes or until done. Serve on rolls with cheese. Serve with a good tossed Italian Salad, some sliced fresh fruit, etc. etc etc.....Bon apetite!!!!!

EASY SOUR CREAM MUFFINS

EASY SOUR CREAM MUFFINS:

2 Cups Self-rising flour
2 sticks butter, melted
1/2 pt. sour cream

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine all ingredients and spoon into small ungreased muffin tins. Bake 20 - 30 mins.
Makes 24 small muffins or 12 large.

CROCKPOT TURKEY BREAST

START OUT WITH A FROZEN TURKEY BREAST...WHAT COULD BE EASIER THAN THAT!

CROCKPOT TURKEY BREAST:

1 (6 to 6 1/2 lb.) Turkey Breast, Frozen
Salt and pepper to taste
4 garlic cloves, peeled
2 tsp. vegetable oil
1 med. onion, peeled & quartered

Rinse Turkey, remove any turkey inners, and pat dry with paper towels. Rub turkey all over with oil. Sprinkle all of the turkey, includig the cavity, lightly with salt and pepper. Place breast, meaty side up into a 5-quart slow cooker. Place onion quarters around edges of pot and add garlic cloves to edges o cooker. Cover cooker and cook on Low for 9-hours or until
thermometer registers 170 degrees. Remove breast from cooker and let stand at least
10 minutes before slicing. Discard vegetables in the cooker.

PORTOBELLO PIZZA

IT'S A FULL MEAL IN ITSELF AND ONLY 124 CALORIES.......

PORTOBELLO PIZZA:

1 (6 oz.) Portobello cap per person, stem removed
Your favorite Spaghetti sauce
Bulk Italian Sausage cooked and drained (optional)
Grated Romano or Parmesan Cheese
Mozzarella Cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Make 1 portobello cap for each person being served.
Wipe portobello cap clean and spray with PAM. Place in greased baking dish, gill side up.
Cover generously with sauce, then top with cheese. Place in oven and bake for 8 minutes,
or until cheese melts. Serve immediately.

BREAKFAST BANANA SPLIT

Here is something different and enjoyable for breakfast!!!!

BREAKFAST BANANA SPLIT:

2 ice cream scoops of cooked oatmeal
1 med. banana- sliced lenghtwise
3 strawberries - sliced
2 T. your favorite chopped nuts
2 T. Hershey's or similar chocolate sauce
2 T. maple syrup

Using a suitable banana split dish, place one banana slice along each lenghtwise edge of the dish. Top with two scoops of oatmeal. Top one scoop of oatmeal with strawberry slices and chocolate sauce, and the other with chopped nuts and maple syrup.

MY 4 INGREDIENT DELICOIUS CUSTARD PIE

If you enjoy a good delicious custard pie, this recipe is a must for you. I use only four ingredients..(Five if you like cinnamon sprinkled on top)

MY FOUR INGREDIENT DELICIOUS CUSTARD PIE:

8 lg. eggs
1 cup sugar
4 cups half and half
3 tsp, vanilla
unbaked 9 inch pie shell

Whisk together eggs and sugar. Add half and half and vanilla. Pour into unbaked 9-inch pie shell. Bake for 10 minutes at 400 degrees and 25 minutes at 375. Remove from oven...
Cool and Enjoy.....Be sure to refrigerate any leftovers or any pie until serving.

GOOD OLD DAYS "POTATOES & EGGS"

I can still smell the wonderful aroma of this frying in my Mom's kitchen....."YUMMO"

GODD OLD DAYS "POTATOES & EGGS":

cooking oil
1/2 green bell pepper chopped (I like to use red bell peppers too)
1 - 2 lg. onions, chopped or sliced
4 - 6 potatoes, cubed, sliced or shredded - (these can be already baked or boiled, OR RAW)
6 eggs beaten
salt and pepper to taste

In a large skillet heat oil and begin to saute green pepper. Add onions. Cook until almost tender. Now add the pre-cooked or raw potatoes....If raw potatoes, cook until tender. If using baked or boiled potatoes, you only need to warm them,,,Pour eggs over the ingredients, and continue to cook until eggs are done. Salt and pepper to taste.

OVEN ROASTED CAULIFLOWER

Here's an easy way to prepare Cauliflower..and it comes out perfect every time!

OVEN ROASTED CAULIFLOWER:

5 - 6 Cups Cauliflower florets (about 1 1/2 inches diameter)
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 T. sliced garlic
2 T. lemon juice
1 tsp. Kosher salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
2 T. grated Parmesan Cheese
Chopped Chives for garnish

Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Place the cauliflower florets in a large saute pan or roasting pan. Drizzle the olive oil over the cauliflower, and season with garlic, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
Place the pan in the oven and bake for 15 mins., stirring ocassionally to ensure even roasting.
Remove from oven and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Garnish with chopped chives and serve immediately while still warm.

SIMPLY CABBAGE & NOODLES

This recipe is one that My cousin Carm made for my Mother many years ago. My Mom loved it so much that she would always ask me to make it for her.... It is so easy to make and is really good!

SIMPLY CABBAGE & NOODLES:

1 head green cabbage
1 - 2 sticks butter
1 l-lb. pkg. extra wide egg noodles
salt to taste
dash of pepper

Finely grate cabbage. Salt light;y and allow cabbage to stand for a few minutes. Melt 1 stick butter (more or less) in frying pan. Sqeeze extra moisture out of cabbage and place in pan with butter. Stir to coat cabbage evenly. Add dash of pepper. Cook over med. low heat until cabbage is done and lightly browned stirring often. Meanwhile boil noodles until cooked
al dente, drain and rinse. Combine cooked cabbage with cooked noodles and serve.

This is a great vegetarian dish...or can be used as a main dish or side dish to beef, chicken, pork, sausage, ham etc.

MY SIMON & GARFUNKEL CHICKEN

If you remember the song "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme"...you'll know why I named this recipe "SIMON & GARFUNKEL CHICKEN".........The white wine really adds a good flavor.


MY SIMON & GARFUNKEL CHICKEN:

4 Boneless Chicken Breasts
4 Slices Mozzarella Cheese
1 Stick Butter
1 tsp. each of Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme
Little Salt & Pepper
1/2 Cup White Wine

Place one slice of cheese on each chicken breast. Roll so the cheese is inside the chicken. Secure with a toothpick. Lightly salt and pepper. Melt butter in saucepan, add herbs. Place chicken
in baking dish. Pour sauce over chicken and Bake at 350 for 45 minutes, uncovered.
Half-way through baking time, add white wine.

GREAT CHICKEN RECIPE...A MUST READ!

When I found this recipe I thought it was perfect for people who just are not sure how to tell when poultry is cooked thoroughly but not dried out....GIVE THIS A TRY!!!

BAKED STUFFED CHICKEN:

6-7 lb. chicken
1 Cup melted butter
1 cup stuffing
1 cup uncooked Popcorn
salt and pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brush chicken well with melted butter, salt and pepper. fill cavity with stuffing and popcorn. Place in baking pan with the neck end toward the back of the oven.....
Listen for popping sounds....
When the chicken's ass blows the oven door open and the chicken flies across the room..
IT IS DONE!!!!!

And, you thought you couldn't cook!!

HAPPY APRIL'S FOOL DAY FROM ROSE VICTORIA "SPOONSFULL OF LOVE" :):) XOXO