Banana Oatmeal Cookies

TIME: Prep: 10 min. Bake: 15 min./batch
Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 egg
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2)
1-3/4 cups quick-cooking oats
1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Directions:
In a bowl, combine the first six ingredients; beat in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add egg, bananas and oats; mix well. Stir in chips and nuts.
Drop by tablespoonfuls onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 13-15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on wire racks. Yield: 4 dozen.


I skipped the chocolate chips and added raisins. These cookies are so GOOD! It was hard to stay away from them. So...yeah..I ended up throwing them away only because I couldnt stand to let myself eat anymore, and I had noone to give them to.

Cheesy Corn with Chile's

I bought myself a new slow cooker recipe book and Im so excited to try every single one!

The first one I tried was Cheesy Corn with Chile's because I was invited to Mexican night in my friend's neighborhood since I am always at her house. I seem to be part of her neighborhood these days.

The recipe turned out great. The corn was fantastic. I did omit the very last step...only because I forgot. When I make this dish again, I will still omit the very last step.

Makes 12 servings.

2 16-oz packages frozen whole kernel corn (thawed)
2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese (8 oz)
1 14 3/4 oz can cream style corn
1 cup chopped tomato
1 4-oz can diced green chile peppers, undrained
1/3 cup chopped green onion
1 1/2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 16-oz carton sour cream
cilantro

1. In 3 1/2 or 4 quart slow cooker combine, whole kernel corn, cheese, cream corn, tomatoes, chile's, onion, chili powder, salt.

2.Cover and cook on low heat for 5-6 hours or high heat for 3 hours.

3.Turn off cooker. Gently stir in sour cream and cilantro. Cover and let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

Again, I accidentally omitted step 3, and the corn still turned out great. I had many compliments on this dish and will make it again.

I will return!

After our long trip to PA, and a long adjustment after getting home, and a sinus infection while battling with a severe allergy to poison oak, and teething and the purchase of a brand new car, and some teething and a terrible week....

I was left totally, comepletely and utterly exhausted.

But now, I shall return soon with new recipes!

Delay

There will be a big delay of postings on this blog. I will not be home for 4 weeks starting next weekend. So until then, Im trying to rid my fridge of what is already in there instead of buying new things to make new recipes.

But after our trip, I will be back at it! Mid-July.

Sausage Meatballs

These were soooo easy and sooo yummy! Cant wait to make them for Nick when he gets home!

SAUSAGE MEATBALLS
MEATBALLS:
2 lb. ground sausage
1 c. bread crumbs
2 eggs
SAUCE:
1 1/2 c. ketchup
1/4 c. soy sauce
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/4 c. red wine vinegar
Combine the sausage, bread crumbs and eggs. Form into meatballs. Brown the meatballs well and drain.
Combine ketchup, soy sauce, brown sugar and red wine vinegar, in a saucepan. Heat and stir until sauce is smooth. Add the meatballs to the sauce and simmer 30 minutes. This can be frozen and reheated in a moderate oven 30 minutes.

Pampered Chef's Clubhouse Chicken Squares

This Clubhouse Chicken Squares recipe comes from The Pampered Chef, which of I am a huge fan. I have a kitchen full of The Pampered Chef items!

This recipe is DELISH! And after making it, it sparked come creativity in my little brain because not only can you use these toppings but I thought of making so many other toppings. Almost anything is possible with this. You could do plain pizza toppings, BBQ chicken pizza topping, taco toppings, you could do BLT,turkey, ham...so much.

I took the ingredients to a friends house and we made this for dinner.

This was very easy and very worth it. In fact, Im going to have leftovers for breakfast this morning.

Clubhouse Chicken Squares

2 packages refrigerated crescent rolls, 1 package 8 oz cream cheese softened, 2 tbs mayo, 1 garlic clove, (Plus use only 1 garlic clove. My friend added 3 garlic cloves and the morning after I'm still tasting garlic, Edward Cullen wont be coming after me! LOL!) 1 tsp dill, 1 can 10 oz chicken drained and flaked, (We used the oscar mayer chicken in the deli section)2 plum tomatoes seeded, diced, 1/2 of a small cucumber, peeled, seeded, diced, 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese (We love cheese so we used double this amount)
6 slices of bacon crumbled (Again, we love bacon so we doubled this amount)

Preheat oven to 375. Unroll 1 package of crescent rolls, roll across 1 end of baking sheet. Repeat of 2nd can of rolls. Press triangles together. Bake 12 minutes. Cool completely. Combine cream cheese, mayo, dill, garlic. Spread over crust. Top with chicken, cucumber, tomatoes, cheese, bacon.
Refrigerate 30 minutes. (We were impatient and didn't do this step. It was still fantastic)
Cut into squares. Eat.

New list!

New list of recipes to come soon! In no order:

New Orleans Crab Spread
Three Cheese Garden Pizza
Hot Artichoke and Spinach Dip with Baked Pita Chips
Clubhouse Chicken Squares
Mini Ham Puffs
Tex Mex Chicken Melts
Mushroom Focaccia Bread
Deep Dish BLT Pizza
Classic Reuben Sandwich

Yes, all from The Pampered Chef.
I will be making one of these for dinner today. Just cant decide on which one.