Pumpkin Bread

Pumpkin Bread (Kathryn)

3 cups all purpose flour
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups pumpkin puree (from a can)
2/3 cups vegetable oil
3 eggs beaten
1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix together all dry ingredients. Then add pumpkin, oil, and eggs and mix well. Add in pecans blend well. Pour batter into 2 loaf pans and bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted into bread comes out clean. Enjoy!!!

Easy Breakfast Casserole (Elyse)

Ingredients:
2 cups (8 oz.) shredded cheddar cheese
3 cartons (4 oz. each) cholesterol-free egg product or 6 large eggs, well beaten
1 can (12 fl. oz.) * NESTLÉ® CARNATION® Evaporated Fat Free Milk
1 teaspoon salt (optional)
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 pkg. (30 oz.) frozen shredded hash brown potatoes
1 medium onion, chopped
1 small green bell pepper, chopped
10 slices turkey bacon, cooked and chopped, or 1 cup diced ham

Directions:PREHEAT oven to 350° F. Grease 13 x 9-inch baking dish. COMBINE cheese, egg product, evaporated milk, salt and black pepper in large bowl. Add potatoes, onion, bell pepper and bacon, mix well. Pour mixture into prepared baking dish. BAKE for 60 to 65 minutes or until set.

Better Than Sex Cake (Elyse)

1 box yellow cake mix
1 package (3oz) instant vanilla pudding mix
1 package (6oz) chocolate chips
1 chocolate candy bar, grated
4 eggs
1 cup chopped pecans
8 oz sour cream
½ cup oil
½ cup cold water

First, pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients together and
pour into greased and floured bundt pan. Bake at 350 for 60-65 min.
cool and serve. It’s soooooo good!

Mary Ann's Manicotti (Liz Carter)

Ingredients:

2 frozen packages of spinach
1 large container of marinara sauce (ragu is the only one with a really big bottle)
1 1/2 containers of ricotta cheese
1 package of parmesean cheese
1 box of manicotti pasta shells


-Let the spinach thaw out before making.
- Mix the spinach, ricotta cheese, 1/2 cup of parmasean cheese, and salt and pepper in mixing bowl.
-On the bottom of a 9x13 casserole dish, pour half the marinara sauce and spread
-Using a long spoon, stuff the manicotti shells with the spinach/cheese mixture
-Place the shells in casserole dish
-Cover with remaining marinara sauce
-Cover with foil and let sit in the refigirator over night.
-When ready to eat, pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
-Bake for 20 minutes
-Take out and sprinkle desired amount of parmesean cheese over the top
-Bake for 20 more minutes or until marinara sauce is bubbling.

This is easy and sooo yummy!! Serve with garlic bread and ceaser salad for a tasty italian dinner.

Gray Ranch Beef or chicken (Mindy Lange)

10-12 corn tortillas (torn in pieces)

1 medium onion

2 big cans of chicken (or if you are Martha Stewart, you can use fresh chicken) OR

1 lb. of ground beef

1 package of shredded cheddar cheese

1 can rotel (we like the hot one)

1 can cream of chicken

1 can cream of mushroom

Preheat oven 350. Now that we have all the fixins....layer in a rectangle pan the tortillas, onions, chicken OR beef, and cheese. Layer these twice. Then mix up the rotel and soups. Pour on top. Cover with foil. Bake for 30-45 minutes. While this is cooking watch some TV and brag about how wonderful the dinner YOU are cooking is going to be. This recipe really is so easy. Love Ya'll!

Chili Stew (Janai Rogers)

This is super easy and quick!!!

Chili Stew

2 cans Progresso Minestrone (this is the best!)
1 can Rotel tomatoes
1 can Jalapeno Pinto beans
1 pound ground beef


Brown, season, and drain the ground beef. Empty the four cans into a large pot and add the cooked meat. Let simmer for 30 minutes. Serve with tortillas and shredded cheese.

Chicken and Peppers

This is so easy, but it was really good.

For 2 people this is what I did...for more people... obviously add more.

Ingredients:

3 boneless chicken breast
Chili with lime seasoning
1/2 yellow onion
1 red bell pepper
1 green bell pepper
2 fresh jalapenos
1 package of spanish rice
Cheddar cheese


-Cut up all the peppers and onions into small pieces. Sprinkle salt, pepper and chili seasoning.
-Wash off chicken and cut into strips. Season with the chili/lime seasoning. Cook until done. Set aside.
-In same skillet, cook onions and jalapenos until wilted. Then add bell peppers. When cooked, add chicken and cook together on medium for 5 minutes.
-Cook Spanish rice ( I used the Uncle Bens microwavable but there was not near enough)
-Place chicken mix on top of the spanish rice and sprinkle with cheddar cheese if desired.

I know, its so easy, but it was pretty tasty!! I think the key was the chili/lime seasoning on the chicken. It gave it a little "kick"

ENJOY!!!