Pumpkin Pie Dip

I made this for playgroup tomorrow and I might have to make another batch! Me and Josh have been eating it with apple slices and it is SOOO good!!!

Ingredients:

1 (15oz.) can pumpkin puree
8 oz. block of cream cheese
2 (7oz.) containers of marshmellow creme
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Directions:

Soften the cream cheese and then combine all the ingredients in a mixer and mix until combined! Serve with apple slices, gingersnaps, or graham cracker sticks. It's so good you might end up eating it with a spoon!



Enjoy!!!

Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Soup

Easy, delicious, and only 250 calories per serving. I'm not even kidding.




Ingredients:
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can corn
1 can green chiles
1 can of chicken broth
1 packet of taco seasoning mix
1 lb. chicken
1 cup sour cream
shredded cheese (for serving)
tortilla chips

Oh and you could also add black beans or olives! Beans give Josh TERRIBLE heartburn so we like to steer clear of that.

Directions:

Boil your chicken till it's done. Shred and set aside. Pour everything from tomatoes to seasoning mix in your crockpot. Add the chicken. Cook on low for 2-3 hours. Stir in sour cream right before serving. Garnish with cheese and chips!




Enjoy!!!

Beef Enchiladas

I've been on an enchilada kick lately, so we have this once a week. It's so good and easy! Oh and you could also substitute chicken for the beef!

Ingredients:
flour tortillas(I used 6 of the smaller sized ones)
1 lb. of ground beef (I actually used venison last night, because we have a whole freezer full of it!)
1 4oz. can of diced green chiles
1 10oz. can of enchilada sauce
1/4 cup of sour cream
packet of taco seasoning
lots of shredded cheddar

Directions:
Brown your ground beef with the green chiles. Drain. Put a few Tbsp. of enchilada sauce in the bottom of your square pan. Mix the sour cream with the rest of the enchilada sauce in a saucepan over medium low heat. (Or microwave it, you just want it to be hot.) Take a tortilla, put a couple of spoonfuls of the meat mixture in and sprinkle some cheese over the top. Roll up and place seam side down in the pan. I usually have some ground beef left over so I just pour that over the top of the enchiladas, then I pour the sauce, and then I top with about a cup of shredded cheddar. Bake for 20-30 minutes at 375!

Enjoy!!!

Sausage Bake

This is my go to 30 minute meal, my go to company's coming dinner, and a meal that just says fall to me. It's so easy and so good! Try it!

Ingredients:
1 lb. smoked sausage
1 red pepper
1/2 onion
2 medium yellow squash
salt
pepper
olive oil

Directions:
Preheat your oven to 375. Cut the sausage and veggies into chunks and toss them in the olive oil, then season with salt and pepper. Bake for 30-40 minutes.

Enjoy!!!!

Chicken Stir Fry

I started making this after I had chicken fried rice at Pei Wei. It's so good, so simple, and probably best of all this version is very healthy! Shocking I know!

Ingredients:
4 cups cooked rice
1 red bell pepper (diced)
1 1/2 cups of cooked diced chicken
1 head of broccoli (chopped)
1/2 bag of shredded cabbage and carrots
soy sauce
sesame oil
garlic powder

Optional:
onion-I have been really squeamish over onions lately so I left this out.
egg-just crack an egg into the mix about halfway through cooking, I just forgot about this one!
mushrooms
baby corn
water chestnuts
fresh garlic (just didn't feel like chopping tonight!)

Directions:
I do a combo of half olive oil, half sesame oil because the sesame oil has a really strong flavor. Use about a Tablespoon of each and heat your pan over medium high heat. Throw in your broccoli, red pepper and if you want to add any of the other options, now is the time to throw it in.

Let that cook for about 5 minutes, then throw in your cabbage mix. The cabbage will start to brown and get really soft after a few minutes. Toss in your chicken and this is where I sprinkled a little bit of the garlic powder in. Let that go for another couple of minutes, shake a couple of dashes of soy sauce in and stir. I honestly don't know how much soy sauce I added. Taste as you go!

When your mix looks like this...


Stir in your rice, add soy sauce to taste and your done!!!

Enjoy!!!

Brownie Pillow Cookies

These are SO good and SO easy!!!

Ingredients:

box of brownie mix-bake as normal, in an 8x8 pan.
tube of chocolate chip cookie mix.

Bake and cool your brownies, then cut them into 1 inch squares. Preheat your oven to 350. Take 1/2 cup of cookie dough, make an indentation in the middle and smoosh a brownie square in the middle. Form the cookie dough around the brownie to form a ball. Mine only made 6 cookies, but they are huge! Bake for 13 minutes, or until they start to brown up around the edges.

Enjoy!!!

Croque Monsieur

I made these for dinner tonight and oh my word, these are seriously delicious. I used gruyere because we had some in the fridge, but you could use any type of swiss.

Ingredients:

sliced Italian style bread
shredded gruyere
sliced ham
honey mustard
butter
eggs

Directions:
Assemble your sandwich: put a dab of honey mustard on each piece of bread, layer the ham and the cheese.

melt a couple of tablespoons of butter in a saute pan and get it to where it's starting to bubble up a little. Crack an egg in the pan and then put your sandwich down on top of the egg. Flip after two minutes and then remove when cheese is melted.

Enjoy!!!