Lasagna Bread Braid

It's been a while since I last wrote. I've been in a bit of a food rut, sticking with a lot of the old. Finally this week I decided I was started to meal plan. Every Sunday I will sit down after church and make a menu for the week. And because when making a menu you think, I don't want the same ol' same ol', I ended up with all my cookbooks scattered over the living room and this, my friends, is where I came up with this yummy dish.
This dish serves two very hungry people or three normally hungry people.

You will need:

one refridgerated pizza crust (I like Pilsbury)
ricotta cheese
plum tomatoes or those really really little ones, I used the little ones bc that's all I could find fresh
shredded/shaved parm cheese
garlic powder

On a greased cookie pan spread your pizza crust out as big as possible. Cut the ends into strips about 2in long. Spread ricotta cheese on the middle then layer your tomatoes and sprinkle with your cheese.Lay your strips in a braid design tucking the edges underneath. Sprinkle garlic powder on top the sprinkle more cheese.
Bake according to you pizza crust can which should be something like 425 for 11-ish minutes.

Serve with marinara dipping sauce.

Teriyaki Pepper Chicken

We saw this on tv and didn't know what in the world it was but decided to try to wing it. This is what we've came up with and it is delish!

We usually make it for two so adapt it for however many people you're feeding.

chicken (Tim and I usually both eat 1.5 pieces)
jalapeno, diced very tiny
onion, if you like it, diced very small
cheddar cheese
bacon, 2 strips per chicken
teriyaki sauce
toothpicks
a grill


Pound chicken out flat so it's nice and thin.
Mix cheese with peppers and onions and put a pile on top of the chicken.
Roll the chicken around the cheese mix and while holding wrap tight with bacon.
Brush teriyaki on and place on low heat on grill.
Brush more sauce on as it cooks.
Cook until chicken is done throughout.

Best served with rice.
Enjoy.

Corn Casserole

Ingrediants:

1 can creamed corn
1 can whole corn, drained
1 stick butter, softened
1 block cream cheese, softened
1 bag/box corn bread mix
2 eggs
1 cup (and extra) cheddar cheese



Mix butter and cream cheese until cream cheese is very well blended (this is a huge thing, you don't want your cream cheese clumpy).
In a bowl combine cheese/butter mix, cornbread mix, corns, eggs, and 1 cup cheddar cheese.
Pour into a greased dish.
Cover with as much cheese as you would like, for me it's a cup.

Cook at 350 for about 45mins. Our old stove needs to cook it for longer so make sure it's cooked throughly by checking with a toothpick.

Homemade Baked Mac N Cheese

All you need:

Macaroni
Velvetta
Milk


Cook your macaroni, for three people and leftovers for lunch I cook half a box.
Grease a baking dish and pour the cooked macaroni in. Pour milk to about the halfway point of the macaroni.
Cover with velvetta, in my opinion, the more the better.
Cover with foil. (Word to the wise, don't uncover while cooking, it causes the mac to dry out.)

Cook at 350 for about 40mins.

Stir and enjoy.

Salt & Pepper Chicken

This is my go to meat! It started as an "oops, let's throw some stuff in here so it tastes ok" and ended as delish.

Like always, my recipe is to taste and isn't exact measurements.


Salt
Pepper
McCormick Grill Mates Montreal Steak Grinder (or I suppose you could buy the regular shaker, I just have a fasination with grinders.)
Chicken (like 5x's more than you think you'll need)
Olive oil


Cut chicken into pieces, I like mine tiny, Tim likes his bigger, Brittyn just likes hers.
Pour some OO in a pan and throw your chicken in. Generously sprinkle all your seasonings on the chicken.
Brown chicken.
Enjoy.


I like to sprinkle the spices multiple times as I brown. The more you put on the better it tastes.

Melissa's Orange Candies

These are new to me, but they are yummy.

They are a handed down recipe so none of the measurements are exact. So this will require a lot of taste testing, dern the luck.


Mix 1 cup powdered sugar with 2-3 drops orange extract flavoring.

Taste to make sure it's strong enough.Add a drop more if necessary.

If it's not a very thick consistancy add a little more powdered sugar until it is.

Roll into a log and freeze for an hour.

Melt chocolate (easiest is the kind in a tub that you melt in the microwave).

Cut pieces of the orange log off and with a toothpick dip in the chocolate.

Let harden in the refridgerator.

Liz's Fudge

I love fudge! I love Liz's peanut butter fudge the bestest in the world. It is amazing. It is delicious. It is take your breath away fantastic. It is easy.

Put 2.5cups sugar and 1.5cups of milk in a pot. Boil. It will rise then thicken and fall. As it falls test it on occassion by dropping it into a room temp. cup of water. When the mixture drops in hard balls in the water take it off the heat. Mix in 1teas vanilla extract and 1cup creamy peanut butter. Stir and pour into a pan/dish and let cool.

But make sure to lick the warm fudge off of the pan, that's my favorite part.