Breakfast cups

Take a bag of thawed hashbrowns mix in salt and pepper to taste, 1Tbsp oil and 1/3 c shredded cheese. Put in well greased muffin tin. Spread out good and smash to bottom well. Bake at 425° for 15 min. Reduce heat to 350° crack Med egg into each and top with Bacon bits ans cheese (I used Bacon that I chopped ) bake 13-16 min or until eggs are done.
*with the eggs I broke the yolk a bit but you could leave it intact or mix well before putting in cups *
To remove use a knife and gently go along edges

These were so yummy.

pretzel bites

This is an awesome afterschool snack or anytime actually.  I got it off Get Off your Butt and Bake and I have to say she has the best recipes!!! Instead of shaking the seasoning on the pretzels, I rolled them in the seasonings in a bowl. SO MUCH EASIER!!

PRETZEL BITES Texas size Rhodes Frozen roll dough *as many as you like – each roll makes four bites coarse salt, parmesan, garlic, cinnamon & sugar Vanilla glaze (optional) Take a thawed roll.  Cut it in four equal sections.  Place dough bites on greased sheets. I placed five across and five down on large baking sheets.  Cover with plastic wrap that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray, and let dough rise until double in size. (about 35-45 minutes) Bring a large pot of water to a gentle boil.  When dough has risen, plop about 10 pieces into the boiling water, tossing gently for about 45 seconds. Remove with slotted spoon, and place bites on paper towels to drain slightly.  Move bites to greased baking sheets, and bake at 375 degrees for about 15 minutes or until done and golden brown.  Brush bites with melted butter, sprinkle with Kosher or Sea Salt, garlic and toss in Parmesan cheese.  You can also make Cinnamon and Sugar bites. Make a mixture of Cinnamon and sugar:  About 1 cup sugar and 1 1/2 tsp. of cinnamon, and mix together well. After you butter the pretzel bites, toss in cinnamon and sugar mixture. You can serve the Parmesan Pretzel bites with a cheddar dip, and the Cinnamon and Sugar Pretzel bites with Vanilla glaze.  So yummy . . . so simple! VANILLA GLAZE 1 cup powdered sugar 2 tablespoons milk 1 tablespoon melted butter 1 tsp. vanilla extract. Combine sugar, milk, butter and vanilla and mix well.  CHEDDAR DIP 1 Tablespoon butter 1 Tablespoon all purpose flour 1 cup milk 1 1/2  to 2 cups of grated Cheddar Cheese. Melt the butter in a med. size saucepan over medium heat.  Add the flour and stir until blended, and butter has turned lightly golden brown.  Slowly whisk in the milk and cook until thickened slightly.  Remove from heat and stir in the Cheddar Cheese until smooth and all of the cheese has melted.  Season with salt and pepper.  Shake a few red pepper flakes into sauce for added zing!

Broccoli/Cauliflower Salad

This salad is always a HUGE hit.

what you'll need:

cut up broccoli
1 head cauliflower
1/2 bag baby carrots cut up
8 pieces fresh bacon cooked and crumbled
2 C. mayo - dont sub for miracle whip!
2/3 C. sugar
2/3 C. parmesan cheese
honey mustard & onion pretzel pieces (you can use any. i've never found these i usually use parmesan and garlic)

Mix everything together except pretzel pieces. Mix in pretzel pieces right before serving.

mint brownies

Don't these make your mouth water??? sooooo yummy. I kinda played around with a few recipes.

anywho I've had some requests to post it so here it is:

2 C. Sugar

1 C. Butter

4 Eggs

cream until fluffy then add:

2 C. flour

1/2 C. cocoa

1 tsp salt

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp vanilla

2 Tbsp milk

mix well then bake at 350 for 30-45 min in a 9x13 pan.

(I did do it in the 9x13 but i think next time i'll do a cookie sheet as i like them a little smaller)

Cool for about an hour. you can speed it up in the fridge. then frost with the mint icing.

Mint Icing:

3 Tbsp butter

2 Tbsp milk

1 1/2 C. powdered sugar ( i used closer to 3-4 C)

2-3 drops mint flavoring

green food coloring

Mix well. I added more sugar so it was thicker like a frosting instead of runny.

Drizzle with chocolate

Chocolate Drizzle:

3 Tbsp butter

1/2 C. choc chips ( I used milk)

Melt carefully in microwave. Do 30 sec intervals and stir after each until completely melted. Cool slightly. I just used a fork and kinda drizzled it all over the mint.

Then take some andes mints. I used about 15. I used my Kitchen Aid Food Chopper and chopped them up. THen i just took a handful and sprinkled it all over the brownies.

There you have it!!! BEWARE!!! these are very hard to resist!!!

Quiche

I love a good quiche!! I finally bought a quiche/tart pan and wanted to try it out. I just used a simple dough recipe that i found online.
Then for the filling:
some chopped up chicken seasoned to your liking
zucchini
spinach
1/2 homemade bread crumbs
seasonings
fresh parmesean cheese
put all that in the pan then add:
2 eggs beaten, 2 Tbsp flour and 1 1/4 C milk mixed well. Just pour over evertthing

Bake at 350 for 45-60 min
so yummy!!!!
you can add any vegetable or meat you want

Aebleskiever

Have you ever tried an Aebleskiever? They are soo yummy!!

First you need the pan. I got this one HERE

Then you can use ANY pancake mix you just omit the egg in it and use 3 egg white beaten stiff.

These ones I used a corn cake mix (from prepared pantry but you could make your own which I will be doing since the kids scarf these down)

and I added some chopped up bacon and some shredded cheese in the middle.

we also used pork sausage and they were just as good!!

Cheerio Bars

Add 1/2 Cube of butter and 1 bag mini marshamallows to bowl

Microwave until looks like this about 2 min

Add 1/2 C. creamy peanut butter and mix well

Add 7 C Cheerios

1 C. m&m's

Press into 9x13 greased pan 

(it works easier if you have a plastic baggie on your hand that is sprayed)

press down evenly

Let cool. I put in fridge about 1 hour and slice up and enjoy!!!