Cheesy Beef Bites...Easy Sandwich...Big Batch

Love, Love, LOVE this sandwich!! It also makes up a lot, so it would be a great recipe to fix for casual company, kid sleepovers or just to freeze individually.

What you need:

1 lb of hamburger
1 pkg of french onion soup
2 tbsp of parsley flakes
1/4 c. of water
2 packs of hamburger buns (I got 12 sandwiches out of 1 lb of hamburger)
At least 2 c. shredded cheese (I didn't measure mine)

Before we get started let me first say that the original recipe called for french bread, but I found using hamburger buns to be better for us. This is a great recipe to use left over hamburger buns and hot dog buns....it's just a matter of preference.

While your hamburger meat is cooking, pull your bread of choice out. You want to "hollow-out" the thickest part of your bread which is the top portion on buns.

Once your hamburger meat is fully cooked, drain the grease. Then add the packet of French Onion Soup Mix, two tablespoons of parsley and 1/4 c. of water. Make sure the burner is on low and stir really good. Now all you do is fill the "hollowed out" portion of your bread with the meat mixture.

Then sprinkle with your choice of cheese....Monterrey is fabulous, but I only had cheddar/Monterrey mix

Wrap it nice and neatly......

Pop these babies in the oven for about 10 min on 350 degrees and ENJOY!!!!

Crockpot Italian Chicken

I got this recipe off of Pinterest and it is DIVINE!!!

6 chicken breasts
1 packet Zesty Italian dressing seasoning
8 oz. cream cheese (softened)
2 cans cream of chicken soup

Cook on low for 4 hours. If sauce is too thick, add a little milk. Serve over pasta.

I used the corkscrew rotini, but pick what you like. Throw some garlic bread in the oven and Whamo!!!

Easy Cheesy Chicken Spaghetti

I almost made myself SICK off this stuff. It was soo easy to make and it makes a ton so you can freeze some of it for later.

What you need:

6 boneless skinless chicken breast
2 cans of cream of chicken
2 cans of rotel
1 large block of velveeta
1 box of angel hair pasta

I used my crockpot. Put the chicken, cream of chicken, rotel in crockpot to cook. I put mine in frozen on high for several hours. When the chicken is done and it's falling apart....cut up your velveeta and add. Once the cheese is melted this part is ready. I then cooked my pasta and added the contents to the cooked pasta. Now I realize that most people put this in the oven, but we didn't. We ate it as soon as we mixed the contents. Leftovers the next day were even better!!

If you want to freeze a portion of it then get some pans, line them with plastic wrap, put the spaghetti in cover with plastic and put in freezer. Give it about a day to freeze then remove it from freezer. Take out of dish, make sure it's wrapped well in plastic wrap then wrap it with aluminum foil and label.

Apple Dump Cake

I prefer stuff like this for breakfast with my coffee AS WELL AS DESSERT!!


This is what you need:

Yellow box cake
2 cans of apple pie filling
About two sticks of butter


Pour the apple filling in a dish
Pour dry cake mix over the top of the filling....make sure the little "rocks" are broken up
Take a stick of butter and start cutting small slabs of butter and covering all of the dry batter

Bake at 350

You can alter this recipe....instead of using apple pie filling....use a can of blueberry filling and a can of crushed pineapple. THIS is divine!!!

Egg Muffins

This is a great, quick way to cook ahead for breakfast and great for the family on the go.

What you'll need:

Muffin Pan
Eggs
Shredded Cheese
Ham, Bacon, Sausage...your choice

Set oven on 350 degrees.
Scramble your eggs in a bowl
Lightly oil your muffin pan and fill each about half full.
You can then add cheese, meat or meats of your choice
You can also add other stuff like salsa....get creative

Put in the oven and bake until light golden brown. There'll be no doubt that they are ready. You can set these out to cool then put in the freezer so that you have them weeks in advance.

I put a ziploc bag full of these in the refrigerator and they were gone by mid week. I plan to make several bags of these to have in frig and freezer....especially when school starts