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Ranch Chicken & Bacon Pasta Salad

Ingredients:
1 c. mayonnaise
1 c. Ranch salad dressing
2 c. veggies of choice (I used peas) however I am would love to try this with some tomatoes and cucumbers
1/2 lb. Canned & or boiled chicken
1/2 lb. Real Bacon bits & or real bacon chopped
1 lb. pasta of your choice, cooked and rinsed with cold water
1 c. shredded cheese
Salt and pepper (to your choice)

How to Whip this Up:
In a large mixing bowl, stir together the mayonnaise and Ranch dressing.
Add the veggies, chicken and bacon.
Stir to combine.
Add the chilled pasta and toss to coat.
Stir in the shredded cheese.
Season with salt and pepper to taste.

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1. Oven to 325.
2. Grease two 9 inch loaf pans.
3. Beat oil, sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
4. In another bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
5. Add to the oil mixture, stir just to combine.
6. Fold in banana and chocolate chips gently, and pour into prepared pans.
7. If desired, add a sprinkle of coconut to the top.
8. Bake 1 hour. Worry about your hips later. 😛

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I cannot even start to explain how good these are….so creamy, sweet and oh just delicious! I am a new stuffed cheesecake strawberry FAN!

Enjoy, this would be a great one to do with the kiddos…

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Stuffed Cheesecake Strawberries

Ingredients:

(1) lb large strawberries
(1) 8 oz. whipped cream cheese
(3-4) tbsp powdered sugar *The more the sweeter* 😉
(1) tsp vanilla extract
Graham cracker crumbs

How to Whip this up:

-Rinse strawberries and cut around the top of the strawberry. Remove the top and clean out with a paring knife, if necessary (some may already be hollow inside). Prep all strawberries and set aside.
-In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla until creamy.
-Add cream cheese mix to a piping bag or ziploc with the corner snipped off.
-Fill strawberries with cheesecake mixture. Once strawberries are filled, dip the top in graham cracker crumbs.

 

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Serves about 2-3

It’s not Dr. Seuss day and this isn’t a monster drink (although it may be a great way to convince your HULK loving kiddos to drink this smoothie)! It’s called a “Green Drink” and it sure tastes good….

You can use fresh, organic pineapple as well but I had Pineapple in a can in my cupboard and wanted to use what I had…Just don’t add the juice from the can, it’s unneeded sugar. You can also choose to use organic greek yogurt but I’m warning you, it won’t mask the taste of the spinach like the Yoplait does. =) Or you could even get just an organic strawberry (or flavored yogurt) yes, it may have some sugar but it’s what helps mask the Spinach where all the true nutrients are.

I’ve heard they make you feel SOOO good so I’ve been on a mission to trying them out…the one this morning was DELICIOUS!!! I am going to try adding peanut butter tomorrow. YUM! Also, I heard the pounds just melt off when you drink these every morning.

Don’t worry, they taste a lot better than they look and they don’t taste “healthy” at all….even though they are! 😉

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Ingredients:

• 2 large handfuls of Baby Spinach
• 1 Cup of Chunk Pineapple – you can use fresh, organic as well but I had Pineapple in a can in my cupboard and wanted to use what I had…Just don’t add the juice from the can, it’s unneeded sugar.
• 2 Bananas
• 1 cup of Yogurt (you can always use Greek Yogurt for this to make it a little healthier)
• 1 cup of water
• About 10 ice cubes

Blend it all together and VOILA, a yummy, nutritious breakfast or snack!

Like I said, tomorrow I’m trying Peanut Butter….anyone else have any good recipes for a “Green Drink”?

These over-sized cookies are chewy and thick! They remind of of a cookie you would find in a bakery or a gourmet cookie shop!

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Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

Makes about 18 large cookies.

2 cups plus 2 tablespoons (10 5/8 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted and cooled until warm
1 cup packed (7 ounces) light or dark brown sugar
1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces) granulated sugar
1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1-1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:

Pre-heat the oven to 325 degrees.
Spray Baking Pan with nonstick cooking spray (or use parchment paper).
Whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt together in a medium bowl; set aside.
Either by hand or with an electric mixer, mix the butter and sugars until thoroughly blended.
Beat in the egg, yolk, and vanilla until combined.
Add the dry ingredients and beat at low speed just until combined.
Stir in the chips to taste.
Spoon Cookie Mix out onto pan.
Bake until the cookies are light golden grown and the outer edges start to harden yet the centers are still soft and puffy, 15 to 18 minutes.
Cool the cookies.
Remove the cooled cookies from the baking sheets with a side metal spatula.

Talk about a super simple recipe! This one just takes 2 ingredients and it’s pretty dang good too!

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Ingredients:

2-4 Small boxes of Black Cherry Jello or 2 Large boxes

2-3 cups Sour Cream

Directions:

1 – Boil 4 cups of Water

2 – Add boiling water to Jello powder and mix until Jello is dissolved.

3 – Then add HOT Jello to sour cream in separate bowl a little at a time and whisk until smooth.

4 – Add 2 cups of COLD water to sour cream/Jello mixture. Note – you are cutting out 2 cups of cold water. (Try a taste here, it’s YUMMY and sweet!).

5 – Refrigerate over night or until hardened (takes a few hours).

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Ingredients:

2 packages of Crescent rolls

About 2-3 cups of chopped broccoli

2-3  cups of shredded cheese

Dijon mustard to taste (I usually use 3 tablespoons)

3 cups Chopped Ham or 2 of the large ham packages chopped up

Directions:

1 – Combine chopped broccoli, cheese, mustard and chopped ham in bowl

2 – Lay the crescent rolls out on foil and cookie sheet in a circle (as seen in picture below):

3 – Place the broccoli filling on each crescent.

4 – Stretch and pull the ends of each crescent roll over top and close together at the end.

7 – Bake at 375 – 400 degrees for 30 – 40 minutes.

You can melt some butter and brush it on each crescent when it’s done baking….this part is not a healthy choice but it sure does taste great! 😉