Tortellini Sausage Soup

 Triples and it worked great. Froze one batch and it worked great if you don’t cook tortellini much the first time. Think about holding out the frozen tortellini until rewarming 

raspberry cheesecake fluff salad/dessert

 

https://www.sixsistersstuff.com/recipe/raspberry-cheesecake-fluff-salad/

dreamy with the cheesecake pudding

Cool Veggie Pizza

 This is like an appetizer and wouldn't fill you up much, but a fun pot luck item I had at a RS party

https://www.pamperedchef.com/recipe/Appetizers+%26+Snacks/Large+Round+Stone+with+Handles/Cool+Veggie+Pizza/9658

Melt in your mouth Steaks

 https://www.plainchicken.com/melt-in-your-mouth-steaks/

I am posting this so I can remember that we might want to make when Caleb comes back from his mission as we tried this marinade and liked it for Judd's birthday. We used new york steaks and marinaded for 1.5 hours, but I'm sure with more time, it would be even better!

Quinoa tacos with cowboy dip

 I used this recipe for base for our tacos. Didn’t take time to make dressing. It was a little too spicy so need to go easier on the adobe sauce next time. Next night I added a can of diced tomatoes so we had enough leftovers. I had mels avocado salsa made the day before so we had that to top them. 

https://dishingouthealth.com/30-minute-loaded-quinoa-taco-salad/

https://www.melskitchencafe.com/amazing-shrapnel-dip/

Lime cilantro rice

 I used this recipe for a guide for ingredients after I cooked the rice normally in a cooker first. 

I brought this to a friend who just had a baby for dinner along with Hawaiian taquitos that are already on this blog with the pineapple, salsa, lime chips, and choc chip cookies

Creamy Strawberry Smoothie

 My kids really wanted me to write this one down for next time. 

Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese

 This was easy and a good way to disguise veggies for cheese. My fam liked it. I cooked the butternut squash ahead of time in the instant pot. 

https://cookieandkate.com/butternut-squash-mac-and-cheese/

Oreo pie

 Brought this to Thanksgiving. Very good, kids devoured it. Save whipped cream for top to very end next timehttps://sallysbakingaddiction.com/cookies-cream-pie/

Dinner in a pumpkin

 https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/dinner-in-a-pumpkin-2/

This was so amazing. I am not sure if this is the right recipe though! I think I made this except without rice, used grpund beef instead, cooked the pumpkin alone most the time by salt and pepper and a little water in the bottom then i made cream of chicken soup by doing a butter and flour then adding milk or cream wisked in and added around three cups chicken broth. I really wish i could remember 

Christmas food 2023

Brought cranberry cream fruit salad to caldwell party from mels.. so good

 Loved Jesus dinner again. Did cooked halibut again and finger foods with grape juice..cheese, hummus, olives, cucumbers, garlic naan, grapes, nuts. Didn’t need dessert

Breakfast did this casserole but didn’t have cottage cheese so added extra milk, sour cream, and cheese to make 3/4 cup

https://www.melskitchencafe.com/hash-brown-egg-breakfast-casserole/

Even tried with bread cubes the second time and it was fine but like hash brown cubes more

Gooey Pull Apart Rolls

18 Rhodes Rolls

1/2 C chopped pecans two times

1/2 tsp cinnamon two times

1 3.5 oz package cook n serve butterscotch Pudding  packet

3/4 c brown sugar

6 tablespoons butter melted 

Spray bundt pan

Sprinkle nuts and cinnamon in bottom

Layer 9 rolls

Mix sugar and butter and pour half on rolls

Sprinkle half packet on rolls of pudding 

Layer 9 rolls

Pour sugar butter on top

Sprinkle rest of pudding mix on

Add pecans and cinnamon again if want

Cook 350 for 30 min, cover after 15 min

Lunch cheese and crackers and veggie tray 

Dinner did roast from mels kitchen cafe—too tangy with romato sauce, try something else. Didn’t like lion house rolld this time. Try something else. Costco mashed potatoes-great, fruit with yogurt and whipped cream—ratio off —find real Recipe, cucumbers

Did all coming day before then put in crock pot in the morning. So awesome 

Hot chocolate for dessert

Amazing Homemade Salsa from neighbor

Good basic baked donut recipe

 I did cinnamon sugar and some others with chocolate chips. 

https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/baked-doughnuts-three-ways-recipe