Banana Nut White Chocolate Chip Bread

FOR DUSTING PANS

1/4 cup Brown Sugar
4 teaspoons cinnamon
6 tablespoons self-rising flour

Bread Batter

3/4 cup butter
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
3 eggs
6 very ripe bananas, mashed
1 (16 ounce) container sour cream
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
4 1/2 cups self-rising flour
1/2 cup chopped macadamia nuts
1/4 cup chopped pecans

Dreary Day French Onion Soup Alterations + Au jus and Roast Beef and Provolone Cheese on French Bread and Homemade Bread Croutons from Italian Bread.

Revised the French onion soup it was a recipe I made many years ago when first venturing out onto my own things and it was good I just needed to spruce it up a little bit! And here it is! Read all the way through to get the full recipes!

Homemade Bread Croutons

1 small loaf Italian Bread
3 teaspoons all-purpose seasoning
2 tablespoons of butter
1/8 cup of olive oil

Cut the Italian Bread into 1 inch squares and put into a large mixing bowl. Melt the olive oil and butter together. Pour evenly over the bread and sprinkle 1 teaspoon at a time of the all-purpose seasoning, tossing the bread after each teaspoon to get an even coat. Spread out in a large roasting pan or baking dish and toast it for 7 minutes at 400* Remove from heat and set aside to use.

Simple steak dinner

Valentines Dinner

Was all about the simply delicious. Used Filet Mignion, which I found at Kroger for 3.99 each the Organic Baby Carrots for 1.34 and the Leafy Green Organic Lettuce for 2.49, averaged us about 7 bucks a meal after taxes, with lettuce left over for lunch.

This was very simple

2 Filet Mignion wrapped in bacon
Olive oil, to drissle
salt and pepper to taste (one is more pepper crusted for my husbands liking)
baby carrots, as many as you want, with stems cut
1 bunch of leafy greens

Place in a baking dish and drissle olive oil all over the carrots and steak. Next sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast at 400 for 20 min, then broil for 10-15. Serve with the lettuce and your favorite dressing.

Yogurt Parfait

Yogurt "Parfait"

1 pkg of Nature Valley Granola bar, smashed
1 banana
1 apple
1 orange
1 Tablespoon of Blackberry Marion Berry Preserves
1/2 cup yogurt
* You can add any fruits that you want to this, add more preserves in more layers as well

Cut up the fruits into smaller than bite size. Layer small bits at a time. In the photo there aren't a lot of layers but thats just because my husband wasn't that hungry. The 1 tablespoon of preserves is for one layer if you want more than that add some more. Enjoy!~

PMS COOKIE 5

PMS Cookie 5

Peanut Butter Cookies (flourless)

1 cup peanut butter
1 egg
1 cup sugar

Combine above ingredients.Spoon out with a small ice cream scooper and place on a cookie sheet 1 inch apart. Bake @ 350 for 8-11 minutes or until the edges look a little darker brown, then I like to press the middle with a fork and bake another 2-3 minutes. These are very flaky and very buttery. DO NOT leave them on the cookie sheet for more than 1-2 minutes, or they will stick and be a pain, but they will also be a pain if you don't let them rest at least a minute. ENJOY FOODIES!

PMS COOKIE 4

Sorry these are not in order.

PMS "Cookie" 4 Peanut Butter Cups

6 oz package of semi sweet chocolate chips
4 Nestles milk chocolate bars
1 1/4 cups Peanut Butter

Put chocolate chips, bars and 1/4 cup of the peanut butter in top of double boiler over HOT, not boiling water, stirring until smooth. Use small muffin liners, spoon HALF of the chocolate mixture equally into the liners. Melt the rest of the peanut butter over hot water and spoon equally over the chocolate layer, pour the rest of the chocolate evenly between the cups. Freeze or stick in the fridge until they set up!
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PMS COOKIE 6

PMS Cookie 6

Wannabe a Kit Kat

Ritz crackers
1 1/2 cups graham crackers crushed
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
3/4 cup butter
1/3 cup milk
1 cup caramel chips
3/4 cup peanut butter
1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

Combine milk, sugars, butter and graham crackers in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil for about 5 minutes. Layer a 9x13 dish with the ritz crackers. Pour half the mix from the saucepan over the crackers. Do another layer of ritz crackers and top with the remainder of the mix. Add another row of crackers. Melt the caramel and chocolate chips and peanut butter, once melted pour over the top. Cool, cut and push the PMS monster abay.

Dreary Day French Onion Soup

Alright I think I am up to posting a new recipe, no pic though, sorry its a recipe from "the box". Its so dreary soup sounds good to me, and I may make this tonight with some alterations, husbands not huge on onions, but I have some tricks :) Sorry I haven't been posting lately, I have had a lot going on and then dental work to take care of!

Dreary Day French Onion Soup

(need oven safe serving bowls for this)

2 tablespoons of butter
4 cups sliced onion (I prefer red, but its your choice)
3 cups beef broth/stock
1 1/2 cups water
1 tablespoon of cooking sherry (I have used chardonnay instead)
1 tablespoon of worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon pepper
pinch of dried thyme
1 teaspoon of salt
1 cup soft croutons
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Melt butter in a large pot, once melted add the onions and cook until translucent, add all of the rest of the ingredients except for the croutons and cheese. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until a little thicker, about 5 minutes. Divide evenly between serving bowls top with cheese and croutons, Broil until the cheese is melted and lightly brown. Sounds sooo yummy today!! How I can cheat with the onions is when I get done sautéing them I take about 90% of them and put them in a brand new nylon, tie a knot in it and then add all the other ingredients and continue with the recipe but when you put into bowls take out the nylon filled with onion. That way the flavor is still there and the onions are not.

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PMS COOKIE #3 Nutella, Chocolate, 2 types of chocolate chip and macadamia nut cookies!

3 sticks of butter
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups self-rising flour
1 tablespoon of vanilla
1 pkg ghirardelli chocolate chips 60% Cocoa (I chose these because the chips are larger)
1 pkg ghirardelli white chocolate chips
5 tablespoons of Nutella
1/4- 1/2 cup macadamia nuts

Cream the butter and sugar, add the eggs and mix until thick and smooth. Next mix in the vanilla and Nutella. Slowly add the sugar, once combined add the chocolate chips and macadamia nuts.
Bake at 350* for 10 minutes or until lightly browned.

Super buttery and flaky. After they have cooled microwaving them before eating makes it sooo delicious and less crunchy.

I will post a picture tomorrow!!

Valerie's Frosty

Love this better than the little red heads!

1 cup milk
1/2 cup Nestle's Quik or Ovaltine(less sugar than Nestle)
3 Cups frozen vanilla yogurt

In a blender blend the milk and Quik/Ovaltine for 10 secs on high speed and slowly "pulse" in the frozen yogurt until barely mixed.
Great side to the PMS Cookies!!

Shakes and Bakes

Better than the original!

4 cups of flour
2 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
1 cup bran flakes cereal (crushed)
2 tablespoons Parsley Flakes
2 tablespoons Garlic Powder
1 tablespoon of Onion Powder
2 teaspoons of Chili Powder
2 tablespoons Taco Seasoning
1 teaspoon ground Pepper
1 teaspoon Curry Powder (sometimes I use Cumin instead)
1 teaspoon of Basil
1 teaspoon of Oregano

Mix all the ingredients together in a large ziploc bag and dredge Chicken or Pork in the mix. Melt 1/2 stick of butter in a shallow 9x12 baking pan.
Bake 400 uncovered for 20 minutes reduce heat to 350 and bake for another 30-35 minutes.

I love it with some brown rice and gravy!

Bagel Pizza

For Pizza day:


1 pkg of plain bagels (or homemade 6)
1 1/2 cups pizza sauce
1/4 lb of pepperoni
1/4 lb of salami
1 cup of mozzarella
1/2 cup of black olives
1 tomato diced up
1 can of pineapple
1/2 cup of bacon

Spread sauce over the bagels, thinly layer a little cheese and pile up the toppings and top with more of the cheese. Bake at 350* until the cheese is nicely melted. Add any toppings that you may want to add.

SUUUUPER DIP!

My version of refried beans 

2 cans of bush's chili beans
3 cloves of garlic, crushed and minced
1/2 stick of butter
1 small can of chicken stock

Twice baked BBQ chicken potato skins, perfect for Super Bowl

6 potatoes
1/2 cup of sour cream
1 cup of mexican blend cheese (with the cream cheese is the best!)
1/4 cup of your favorite BBQ sauce
3 tablespoons of butter
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of pepper
Additional cheese, to top

Bake the potatoes at 350* for 1 hr or until soft. Once cooled cut in half and very carefully scoop out the insides with out ruining the skins, leave a nice "cup" to hold the ingredients later. Put the insides into a medium bowl and add the above ingredients, except the additional cheese.

Make my http://reelscrumptious.blogspot.com/2012/01/quick-pulled-bbq-chicken.html

Top the chicken on top of the potato skins, top with additional cheese. Bake at 350* until the cheese is fully melted. Dip in ranch or more bbq sauce.

Apples & Cream Cheese Snack

Heidi Schirer's Apples & Cream Cheese Snack

1)Cut 3 green apples to slices.
2)Put an 8 oz of cream cheese in the center of plate pushing the slices into the square to spread the cream cheese. ( almost looks like a flower when u push it out)
3)Drizzle carmel apple dip on the apple slices.
4)Sprinkle chopped pecan pieces on top.
Enjoy!

I made it her way, which was soo yummy. Then, I was in the cupboard and found some things that I wanted to try and add to it. I added a little bit of agave to my taste to the cream cheese. I mixed some macadamia nut chunks into some Nutella, and sprinkled some cinnamon around. Like I said her way is amazing and much faster, and its a very versatile recipe.

Jalepeno Popper Wantons

6 jalepenos cut in half and seeded
6-8 tablespoons of cream cheese, depending on the size of the jalepenos
wanton wrappers, large square ones
2 tablespoons of melted butter


Fill the jalepenos with about a tablespoon of the cream cheese, wrap the wanton around it and hold in your hand to warm it so that the edges stick. Baste the outside with butter and bake at 350* until they are a golden brown. Dip in ranch or blue cheese dressing. WASH HANDS! DON'T TOUCH YOUR FACE, IT WILL BURN! I touched my lips and burnt them a little bit. Wash all untencils and cutting board so that the jalepeno juices don't soak in.

Mozzarella Wanton Sticks

2 tablespoons melted butter
8 mozzarella sticks cut in half
Italian cheese blend
wanton wrappers (Large square ones)

Cut the wanton wrappers in half and wrap around the mozzarella sticks, individually. Hold in your hand to warm and it will keep it from unraveling. Baste the outside with butter and sprinkle with the Italian cheese blend.
Bake at 350* for 25 min or until the edges and cheese brown.
Dip in marinara sauce or ranch or a combination of the both!

PMS Cookie 2...Technically not a cookie, but its so stinking good that it should be!

Apple Pie Wanton's

1 package of wanton wrappers, I used the small square ones
4 granny smith apples, peeled, cored and chopped small
1/8 cup brown sugar
juice of 1/2 lemon
1/8 cup of white sugar
2 tablespoons of flour