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Slushy Fruit Salad

Posted in Easy Recipes, Entertaining at Home, Fast Recipes, Recipes, Salads, Valentine's Day on February 8, 2011| 2 Comments »

Since Valentine’s Day is Monday and since I’m known to be a bit sappy, I just couldn’t help thinking of some fun Valentine recipes to share.

So if you check back every day this week and put all the recipes together, you’ll end up with a fantastic meal to serve your sweetie.

Today’s recipe is super easy, very refreshing and just doggone pretty!

Ingredients

Mix all ingredients together, cover and freeze for about 8 hours or until firmly set.

About 20 minutes before serving, remove from freezer. Use an ice cream scoop to scoop into individual dessert cups or pretty bowls.

Enjoy!

Fruit Slush

1/2 cup water
1/2 cup frozen orange juice concentrate
1/2 cup frozen pink lemonade concentrate
1 large banana, halved and sliced
1 small can pineapple chunks
1 can mandarin oranges
1/2 cup frozen raspberries
1/2 cup Maraschino cherries, stems removed
few additional Marachino cherries, for garnish
In a large bowl, combine all ingredients, including juice from pineapple and mandarin oranges.  Cover and freeze for 8 hours or until firm.

Remove from freezer about 20 minutes before serving. Scoop into individual serving cups or bowls. Garnish with a Maraschino cherry.

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Easy Tater Tot Casserole

Posted in Comfort Food, Easy Recipes, Fast Recipes, Main Dish, Recipes, tagged , , on November 12, 2010| Leave a Comment »

 

Easy Tater Tot Casserole

In the grand scheme of things, I realize on a scale of one to 10 the healthiness of this casserole is somewhere down in the single digits, but sometimes don’t you just crave some good ol’ delicious comfort food that you know is adding five pounds to your thighs while you eat it?

Well, the craving overtook my better sense the other day and I made Tater Tot Casserole. I think I pilfered this recipe from one of my aunts way back when Hubby and I were in newly wedded bliss, toned and fit. Goodness, but that was a long time ago.

Sorry, I digress.

Anyway, this casserole is super easy to make and so comforting on a cold, blustery day. Add a salad and you’ve got a nice, simple meal.

 

The ingredients - I think I managed to include them all in the photo this time!

 

Mix the seasoning, onion flakes, salt and pepper into your ground beef as you brown it.

 

 

While you brown the ground beef, put the tater tots in a casserole dish in the oven and start getting them warmed up.

 

 

Mix mushroom soup into ground beef. I'm lazy and mix mine right in the skillet.

 

 

Sprinkle cheese on top of meat mixture. I realize I did not measure out the cheese and am eyeballing it. It was just the way things were rolling that day.

Gooey cheese, all hot and ready to be devoured.

 

Ready to eat. Yum!

Tater Tot Casserole

2 pounds of ground beef

1 package of tater tots

1 cup shredded colby-jack cheese (or cheddar)

1/2 tsp onion flakes

2 cans of cream of mushroom soup

all-purpose seasoning

salt and pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Put tater tots into a 9 x 13 casserole pan (I lightly spray mine with PAM first) and place in the oven while you brown the ground beef. I add the onion flakes, seasoning and salt and pepper to the ground beef. When the hamburger is browned, mix it with the two cans of cream of mushroom soup and spoon over the top of the tater tots. Layer on cheese and cover with foil. Bake for about 20 minutes or until soup is hot and bubbly. Remove foil and bake for a few more minutes until cheese is a melted layer of luscious gooey-ness. Remove from oven and serve. I like to sprinkle the top of my casserole with a bit of chopped parsley. Hubby likes his straight up “without any of that weird green stuff on there.”

Happy Entertaining and Enjoy!

Shanna

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BLT Wrap

Posted in Easy Recipes, Fast Recipes, tagged , , , on August 13, 2010| Leave a Comment »

BLT Wrap

Here is a quick and simple wrap you can make for lunch, dinner or cut into bite-sized pieces for an appetizer.

It is yummy and easy. And we won’t talk about calories. We just won’t!

Ingredients for the BLT Wrap

Chop or crumble your bacon into bite-sized pieces

Chop or slice tomatoes. I used cherry tomatoes and thinly sliced them.

Start layering ingredients in your tortilla.

Looks pretty tasty, doesn't it?

BLT Wrap

flour tortillas

shredded colby-jack cheese

sliced olives

bacon

tomatoes

lettuce

ranch dressing

I did not give specific measurements because you will assembly each one individually and can alter your amounts to your desire. For this particular wrap I used medium-size tortillas, two strips of bacon, a heaping tablespoon of cheese, three cherry tomatoes, a teaspoon of olive slices, a half-teaspoon of ranch dressing and a few small pieces of lettuce.

Cook your bacon. When it is nice and crisp, let cool then crumble. Line it up in the center of the tortilla. Top with tomatoes, lettuce, cheese, olives and dressing. Roll up and enjoy!

See, I told you it was simple and easy.

Happy Entertaining!

Shanna

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Angel Food Mini Cakes

Posted in Desserts, Easy Recipes, Fast Recipes, tagged , , , on July 30, 2010| 1 Comment »

Angel Food Mini Cakes

The other day I needed to make a dessert for a meeting. My stove was still serving as the world biggest paperweight with the inability to do anything but take up space in my kitchen.

So I started racking my brain for something good that would not require me to bake or cook on the stovetop. What I came up with was something really easy and pretty tasty.

Ingredients for Assembling Angel Food Mini Cakes

Freshly Whipped Cream with Vanilla. Please ignore the fact that I'm sloppy and spilled vanilla extract all over the bottle and dribbled on the counter. Thank you.

Pretty little cakes, just waiting for filling.

The wait is over, filling is in place.

Ready for transport...

Ready to be eaten!

Angel Food Mini Cakes

Angel Food mini cakes

1 box of Jello Mousse Mix

Whipping Cream

Powdered Sugar

Vanilla Extract

Raspberries

Mix mousse according to package directions. Set aside. Use heavy cream and whip until it starts to form peaks. Add in a dash of vanilla extract and a sprinkling of powdered sugar. If you are using a small carton of cream, use about a 1/2 tsp. of vanilla and 1/4 cup of sugar. If you want to use something like Cool Whip  and save yourself the work of this step, go ahead. You’ll miss out on the fresh whipped cream flavor, but if you can live with it, so can I.

Rinse raspberries and gently pat dry on a paper towel.

If you like to slave over a hot stove, by all means, make your own angel food cakes. But I have to tell you, I found these little gems at Costco, pre-made and ready to go and they were excellent! Moist and flavorful and probably better than I could make. So I have decided to embrace the pre-made cakes with abandon!

Fill the centers of each cake with a generous spoonful of the mousse mix. Top with a dollop of whipped cream and then nestle a juicy raspberry right into the centers. Serve on a pretty platter and prepare to be complemented on your excellent dessert!

Enjoy and Happy Entertaining!

Shanna (a.k.a. The Shortcut Taker)

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