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Hawaiian Hoagies

Posted in Easy Recipes, Entertaining at Home, Fast Recipes, Main Dish, Quick and Easy, Recipes, tagged , , on April 15, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Hawaiian Hoagie

On evenings when I’m tired, work late or just feel like a lazy slug (which oddly enough, happens quite a bit) I like to make something fast and easy for dinner. Even better, I like Captain Cavedweller to make something fast for dinner.

Those hoagie sandwiches are filling and tasty and because they are toasted, nice and warm on a cool evening.

And simple enough that anyone can make them. Really!

You can literally be eating your dinner in less than 10 minutes. Serve with a side of cottage cheese and fruit if you are inclined for a healthy choice or a plate full of crunchy chips if you are inclined to go the more flavorful salt-packed route.

Ingredients for Hawaiian Hoagies

Put a light layer of mayo on your hoagie. Or not. You could also put on pizza sauce if you so desired.

Layer on some Canadian Bacon.

Sprinkle on some shredded mozzarella cheese.

Toast until the cheese is lightly browned and extra flavorful then add on your pineapple.

Top with some sliced black olives.

Enjoy!

Hawaiian Hoagie

Mayo

Shredded Mozzarella

Hoagie Rolls

Canadian Bacon

Olives

Pineapple

How much of each ingredient is really dependent on how many sandwiches you are making and how much stuff you want on each one. For me, I use three slices of Canadian bacon and one pineapple ring with a sprinkling of cheese. Hubby’s sandwich on the other hand features eight slices of bacon, three pineapple rings and we won’t discuss the cheese. At all.

Make it however you like and enjoy!

She Who Likes Easy Dinners

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Tortilla and Ham Roll-Ups

Posted in Appetizers, Entertaining at Home, Hubby, Recipes, tagged , , , on April 1, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Tortilla Roll-Up Appetizers

If you want a simple appetizer that people absolutely can’t stay away from, try this easy recipe. I’ve made it countless times over the years and never have any leftovers.

Warning – we absolutely will not talk about the caloric content of this recipe! And don’t go all healthy-substitute crazy on me here. You have to follow the recipe or it just doesn’t taste right!

Ingredients

Mix up your filling. I know it looks a little... um... interesting.

Please don't be like me and absentmindedly put the meat on first then try to spread filling over the top. Put the filling on the shell, then layer on the meat!

Filling spread out on the shell, then add the meat.

Roll it up tightly.

Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and let set in the fridge for several hours or overnight. The longer it rests, the better the flavor!

Unwrap, slice and enjoy!

Tortilla and Ham Roll-Ups

4 large flour tortilla (or 6-8 smaller ones)

1 large package cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup grated cheddar-jack cheese

1 small can chopped olives

1/4 cup ranch dressing

1 package of ham lunch meat, thinly sliced

In a bowl, combine cream cheese, cheddar-jack cheese, ranch dressing and olives. Mix well then spread over tortilla, going almost to the edges.

Layer on ham then tightly roll up tortillas. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for several hours or overnight. When you are ready to serve, unwrap, slice into about 1/2-inch wide slices and stand back. You don’t want to get trampled by the crowd as they hurry to devour these. (Unless Captain Cavedweller is there, in which case, linger all you want, he ain’t eating these!).

Happy Entertaining!

From She who Loves Roll-Ups way too much!

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Fruit Pizza

Posted in Desserts, Easy Recipes, Entertaining at Home, Recipes, tagged , on March 25, 2011| 5 Comments »

I was desperate for something fruity and light and delicious the other day to make for a party. So I decided to finally give fruit pizza a try.

Why didn’t someone tell me how perfectly wonderful and easy to make this is? Why have you been holding out on me?

Needless to say, I will definitely be making this again.

Ingredients for Fruit Pizza. The blob in the pan is sugar cookie dough, cooked longer than it should have been, thanks for asking.

Mix whipped cream cheese with powdered sugar for the filling.

Spread over your sugar cookie crust. I would mention at this point that you should cut your pizza into slices or bars at this point.

It was not so much fun trying to cut through all the fruit.

If you are using berries and they are not in season, you can bring out their flavor by slicing and sprinkling with sugar. Let rest at room temperature about 20 minutes. I’m fairly certain people think I am nuts when I purchase berries because if they don’t smell like berries, they aren’t going in my cart. Go ahead, sniff a carton and see how many strange looks you get over in the produce department.

Once you’ve got the pizza, start layering on the fruit.

Keep on layering all that fruity goodness.

Arrange on a platter and watch them disappear!

Fruit Pizza

Sugar cookie crust, baked (you can make from scratch or be lazy like me and purchase a tube of cookie dough

1 cup whipped cream cheese

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1 banana, sliced

1 kiwi, peeled and sliced

1 cup sliced strawberries

1/2  cup grapes, sliced in half

1 can mandarin oranges

Bake your sugar cookie crust and let cool completely. You can use a round pizza pan or a baking sheet. I knew I was serving this on a rectangular platter so cutting it into squares made more sense.

Mix together cream cheese and sugar. Remove crust from pan then spread with whipped cream cheese. Slice.

Top with sliced fruit and serve.

How easy is that!

Go ahead, try it, you’ll like it!

She Who Now Loves Fruit Pizza

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Tortellini Bites

Posted in Appetizers, Easy Recipes, Entertaining at Home, Recipes, tagged , , on March 18, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Tortellini Bites

The other day I needed to make some appetizers for a party and decided I would try something different. That different turned out to be really very tasty and so simple using some easy to find ingredients and a few minutes of my time.

Give these little tortellini bits a whirl. Your taste buds will thank you repeatedly. Especially if you are a pasta fan.

Just three ingredients, plus a bottle of salad dressing and you are good to go!

Cook tortellini according to package directions, drain, rinse and cool. Add dressing, cover and refrigerate for at least an hour. Overnight is even better. I used mozzarella balls packed in water, drain the water, add in dressing and marinate.

Tortellini, ready for skewering!

Just thread them on the pick (which I found at the dollar store for a jar of 50).

 

 

Add mozzarella ball and a calamata olive.

 

Arrange on a platter and watch them disappear!

Tortellini Bites

1 bag cheese-filled tortellini

1 container mozzarella cheese balls or cubes

1 container calamata olives

1 cup olive oil/vinaigrette dressing (or Italian)

Cook tortellini according to package directions. Drain, rinse and cool. Drain mozzarella balls if they come pack in water. Add dressing to both the cheese and the pasta. Cover tightly and refrigerate for at least an hour, overnight is even better. The more time they have to marinate in the dressing, the yummier they taste.

Assemble using toothpicks or mini skewers. Thread on one tortellini, one cheese ball and finish with an olive. Arrange on a platter and stand back to watch the crowd go wild. It is nearly impossible to eat just one, unless you are Captain Cavedweller who refuses to eat tortellini, calamata olives and anything marinated in vinaigrette dressing.

Enjoy and Happy Entertaining!

She Who Loves Pasta Way Too Much

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