Stuffed Peppers

I didnt Change this recipe much.  But some of the changes I did were I used Diana's Honey Garlic Barbeque Sauce not Kraft, I used a 618ml of Pasta sauce not tomato sauce, and I didnt have any onion so I skipped it. But nothing really major

Cooking Time: 1 hr 45 min

Ingredients

• 3 large green peppers
• 1 pound lean ground beef
•  1-28 ounce can tomato sauce
• 1/3 cup Kraft Original BBQ sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon sugar
•  Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 cup rice, cooked
• 1 small onion, chopped fine
• 2 tablespoons green pepper, chopped fine

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
    
2. Halve the peppers lengthwise.
    
3. Trim each half a little to make the 2 tablespoons of chopped pepper.
    
4. Cook rice.
    
5. Cover peppers with water and 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
    
6. Bring to boil, turn down heat and simmer 10 minutes.
    
7. Drain and cool peppers.
    
8. Meanwhile mix tomato sauce, barbecue sauce, garlic powder, sugar, salt and pepper, mix well.
    
9. Add 1/4 cup sauce mixture to ground beef , mix well.
    
10. Mix the chopped onion, 2 tablespoons chopped peppers and rice with the meat mixture.
     
11. Place the pepper halves in a greased casserole and spoon the meat mixture equally in the halves, pressing it firmly.
     
12. Pour remaining sauce over peppers and bake uncovered 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 hours at 350 degrees F.

We all liked this Recipe. My baby ate all of it my daughter ate it but didnt say anything but thats ok. I loved it.

Butternut squash Soup

Roasted Butternut Squash Soup

Serves 4

Ingredients

• One 2 1/2 pound butternut squash halved lengthwise and seeded
• 14.5 ounce can low sodium chicken or vegetable broth
• 1/2 cup fat free half and half
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• Pinch of ground nutmeg
• Chopped pistachios for garnish (optional)
• Chopped dates for garnish (optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray and place squash flesh side down on baking sheet. Bake for 30-40 minutes until flesh is tender. Allow to cool.
2. Scrap the flesh from the skin and place in a blender or food processor. Add in chicken or vegetable broth and blend until smooth. Pour into a medium saucepan over medium low heat and stir in half and half, cinnamon and nutmeg. Cook, stirring occasionally until heated through then ladle into bowls. Garnish with desired toppings.

I loved this soup. Last night I cooked the squash and served it kind of like mashed potatoes. So tonight i just used the leftovers. It was really simple and very easy. My kids didn't really like it but i sure did. I plan to eat it for a while. It is smooth and super yummy.

Zucchini Parmesan Casserole

Revised from a Zucchini Pizza Casserole recipe.

Ingredients

Crust
4 cups Shredded Zucchini ( about a foot long)
1/2 tsp Salt
2 Eggs
2 Tbsp Parmesan Cheese
1/4 cup Shredded Cheese (I use marble for everything)
1 tsp Italian Seasoning

Topping
1 lb. Ground Beef
1/4 cup Dried Onion
1 jar Pasta Sauce
1 cup Frozen Veggies
1 tsp Italian seasoning
1/2 Shredded cheese

Shred the Zucchini. Mix together all of the rest of the crust ingredients. Press into a greased 9x13(I tin foil the pan then greased the tin foil) Bake the crust for 20 min at 400 degrees

While the crust cooks brown the ground beef. Add onion, pasta sauce, frozen veggies and Italian seasoning. Cook for about 5 mins until the veggies are thawed and warm. Pour over the crust and smooth out. Top with Cheese

Bake for another 20 mins or until the cheese is melted and slightly browned. Allow to sit for 2-3 mins before serving.

This recipe was amazing. I cooked a bit of noodles for the kids to have with it but I found I didn't need it. It was very watery but I don't know what I could have done to solve that problem. If you have any ideas please comment.

Yummy 3 ingredient Chicken

Ingredients

3 lbs. of chicken breasts
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1.5 TBSP Italian dressing seasoning

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. In a wide bowl mix Brown sugar and Italian seasoning.
3. Dry off chicken with paper towels
4. Dip Chicken in brown sugar mixture coating both sides
5. Place Chicken in a tin foiled 9x13. Sprinkle remaining coating on top of chicken
6. Cook for 50-60 min or until cooked through. Flipping every 15 mins and rebaste

We really like this recipe. It was really easy to make and tasted AMAZING. The only things I would change is next time I am going to cut the chicken into bite size pieces and then Shake and bake it. to get more of the sauce with each bite.

Perogie Casserole

Servings: 6

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 Ingredients:

• 16 -20 frozen pierogies, Cheemo                                                                        
• 1 tablespoon dried onion     
• 1 cup frozen Veggies                                      
• 2 cup cooked ham, chopped
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
• 1/4 cheddar cheese, grated

Directions:

 

1. In a medium casserole dish, combine perogies, onion, veggies and ham.
2. Mix milk and soup in a separate dish.
3. Pour over casserole.
4. Top with shredded cheese.
5. Bake for 35-50 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

 

We really like this recipe. Although my almost 3yr old has decided all veggies are bad so she wouldn't eat them but she ate everything else.  This was a very quick and easy recipe to make. The original recipe said to cook it for 35 mins but my Perogies were in the deep freeze so it took almost 50 mins. So just keep an eye on it. This recipe will definitely be used again.

Sloppy joe cups

It has been a while since I have blogged but it has also been a while since I have cooked anything new.

Tonight was a new take on a old recipe. A while ago I made Sloppy Joe squares this is almost the same just a different thing done with the crusts.

Ingredients


1lb Ground beef
1 tbsp dried onion
1 tsp garlic
1 orange pepper chopped
1 tsp prepared yellow mustard
3/4 cup Ketchup
3 tsp brown sugar
water to thin out if needed
Pillsbury biscuits and/or crescent rolls

Preheat the oven to 400 F. Then take the biscuits out of the container and roll each one flat. Then press into a lightly greased muffin tin and up the sides to make a cup.  Place the pan into the heated oven for 2 min then press them down with a spoon to form a cup. Do this every 2 mins until golden brown. 

Remove them from the oven and the pan and let cool.

Brown the ground beef. Add other ingredients and then simmer for 10-15. and serve


This was a really nice way to do this.  Great for portion control. I also took the crescent rolls and cut them into smaller circles to use in a mini muffin pan which was great for my almost 3yr old. But they do cook much faster. My daughter loved that they were just her size. My 8 month old son liked them filled with yogurt.  These would also be great for a bbq or party.

Baby Teething cookies

Ingredients
2 tbs butter
1/2 C. Sugar
1 egg
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp water
1 1/2 C. Baby cereal


Cream butter sugar and egg. Add baking powder, salt, vanilla and water. Gradually mix in cereal. Roll out to about 1/2 inch and cut into shapes and Bake at 300 for 20-30 mins


This recipe has a fair bit of sugar but has alot less junk than most. I plan to make a different recipe of Teething cookies without sugar. I just couldnt find the recipe today. I will blog it as well. 

I used a mixture of 2 different kinds of cereal i used 1 cup mixed grains and 1/2 cup raspberry rice cereal. These taste really good and mash up really nice.