Homemade Salsa

Every time I make this it disappears quickly. It is so easy and super yummy

Homemade Salsa
2 (15 oz) cans diced tomatoes
1 can green chiles
1 bunch of cilantro (just the tops)
4-6 green onions
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. lime juice or lemon juice
1 pinch of sugar
2-3 cloves of garlic
In a food processor chop up the cilantro, green onions, and garlic until finely chopped. Add in the green chiles, tomatoes, lemon/lime juice, sugar and salt. Pulse until combined and the desired consistency is reached.
(add a fresh jalapeno to increase heat, add it in with the cilantro to chop it up finely)

Baked Chicken Taquitos

These have become one of our family favorites. They get eaten quickly!! They are great with homemade salsa!


Baked Chicken Taquitos
1 (8 oz) pkg. cream cheese, softened
½ C. salsa, red or green
1 Tbsp. fresh lime juice
1 tsp. cumin
1 tsp. chili powder
½ tsp. onion powder
½ tsp. garlic powder
3 Tbsp. cilantro, chopped
1 green onion, sliced finely
1 C. cheddar or Monterey jack cheese, shredded
10 flour tortillas, taco size or 25-30 small fajita size
2 C. chicken, cooked and shredded
Cooking spray
Heat the oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil and spray with cooking spray. (or line sheet with a silicone mat)
In a medium sized bowl combine first 7 ingredients and mix well. Then add in cilantro and green onion. Add chicken and cheese and stir until incorporated. Heat the flour tortillas in a microwave with a damp paper towel covering them to make them pliable about 45-60 seconds.. Take 2-3 tablespoons of the chicken mixture and place on the lower third of tortilla (use only 1 Tbsp for small tortillas). Keep the mixture about ½ inch from the edge, and roll up tightly. Place seam side down on baking sheet. Continue with all tortillas. Spray tops with cooking spray. Place in oven and bake for 15-20 minutes until golden brown. Serve with sour cream, salsa, and guacamole.
From www.dealstomeals.com

Cranberry Chicken

4-5 Chicken Breasts

2 Cans of Whole Cranberry Sauce

1 Packet of Lipton Onion Soup Mix

Place all three ingredients in your Crockpot and cook on low for 4-5 hours. Shred the chicken then continue cooking on low until ready to eat. I cooked mine almost all day last time. We like to eat this on tortillas (the ones you cook at home are our favorite) with white rice, black beans, sour cream and cheese. Tomatoes and lettuce are also really good on this as well. This recipe is extremely easy and very good!

7up Biscuits

I L-O-V-E biscuits. And I really love this recipe because it's semi-homemade, quick, and easy. I've seen these all over the Internet and I found the recipe here, except I don't like 7up. So I used Sprite instead. So technically they're Sprite biscuits, but doesn't sound as good as 7up biscuits. Either way, give them a try.

7up Biscuits

2 cups Bisquick
1/2 cup sour cream (I used lite)
1/2 cup 7-up (I used Sprite)
1/4 cup melted butter
(I added a few shakes of salt the second time I made them and liked it better than the first time)

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Cut the sour cream into the bisquick. Add in the lemon lime beverage. It will make a very sticky dough. Sprinkle some additional biscuick on a working surface and pat out the dough. Melt 1/4 cup butter in a 9 inch square pan. Place cut the biscuits in pan and bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.

Baked Sweet Potatoes (Thanksgiving Yams)

Baked Sweet Potatoes (Thanksgiving "Yams")
2 cups cooked and mashed sweet potatoes
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup liquid egg substitute or equal amount of real egg
1/2 cup plus 2 T buttermilk
2 T butter or margarine
pinch of salt
1 1/2 cups crushed cornflakes (I use golden grahams instead ;) )
3 T shredded coconut
1/4 cup chopped pecans
can also add mini marshmallows last few minutes of baking if desired.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Spray 1 1/2 quart casserole dish with non stick coating. In Large bowl combine sweet potatoes, sugar, eggs, 1/2 cup buttermilk, 1 T margarine, and salt. Mix well and pout into casserole dish. Bake 20-30 minutes until set around edges but not in center. Meanwhile, combine cereal, pecans, 2 T buttermilk, and 1 T margarine-melted. Sprinkle over top and bake 15 -25 minutes more. If desired, add marshmallows last 5 minutes.

-Kitty

Indian Corn Cookies

We have lots and lots of leftover Halloween candy. I found this idea on pinterest and knew my girls would love it. They love m&m's. I let the girls help by sorting through the m&m's, finding me the fall colored ones and devouring the rest. I used Erika's sugar cookie recipe she posted on this blog (it's under cookies and it's yummy) some frosting, m&m's and fruit roll ups. I cut the fruit roll ups into their shape with my kitchen scissors. Easy peasy and now we're excited for thanksgiving.

Monster Mouth Snack

Again, I'm loving pinterest. It's so fun and I love not having to email myself recipes or other things I find interesting on the Internet. Yesterday we made these cute little snacks. So easy, mostly healthy, and lots of fun.

1 Apple, quartered
Peanut butter
Mini marshmallows

Take each section of apple and cut out a mouth. Be careful not to cut too deep because you want the apple to hold it's shape. Then put a dab of peanut butter along the back of the mouth to hold in the teeth. I cut the mini marshmallows in half because I was using a small apple. After that, stick in the marshmallows and it's done! I've also seen this done with slivered almonds for teeth but my girls love marshmallows.