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I am happily married to my wife Denise for 13 years. We have a daughter and she is 8 years old, her name is Hailey. We also have a cat named boots and he is the best cat that anyone can have. We both love to cook and bake when we have time, I do most of the cooking because I am a stay at home dad right now, who is looking for a new job. We just wanted to share our recipes on here with everyone so that they can make the same things that we make. Hope you enjoy this Blog and we update it whenever we make something new in the kitchen.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Crock Pot Chicken

This is so easy guys:

Here is what we do for this:

We make between 4 and 6 chicken breast when we do this.  All you have to do is get out a crock pot, put a little water at the bottom of it and add your frozen chicken breast, once the chicken breast, add 1 can of cream of chicken or cream of celery, I add both kinds. Let it cook all day on low and it will be ready for supper time, we keep ours in for 8 hours and they are great. When supper is ready I serve with Potato's and put the chicken on a bed of rice with a veggie.

Very Very easy, hope you enjoy

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Banana Cup Cakes

1/2 cup shortening
1-1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
1/4 cup buttermilk
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
3/4 baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt

In a large mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add the eggs,vanilla,bananas and buttermilk. Combine the flour, baking powder,baking soda and salt; add to banana mixture. Fill 24-36 paper lined muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Frost cup cakes with your favorite frosting of choice.

Boiled meat balls

Here is what you need to make these:

2 lbs. Hamburger
1 Egg

Put the meat in a big enough dish to mix it all together, I mix the meat and the egg together first, after it is mixed then I add these spices to the meat mixture: I add 1 cup finely chopped onion, 1/2 cup finely chopped celery, 1/4 ts. nutmeg, I add 1 ts. Pansley, Oregano, Basil, Southwest Seasoning or any other spices you might like to add to it.Mix it all together really good and set aside.

Add water to a stock pot and add the following to the water: 1/8 ts. nutmeg, Chopped Onion, Celery, Chop up some Pepper, I also add all the seasonings to the water that I added into the meat, use as much as you wish for flavor, once all is in the water, set on stove and bring to a good boil, while water is boiling you can take the hamburger mixture and make into small or medium balls, drop them into the boiling the water, once you have all the meatballs made and they are in the boiling water,  reduce the heat and keep the on a slow boil for 2 hours.

It takes a while to make but they are really good

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Spaghetti Lasagna

1 small pkg. spaghetti noodles
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
1 medium container of large cottage cheese
1 tsp. oil
1 lb. ground beef
1 large prego chunky spaghetti sauce
1 cup grated mozzarella cheese


Boil spaghetti noodles with the oil, drain and put into a 9x13 greased cake pan. Sprinkle with cheddar cheese, then put the cottage cheese on top. Brown hamburger, salt and pepper, then drain the hamburger. Mix in Prego and pour over cottage cheese. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.

Bake at 275 for 25 to 30 minutes.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

8oz. butter softened, set it out the night before works best
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 eggs(room temp)
pinch of vanilla
2 cups chocolate chips


Cream together the first 4 ingredients. I mixed on high speed for 5 minutes with mix master. Once the mixture is light in color, add the eggs, then vanilla. Mix together the flour, salt and baking powder then add to muxture. Once mixed together, add chocolate chips. Scoop dough onto parchment lined cookie sheet and chill the dough for 30 minutes before baking in a 400 degree oven for 12 to 15 minutes.

I used a large cookie scoop, these cookies will not flatten, they will rise and be cake like, they are really good. I also didn't use parchment paper as I was out, normally I use the paper, it is alot easier to take off the cookie sheet and there is no mess.


Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Sloppy Joe Squares

1 lb. ground beef
1 can of sloppy Joe sauce
2 cans of Pillsbury Big & Buttery crescent dinner rolls
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 t. sesame seed

Brown the hamburger over medium heat until all browned, drain. Return to skillet and stir in the sauce until it is heated all the way through.
Unroll one can of the dough; place in greased 13x9 pan. press the dough on the bottom of the pan and up the sides about a 1/2 inch, once the dough is pressed and complete, add the sloppy Joe mixture, spread evenly over the dough and sprinkle with cheese.
Unroll the second can of dough and place it over the top of the mixture, it should cover the whole top. sprinkle sesame seeds on the top of the crescent roll(I didn't use sesame seeds, I used cheese instead)
Bake at 350 for 30 to 35 minutes or until the mixture is bubbly and dough is golden brown. Cut into squares and serve.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Tater Tot Casserole

1 1/2 lbs. ground chuck
1 can cream of celery soup
1 pkg. tatertots
1/4 cup onions
1 can of corn or any veggies that you want to add to it

Brown meat and onions together, drain the meat once it is browned. Spread meat into a greased 2 qt. baking dish, stir in the soup and veggies, top with tater tots and bake for 45 minutes at 400. once out of the oven top with chesse of choice and cover for 5 minutes.