Frozen Peanut Butter Cheesecake

You will need:

6 tbsp butter

1 1/2 cups choc chips

2 1/2 cups cups rice cereal

8 oz cream cheese

1 cup sweetened condensed milk

3/4 cup creamy peanut butter

1 tsp vanilla

2 tbs lemon juice

1- in bowl, microwave butter and choc chips until melted. Add rice cereal and stir to coat 

2- press into bottom of 9 inch springform pan. Place in freezer 10 min. 

3-beat cream cheese til fluffy. Add condensed milk and peanut butter. Add vanilla and lemon juice. Gently fold in whipped topping. 

4- pour into crust

5- heat peanut butter and fudge. Drizzle on top. Freeze 4-6 hours before serving. 

Chess Bars

You will need:

1 box yellow cake mix

8 oz cream cheese

1 stick butter

3 eggs

1 lb powdered sugar

Mix cake mix with melted butter

Press I to bottom of sprayed baking dish

Mix 1 lb powdered sugar with softened 

cream cheese and 2 eggs

Pour on top

Bake at 350 for 45 minutes 

Baby Food Dog Treats.

Dog treats are the most expensive things, if you want to get your dog good quality treats. Lately there have been numerous dog deaths due to contaminated food/treats being produced over seas. Totally scary. Especially for a woman who thinks of her dog as her child!  

Just look at her.  She thinks she's human as well. She sleeps in bed with a pillow, covers up to her neck, and her arm under the pillow. Just like me. Dogs are super smart. 

Anywho, I've been searching high and low for an at home dog treat recipe that doesn't require a load of specialty products. I finally came across a recipe that only requires 2 ingredients. 2 (4 oz) jars of baby food (with NO artificial preservatives or onion products, since those can be fatal to dogs), and whole wheat flour. 

You mix the 2 ingredients together. I added an additional 2 tbsp of water because initially it was crumbling and wouldn't stick together. 

This will create a dough. Just lightly flour the surface you are working on. 

And roll out the dough to as thick or as thin as you would like. Keep in mind, they will puff up a tad as they are baked. 

Once you've got it rolled out you can use cookie cutters (for fancy treats) or a simple pizza cutter (which is what I used). 

Cut your treats and place them on a pan that is lined with parchment paper. 

It definitely makes quite a bit.  Of course I had to make my dog a special treat. 

L for Lilly Bug!  (: 

Just bake your treats on 350 for 20 minutes. Allow them to cool completely before you store them though. 

If you want them soft, store them in a ziplock container. 

If you want them hard, to form biscuits, store them in a brown paper bag. 

Lilly love them!  

Hasselback Chicken.

My last normal meal before Christmas cooking begins tomorrow!  Glad this was so simple!

Ingredients:

3-4 boneless skinless chicken breasts

1 pkg deli ham (I used Black Forest)

4 slices of cheese of your preference, cut in fourths. 

Season salt & pepper to taste 

Preheat oven to 350. 

Spray baking dish with non stick spray. 

Slice slits into chicken breasts about 1" apart all the way through, leaving the bottom surface connected. 

Fold ham slice in half, place slice of cheese, then another slice of ham folded in half. 

Stuff into slits in chicken breasts. Then top with pepper & season salt. 

Bake for 25-30 minutes or until chicken is fully cooked. *note: there will be a bit of a pink tint due to ham juices. 

I served with homemade mashed potatoes & shells and cheese. DELICIOUS!

Slow Cooker Ham & Potato Casserole.

Ingredients:

1 30 oz package frozen hashbrowns

1 tbsp minced onion

1 teaspoon salt

1 8 oz container sour cream

1 small can cream chicken soup

2 cups shredded cheddar

2 cups chopped ham

1/4 cup melted butter

1 16 oz pkg herb flavored stuffing 

Spray slow cooker with non stick cooking spray. Combine hashbrowns, dried onion, salt, sour cream, cream of chicken, cheese, and ham. 

Top with stuffing mix, then drizzle melted butter over stuffing. 

Cook on low for 5-6 hours or high for 2-4 hours. So deliciously decadent. 

Chicken Taco Salad.

Because I can't resist posting pictures of my baby dog, this is a collage of her first year!  My baby turned 1 on Saturday the 14th of December.  She is the best dog ever!

& of course, she got a birthday cake. 

I made the most delicious salad I have ever made this past weekend. I just HAD to share it with you. I first saw this on The Pioneer Woman and I knew is want to try it!  I didn't know my husband would love it as much as I did!  He did use ranch instead of the homemade dressing on the recipe, but I give home major kudos for trying & liking this!  

You will need:

For the dressing:

3/4 cups ranch

1/4 cups salsa

3 tbsp finely minced cilantro (of course you will need to pick the leaves off the stem and mine only the leaves)

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl & refrigerate while you prepare the rest of the salad. 

For the chicken you will need:

3 whole boneless, skinless chicken breasts

A package of taco seasoning

1/4 cups veg oil

2 tbsp butter

Season both sides of the chicken breasts with taco seasoning 

Place butter and oil in a skillet on medium high heat. Once hot, cook chicken, about 4 minutes on each side. Cool 10 minutes, then cut into cubes. 

For the salad you will need:

1 head of lettuce, shredded thin

3 whole Roma tomatoes, diced

1/2 cups shredded pepper jack

2 ears corn, shucked 

3 green onions diced

1/2 cup cilantro leaves

Tortilla chips, crushed

The corn will need to be placed in the same skillet you cooked your chicken in. You will only brown the corn. Not cook it all the way through. 

Once browned, cut off the cob and set aside. 

Assemble your salad any way you would like & enjoy!  This was the most delicious salad I have had in a very long time. 

How gorgeous is that?!

Butter Chicken.

I had every intention of making this yesterday before going into work, instead I spent my morning at Urgent Care. A spider decided to give me a bite. Guess that's the price I pay for living in the country. Now I get to take these lovelies for the next 10 days. 

Oh goodie!  Nonetheless, I keep on cooking!  Today I made butter chicken & boy was it tasty!  How can it not be with butter in the name?  Everyone knows country girls love butter!  (:

You will need:

3-4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

1 can evaporated milk

1 cup flour

1 1/2 tsp salt

1/8 tsp pepper

1/4 cup butter

1 can cream chicken soup

1/4 cup water 

First pour a little evaporated milk into a bowl (saving some in the can) and on a plate mix together flour, salt, and pepper. 

(Sorry I forgot to photograph the milk!)

This will be your batter for the chicken. Also melt your butter into the baking dish you are using. 

Coat your chicken in the milk, then flour, then place in baking dish. 

Bake for 30 minutes on 425. 

While they are baking, prepare your gravy by adding together water, soup, and left over evaporated milk (from the can). 

(Sorry about the recipe book in the pictures!). 

After 30 minutes turn your chicken and add the gravy mix. 

Bake for an additional 30 minutes until nice and golden/bubbly. 

I served with mashed potatoes and corn. Using the gravy for my potatoes and to top my chicken. 

Delicious!!!