Heavenly Italian Pasta Salad

5 cups cooked and cooled Tri Color Wacky Pasta or anyother you prefer
1 cup halved cherry tomatoes
1/2 cup chopped marinated artichokes
10 black olives sliced
1/4 cup shredded parmesean cheese
1 cup cooked cooled asparagus diced up
3T diced red onion
1 cup Olive Garden Salad Dressing ( found at Sams Club)
1/c cup julienned pepperoni slices
1. Mix everything together
2. Cover and chill for an hour then serve:)

Mock Sorbet/HomeMade Fruit Bars

1 cup frozen berries, fruit or mangos
1/2 cup to 1 cup orange juice

Place half juice in blender and add the fruit in, then add more liquid until fruit is blended very well.

Freeze or eat immediately!! or place in popsicle forms and enjoy a great summer treat!

Surprisingly Tender and Good For you Meatballs

1/2 pound lean ground turkey
1/2 pound lean ground beef
1 cup sourdough breadcrumbs made from dry crumbled Standish Farms Sourdough or Cracked Wheat
2T. ketchup
1T. lipton onion soup
1/4 onion diced finely
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk
1t. salt
1t. pepper


1. Mix all ingredients together well...let stand 5 minutes
2. Heat oven to 400
3. Make Tablespoon size meatballs and cook for 20 minutes...
4. Serve how you want in marinara, with LaChoy Sweet n Sour or a really good bbq.

4. Serve how you want in marinara, with LaChoy Sweet n Sour or a really good bbq.

Crockpot Creamy Chicken

10 chicken tenderloins trimmed
1 cup flour seasoned with 1T. salt 1T pepper 1t onion powder and 1t garlic powder 1t paprika
4T butter
2T olive oil
2 cans cream of mushroom mixed with 1 can of milk
1 onion
2 cups of mushrooms sliced

1. In a large saute pan add in 2 T butter and 1 T EVOO on medium
2. Saute sliced onions until soft and golden when done remove and add in sliced mushrooms and saute until soft and yummy and remove from pan.
3. Then add in more butter and EVOO and add the chicken dredged in flour and place in pan...cook until brown on both sides...then place in crockpot and pour over the soups mixed with milk and sauteed onion...place lid on and cook 4 hours on low.. could even add sauteed mushrooms that would be delish too! 4. Serve over noodles or mashed poatoes and enjoy!

Crockpot Enchilada Bake

1.5 pounds of ground beef
1/2 an onion diced
2 cloves garlic minced
1/2 cup salsa
2-3 cups enchilada sauce.... heat is your preference
5 cups cheese
16 corn tortillas fried very lightly (30 seconds on each side) or wrapped in moist paper towels in microwave until pliable
1 small can roasted chilis
1 packet taco seasoning mixed with 1/2 cup water

1. Put crockpot on low!!! cooks in 2-4 hours!! will burn or if you leave the house keep on warm then crank to high or low when home.
2. In a pan add 1 tablespoon of canola oil and add in diced onion...saute until translucent then add in ground beef ( add in salt pepper garlic salt and onion salt if desired) after breaking apart meat and is halfway cooked add in garlic cloves and finish cooking on medium. Then once browned add in half a can of raosted chilis, 1/2 cup salsa the taco seasoning and water, Cook for 15 minutes on low and let flavors mingle.
3. In meantime lightly fry tortilla and grate cheese... I promose you grated cheese tastes and melts so much better and is cheaper!!!
4. Ok so we are ready to start layering in crockpot.
5. Add 1 cup sauce to bottom of crockpot more if you like it saucy but we are going to pour more on top. Then layer 4 tortillas on bottom sinlge layered then pour 1/3 of meat over then 1 cup cheese...then another layer of tortillas...meat the another cup of cheese...then one more layer of tortillas rest of meat sauce and 1 more cup of cheese...then place last 4 tortillas on top dump sauce over the top of the tortillas (will seep to bottom and throughout...then top with rest of chilis and more cheese.... I probably use more cheese than i report here lol I LOVE CHEESE!!!
6. Put lid on and let it do its thing! Yummo!

Serve with a dollop of sour cream then crushed tortilla chips and green onions/olives and anything else you like! Enjoy

BBQ Beef On A Bun Topped With Creamy Coleslaw

2 Pound Roast
beef broth or Lipton onion Mix mixed with 3 cups water
3/4-1.25 cup Sweet Baby Rays BBQ sauce or your favorite depending on how much you like
8 Cornmeal Or Sesame Sweetheart Buns
1T. salt, 1T. pepper, 1T. garlic powder and 1T. onion powder to rub on roast
1/2 a bag of shredded coleslaw mix in produce area
1T.onion grated
2T. sugar
1T. apple cider
1T. white vinegar
1t. salt
1/2T. ground pepper
1t. celery greens or 1t. celery seeds
3/4cup mayo

1. Preheat oven at 250 and in an oven safe pan put the broth and or lipton mixed with water in the bottom of pan, then place roast in and put the garlic/salt/pepper/onion powder seasonings over the top of roast. Cover, bake 6 hours.
2. Mix up the 3/4c. mayo, 2T.sugar, apple cider, white vinegar, 1t.salt.1/2t.pepper.celery in a big bowl all together and let meld until roast is done.
3. Pull roast from oven and let cool in its pan drippings and juice until you are able to handle with hands.
4. While roast is cooling, Mix the bag of coleslaw and dressing together set aside in refridgerator.
5.Now when the roast is cooled, shred in bite size pieces and place in a small glass pan..when your done shredding the roast place 1/4 cup of beef juice from roast pan in shredded beef then the 3/4 cup bbq sauce and more if needed. Mix the meat and sauce together and cover, and place in 350 oven for 15-30 minutes so flavors can meld.
6. Butter buns and toast on a fry pan so they soften and get yummy then top with bbq beef, top with coleslaw then a few sliced pickles and top with top bun. This is super yummy and accompany it with poato salad you will have a winner winner BBQed dinner!

Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf Stuffed with Muenster Cheese

10 pieces of bacon lined on saran wrap single layer touching each other
1 pound ground beef
1/2 packet Lipton Onion
3 Slices of SweetHeart Bread or WonderBread or Whatever white bread you like toasted crumbled into tiny bits
2T. Ketchup
2 eggs
1/2T. ground pepper
1/8c. milk
1t. garlic powder
5 slices of Sargento or whatever brand of Muenster Cheese

1. Lay pieces of bacon out in a single layer but touching each other on saran or tinfoil...set aside
2. In a bowl add beef, Lipton onion soup mix, crumbled bread, ketchup, pepper, garlic powder, eggs, and milk and work together...add more milk if bread seems dry....dont want a goopy meatloaf should form into a ball nicely.
3. Okay lay half of mix on the bacon making a football like shape across the meatloaf, place cheese on top, then cover with rest of meatloaf.
4. Now start wrapping bacon around tight ends meeting ends.
5. Now you could wrap this up and refridgerate until the next day or a couple hours or you can go to next step.
6. Heat up a skillet pan to medium high and oven to 375
7. When pan is hot then place seam side down!!!! on fry pan...brown the bacon up around the meatloaf...take heat to medium...once bacon is burnt its icky so lets not burn it:)
8.When browned then place seam side down in an oven safe pan and bake until done in center 30 minutes approximately!
9. Pull meatloaf out of oven and rest for 5 minutes while you get rest of dishes together and then cut and serve. Serves great with baked potaotes or sour cream and chive mashed potato:) Enjoy!

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