7 layer Mexican dip...

*This is a meal in itself!! :)

2 cans refired beans with green chilies

5 avacados, smashed

16 oz. sour cream

3 tomatoes, chopped

1 c. green onions, chopped

2 cans sliced ripe olives

6-8 oz. cheddar or colby jack cheese, grated.

Layer ingredients in order given. Made a day ahead and serve with chips.

*I make this for supper when I know we are going to need a quick and easy meal the next day. I just throw this all together and the next evening it's ready!! Bring out the chips and EAT!! My family LOVES this meal! :)

Party sandwiches...

You need:

2 pkgs of 12 dinner rolls

1/2 stick butter, melted

4 tablespoons poppy seeds

4 tablespoons mustard

4 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

Sliced ham

Swiss cheese

1 T. minced onions

In a bowl - mix together the butter, poppy seeds, mustard and Worcestershire sauce.Spread sauce on both sides of rolls and put a piece of ham and cheese on each.Srinkle minced onions on top of bread.Cover and bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes or until cheese melts. Best if served warm!!

*Got the basic recipe for this from my mother -in-law, Barbara, and decided to switch around a few things. I found a similar recipe on the internet and just kind of combined the two to get these delicious sandwiches! Yummy!! We serve these with chips, pickles and olives. :)

Beef Enchiladas....

1 lb hamburger meat
1 small onion, chopped
1/2 tsp. cumin
1/2 tsp. chili powder
1 can of sliced black olives
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
1 can of Enchilada sauce
8 oz of shredded colby jack cheese
6-8 corn or flour tortillas(Charlie likes corn; I like flour; we trade off) :)

Brown the meat with seasonings and saute the onions in with it. Once that is done, add in the olives and let it heat and then add in 3/4 of the cheese and let it melt - mix it all together. Fill tortillas with the meat mixture and roll up. Combine the mushroom soup and enchilada sauce and pour on top. Top with remaining cheese. Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes.

*Or you can follow instructions and instead of rolling up the tortillas do this:

1. Spray 9X13 pan with cooking spray
2. Add thin layer of soup mixture
3. Add some meat mixture on top of that
4. place tortillas on top of meat mixture like layering lasagna
5. continue layering soup mixture,meat mixture,tortillas; on top pour remaining soup mixture and add more shredded cheese. Continue baking according to above instructions.

This may sound complicated but it is SO easy!!! Any questions? Sometimes I am not clear with instructions! Let me know & I will try to clear it up for you! :)

Julie's crescent roll chicken & dumplins.....

I combined two recipes to get this delicious version and I made a few adjustments the 2nd time I made these. Feel free to tweak this recipe as much as you like. One word of caution: only put the recommended amount of filling in the dumplins. That is all those crescent roll dumplings can hold. Any more and they will explode! (Yes, I am saying, "dumplins" on purpose. Dumplings just doesn't sound right to me, ya'll! :)

4-5 chicken breasts, boiled and chopped up fine (I cooked mine in crockpot all day with onion & celery and poultry seasoning to make an excellent broth)

1 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1 can cream of chicken soup

1/2 c. broth

1/2 c. milk

4 tbsp. butter, softened

3 cans buttery flaky BIG crescent rolls

1/2 tsp. garlic powder

1/2 tsp. salt or just use 1/2 tsp. garlic salt and no powder

black pepper & salt for dumplins.

Preheat oven to 400. Spray 9 X13 baking dish with cooking spray. Mix in med. size bowl, chicken, cream cheese & garlic powder & salt or just garlic salt. In another med. size bowl, mix together soups and broth and milk.

Roll out the cans of croissant sheets and separate into diamond shaped sections. Place a small handful of chicken mixture on each diamond, fold dough over and press ends together to create dumplings. Line a 9x13 inch baking dish with one layer of dumplings.Place some softened butter on top of each of the dumplings.Bake 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Pour soup mixture on top of dumplings. Place foil on top of pan now or dumplings will brown too quickly and not be done all the way through. Bake another 15-20 minutes or until the dumplings are tender and cooked through and the top is brown and bubbly .

mexican cornbread...

1 lb ground beef
1 large onion, diced
1 small can diced green chillis,drained
1/2 tsp. cumin
1 tsp. chili powder

Cornbread Mixture

1 cup yellow cornmeal
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1 can creamed corn
2-3 cups shredded colby/jack cheese

Directions

1Brown together the ground beef,seasonings, onion and chilis; drain well.

2In a bowl mix together the cornbread ingredients.

3Lightly spray a 13 x9 in baking dish with Pam.

4Pour 1/2 of the cornbread mixture into prepared dish.

5Top with the meat mixture then sprinkle on the cheese to cover.

6Pour the remaining cornbread mixture on top.

7Bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 45 mins or until the top is lightly browned.

m&m cookies.....(a tradition for EVERY holiday)

1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 cup shortening
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups candy-coated milk chocolate pieces

In a large bowl, mix sugar, eggs, shortening, and vanilla thoroughly. Add flour, salt, and baking soda to creamed mixture. Blend well. Add 3/4 cup of M&M candies.
Drop dough by teaspoonful onto cookie sheet. Slightly push a few candies on top of each dough ball with remaining candies.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 9 to 11 minutes, to your liking. Cool on wire racks.

*Our girls love to make these!!!

Granny's Coconut Cream Pie....

*This recipe makes 2 pies. :)

1 c. granulated sugar

6 Tbsp. cornstarch or a.p. flour

1 tsp. salt

5 c. whole milk

6 eggs, seperated (yolks for filling)

2 Tbsp. butter

2 tsp. vanilla

1 c. coconut

Combine sugar, flour and salt in saucepan. Add milk and egg yolks. Cook and let thicken. Remove from heat, add vanilla, butter and cocnut and stir. Pour into baked pie crust. In cold metal bowl with cold mixer whisk attachment or hand mixer beaters, beat egg whites until stiff. ( I add a little cream of tartar to whites) Add 2 Tbsp. sugar and beat again to blend. Pour over pie filling and sprinkle with coconut. Lightly brown in 400 degree oven.

(My Granny & my Mamaw both made an EXCELLENT coconut cream pie and their recipes were so similar that I combined them to make this one. It's a little more like Granny's than Mamaw's so I call it Granny's. Trust me, Mamaw would not mind. She loved Granny's cooking.... :)