Easy Roll Ups

6 or 8 Flour tortillas
thinly sliced ham, turkey or other sandwich meat
Cream cheese - softened
leafy lettuce

Spread cream cheese thinly onto tortilla.
Add sandwich meat and lettuce.
Roll tightly and refrigerate overnight.
Cut into 1/4" slices and serve with any condiment you wish, or none.

(photo to come)

Loaded Crock Pot Potato Soup

Slow cooked goodness at it's best, so I'm told.


4 lbs +/- Russett potatoes - peeled, cubed
3 (14oz) cans chicken broth
1/2 lb bacon - fried crisp, crumbled (save the grease)
1 large onion - diced
2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
8 oz. sour cream
1 cup (at least) shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1/2 cup flour
1 cup HOT water

Combine potatoes, broth, salt, pepper and onion in crock pot. Cook on low for 8 hours, or high for 4, until potatoes are tender. Use mixer to break up the potatoes some and thicken the stock.
Add sour cream and cheese, allow it to melt as you prepare the roux.
To make the roux, heat the left over bacon grease in the frying pan you used to brown the bacon. Stir in the flour, adding some if necessary, to get almost a paste-like consistency. be careful that it doesn't brown or this will darken the soup. When it's fairly thick, add HOT water stirring briskly with a whisk. Add this to the crock pot and mix well.
Add the bacon and allow to cook on low for another 30 - 45 minutes.

Serve hot, and enjoy.

(If you like to add crackers or cornbread to soups, TRY THIS WITHOUT first.
You will probably realize you won't need them)

Homemade Garlic Bread

This should go well with the Lasagna...first, make a loaf of Beer Bread
As the bread cooks, microwave a stick of butter NOT MARGARINE just enough to make is really soft, but not melted! Add to this one heaping teaspoon of garlic salt. If you want to add some parsley flakes for color, you can. Mix together well and set in refrigerator while bread cools and lasagna cooks.

Once the bread has cooled, spread butter mix over a slice of bread. Put in oven set to broil. Watch this closely or it will burn quickly! When the desired crispness on top is achieved, remove from oven and serve.

(photos to follow - maybe)

Easy and Cheesy Lasagne

(1) lb lean hamburger
(1) lb mild ground italian sausage
(2) regular jars of Bertoli 5 cheese sauce
(1) 8 oz. box lasagna noodles
(2) cups shredded mozzarella - divided
(1) cup grated parmesan
1/4 lb shredded gouda (optional)
(1) 15oz. container ricotta
(3) eggs beaten lightly
(1) tsp Italian seasoning
(1) tsp garlic salt
1/2 cup shredded colby jack
cayenne pepper - pinch


Preheat oven to 350

Brown beef and sausage together, adding Italian seasoning and garlic salt, drain. Be sure to crumble meat as small as possible as it cooks.
While meat is cooking, mix together 1 cup mozzarella, parmesan, gouda, ricotta and eggs in large bowl.
In another bowl, combine meat with sauce, add a pinch of cayenne pepper, mix well.
Cover the bottom of a 9"x13" glass pan with sauce mix, then add a layer of noodles, followed by a layer of cheese...sauce, noodles, cheese, sauce noodles, cheese...top with remaining mozzarella.
Cover with aluminum foil, bake for 55 minutes.
Remove foil, add colby jack, bake for another 10-15 minutes.
Let stand 10-15 minutes before serving.

Potato Salad

(Recipe to follow)

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream Pie

PURE GOODNESS!


3 cups of choc chip cookie dough ice cream (allow to melt to room temp-2 hours or so)
1 container of cool whip
1 package vanilla pudding mix
most of a box of nilla wafers
1/2 cup butter

Crush all but about 30 nilla wafers either in a ziplok bag, or a food processor until no piece is larger than 1/8 inch. Melt butter, mix well with wafer crumbles. Line a pie plate with this mixture and bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes. Allow to cool to room temperature.
Fold pudding mix into cool whip thoroughly. Add melted ice cream and mix well.
Pour into pie plate, cover with saran wrap and freeze overnight.

Be prepared for your tongue to beat your brain out as you taste this.
(you can't say I didn't warn you)



(This recipe is courtesy of Linda MacBay, my cohort in the cooking world...except she used a graham cracker crust...personally, I like mine better)

Super Easy Cole Slaw

Half head of cabbage - shredded
(1) bell pepper
(1) carrot - sliced thinly
1/2 cup cider vinegar
1/2 cup peanut oil
1/4 teaspoon salt
(1) tablespoon sugar

Combine ingredients in large bowl, stir well to coat with oil/vinegar.