Sausage Dip

I got this recipe from Randi. We all really like it.

1 package Jimmy Dean sausage
I can Ro-tel tomatoes
1 (8oz) cream cheese

Brown sausage. Stir in tomato and softened cream cheese. Put in crock pot on low to keep warm while serving. Serve with tortilla chips. If you want to add spice, use hot sausage and hot Ro-Tel tomatoes.

BACON~STUFFED MUSHROOMS

*2 pounds mushrooms, cleaned ~~ stems removed and set aside

*1/2 pound bacon

*1/2 yellow onion, minced

*stems from mushrooms, chopped

*12 oz. cream cheese, softened

*1 cup grated cheddar cheese

*I added fresh, minced garlic to the last recipe I made ~ YUM!!

Saute bacon until brown; crumble. Drain grease, but do not rinse pan. Add minced onion and chopped mushroom stems. Cook all together until tender. Add cream cheese and cook until melted. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stuff mushroom caps with mixture and cover with grated cheese. Bake on lightly greased cookie sheet for 15 minutes.

Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts

1 Package of Bacon
2 8oz cans whole water chestnuts
BBQ sauce of choice

Wrap half a slice of bacon around each water chestnut and pin with a toothpick. Drench with BBQ sauce. Bake at 350 degrees until bacon done and BBQ sauce is sticky, about 25 min.

Artichoke Spinach Dip

Here's a very yummy dip that people will cry over because it's so good!

· 1/4 cup butter
· 3-4 cloves minced garlic
· 2 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, partially thawed
· 2 (14 ounce) can artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
· 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
· 1 (16 ounce) container low- fat sour cream
· 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
· salt to taste

Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the garlic, spinach, and artichoke hearts. Cook until tender, about 5 minutes.

Mix cream cheese, parmesan cheese, and sour cream into the spinach mixture. Cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened, 10 to 15 minutes. Serve warm or cold.

Tip: make sure that you do use a large saucepan because this recipe makes a lot, and there's nothing worse than having to switch pans half way through a recipe!

Jerk Nachos

• 3 cups of shredded Cheese
• 3/4 cup of sour cream
• 2 teaspoon of Jamaican Jerk Rub
• 1 can of chicken
• 2 avocados

Combine 2 cups of cups of cheese (save the other cup to sprinkle on top), sour cream, chicken, and 1 teaspoon of Jamaican Jerk rub (save the other teaspoon to sprinkle on top).

Do layers of chips, and nacho mix.

On the top sprinkle remaining cheese.

Put in oven, bake of high broil 3-5 minutes. (Watch it closely because it can brown and burn fast)

After I take it out, I sprinkle the remaining jerk rub on top. Cut up avocados and put on top.

This is my version of the Pampered Chef recipe, and I bake my nachos in my stoneware, which I love! My sister-in-law Ashley (ash on this blog) sells Pampered Chef, so I am adding her email to the side bar. Call her if you want to order anything!

Best Cheeseball Ever!

Easiest, Best Cheeseball Ever . . .

1 package cream cheese

1/2 package dry ranch dressing

1-2 cups grated cheese (whatever looks good)

Mix well, form into ball and roll in nuts

Easy as that!

Game Foods it is

Game time foods, it is! Make your appetizers or finger foods for the game, take a pict, post it! For next month... feedback would be nice. Put a comment in this post. Crock pot recipes? Breakfasts? Please, please, comment!

CREAM PUFF DESSERT

a.k.a. Black Tie Eclaire

1 C. water
1 stick butter or margarine
1 C. flour
5 eggs
1 pkg. 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 lrg. Or 2 sm. Box instant vanilla pudding
1 tub cool whip
Chocolate syrup

1. Preheat oven to 425°F.
2. In saucepan bring water and butter to boil. Remove from heat and add 1 C. flour, stir fast and eggs, beat well. Spread evenly on greased cookie sheet (will be thick). Bake 20 minutes or until golden. Let cool.
Prepare vanilla pudding and add cream cheese. Spread mixture over cream puffs. Spread cool whip over mixture and top with chocolate syrup. Cut through syrup with knife for marbled effect.

Anyone? Anyone?

So thanks for everyone who posted a recipe, it was awesome, and those of you who haven't (Ashley & Aunt Jill) , I am not above taunting and harassing and sending threatening emails to you, you will wish you had taken 30 seconds and posted a recipe! Ask Rikki!

Anyone have any ideas for January? I was thinking appetizers, with the Super Bowl coming up, but ideas... anyone, anyone?

I was asking Rikki what proper recipe etiquette is. Meaning.. do you give credit to someone else if you got it from them. So this is Official Recipe Etiquette (according to Rikki & Bobbi) if you have made it 2 times or more, it is your recipe now. You might as well have invented it!

So there you go. Post ideas, I think the 20th of the month is a good day to stick with for posting the recipes, but whatever. Just post all your thoughts, comments, and criticism!