BB Recipe Collection #2

MEXICAN CASSEROLE

3 chicken breasts
Corn tortillas
1 can ranch style beans
Shredded cheese
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can Rotel tomatoes

Cook chicken breasts in skillet with a little oil; cube chicken.

Rub some oil in a casserole dish; layer with tortillas. Cover layer with chicken. Add ranch style beans and sprinkle with cheese. Add another layer of torillas. Pour soup over tortillas and add Rotel tomatoes.

Cover and cook at 350° for 40-50 minutes.

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Yep, you guessed it...I use ranch style beans with jalapenos, and I use extra hot Rotel!! Keeps you warm in the winter!!

 

Oh.. Rotel! AH, Jalepenos! Yummy! Printing this out now!

Yummy C.J.! Yummy!

 

They ARE yummy! Between the 2 recipes, I usually have one or the other on hand all fall and winter! (They're a little much for Texas in the summer.)

Hope everyone enjoys them!!!

 

I make a variation of the Taco Soup called Cowboy Soup. I've had to tone my recipe down. It had 2 cans of extra hot Rotel and extra Cayenne Pepper. Gave my 8 year old a tummy ache. I love hot things but they've started to bother me some since menopause started. Don't know why! I've always been a cajun food fan because of growing up in Mobile!

Thanks again. Now I know what to make for supper tomorrow night.

Diane

 

Blueberry Bundt Cake

1 box yellow cake mix
3 large eggs
8 oz. Cream cheese at room temperature
¾ cup oil
1 six ounce size box of dry instant vanilla pudding
¼ cup sugar
¼ cup water
2 cups of canned blueberries (You can use fresh but it won’t look or taste the same. I use the pie filling but rinse slightly so you don’t have so much thick juice. RESERVE some of the thick sauce stuff from the pie filling can! )

Mix all but the berries with electric mixer for about 2 mins. On medium speed. Stir in berries and bake in a greased/ floured bundt pan at 350 for 1 hour. Cool for 10 mins. On rack and then remove to completely cool.

When completely cooled (that is important) glaze with:

1 cup powdered sugar
2 or more tablespoons of that purple stuff from the pie filling can… What do you call that??
Mix well and drizzle over the cake. This is very sweet, pale lavendar and looks beautiful. If you used the pie filling instead of plain berries, your cake will be a purple color.

To use fresh berries, cook some of them with a small amount of water to create your juice for the glaze.

This tastes even better if you let the cake sit for a day before serving!

 

At last!!! Thank you, Diane!!!

 

Peaches and Cream Cobbler

¾ cup unsifted self rising flour
1 pkg. (3 1/8 oz) vanilla pudding mix
½ cup milk
3 tablespoons margarine
1 egg

1 can (16 oz) peach slices drained but reserve juice
½ cup sugar
1 pkg (8 oz) cream cheese softened
1 tablespoon sugar
¼ teaspoon cinnamon

Combine flour, pudding, milk, margarine and the egg. Beat 2 minutes at medium and pour into a 9 inch square baking pan. Top with peach slices. Combine the ½ cup sugar, cream cheese and 3 tablespoons of the reserved peach juice and mix until smooth. Pour over the peaches. Combine the 1 tbs. Sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over cobbler.

Cook at 350° for 35 mins. Or until bubbly. This can be made on a gas grill or in your oven! Mine has taken 45 mins. To cook!

This is sooooooooo delicious! Serve it warm but it’s delicious cold too.

 

and since Blackbird wouldn't share his......

Oh Katie,

Diane’s Cajun Jambalaya

3 lbs cooked (peeled) shrimp
½ cup olive oil
3 onions chopped
2 green peppers chopped
5 celery stalks chopped
2 cans whole tomatoes (crush these up with your hands)
2 tsp salt
2 tsp black pepper
2 tsp red cayenne pepper
2 tsp thyme
2 tsp basil
1 ½ tsp sugar
5 bay leaves (green if you can find them)
1 cup chopped scallions
1 cup fresh parsley chopped
1 lb diced ham
3 cups uncooked converted rice
1 lb sausage diced

Heat oil in a very large pot. Add onions, pepper, celery and saute til onions are transparent. Add tomatoes, salt, red pepper, black pepper, herbs, sugar, meats (NOT shrimp) and add some water to make this a soup consistency. I never measured but just go by looks. Simmer 2 hours. Stir in cooked shrimp and add uncooked rice. Final cooking time depends on the rice but usually 15 mins. Is enough. Add parsley just before serving.

This serves a good sized family and keeps very well in the fridge.

diane

 

Gina lost her recipe for pecan pie with caramel in it. I found this one...

Caramel Pecan PIe

1 (14-ounce) package soft caramel candies
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup butter
3 large eggs
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped pecans
1 (9-inch) unbaked pie shell

Preheat oven to 350*F.

In the top of a double boiler over boiling water combine caramel candies, water, and butter.

Reduce the heat to low. Cook, stirring occasionally, until melted and smooth. Remove from the heat.

In a medium bowl, combine eggs, sugar, vanilla, and salt; beat well.

Stir into the caramel mixture gradually; mix well.

Add chopped pecans then pour into unbaked pie shell.

Bake for 45 minutes.

Makes 8 servings.

 

This is the recipe I use and I arrange my pecans on top like this:



PECAN PIE

Stir all ingredients in numerical order only until well blended:

1) 1 cup sugar
2) 2 TBL flour
3) 5 TBL oleo (melted)
4) 2 cup white corn syrup
5) 1 tsp vanilla
6) 3 eggs (well beaten)
7) ½ cup pecans (broken)

Pour into unbaked 9 inch pie shell.
Layer top with whole pecans.
Bake at 450º for 10 minutes.
Reduce oven to 350º and bake until knife inserted in center comes out clean (approx. 1 hour+15 min)

Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!

 

Katie or anyone. There was a dish at the potluck today. I don't know who brought it, but it was delicious.

I named it "tuna pizza", but I don't really know what it was called.

It looked and tasted like it was on a tortilla and it had tuna (not tuna salad) and bits of broccoli and I'm not sure what else as toppings, but it was really good!

Anyone know what I'm talking about? I would like to have the recipe.

 

Sounds to me like a "tuna casserole pizza"!!!

 

Thanks Katie, but that is not quite it. The tortilla was not baked and it was about the size of a 12 inch pizza.

Tuna was more like tuna salad than chunks and it didn't have pizza sauce. It had tomatoes, cheese, tuna, mayo and very small pieces of raw broccoli, but I can't remember anything else.