Recipe of the week

Pear Salad

1 quart of pears
1 8oz cream cheese softened
1 small box of lime jello
1 8oz cool whip

Drain juice from pears and heat till boiling. If you dont have 1 cup of juice you can add water to make up the difference. Add the jello to the juice and stir till dissolved, put in the fridge till slightly set up. Take the pkg of cream cheese and the pears and put in the blender till blended then add the jello. Pour into a bowl and fold in the cool whip then refridgerate till set up.

This is one of my favorites that my mom makes. I hope you will all enjoy it as much as I do!

Recipe of the week

Banana Salad

2 small boxes of banana pudding
1 small carton sour cream
1 large can fruit cocktail drained
1 can mandarin oranges drained
1/2 cup coconut
1 small can pineapple tidbits
2 bananas sliced
1 medium carton whip cream
Mix everything together and let it refridgerate 2 hours before serving. Enjoy!

Leftover brownies

Maya and I called them leftover tonight, because we put in the oven whatever is leftover from the batch :)

2 stick unsalted butter
1/2 c semi-sweet or bitter sweet chocolate chips (we pick the ones that advertise high coca content)
2 eggs
1.5 c sugar
1.3 c extra dark cocoa (Hershey's)
2/3 c flour
splash of vanilla extract
dash of salt

Melt butter with chocolate chips in a sauce pan. Meanwhile combine eggs with sugar, vanilla and salt. Mix the cocoa in. When butter mixture is all melter, pour slowly into egg mixture while stirring everything. Add flour and mix. Pour into greased pan and bake at 325F for 20-25 mins.

I have to stress that the extra dark cocoa and bitter sweet chocolate chips make all the difference for us :)

Recipe of the week

Taco Salad

1 pound ground beef cooked
1 head of lettuce
tomato
cheese
1 can sliced olives drained
1 can of kidney beans rinsed
1 small bottle french dressing
1 small bottle italian dressing
1 bag of doritos

Toss everything but the dressings and the doritos together. Then right before serving add the doritos and dressing and serve.

Recipe of the week

Halloween Punch

1 carton of orange sherbet
1 2 liter bottle of 7-up
1 liter of orange soda pop
1 large can of pineapple juice

Mix all together and serve with dry ice in it in a cauldron its fun and really good! I thought it might be too sweet but I was suprised that it wasn't. Enjoy!

Recipe of the week

Pistachio Cake

1 yellow cake mix
1 box of instant pistachio pudding
2 eggs
1 cup of sprite
1/4 cup of oil

Mix all ingredients and spray a bundt pan. Then pour the batter around in the pan and bake for 25-30 minutes or until knife comes out clean. This cake doesnt need frosting its very moist and good as a snack or dessert. Sometimes I add more sprite and leave out the oil. Enjoy:)

Recipe of the week

This recipe is a little more healthy but still good! Enjoy:)

Taco Chicken

4 chicken breasts
4 tsp taco seasoning
1/2 pound red potatoes peeled and sliced
1/2 cup salsa
1/2 cup shredded cheese
1/4 cup sour cream

Heat oven to 400. Rub chicken with the taco seasoning and put 1/2 cup of potatoes on a peice of tinfoil and repeat with all 4 pieces. Top with salsa and cheese and fold the foil up to make tinfoil dinners. Put them in a baking dish and cook for 30 minutes or until chickens done. Serve with sour cream. For those of you on weight watchers this is 5 points a serving:)