Watergate Salad

Watergate salad is a refreshing treat.  I love to take this to church suppers because I can prepare it the night before instead of in the morning before church.

1 cup mini marshmellows
1 pkg (3.4oz) Jello Pistachio Flavor Instant Pudding
1 can Dole crushed Pinnapple in juice - undrained
1/2 cup chopped Planters Pecans
1 1/2 cups thawed cool whip

Combine marshmellows, dry pudding mix, pinnapple, and nuts in a large bowl.

Stir in cool whip

Refrigerate 1 hour before serving.

This is a super easy and quick dish.

Let me know how it goes!!

Sausage Ball left overs

We had lots of left over sausage balls after Christmas.  I was hungry for lunch one day and started to eat sausage balls, then I thought maybe I will make something with these.  So I took some crescent rolls, shredded velvetta cheese, and 2 sausage balls.  They were pretty big so I cut them into 4 pieces.  I laid out the crescent rolls in the 8 pieces they are meant to make rolls with.  I then put a little shredded velvetta on each triangle and put 1/4 of the sausage ball on each triangle.  Rolled them up and sprayed a little spray butter on the top of each.  I cooked them for about 10 minutes and tada....a creative leftover lunch.  It was pretty yummy too.  My husband agreed when he had a couple.

Fancy Potatoes

I like this FANCY POTATO recipe because you can make it ahead of time and bake when you are ready to use.

Fancy Potatoes

10 medium potatoes
1 pkg cream cheese (small pkg)
1 carton sour cream (small)
4 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup chopped chives
Salt and Pepper to taste

Sometimes I add shredded cheese to the top.

Boil potatoes, beat sour cream & cream cheese together and add to hot cooked potatoes and beat until smooth, add remaining ingredients. Pour into a greased 2 qt casserole dish. Dot the top with the butter.

Put into a 350degree oven for 25 minutes.

Enjoy!!!

Let me know how it goes!!!!! Great for left overs too!

Sloppy Joe Squares

Today I decided to organize the recipes I collected over the last year since we moved.  Then I decided to make a something for myself for dinner even though no one else was here to eat with me.  So here is the recipe that won out over all the rest.  Mostly because I had the ingredients and could have leftovers tomorrow for dinner and share some with my husband for lunch.  So here it is....

Sloppy Joe Squares

Ingredients
1 lb lean ground beef
1 can (16oz) sloppy joe sauce
2 cans big and buttery crescent rolls
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 tbs sesame seed

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

In 10-inch skillet, cook beef over medium heat until thoroughly cooked; drain.  Stir in sauce.  Heat to boiling.

Unroll 1 can of the dough; place in ungreased 13x9 inch (3 inches up sides of dish) Spread beef mixture over dough; sprinkle cheese over beef mixture; place rest of crescent rolls over cheese.  Sprinkle with sesame seed.

Bake 30-35 minutes or until mixture is bubble and dough is golden

High Altitude (3500-6500 ft) Bake 35-40 minutes

I would say I took the picture after we cut some because I wanted you to see the center but the truth is I completely forgot.  

OK.....Here is the scoop.

I did a couple of things different.  There is no way 1 lb of meat is sufficient for a 13x9 pan.  I used a 9x9 dish and it worked great.  This cut out the 2nd package of crescent rolls.  If you have a bigger family (4 or more) you should use 2 lbs of meat and use the 13x9 pan.  I also added some garlic salt to the beef when i was browning it.  It is just something my husband and I almost always do.  It added a little flavor.  I used the Manwich brand sloppy joe sauce.  I used the regular but I bet if you like the bold it would be great too.

In the 9x9 pan it cooked a little quicker than 30 minutes.  Probably 28 minutes.  It was very golden brown.

I absolutely loved this recipe!!!!  I am actually sitting here about 5 hours later wishing I had more right now.  It is a quick easy meal which makes it even better!

Let me know what you think if you try it.