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CHALUPAS

This is my all time favorite recipe called Chalupas!

3 lbs pork roast
1 lb pinto beans dry (I use any kind)
2-3 garlic cloves minced
1 Tbsp ground cumin
1 Tbsp dried oregano
2 Tbsp chili powder
1 Tbsp salt
4 oz chopped green chilies
medium chopped onion

Cover beans overnight in a bowl. In the morning, put roast in bottom of slow cooker. Add remaining ingredients including the beans and soaking water. Add just enough water to cover roast. Cook on high until pork is cooked. Shred pork and cook on low for 6 more hours.Serve on tortillas with cheese, sour cream, tomatoes, olives, lettuces, etc....

Makes a ton. We get 5 meals out of it for my family of two adults and two kids. It freezes beautifully....Enjoy!

Alfredo Sauce

I love pasta!!! This is my favorite recipe. I usually put garlic in it too. This also is great for dipping french bread into!!!

INGREDIENTS:
1 pint heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 cups grated Parmesan cheese

DIRECTIONS:
1. In a medium saucepan combine whipping cream, butter or margarine, and grated Parmesan cheese. Cook over medium low heat until smooth. Remove from heat. Sauce will thicken upon standing.

First Tip

Here is my first tip from my new book this is a one mintue quicky and I know that we all burn ourselves from time to time will cooking or even doing our hair. Aloe Vera is a standard for burns and also makes a nice house plant; to use just scrape the gel out with a spoon. Here is the new tip though Lavender Essential Oil will provide relief from minor burns, including sunburn. Just apply several drops of oil directly to the burn. Now I don't know about you but that sounds a lot less messy then aloe. Hope this helps with the arrival of the sun!

Crescent Danish Rolls

My neighbors made these for our weekly Survivor night and they are to die for!! She used lemon curd preserves. She also left off the glaze; I don't think I'd bother with it either, it was SO good without it! Oh so yummy! It's from the Pillsbury website.

INGREDIENTS:

Rolls
1 (8-oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 (8-oz.) cans Pillsbury® Refrigerated Crescent Dinner Rolls
4 teaspoons preserves or jam

Glaze
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 to 3 teaspoons milk

DIRECTIONS:

1. Heat oven to 350°F. In small bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar and lemon juice; beat until smooth.
2. Separate dough into 8 rectangles; firmly press perforations to seal. Spread each rectangle with about 2 tablespoons cream cheese mixture. Roll up each, starting at longest side; firmly pinch edges and ends to seal. Gently stretch each roll to about 10 inches.
3. On ungreased large cookie sheet, coil each roll into a spiral with seam on the inside, tucking end under. Make deep indentation in center of each roll; fill with 1/2 teaspoon preserves.
4. Bake at 350°F. for 20 to 25 minutes or until deep golden brown. In small bowl, blend all glaze ingredients, adding enough milk for desired drizzling consistency. Drizzle over warm rolls.

The best apple dumplins EVER!

Apple Dumplings

2 Granny Smith apples
2 cans crescent rolls
2 sticks butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoons vanilla
cinnamon
1/2 cup Mountain Dew (can use caffeine free or probably even Sprite)

Peel and core apples. Cut apples into 8 slices each. Roll each apple slice in a crescent roll. Place in a 9 x 13 buttered pan. Melt butter, then add sugar and barely stir. Add vanilla, stir, and pour over apples. Pour Mountain Dew around the edges of the pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Serve with ice cream, and spoon some of the sweet sauces from the pan over the top.

Breakfast Pizza

INGREDIENTS
1 (8 ounce) can refrigerated crescent rolls
1 pound bulk pork sausage
1 cup frozen shredded hash brown potatoes, thawed
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
3 eggs
1/4 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

DIRECTIONS
1. Unroll crescent dough and place on a greased 12-in. pizza pan (I used a 9x13); press seams together and press up sides of pan to form a crust. In a skillet, brown sausage over medium heat; drain and cool slightly.
2. Sprinkle sausage, hash browns and cheddar cheese over crust. In a bowl, beat eggs, milk and pepper; pour over pizza. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
3. Bake at 375 degrees for 28-30 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting.

We had this over Conference weekend-- very good!

butterscotchy almond bars

yummy...chewy...sweet...chocolate...almonds...yes.

butterscotchy bar part:

1 1/2 C flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 C butter
2 C brown sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla

Combine flour and baking powder; set aside. Melt butter in a saucepan; remove from heat and blend in sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture. Spread batter in a greased 9 X 13 pan. Bake 350F for 15 minutes.

gooey nutty topping part:

1/4 C butter
1/3 C white sugar
1/3 C corn syrup
2 Tbsp water
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 C sliced almonds

Melt butter in small saucepan. Add sugar, corn syrup, water, and salt. Bring to a boil; boil 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in almonds.

Spread nutty topping evenly on top and bake for another 15 minutes. Cool. Melt some chocolate and drizzle it on top. Cut into bars.

Modern Milk Can Dinner

Okay so this is the story with this one. This is originally supposed to be cooked in a milk can, you know those old big cans that milk was delivered in ages ago. We have had these at reunions before and I absolutely love it! So I went home and made it in my crock pot and we LOVE it!! Easy and so yummy!

Modern Milk Can Dinner

Potatoes, scrubbed and cut into chunks
Carrots, peeled and sliced about same size as potatoes
Sausage patties or links, Brats, ham slices or even hot dogs (can use any combination)
Onion, sliced (I leave all the rings together)
1/2 head of Cabbage, cut in wedges
Salt and Pepper

Put about 2 cups of water in the bottom of the crock pot. Layer in order above: potatoes, carrots, sausage, onion and cabbage. Stuff the thing full!! Cook for about 4-6 hours. Your house will smell SO good. To serve everything is usually dumped in a HUGE (just a big size one for our purposes) bowl so people can have easy access to all the fixins! Salt and pepper to taste.

With all this talk, I think we might have this for dinner tonight!!

Cafe Rio Pork & Tomatillo Dressing

Cafe Rio Pork aka Meat Candy

6 lb pork roast

Cook roast in crock pot with water 1/2 way up for about 6 hours. Drain water and shred meat. Return to crock pot and add:

1 - 12 oz can salsa of choice
1 - 20 oz can coca cola (could use root beer or dr. pepper too)
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp cumin (optional)

Cook for another 3-4 hours


Creamy Tomatillo Dressing

1 c. buttermilk
1 c. mayonnaise
1 chopped, seeded jalapeno
2-3 tomatillos chopped
1/3 bunch of cilantro, chopped
1 clove minced garlic
1 envelope ranch dressing mix
1 tsp. lime juice

Add all ingredients to blender and blend well. Chill.


Make any way you like tacos or burritos. Travis loves it on tostadas. Top with lettuce, tomato, avacado, cheese, sour cream... whatever you love! We also made up some rice to layer in there too; very yummy. We add a full bunch of cilantro to ours and more lime juice but that's just cause we love it!!!