Cheeseburger Pie

Cheeseburger Pie

2 lbs. Ground Beef
1 package Sharp Chedder Cheese
1/4 cup onion chopped
1/4 tsp. Italtian Seasoning
Salt & pepper (to taste)
8 oz. can Tomato Sauce
1 can Pillsbury seamless crescent rolls

Brown your Ground beef.  Drain then add all other ingredients using only 1/2 of your cheese.   Press crescents into the bottom of a pie dish pressing up along the sides as well.  Add the above mixture to crust and  top with Shredded Cheese. Bake on 375 for 25-30 minutes.

Peanut Butter Pie

This is for all you peanut butter lovers.  Its super rich but so good and as always EASY:)

Frozen Peanut Butter Pie
 1 Cup Peanut Butter
3/4 cup Sugar
8 oz. Cream Cheese
1/2 cup milk
1 3/4 cups cool whip
Chocolate Pie Shell

Mix together the 1st 4 ingredients then whip in Cool Whip.  Whip very good then pour in pie shell.  Freeze overnight.  Then top with Cool Whip & Drizzle with chocolate & chocolate chips & crumbled Reece's Cups..

Crock Pot Country Style Steak

Delicous Country Style Steak  in a crock pot.  My mother in law shared this recipe with me.  I changed it a little after cooking it several times. It is so easy and really out of this world.  Its great to serve if having several people over and the best part is its in a crock pot so prep time is virtually nothing:) 

Crock Pot Country Style Steak
4 cans Cream of Mushroom Soup
2 packets driend Lipton Onion Soup Mix
2 cups water
8 pieces of Cube or Minute Steak( I prefer minute steak)
1 small can of mushrooms(optional)

Mix Cream of Mushroom Soup with water & onion soup mix.  Brown steak on both sides(just until browned) then put in a crock pot.  Pour Soup mixture over steak and cook in crock pot on low for 6-8 hours or until steak in tender. 

I serve with Mashed potatoes or rice.  This is a must try dish and you will love it.

Letter D

I have been a little behind on posting activities that Zane & I are doing so thought I would continue with our Letter D.  We worked on D last week a little but we had a very buisy week so we are sticking to the same letter this week in order to get it:)  This week I have several activities planned.  Today we made a Doggie Puppet out of a lunch bag.  Very simple and only required a brown sack, glue, and red & black construction paper.  I also cut out several D's and let Zane glue them on a paper.  Just a little visual reinforcement of the letter.  This week we are going to be painting and decorating donuts, playing with Dinosaurs out in the sand, and making some duck crafts.  Hopefully by the end of the week we will nail down the D.  Many people ask how am I teaching him these letters and its simple.  We do at least 1 craft a day with the letter.  We focus on eating snacks the whole week starting with the letter as well as reading books and pointing out the letter we are working on.  We only spend about an hour in the mornings working on these lettters however I make sure to point out letters throughout the day when we see them.  We are having lots of fun:)  One thing I have found is we are only working on upper case right now.  I have found its easier to grasp one at a time!

Messy Kitchen

Do you ever wish you would have never baked because of the mess you have made???  Well we have a tradition in our house that our boys get to make their own family cake on their actual birthday and get to decorate it themselves.  Well honestly usually I bake it and once cooled they decorate it.  Well my 11 year old just baked his 1st cake all by himself and the kitchen was spotless(well almost) when he finished.  I thought I would share a few of these keys with you.

1. Make sure you have a super clean surface to begin with.  (I mean who wants to eat dinner on a dirty plate?  Thats how I feel about a clean kitchen.  I dont want to eat from it unless its clean.)

2. Pull out all ingredients and measuring cups you will be using to make your dish prior to baking.

3. As you use each ingredient, put that item away.( a tip my mom always told me)

4. By your last ingredient, the only thing you should have out is your bowl or dish and utensils.(and of course your mixing bowls & measuring cups in the sink which are soaking in water and can be put in dishwasher in about 2 minutes.

These steps might take add an extra 5 minutes if that to your prep time but it sure as heck beats the nasty 30 minute clean up that usually comes along:)

Just a few tips from a busy mom!  Happy Cooking:)

Triple Chocolate Chip Cake Cookies

Looking for that fast easy cookie recipe?  Here is my favorite one of all and I must say everyone loves them.

Cookies
Cake Mix(I use the chocolate fudge mix)
2 eggs
1/2 cup oil
white chocolate chips


Mix together the 1st 3 ingredients until well blended then stir in desired amount of white chocolate chips.  Roll dough, flatten out,  and place on baking sheet.  Bake for 10 minutes.

*you can use any cake mix and any flavor of chips you would like.

Breakfast Crossiants

Have you ever gotten up in the mornings and had nothing for breakfast?  This is what happened at our house this morning after being gone the past week so I looked at what I had and came up with a pretty scrumptious crossiant so I thought I would share(especially since Cody ate 5 of them they must of been pretty tastey )
 
Half in cinnamon & sugar
Half in Chocolate Chips


Cinnamon Sugar
Roll crossiant up as normal then brush butter over entire crossiant then roll in cinnamon & sugar mix

Chocolate Chip
Roll several chips up in a crossiant then pinch the sides closed.  Brush with butter then sprinkle with powdered sugar. 

Bake both together on a baking sheet until browned.  (I use a baking stone so it took almost 20 minutes to brown)  You can also brush egg white over them before baking for that fluffy pastry finish(i was just out of eggs so I used butter)

Remove and serve:)