Our Last Recipe featured in a "Month Full of Recipes" is Quesadilla Cups!

Here's a fun little recipe--not to mention an easy recipe to end our Month Full of Recipe Series.

Here's what you will need:
Small muffin tin, bag of tortillas, small size the 6 or 8 inch in diameter, Pam, pepper jack bar cheese
*Keep in mind that 1 tortilla will make 4 quesadilla cups.

-Spay both sides of the tortillas with Pam or Olive oil, cut them into fourths by using a pizza cutter or knife.

-Put them in the {greased} muffing tins --like above

-Cut pepper jack cheese and put into the "cups"--pictured above.

Bake in a 375 F degree oven for about 10 minutes. Let them set for about 3 minutes before eating. Eat just like this or add some salsa to liven things up a bit.

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Chicken and Dressing {Featured in a Month Full of Recipes}

I'm from the South, so this is southern dressing, not stuffing.

*For the cornbread I just just follow the directions on the back of the cornmeal package with one exception. I pour some oil in an iron skillet and put in the oven and let it get hot--really hot. Then I pour the batter in the skillet and cook for the allotted amount of time that the package says.

*I boil my chicken on top of the stove, so that I can make my own stock. I put my chicken in a pot cover it with water--maybe about 3 inches above the chicken--cook until done.

*Chop one onion and cook in stock (in a different pan) until the onions are translucent.

*Break cornbread apart and pour 1/2 of your stock on top of your cornbread, stir together.

*Add onions, and one can of cream of celery soup. Stir together, add salt and pepper to taste.

**Let it sit for a few minutes, you are letting the bread soak up the stock.

*Add more stock, stir and let sit

*Add more stock if needed--you should be able to see puddles of stock through out your mixture. This will keep your dressing from drying out.

*Add butter on top to help brown it...like in the picture above.

*Cook in oven at 350 degrees for at least 30 minutes or longer, just until brown around the edges.

*Enjoy

**You can also substitute turkey for the chicken or not put any meat in it at all---either way it's very tasty!
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Recipe #28 Egg Cups

Here's a twist on the traditional scrambled eggs! :0

::Oven safe Ramekin
::2 - pcs. bacon
::1 egg per ramekin
::pepper

*Directions:
Spray ramekin with Pam, tear one piece of bacon into and line the bottom, wrap the other piece of bacon around the inside.
Whisk one egg and pepper together, pour into center
Bake on 400 degrees for 20 or 25 minutes
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Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

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This recipes makes four loaves and freezes great!

Ingredients:
6 eggs
4 cups sugar (Don't freak out on the sugar---this does make 4 loaves!)
2 cups oil
4 -5 cups shredded zucchini
6 cups flour --All Purpose
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons salt
1 Tablespoon cinnamon
1 Tablespoon vanilla
1 (12 ounce) package chocolate chips

Directions:
::Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
::Beat together eggs, sugar and oil.
::Add zucchini and remaining ingredients - mix well.
::Bake in 4 well-greased loaf pans for about one hour. Cooking time maybe more or less, depending on your altitude!
::Freezes well and makes great gifts!

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Weight Watchers Baked Potato Soup

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Ingredients:
1 bulb garlic clove (large, 1/4-inch-slice cut off top)
3 lbs potatoes (rinsed, pierced with a fork, about 6 large baking potatoes)
6 slices uncooked turkey bacon
4 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
1 1/2 tablespoons fresh thyme, chopped
1/2 teaspoon table salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
6 tablespoons reduced-fat sour cream
6 tablespoons low-fat cheddar cheese, shredded
6 tablespoons scallions, sliced


Directions:
::Preheat oven to 400ºF.
::Wrap entire garlic bulb tightly in foil; place garlic and potatoes in oven.
::Bake garlic until soft when squeezed, about 45 minutes; remove from oven and let cool. Continue baking potatoes until tender when pierced, about 15 minutes more; let potatoes stand until cool enough to handle.

::Meanwhile, cook bacon until browned-- chop bacon.
::Unwrap garlic and squeeze pulp from bulb with hands into a large saucepan.
::Peel potatoes and add to saucepan; mash with a potato masher until smooth.
::Gradually stir in broth, thyme, salt and pepper until blended; place saucepan over medium heat and cook until hot, stirring occasionally, about 5 to 10 minutes.
::Spoon about 1 1/3 cups of soup into each of 6 soup bowls.
::Top each with 1 tablespoon of sour cream, 1 tablespoon of cheese, 1 rounded tablespoon of bacon and 1 tablespoon of scallions.
::Add pepper to your liking

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Chocolate Gravy {Featured in "A Month Full of Recipes"}

If you have never tried chocolate gravy, Oh my--you need to try it. We have eaten it over biscuits and bananas, but our favorite is serving it over the bananas! YUMMO!!!

Ingredients:
2 c. water

5 T. flour

2 c. sugar

5 T. cocoa
Directions:
Cook to a medium boil. Serve over hot biscuits or bananas.

This is a quick and very simple recipe.
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Recipe #23: Baked Oatmeal

We are on day 23 of sharing recipes for a full month! Here's a favorite in our home---Baked Oatmeal.

Ingredients:
1 c. oil
1 1/2 c. sugar
4-eggs
6 c. oats
4 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 c. milk

*Combine all the ingredients together. Pour into a greased 9x13 pan. Bake @ 375 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes - until lightly brown. This will be very crumbly, but don't panic(like I did); that is just how it is supposed to turn out!
*Around the holidays I also add a teaspoon of nutmeg, just to give it that holiday kick!

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Bacon Wrapped Keeblers

All you need is Keebler crackers and some bacon. Wrap one piece of bacon around one cracker, bake on 350 degrees for about 45 minutes or until bacon is crisp.

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Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings

Ingredients:
4 Boneless, skinless chicken breast
--I cooked these for 2 1/2 hours in the crock pot, (on high) took them out and shredded them.
::Put the chicken back in the crock pot

::Add 2 cans of chicken broth
::Add 2 big cans of cream of chicken soup.

Cook on high until bubbly, stir/mix good
::Add 1 can of store bought biscuits, tear them apart, continuing to cook on high --about a hour and half--or until done

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Calico Bean Bake {Easy to make and inexpensive }

Easy to make and inexpensive

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

What you will need:

1 can (28 oz) green beans--drained

1 can (15.5 oz) red beans--drained & rinsed

1 can (15.5 oz) Great Northern beans--drained and rinsed

1 can (15 oz) black beans--drained and rinsed

2 cans (15 oz) pork and beans

1 bottle 18 oz) barbecue sauce

Bacon--as much as you would like

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Mix everything together in a large bowl, place everything in greased 13x9 pan. Bake for about 45 minutes or until bubbly, let sit for 10 minutes before serving.

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*You could also use hamburger meat and add some chopped onion as well, and leave out the bacon.

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Apple Dumplings---Made with Mountain Dew {Featured in "A Month Full of Recipes"}

I never get a picture of these when they come right out of the oven, because they get devoured!

Ingredients:*2 whole Granny Smith Apples
*2 cans (8 Oz. Cans) Crescent Rolls
*2 sticks Butter
*1-1/2 cup Sugar
*1 teaspoon Vanilla
*Cinnamon--as much as you like
*1 can (12 Oz.) Mountain Dew Soda--I know what you are thinking---but seriously, just try the Mountain Dew in this recipe!

Directions: 
*Peel and core apples. Cut each apple 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 stir just a little (one or two whirls--you want it grainy, not mixed well at all!).

*Add vanilla, stir, and pour entire mixture over apples. Pour Mountain Dew around the edges of the pan (do not pour over the apples, you want the butter and sugar mixture to 'cling' to the apples)

*Sprinkle with cinnamon and bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes.

If you try it, let me know how you like it.


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Recipe #17: BBQ APPLE CHICKEN

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Here's my recipe #17 for the month.

Ingredients:
*Enough chicken breast to feed your family
*juice from one lemon
*1 apple peeled and grated
* 1/2 cup bbq sauce
Bacon**Wrap two pcs. of bacon around each chicken breast---put in crockpot

Mix lemon juice, apple, and bbq sauce together and then pour over chicken. Cook on low for 8 hours.
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Pizza Cookie Dessert--Featured in "A Month Full of Recipes"

This rich Pizza Cookie is not for the faint of heart, --- but you have got to try it! 

 

Ingredients:

::Cookie dough of your choice, we used chocolate chip (store bought, stick)

mash it out and shape into a circle, bake on 350 degrees and until golden brown (the bottom should be a little crunchy).

::Let it cool

::Spread Hot Fudge on top of cookie--we heated ours so it would spread better

::Once the hot fudge cooled we spread Cool Whip on top of the hot fudge

::Sprinkle with nuts (of your choice, we used pecans)

::Drizzle with Carmel Sundae ice cream topping

::Place Maraschino cherries around the outside of the cookie.

::Eat with a glass of milk

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A Month Full of Recipes: CrockPot Baked Potatoes

Up until I tried crock pot baked potatoes, I always figured a baked potato was just that...a baked potato! WRONG!

Crock pot baked potatoes are so much better and these are so simple to prepare.
The How To's:::Enough potatoes to feed your family, wash, and pat dry

::Brush with olive oil, dashed with some salt, pepper, and/or Mrs. Dash,
::Wrap in foil and place in crock pot, cook for 8 hours on low or 4 hours on high

*I did not poke any holes in my potatoes--but you can if you want to

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Recipe #15 Brown Sugar Bacon Wrapped Smokies in the Crockpot

Today in A Month Full of Recipes, we are crocking up some Brown Sugar Bacon Wrapped Smokies. I know this is bad, but the bacon grease and brown sugar give this an incredible taste!

 

Ingredients:Two packs of bacon
Two packs of smokies
Bag of brown sugar--you can use less if you want

Directions:::Take the pack of bacon cut it in 3 strips.
::Wrap a strip of bacon around each smoky and stick a toothpick in it.
::Once you have all your smokies wrapped, dump in the whole bag of brown sugar.
::Put the crock pot on high. Make sure you stir about every 30 minutes to get all the smokies covered in the brown sugar and to make sure they cook evenly. In about 45 minutes, the juices of the smokies and bacon will start to make it easier to stir. Let cook for about 3-4 hours

Let me know what you think.

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Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas --Featured in "A Month Full of Recipes"

Ingredients:1 16 oz container sour cream
1 can of green chiles
1-2 cups chicken stock (I always use mine from where I cooked the chicken)
1 1/2 cups of shredded chicken (or more!)
1 tsp garlic powder
Salt/Pepper, to taste
8 to 10 flour tortillas
1-2 cups shredded cheese

Directions:1. In large skillet, whisk sour cream, green chiles and 1 cup of chicken stock. Add more chicken stock until it comes to the consistency you want for your sauce. Add garlic powder, salt and pepper to taste.

2. Before adding the cooked and shredded chicken, save 1 cup of the sour cream sauce.

3. Stir chicken into the sauce and let simmer about 10 minutes, allow flavors to come together.

4. Spoon into tortillas. Roll and place, seam side down, into a 9×13 baking dish.

5. Spread the sour cream sauce, that you removed, over the tortillas.

6. Sprinkle cheese over the top and bake about 15-20 minutes at 350 degrees F.

Serve these with corn or a salad.

Enjoy!

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Recipe #13 Old Fashion Corn Pudding

I love easy recipes! Here's a family favorite side dish in our home. I tend to only make it during the fall and winter months -- not really sure why, but by the end of the summer all the kids are asking for it and saying it's been a long time since we have had it! :)
Ingredients:1 stick of butter
1 (15 oz.) can of whole kernel corn {drained}
1 (15 oz.) can of cream corn
1 (8 oz.) package of sour cream
1 box of Jiffy corn bread mix

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Melt butter in 13x9 pan. After butter is melted, add both cans of corn and sour cream, mix together. Sprinkle corn bread mix over top and stir all together.

Bake for 45 minutes.

Enjoy!

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Recipe #12: Chicken Tetrazzini

All of these recipes featured in A Month Full of Recipes have been prepared by me and tasted tested and approved by the rest of the Swappin' Spoons gang! :)

Ingredients:1 (16-ounce) package vermicelli
1/2 cup chicken broth
4 cups chopped cooked chicken breast
1 (10 3/4-ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
1 (10 3/4-ounce) can cream of chicken soup
1 (10 3/4-ounce) can cream of celery soup
1 (8-ounce) container sour cream
1 (6-ounce) jar sliced mushrooms, drained  {I omitted these}
1/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups (8 ounces) shredded Cheddar cheese

Directions:::Prepare vermicelli according to package directions; drain. Return to pot, and toss with chicken broth.
::Stir together chopped cooked chicken and next 8 ingredients in a large bowl
::add vermicelli, and toss well.
::Spoon mixture into {2} lightly greased 11- x 7-inch baking dishes. I usually use a 13x9 and a 9x9.
::Sprinkle evenly with Cheddar cheese.
::Bake, covered, at 350° for 30 minutes; uncover and bake 5 more minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly.

**If you wanted to freeze this:Freeze unbaked casserole up to 1 month, if desired. Thaw casserole overnight in refrigerator. Let stand 30 minutes at room temperature, and bake as directed.

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Italian Chicken - Featured in "A Month Full of Recipes"

This is the perfect recipe for using up all those home grown tomatoes. :)

Ingredients:
2 - chicken breast (baked)
1 - tsp. oil
1 tsp. minced garlic
1 - chopped onion
salt and pepper to taste
dash of parsley, and Oregano, add a hint of basil
2 - cans of dice Italian tomatoes, stewed tomatoes work well too! I used some canned tomatoes that my mother in law gave us.

Directions:shred baked chicken put in pan, add seasonings, and stir together,
Remove chicken from the pan
add onions and cook until they are translucent
add chicken and tomatoes
simmer for about 10 minutes
*Serve over rice or your favorite noodles, I topped ours with a little mozzarella cheese.

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A Month Full of Recipes {Tater Tot Casserole}

Ingredients:
1 pkg. Tater Tots,  I usually let mine thaw for 2 to 3 hours---speeds up the cooking time!
1 can cream of celery soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 pound ground beef
1 (8-oz) pkg. shredded cheese

Directions:* Brown ground beef and drain. Mix both soups together in a bowl. Put ground beef in a casserole dish, add your soup mixture on top. Layer tater tots on top, then add the cheese. Bake covered at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

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