Chicken & Stuffing

Great meal to use leftover chicken or turkey! 

• 4-5 chicken breasts, cooked and chopped
• 2 cans cream of chicken soup
• 1 (12 oz) sour cream
• 1 box Stove Top stuffing (I buy a few of these when they go on sale! Usually around Thanksgiving you can find coupons and they usually have great sales on them. They are good to have on hand to make quick meals.)

Mix soup, sour cream, and chicken.  Place in greased 9x13 baking dish.  Make your stuffing according to directions on box.  Place on top of chicken mixture and bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.

Taco Salad

Great meal!

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 head of iceberg lettuce, chopped
• 1/2 Romain lettuce, chopped
• 2 tomatoes
• 1 can corn, drained
• 1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 small can olives, drained
• 1 small onion, diced
• 2 cups grated cheese
• tortilla chips
• sour cream
• salsa

Fry ground beef seasoned with garlic salt in skillet.  Drain off fat and cool.  Place lettuce, tomatoes, corn, black beans, olives, onions, cheese, and hamburger in large bowl and toss.  Serve with small pieces of tortilla chips, sour cream and salsa.

I make half this for our family, because it's not very good leftover.  I store the other half of corn and black beans in the fridge for another meal.  I also cook double the hamburger now and store the other half for another meal.  Taco soup is a great second meal to use leftovers...from leftover to gourmet!

Taco Soup

Simply good!

• 1 lb hamburger
• 1 can pinto beans
• 1 can corn
• 1 can green chilies
• 1 package taco seasoning
• 1 can diced tomatoes
• 2 TBS four
• cheese
• sour cream
• tortilla chips

Brown hamburger in a large pot with garlic salt.  Drain.  Add taco seasoning and flower.  Add beans, corn, chilies, and tomatoes.  Add 3 cans of water.  Bring to a boil.  Simmer for 10 min.  Serve with cheese, sour cream, and chips. 

I always make this when I have leftover corn, green chilies or tomatoes in the fridge.  I've also thrown in black beans if we have them leftover from taco salad and it's yummy too!

Watermelon Smoothie

A family favorite, around our house, are smoothies.  I had a bunch of watermelon leftover from a party, so I decided to make a smoothie with it and leftover sherbet...it was amazing!

• 6 cups chopped seedless watermelon
• 2 cups sherbet (I used tropical)
• 1 cup ice
• 1/8 cup sugar

Place everything in a blender and blend on smoothie setting until smooth.

Crock Pot Stroganoff

Yummy!

• 1 lb round steak
• garlic salt
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• 1 cup Beef broth
• 1 can diced tomatoes
• 1 (8oz) container sour cream
• Wide egg noodles

Rub round steak with garlic salt and place in a lightly greased crock pot.  Mix flour with broth then add in soup and tomatoes.  Pour over steak and cook on low 6-8 hours.  Chunk meat with two forks.  Whisk in sour cream.  Serve over cooked wide egg noodles. 

If you have made the slow cooker steak dinner, place the meat and gravy (pick out any potatoes or carrots) in crock pot.  Cook on low until hot, about 2 hours.  Add sour cream and serve over cooked noodles. 

Slow Cooker Steak Dinner

Great all in one meal!

• 2 lbs round steak
• 1 tsp garlic salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 4 potatoes, large cubes
• 1 cup baby carrots
• 1 onion, sliced
• 1 can fire roasted tomatoes
• 1 can mushroom soup
• 1 cup beef broth
• 2 TBSP corn starch

Rub round steak with Wprcestershire sauce, salt and pepper.  Place in lightly greased crock pot.  Place potatoes, carrots, and onions on top.  In a bowl, mix tomatoes, soup, broth and corn starch.  Pour over everything.  Cook on low 7-8 hours. 

I make extra so I can use the meat and gravy for stroganoff...from leftover to gourmet!

Mini chocolate filled cupcakes

These make great gifts!

Yellow Cake

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2/3 cup butter
• 1 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/4 cup milk

In a large mixing bowl beat butter and sugar until creamy.  Add vanilla.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating 1 min. after each.  Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl.  Add dry mixture and milk alternately to sugar mixture.  Pour batter into prepared cup cake pan.  Bake at 375 degrees for 15 min or until done. 

• 1 box chocolate jello

Make jello according to directions. Once cupcakes are cool, pipe jello into middle of cupcake. Move tip around in middle creating a hole for pudding to fill. Frost cupcakes. 

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting 

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 2 tsp vanilla 
• 4 TBSP milk

Cream butter with mixer. Add 3 cups sugar and cocoa and beat on low. Add vanilla, milk, and more sugar if needed to make it a stiff frosting.