Brownie pizza

What you need:
Your favorite brownie mix or recipe
2 cups frozen cool whip, thawed
1 Tbsp sugar
8oz cream cheese, soften
1/2tsp vanilla extract
fruit of your choice

1) Line a round pan with parchment paper. Spray with cooking spray. Pour & cook brownie mix. Let cool.

2) Mix in a bowl the cream cheese, sugar & vanilla extract. Fold in the cool whip. Spread over brownie. Slice up the fruit & place on top.

3) Enjoy!

Cockpot corned beef & cabbage

No picture for this one. Use your imagination. :P It was gone by the time I even thought about posting. What's left in the crockpot really isn't "pretty".

Ingredients:
2-3lbs corned beef
carrots (I used baby carrots or you can chop up larger carrots)
2 onions (chopped)
potatoes (optional & I used red)
12oz beer (pick something Irish!!)
2 tbsp yellow mustard
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup water
cabbage (8 wedges is what was originally called for. I just sliced a head in half & then quartered 1 half.)

Cook time is 11-12 hours on low. I did it for 4 hours on high & then 3 hours on low. Mr has a football game tonight so I had to make sure it was ready for an early dinner but not too early. You could do 5-6 hours on high.

What you do:
Combine the onions & carrots at the bottom of the crockpot. Layer on the potatoes. Rinse your meat & place on top. Add seasoning packet that comes with it. Pour beer over it. Spread mustard over the meat. Mix the brown sugar & water together & pour over the meat. Cook. During the last 30-40 minutes take out the meat & wrap in foil to keep warm. Toss the cabbage into the crock pot & cook for the remaining time.

Chicken, snow pea and cashew fried rice

What you need:

• 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, sliced thin
• 1/4 cup teriyaki sauce
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 3 scallions, finely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh ginger (or an 1/8tsp dried ginger if you don't have fresh on hand)
  
• 8 ounces snow peas, trimmed
• 1/4 cup low-sodium chicken broth
  
• 4 cups cooked white rice (we used brown rice)
  
• 3 tablespoons chopped roasted cashews (added a ton more! I love cashews in chicken meals.)
  

What to do:

1. Marinade chicken in 2 Tbsp. teriyaki sauce in a bowl and set aside. Warm 1 1/2 Tbsp. vegetable oil in a wok or large nonstick skillet over high heat. Add chicken and cook, stirring, until no longer pink, 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a clean bowl.

2. Add scallions, garlic, ginger and remaining vegetable oil to wok and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add snow peas and chicken broth, cover and cook until tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in rice, chicken and remaining 2 Tbsp. teriyaki sauce and cook, stirring, until rice is heated through, 1 to 2 minutes. Toss in cashews and serve.

Cheesies

This is something the Mr introduced me to. Pretty easy to make & yummy.

What you need:
Rye bread (sliced)
Salsa
Cheddar cheese (we use sharp)
butter

What to do:
We use the toaster oven to make these but you can use your toaster & then the oven. Toast the bread. Take it out & butter it. Add a layer of cheese & then top with salsa. Put back into the toaster oven or the oven & broil until cheese melted & salsa is heated through.

Cheaters Cannoli's

10 Sugar cones

Cannoli mix:
15oz Ricotta cheese
2/3 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp grated orange peel
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp mini chocolate chips

I dipped my cones in chocolate & then sprinkles. (optional)

Blend all ingredients except chocolate chips. Stir in chocolate chips. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Fill cones. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.

Candy Corn Cupcakes

Saw these somewhere but lost the link. Super easy to make. I used a white cake mix & then divided it into 2 bowls. Tinted one bowl with yellow gel & the other with orange gel. Scoop about 2tsp of yellow into your cup & then top with about 2 tsp of orange. Bake & then ice with your favorite icing. I used buttercream - which proceeded to melt on me. I sprayed them with a black food coloring spray. I should have refrigerated the cupcakes after I iced them & then sprayed them. Oh well it was a learning process. :)

Red Velvet Whoopie Pies

I wanted to do something different than the usual cupcakes. Another momma made pumpkin whoopie pies so she got me thinking about those. No pumpkin mix in this house at the moment but I had some red velvet mix & cream cheese frosting sounded so good. For the cake part I followed the instructions on the box minus about a 1/4 cup of water & added 1 tsp of vanilla extract. Preheat oven at 350 degrees F. Place about 1tbsp of mix onto a cookie sheet. Cook for about 10 minutes. Let cool.

Onto the super duper yummy icing...

3/4 cup butter, softened
4 oz cream cheese, softened
1/8 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-2 tablespoons milk (I used 1 tbsp
2-4 cups powdered sugar (I used 3 cups)

Blend together the butter & cream cheese. Add in the brown sugar & vanilla extract. Blend. Add in 2 cups of the powdered sugar, blend on low. Add in, alternating, the milk & powdered sugar - depending on your desired consistency.

Place icing on 1 cake piece & top with a second. Enjoy!