Cripple Creek Caviar

Ingredients
1- 16 oz. can black-eyed peas, drained and rinsed
1/3 c. oil free Italian dressing
1 Tbsp. Vinegar
2 tomatoes, chopped
1/4 c. green onion, sliced
1- 4 oz. can chopped green chilies
1/4 tsp. Italian seasoning
Dash crushed red pepper flakes

1. Combine peas, dressing, green chilies, vinegar, Italian seasoning, and red pepper.

2. Cover and chill 4-6 hours.

3. Add tomato and green onion; toss gently.

Serve with chips or Melba rounds.

(pg. 24 from Jenn's recipe book)

Crockpot Mongolian Beef

I found the original recipe here and adapted it some for our liking since the original recipe calls for more sugar and ginger than we like.

 

Ingredients:

• 1.5 pounds beef flank steak, cut into stir fry sized strips
• 2 Tablespoons olive oil
• 1/8 teaspoon minced ginger
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 0.75 cup soy sauce
• 0.75 cup water
• 0.25 cup brown sugar
• 0.25 cup cornstarch
• 0.5 cup shredded carrots
• 3 medium green onions, chopped

(the rest is just cut and pasted from the site)

Directions:

Coat flank steak pieces in cornstarch.  Add remainder of ingredients to crockpot and stir well to combine. Place flank steak into the crockpot and cook on high for 2-3 hours or on low for 4-5 hours.  Serve over rice or noodles, if desired.

Freezing Directions:

Coat flank steak in cornstarch. Combine remaining ingredients and place in freezer bag.  Add steak to bag. Label and freeze,  To serve: Thaw. Cook in crockpot on high for 2-3 hours or low for 4-5 hours.

Servings: 4

Sopapilla Cake

INGREDIENTS:
2 - 8 oz. pkg of cream cheese
2 - pkg crescent rolls
2 cups sugar
1 stick butter
1.5 tsp vanilla
cinammon

1. Pam pan
2.  Roll out a layer of crescent rolls in pan
3. Mix vanilla, cream cheese and 1 cup sugar; spread over rolls
4. Roll out 2nd layer of crescent rolls on top
5. Melt butter and 1 cup sugar and brush on rolls
6. Sprinkle cinammon on top
7. Cook 30 minutes at 350 degrees

Broiled Tilapia

http://southernfood.about.com/od/tilapiarecipes/r/bl40621s.htm

Easy Chicken Parmesan

INGREDIENTS
chicken (sliced thin)
butter
Italian bread crumbs
Parmesan cheese
Provolon/Mozzarella cheese slices
Spaghetti sauce (we use Ragu)
Pasta

DIRECTIONS
1.  Set oven at 400 degrees
2.  Slice chicken in half (we like it thin!) and season with salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder
3.  Melt half a stick of butter
4.  Lay out Italian bread crumbs on a plate and stir in some parmesan cheese.
5.  Dip chicken in melted butter and then coat with bread crumbs
6.  Cook for 20 minutes.
7.  Place slice cheese (provolon, mozzarella; we use cheddar b/c Pen loves it that way!) on top of chicken and then top with Spaghetti sauce (we use Ragu)
8.  Cook for another 10 minutes.
9. Serve with pasta

I always warm up a little more sauce for the noodles and make garlic bread.

Enchilada Casserole

INGREDIENTS
1.5 lbs ground beef
1/2 medium onion (diced)
1 green bell pepper (diced)
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can mild enchilada sauce
1/2 can diced rotel tomatoes
1 c. grated cheddar cheese
Corn tortillas

DIRECTIONS:
1.  Brown meat, onions, bell peppers and drain
2.  Add canned ingredients and cook until bubbles
3.  Line bottom of 9x12" dish with tortillas (torn into quarters)
4.  Pour 1/2 mixture over tortillas
5. Layer tortillas and mixture until gone
6.  Top with grated cheese
7.  Cook 20-30 minutes at 350 degrees

**I recently discovered this could be made even easier my layering the bottom with premade taquitos and then adding all the rest on top.  Not quite as good but good enough if time calls for the change. You don't have to brown the meat and you wouldn't need to have all the layers.

Easy Italian Chicken

INGREDIENTS

Boneless chicken breasts (cubed or sliced)
1.2 cup Italian dressing
1 tsp Italian seasoning
1/2 cup grated parmesan or romano cheese
4-6 medium potatoes (cubed or diced)

DIRECTIONS
1. Place chicken at bottom of crockpot and cover with half of the seasonings cheese
2. Place potatoes on top and around and cover with the other half of seasonings and cheese
3. Cook on low for 6-8 hours (takes less time when you cube the meat).

I got this recipe from southernfood.about.com