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Oh! You Cook!: Fruit Salad with Honey-Lime Dressing - Easy

Oh! You Cook!: Fruit Salad with Honey-Lime Dressing - Easy
Fruit salad is very easy to make ... especially if you have someone else make it. But to really make it easy, especially if you don't have any spare friends of the bride to delegate to, just omit the cantaloupe that you bought because only 3 fruits didn't seem like enough at the time while you were at the local try-n-save stocking up on picnic produce but after assembling the salad it looked like you would have plenty enough to serve everyone who showed up at the local park the same time you did instead of just the 8 people invited, so you left said cantaloupe in the very lovely sterling fruit basket given as a wedding gift earlier by said spare friend. Strawberries are rather perishable, so this is not a recipe that can be made too far in advance. Make this salad the same day you plan to serve it. To be honest, I prefer grapes with seeds. I think the flavor gene is attached to the seed gene. Fruit Salad with Honey-Lime Dressing - EasyYield: enough for a crowd Gently pat dry the fruit.

Pumpkin Pie Sheet Cake If you love Pumpkin Pie, but don’t want to worry about shaping and making and baking a pie crust…this is the perfect dessert for you. The crust is a combination of cake mix, butter and an egg. No shaping required! Just press it into a jelly roll pan, mix up your filling, pour it on top, bake it up and you will be sitting pretty with a Pumpkin Pie Sheet Cake dessert divine. Want a few more details?Like a list of the ingredients! Here you are….. Pumpkin Pie Sheet Cake Time: 15 minutes prep + 60 minutes to bake Yield: 20 servings Recipe from my mother in law, Jill Eskelson Crust: 1 yellow cake mix 1/2 C butter, melted 1 egg Filling: 1 29 ounce can pumpkin 1 1/2 C sugar 1 t salt 2 t cinnamon 1 t ginger 1/2 t cloves 4 eggs 2 12 ounce cans evaporated milk 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. and the pumpkin and mix until combined. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Cinnamon Roll Mug Cake (made in 3 minutes!) Thanks so much BuzzFeed for featuring this mug cake!! You can see 17 more awesome mug cake recipes on their site HERE. Wow! I think I may gain 10 pounds this month from adapting this method for making cake. Cinnamon Roll Mug Cake (made in 3 minutes!) Ingredients 2 Tbsp applesauce 1 Tbsp vegetable oil 1 Tbsp buttermilk 1/4 tsp vanilla extract 1/4 cup + 1 Tbsp all-purpose flour 2 1/2 Tbsp packed light-brown sugar 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon 1 dash ground nutmeg (optional) 1/4 tsp baking powder 1/8 tsp (scant) salt 1 Recipe Cream Cheese Icing, recipe follows Cream Cheese Icing 1 Tbsp Cream Cheese or Neufchatel Cheese, softened 2 Tbsp powdered sugar 1 tsp milk Directions Prepare Cream Cheese Icing according to directions listed, set aside. Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and whisk with a fork until smooth.

creamy tomato pasta finally! so many tomatoes i don't know what to do with them all! i've waited patiently all summer. watched the two tomato plants my grandpa gave me grow taller and taller until they overtook their cage and filled with so many tomatoes i was almost afraid they would all come at once. which they did. at least some of them did. i still have a couple dozen green ones i've been watching like a hawk, waiting for the tinge of orange so i can figure out which one of the million "best tomato _____ ever!" i wanted sauce and pasta. but i had just slaved over this one and was in the mood for something different. the perfect combination: tomatoes and cream and cheese. it was even better than i expected. toss together a quick tomato sauce. i used fresh tomatoes and i'm sure you could use jarred pasta sauce instead. but i'm warning you - it takes about five minutes to make it from scratch and the flavor is well worth it. guaranteed you'll fight over who gets seconds, just like we did.

Nutella Mug Cake There are several food bloggers that I follow religiously. In fact I have a hard time concentrating at work until I read their posts each morning (ssshh!). And a lot of them just crack me up. The secret is this: Nutella Mug Cake. Here’s what you’ll need You’ll need 4 tablespoons sugar, 3 tablespoons cocoa powder, 4 tablespoons self-rising flour, 3 tablespoons milk, 3 tablespoons vegetable oil, And the Nutella! Oh yeah…and an egg. Whisk with a fork until smooth It has magically risen and baked completely in 1.5 minutes. I quickly made some whipped cream, then dug in! Nutella Mug Cake Yields 1 Ingredients 4 tablespoons self-rising flour 4 tablespoons sugar 1 egg 3 tablespoons cocoa powder 3 tablespoons Nutella 3 tablespoons milk 3 tablespoons vegetable oil Whipped Cream Topping (if desired) ½ cup heavy cream 1 tablespoon sugar Instructions Combine all ingredients in a large coffee mug. Adapted from Eclectic Recipes livelovepasta

Holiday Bourbon Whiskey Meatballs NOTE: 1 bag of (1 pound) frozen meatballs is only about 18 to 20 larger size meatballs. That is perfect for a small get-together. But if you’re going to a larger party, you might want to get TWO bags of meatballs, and in that case you would then DOUBLE the above recipe. In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients except your meatballs. Mix up really well. Place your frozen meatballs into your crock pot, and pour the whiskey sauce in on top. Now turn up the heat to high. Once it appears that the meatballs have somewhat thawed, go ahead and turn your crockpot down to low. You don’t want to burn all that wonderful whiskey sauce! Boy these are so good!

Watermelon Lemonade — Delish This week was my turn to host Project Pastry Queen. Its hard choosing a recipe from a cookbook where every recipe looks and sounds fantastic, especially as we continue to try more recipes and learn that Rebecca’s recipes are in fact just as tasty as they look and sound! There are some caramel brownies in the cookbook that I am dying to make but the end of summer is approaching (wishful thinking?), so I decided to make a practical recipe choice — Watermelon Lemonade. Locating watermelon in a few months will be tricky so I figured now would be a good time to try this one out! I honestly didn’t read the recipe until after I picked it out. I served it immediately and ended up loading up my glass with at least 1/2 cup of watermelon and eating/sipping my lemonade with a spoon! Its delicious… a perfect summer beverage!! Watermelon LemonadeYields: 12 servings Sugar Syrup: 2 cups water 2 cups sugar To make sugar syrup: Combine the water and sugar in a medium saucepan. Tagged as: Drinks, lemon

Ore-Ida® Makes Family Night Deliciously Fun #OreIdaDinner - Mom Blog Society <div class="greet_block wpgb_cornered"><div class="greet_text"><div class="greet_image"><a href=" rel="nofollow"><img src=" alt="WP Greet Box icon"/></a></div>Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to <a href=" rel="nofollow"><strong>subscribe to the RSS feed</strong></a> for updates on this topic.<div style="clear:both"></div></div></div> As the mom of a picky eater family of 8 and a busy weekday scheduled, I am always looking for quick recipes that will get them all to the dinner table. I could almost say that my middle daughter {Aryka, age 8} inspired this recipe version from the previous ones we tried. Cheesy Hamburger Tater Tot Casserole Ingredients: Directions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. For more amazing and Favorite Weeknight Meals Visit our Pinterest Board #OreIdaDinner Disclosure:

Mel's Kitchen Cafe | Skillet Creamy Macaroni and Cheese For years, I have struggled with homemade mac and cheese. It just doesn’t work when I make it. It turns out grainy and clumpy and just plain gross. My oldest son, Jackson, has declared cooking his favorite hobby (love that boy and his buzzcut!) Cheesy Basil Stuffed Chicken Breasts or Crispy Oven Baked ChickenSteamed vegetable (or this Cheesy Cauliflower Bake if you want to continue the cheese theme)Fresh fruit Skillet Creamy Macaroni and Cheese Ingredients 3 1/2 cups water, plus extra if needed 1 (12-ounce) can evaporated milk 12 ounces (about 3 cups) elbow macaroni 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cornstarch 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard 1/4 teaspoon hot sauce 6 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded (1 1/2 cups) 6 ounces Monterey Jack cheese, shredded (1 1/2 cups) 2 tablespoons butter, cut into small chunks Ground black pepper to taste Directions Bring 3 1/2 cups water, 1 cup of the evaporated milk, the macaroni, and 1/2 teaspoon salt to a simmer in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over high heat. Notes

Chocolate Caramel Brownies These brownies could very well be the most decadent brownies I've ever eaten. They are rich, chocolaty and smothered with creamy caramel. I'm drooling just thinking about them! Chocolate Caramel Brownies Recipe: Makes 24 brownies For the brownies: 1 cup (2 sticks) butter 12 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped 1½ cups sugar 4 large eggs 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1¼ cups all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon salt 1½ cups pecans, coarsely chopped (optional, I didn't use any) 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips For the caramel filling: 14 ounces caramel candies, unwrapped 1/4 cup heavy cream Preheat the oven to 350˚ F. Meanwhile, add the chopped pecans (if using) to a medium skillet over medium heat. Here are more of our favorite brownie recipes:Better Than Anything BrowniesCheesecake BrowniesSamoa BrowniesReese's BrowniesFudgy Brownies

S'mores Cake in a Jar Oh friends. Hi. How are you? Judging from the above picture, you can assume I’m doing well. I’m not going hungry, that’s for sure. Guess what? S’mores jar cakes clearly top dinner recipes. Let’s talk mason jars. More on mason jars? Just so we’re clear, s’mores jar cakes have buttery graham crusts covered with fluffy double chocolate chip cake and pillowy marshmallow toppings that are so perfectly browned and bubbly you can taste the campfire and smell the midnight July breeze. Need more convincing? S’mores Cake in a Jar makes 4 16-ounce mason jar cakes for crust: 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs 1/2 stick butter pinch of salt Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter and mix in graham crumbs and salt. for cake: (from peanut butter hot fudge cupcakes) 1 1/8 cups all purpose flour 1/4 cup dark cocoa powder 1 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon heavy cream 1/2 cup butter, melted 2 tablespoons sour cream for topping:

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