Sweet and Salty Popcorn Munch

This is the perfect snack mix appetizer when you have a huge crowd to feed for an event where candy and cookies are involved. The popcorn is cheap and a good filler snack. It adds salty into the snack mix.

Super easy and cheap!

Sweet and Salty Popcorn Munch

Ingredients

3 bags of popped microwave popcorn
1 box of any type of graham crackers like Teddy Grahams
1 bag M & Ms
1 bag Gummy Bears
1 bag of pretzel sticks

Directions

Mix all together and serve!
Add any snacks to this to make it your own.

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White Chocolate Pecan Popcorn Crunch

Popcorn is my go to snack. Most of the time I eat it air popped or movie theatre butter covered! Popcorn is a great addition to any appetizer snack mix. This one involves white chocolate and nuts! How do you like your popcorn?

Super easy snack mix!

White Chocolate Pecan Popcorn Crunch

Ingredients

Almond Bark melted
1 cup of pretzels
2 bags of popcorn
1 cup of Honey Nut Cheerios
1 cup of M & Ms
1 cup pecans
1 teaspoon of cinnamon, allspice or pumpkin spice (optional)

Directions

1- Melt the almond bark in the microwave according to the pack directions. You'll only need 1/4 of a package for 1 batch.
2- Spread out everything but the popcorn on a cookie sheet.
3- Pour on the almond bark and mix around. You won't need the full 1/4 melted bark because you want to pour it on lightly and let dry. Everything should just be lightly covered.
4-Once dry, break apart and mix with the popcorn.
5- Serve.

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Peanut Butter Cake Dessert Recipe

If you need a quick, easy homemade dessert this is it! My teen made this Peanut Butter Pan Cake from the Meals in Minutes Gooseberry Patch Cookbook. Most of the ingredients you will have on hand if not all of them. Some people think that a box mix is quick, which it is, but if you are wanting something just as quick that is homemade this is the cake. I really only takes a few minutes to add the ingredients together and bake. Give this dessert recipe a try!

Peanut Butter Pan Cake

Ingredients

3 c. all purpose flour
2 c. sugar
2 t. baking soda
1 t. salt
1/4 c. baking cocoa
2 t. vanilla extract
3/4 c. oil
2 T. vinegar
2 c. water

Directions

Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and baking cocoa in a large bowl; mix well. Add vanilla, oil and vinegar; stir in water, mixing well. Spread into a lightly greased 13"x9" baking pan; bake at 350 degrees for 35 min. Spread Peanut Butter Frosting on cake when cool. Makes 15.

Peanut Butter Frosting

Ingredients2 c. powdered sugar
1 c. shortening
1 1/2 t. vanilla extract
1/2-3/4 c. milk
1 c. creamy peanut butter (WE USED CRUNCHY)

DirectionsCombine sugar, shortening and vanilla until smooth and creamy, adding enough milk to reach desired spreading consistency. Stir in peanut butter; mix well. 

This recipe is from Meals in Minutes Cookbook by Gooseberry Patch. We have permission to share the recipe. The photo is ours!  Click the link to find out more about this 10 year old Anniversary copy of this tasty cookbook. It really has meals in it that can be prepared in minutes, just like this cake! 

Cheesy Super Bowl Dip for Game Day

I openly admit that our family favorite part of a football game is the game day food! Yes even for hubby. If there is good food and friends we will be there no matter who is playing! We love tasty appetizers and even dinner time recipes for game day eating events. Try this super bowl dip as it is one of our favorites!

One of our favorite parts of this recipe is the bacon! We are suckers for bacon recipes! Have fun with this one and substitute ingredients to use what you have on hand! 

Cheesy Super Bowl Dip

Dip ingredients

8 oz Colby jack cheese, shredded
16 oz crisp, fresh bacon bits
1 c. Parmesan cheese, shredded or grated
1 1/2 c. mayonnaise
1/2 c. chopped onion
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 round loaf bread (20-26 oz) (I use Hawaiian Round Bread loaf)

Topping Ingredients

1 bag Seneca Onions or french fried onions
1/2 pkg Ranch Dressing mix
1 T. dry chives
1 T. Oil (I use EVOL)

Directions

Fry bacon into crisp bits. Shred/grate cheese. Chop onion and mince garlic. Hollow out bread, reserving torn pieces. (Cut into the bread making the top crust cut to look like a football.)

Mix together bacon, cheeses, mayo, onion and garlic. Spoon into bread. Place on an ungreased baking sheet and bake 350 degrees for 45 min without the top! After about 20 minutes I lightly cover the bread bowl with foil. This will let the dip continue to get warm and melty and prevent the bowl from getting too dark.  

While baking, prepare topping. Cut open the Seneca Onions bag and pour in 1/2 pkg Ranch Dressing mix, chives and oil. Close bag and shake! When dip is finished, pull out of oven and top with 1/2 bag of onions (reserve the rest as a side to snack on or add on top of the dip half way through)

Kitchen Notes
For fun I lightly put the football cut out on top of the dip and used Seneca Onions as the pig skin laces! You can also wrap the bowl in some foil to give it some insulation to keep warm if not serving the dip right away.

Serve with the torn bread, apples and pretzels.

Serves 4-6 hungry football fans.

YUMMY PHOTOS!

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Meals in Minutes Thai Peanut Noodles Recipe

Everyone has time to make meals in minutes instead of hours, right? One of my favorite Gooseberry Patch Cookbook's is Meals in Minutes. It is such a popular cookbook that they published a 10th anniversary edition. The cookbook is for new chefs, newlyweds, seasoned cooks, Gooseberry Patch cookbook collectors, busy mom's, dad's looking for a date night meal and more! Each page in this 222 page cookbook is chocked full of recipes and hand-dandy tips to make meal time prep look easy. Here is one of our favorite dinner time recipes. 

Thai Peanut Noodles

Instructions

1 lb shrimp (we also added 1 lb chicken breast cut into small pieces)
1 c. light Italian salad dressing, divided
8 oz pkg. angel hair pasta
2 T. crunchy peanut butter
1 T. soy sauce
1 T. honey
1 t. ground ginger (we used 2 t. fresh, chopped ginger)
1/2 t. red pepper flakes
1 carrot, peeled and shredded
1 c. green onions, chopped
1 T. sesame oil 
2 T. fresh cilantro, chopped
optional: 2/3 c. chopped peanuts

Directions

Coat shrimp and chicken with 1/2 cup salad dressing; refrigerate for 30 min. Meanwhile, prepare pasta according to pkg. directions; drain. In a bowl, whisk peanut butter with remaining salad dressing, soy sauce, honey, ginger and red pepper flakes until smooth; set aside. In a skillet over med. heat, sauté carrot, onions, chicken & shrimp in sesame oil until  chicken is cooked, about 5 min. Toss pasta, peanut butter mixture and meat together in a large serving bowl; sprinkle with cilantro and peanuts. Serves 4. 

Kitchen Notes: We doubled the ingredients for the peanut sauce-it needed it!

Find out more about this tasty cookbook over at Meals in Minutes Gooseberry Patch Cookbook Review. 

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Mom's Cheesy Hash Browns Recipe

Do you have a go to potato side dish that everyone loves? We have quite a few and one of them is this dinner time recipe for Mom's Cheesy Hash browns. This recipe is from Mom's VERY BEST Cookbook by Gooseberry Patch. Some of our most favorite recipes have been shared to use from other families. How about you? I love tried and true recipes. 

Mom's Cheesy Hash browns 

Ingredients

1/4 c. butter
1 sweet onion, chopped
2 c. shredded Cheddar Cheese
1 c. sour cream
30-oz pkg country-style frozen shredded hashbrowns, thawed

Directions

Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.  Add onion and cook until translucent, about 5 minutes.  Mix in cheese and continue stirring until melted.  Remove from heat; stir in sour cream.  Gently fold mixture into hash browns.  Spoon into a greased 2-quart casserole dish.  Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 60-75 minutes, until heated through and top is golden.  Serves 6-8. 

Mom's VERY BEST Recipes, is the very best tasty recipes that you can count on Mom making for you.  They are tried and true from Mom's recipe box. Did I tell you that I love this book? Click over and get the full review at Mom's Very Best Recipes! 

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5 Family Favorite Crockpot Recipes and Menu Plan Monday Recipe Link Party

Welcome back to Menu Plan Monday! I don't know about you but last week flew by extremely fast. I'm predicting the same this week, too! Our home schedule is slowing getting back into the fall routine. It helps so much having a dinner time menu plan to keep me organized and so in the long run saves me a lot of time trying to figure out what to cook each day!. Do you use one? 

This week I'm featuring 5 family favorite crockpot recipes which are perfect for fall. I hope you enjoy the 5 family favorite apple recipes last week. Stay tuned for more fall favorite fall recipes including pumpkin recipes that I plan to share, soon!  to get us into the fall spirit! I won't be cooking all this week but sharing with you! 

Monday-Crockpot Pot Roast Sliders with Creamy Chipotle Sauce and fresh corn and tomatoes- freeze the leftover meat into 1-2 sandwich servings sizes for easy lunches

Tuesday- Fix it and Forget it Steak Stroganoff with noodles and fresh salad- family favorite! I need to find my updated photo for this recipe. 

Wednesday- Crockpot Cranberry BBQ Chicken and Mock Mashed Potato Bar - the leftover chicken gets used for nacho or pizza. If I didn't plan those into the menu plan then I freeze the chicken to use when we add it into our menu.

Thursday-Crockpot Refried Beans for bean burritos- perfect no meat meal. The beans are used for Easy Chicken Tostada Salad, Texas Straw Hat, bean nachos, bean dip, bean quesadillas and more! We freeze the beans in 2 cup portions, too. 

Friday-Leftovers

The Weekend-Crockpot Spinach Stuffed Shells and fresh garden veggies - this is a wonderful no meal meal but you could add meat too! This is a perfect meal to make on the weekend. People can eat it and reheat it whenever they want to eat. 

Featured Recipe from last week's menu plan- Kitchen Fun With My Three Sons Crab on the Beach Snack- extra adorable! Her picture is up above.

Featured Menu from last week's menu plan- Afropolitan Menu Plan - love steak tacos and hope to try those soon for hubby

Sweet Treats- I can make any of these for the kids. Chocolate Iced Box Cake, Easy Cookie & Cream Cereal Bars, Chocolate Amish Friendship Bread Brownies

TWO COOKBOOK GIVEAWAYS- Everyday Simple Suppers and Flour, Too

I've linked up at OrgJunkie's Menu Plan Monday link up. I will pin some of the below post on Pinterest as I have time this week!! Remember each week I try and share a recipe & menu plan each week which was linked up. If you do pin my post, please leave a comment and I will be sure to get yours pinned. Thanks! Have a super week.

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