M&M's Centerpiece

MEM's M&Ms
Originally uploaded by Mark E Mark.

This is my favorite centerpeice at a kids party. At first everyone made fun of me, but I have since seen it at their house. And, the kids can do all the work for you.

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Great Recipe Site!

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I have been looking for a great site for recipes. I found a site today for http://www.bakespace.com/. After checking out some of the recipes, I was very impressed. It is a forum site, which allows members to share recipes and techniques.

I also like pictures. This site offers a lot of pictures of the finished product.

Breakfast Burrito

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Here is a super easy recipe for breakfast. Whether you have a a hungry family, or company. The recipe calls for everything to be cooked with the eggs, but you can cook everything separate. This is always a great way to use up my leftover tortilla shells.

Ingredients
2 lb. sausage
Onion, diced
Green pepper, diced
1 can mushrooms
18 eggs
2 c. shredded cheddar cheese
Salsa (optional)
Soft Tortilla Shells

Brown Sausage, drain. Add onion, peppers, and mushrooms. Add the eggs mixed up with a little milk. Cook until scrambled eggs are done. Serve on warmed up tortilla shells. Top with salsa if desired.

For a spicy variety, add jalapeno peppers and hot sauce. Or, just keep them on the table.

Southern Comfort Punch

Summer is on it's way. Here is a great punch to serve at a BBQ, Shower, or any party. Of course it's not for the kids.

Ingredients
1/5 Southern Comfort
3 qt. white soda
6 oz. lemon juice
6 oz. frozen lemonade
6 oz. frozen orange juice

In a punch bowl, combine all ingredients. Give it a gentle stir and serve.

 

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Cheesy Tortellini

This recipe is so easy, your kids can make it. Besides making it, they will love to eat it. Great to take to a party in a crockpot, or serve as an entire meal to your family.

Ingredients
2 lbs. Tortellini
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1 cup. butter
16 oz. Velveeta Cheese

Cook Tortellini according to package directions. In a crock pot, melt cheese, mushroom soup and butter. Drain tortellini and add to cheese mixture.

 

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Ranch Vegetable Dip

Ingredients
2 - 16 oz. pkg. Original Dressing Mix
16 oz. Jar Mayonnaise
8 oz. Small Curd Cottage Cheese
8 oz. Sour Cream

Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl. Mix until well blended. Refrigerate overnight for best results. Serve with veggies. This is a great recipe for a large picnic or party.

 

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Vegetable Dip with Dill

Ingredients
1 pint sour cream - room temperature
1 pint Hellman's Mayo
3 tbsp. parsley
3 tbsp. onion powder
1 tbsp. dill weed
1 tbsp. celery salt

Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl and blend until well mixed. Let sit in fridge overnight for best flavor.

 

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Taco Dip

One of my favorite appetizers is Taco Dip. It was at every party I went to. If you weren't careful, it would fill you up and you weren't hungry for the rest of the meal. Who cares! When you are little, you don't like the rest of the meal anyway.

Ingredients
2 - 8 oz. cream cheese
1 lb. small curd cottage cheese ( replace with sour cream if you don't like cottage cheese)
1 pkg dry taco seasoning
1 tomato
1 small bag shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1 head of lettuce
Jar of taco sauce
1/8 cup of chopped onion

Soften cream cheese. Beat cream cheese, cottage cheese and taco seasoning until well blended. Make sure you scrape the sides a few times to get everything well mixed. Spread on a 13" x 9" casserole pan or jelly roll pan. Spread taco sauce over mixture. Top with chopped lettuce, tomatoes, onion, and cheese. Serve with tortilla chips.

 

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Smores

Who doesn't like having at least one Smores at a campfire! However, it is a lot to deal with. You have to toast a marshmallow, have the graham cracker and chocolate open and ready to go before your marshmallow falls off the stick. When you are camping out, this can get messy and you may not be able to keep up. Especially if you have 3 or 4 people helping you out with the marshmallows. I found a shortcut to making these delicious treats. Use Fudge Stripe Cookies. They are almost like a graham cracker, and already have a chocolate bottom. You don't have to open anything extra and they travel nicely.

This is a truly inspirational idea. Your friends will be amazed!

 

 

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Pasta Salad

Here is my favorite Pasta Salad. I can be a little picky when it come to this dish. I usually don't like a lot of extra stuff in mine. This is the simplest recipe I know and is definitely a recipe you can add your own ingredients to.

Ingredients
1 Bag of veggie spiral noodles
1 Jar of Italian dressing
1 Cucumber
1 Bell Pepper
2 Tomatoes
salt
pepper

Cook pasta according to package instructions. While that is cooking, remove the skin from cucumber and dice cucumber into 1/2 inch cubes. Cut tomatoes and bell pepper into 1/2 inch pieces also. Set aside. Drain pasta and spray with cold water to help stop the cooking process. Drain again. Place pasta in a bowl with your veggies. Add 2/3 of your Italian Dressing to bowl and stir. Season with a little salt and pepper. Refrigerate over night, or at least 4 hours for best results. Right before serving, add rest of the Italian Dressing and give salad a quick stir.

Other ingredients to add, if you like
Pepperoni
Onion
Mushrooms
Croutons

 

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