Triple Chocolate Desert

I've changed this recipe and tried making cornbread in the crockpot and it makes it very moist. But this is the original and it's really yummy and moist. Great to make in the summer when you don't want the stove on.

You will need:

1 box Milk chocolate cake mix
1 8oz carton of sour cream
1 3 3/8 oz package instant chocolate pudding mix
1 cup chocolate chips
3/4 cup oil
4 eggs
1 cup water


lightly grease crock pot, combine all ingredients in a bowl and pour into crock pot. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 3-4 hours.

Enchilada Dip

Whenever a recipe calls for ground beef I swap it out for turkey, but you can use ground beef in this recipe if you want. We've been doing this since 2007 and haven't really missed the ground beef. This is made in a crock pot and cooks 2-3 hours so it's great to make ahead. Just brown the beef and mix with other ingredients and place in the refrigerator. With my crock pot it comes in two pieces so you can detach the bowl from the heating element. Only problem is it has a design on the side that makes it not as easy to clean.

2lbs  Ground turkey
3/4 cup onion, chopped
1 cup celery chopped
16 oz shredded cheddar cheese
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 10oz can enchilada sauce

brown turkey, drain (this is the great thing about turkey there isn't much if anything to drain) combine turkey with all other ingredients in crock pot, cover and cook on high for 2-3 hours stirring occasionally. Serve with tortilla chips.

Hot Wassail

This beverage is traditionally a Christmas Beverage. So why am I thinking about it mid June? For years Dan and I have a Christmas in July sort of Celebration. We have a vast amount of Christmas movies so much so we have to start our "Christmas in July" celebration on July 1st and usually it goes past July. It's fun and we get to see movies that we loved as kids.


Anyway I thought this would be a fun recipe to try soon perhaps Iced!

You will need:
1 gallon apple juice
1/2 box brown sugar
1/2 jar orange tang
1 tsp cinnamon
1 small can of Lemonade
4 cups water
1 Orange sliced
15 whole cloves

Mix apple juice, brown sugar, drink mix, cinnamon, lemonade and water. Put in Crock pot and heat. Add orange and cloves. Let float on top for added flavor. Wassail will stay good all day.

Buffalo Chicken Dip

I love this so much because 1., its so yummy and 2., its easy and quick to make!

You will need:

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup blue cheese salad dressing
• 1/2 cup hot sauce
• 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese or shredded mozzarella cheese
• 2 (9.75 ounce) cans  Chunk chicken breast in Water, drained
• Assorted fresh vegetables, crackers and tortilla chips

1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Stir the cream cheese in a 9-inch deep dish pie plate with a fork or whisk until it's smooth. Stir in the dressing, pepper sauce and blue cheese. Stir in the chicken.
3. Bake for 20 minutes or until the chicken mixture is hot and bubbly. Stir before serving. Serve with the vegetables and crackers for dipping.

vegetable pizza

Love this! Great for baby showers or really anytime. Its one of my favorite things to have at a party besides fruit pizza!


You will need:

• 2 (8 ounce) packages refrigerated crescent rolls
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1 (1 ounce) package dry Ranch-style dressing mix
• 1 cup fresh broccoli, chopped
• 1 cup chopped tomatoes
• 1 cup chopped green bell pepper
• 1 cup chopped cauliflower
• 1 cup shredded carrots
• 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. Roll out the crescent roll dough onto a 9x13 inch baking sheet, and pinch together edges to form the pizza crust.
3. Bake crust for 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Once finished cooking, remove crust from oven and let cool 15 minutes without removing it from the baking sheet.
4. In a small mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, mayonnaise, and dry Ranch dressing. Spread the mixture over the cooled crust. Arrange broccoli, tomato, green bell pepper, cauliflower, shredded carrots, and Cheddar cheese over the cream cheese layer. Chill for one hour, slice and serve.

86 Garlic Citrus chicken (crockpot remix)

I've made this recipe with my oven forever. It's been in our rotation for a while now originally got this from the food network but I tweaked it quite a bit. The original recipe is posted here. The thing is when it's summer time I really try not to use the oven alot since we don't have air conditioning in that part of the house and cooking time is over an hour, and there's alot that goes into that recipe but totally worth it. The taste is similar to rotisserie chicken you buy in the store.

You will need

1 (5 to 6-pound) whole roasting chicken, neck and giblets discarded
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 orange, quartered
1 lemon, quartered
1 head garlic, halved crosswise, plus 3 garlic cloves, chopped
2 (14-ounce) cans reduced-sodium chicken broth
1/4 cup frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning 


1. Rinse chicken and salt and pepper the inside cavity and salt the outside.

2. Take the fruit and garlic head and stuff it inside the chicken you most likely will find it won't all fit what I do is stuff it under the skin and it comes out beautifully.

3. place in crock pot and cook on high for 4-5 hours (for a 3-4 pound chicken) chicken should reach 170 degrees when done. While the chicken is cooking, make the basting sauce add 1/4 cup lemon juice, oil, 1/4 orange juice concentrate, 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning, and 2 cloves garlic (minced) whisk together. (pour over chicken  twice during cooking time)

Serve with 2 dishes.

Fruit Pizza

There are many variations to this recipe. I usually use whatever is available or what I've got a huge taste for. I love the strawberry banana. I grew up loving this after having it at several of my mom's friend's Christmas parties (they were legendary over 100 people would come and go on Christmas eve!)

You will need:

1 roll of sugar cookie dough (it's so much quicker and easier if you purchase but you can also make your own)
1 cup sugar
2 8oz packages of cream cheese, softened
1 16oz bag frozen strawberries
1 16oz bag frozen mango
2-3 bananas, sliced a little splash of lemon juice will prevent them from browning
2 kiwi, sliced

1 Spread cookie dough on pizza pan and bake (every oven is different bake at 350 and watch after 10 minutes. take out when cookie is a golden brown.

2. Allow cookie to cool. I put mine in the refrigerator to speed this up.

3. While cookie is cooling put cream cheese and sugar in a bowl and mix until it's smooth and well Incorporated. Then spread on cookie.

4. If you have little helpers this is where you can have them help decorate the pizza.

5. Chill in the refrigerator until time to serve, refrigerate leftovers if there is any :)