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Showing posts with label Side Dish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Side Dish. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Baked Potato Casserole

I made this as a side dish the other night when I made Spicy Jack Mac & Cheese with Chicken and Broccoli. The potatoes were so creamy and tasted delicious! This would go great with any dish!Ingredients-

-Around 8 Medium Potatoes peeled and cut into 1" chunks

-1 Cup Evaporated Milk

-1/2 Cup Sour Cream

-1 Tsp. Salt

-1/2 Tsp. Black Pepper

-2 Cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese

-6 Slices Cooked Bacon, Crumbled

-Sliced Green OnionsCook potatoes in water for about 20 minutes or until tender. Drain. In a large bowl combine potatoes, evaporated milk, sour cream, salt and pepper. Beat with hand mixer until smooth. Stir in 1 1/2 cups of cheese and half of the bacon. Pour mixture into greased baking dish.
Bake for 20-25 minutes at 350 until heated through. Top with remaining cheese, bacon and green onions.
Bake for additional 3-5 minutes or until cheese is melted. Serve with any dish and enjoy!

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Creamy Cheesy Mashed Potatoes

The other night when I made Pork Lion, I made these creamy mashed potatoes to go with it! It was the perfect side and tasted sooo good! Rheanne couldn't get enough, she had about 4 helpings!
Ingredients:
-About 6 Potatoes, Peeled and Cut Up
-3/4 Cups Evaporated Milk
-1/2 Stick of Butter
-1 Cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese
-3 Pieces of Cooked Bacon, Crumbled
-Green Onions, Chopped

Place potatoes in saucepan, cover with water. Cook for 20-25 minutes until tender. Drain. Put potatoes in bowl, add evaporated milk and butter. Beat with mixer until smooth.Stir in cheese, green onions and bacon. Season with salt and pepper.
Mix all together and serve! Enjoy!

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Pork Loin With Creamy Mustard Sauce and Caramelized Onions

I made this dinner a few days ago and it turned out great! The caramelized onions went great on top of the meat and sauce. I also made some wonderful cheesy mashed potatoes that I will post soon!
Caramelized Onions Ingredients:
-4TBSP Butter
-1 Onion
Cut onion into slices and place in pan with butter.
Cook for about 10 minutes or until onions are tender.
You can serve these with any meat.

Pork Loin with Creamy Mustard SauceIngredients:
-Pork Loin
-1 Tsp. Vegetable Oil
-1/2 Cup Evaporated Milk
-2 TBSP. Dijon Mustard
-2-3 Green Onions, Sliced Cut pork into pieces. Season with salt and pepper. Heat oil in skillet and cook meat until no longer pink. Cook all the meat and set aside.Keep drippings in pan and add milk, mustard and green onions. Cook for 1-2 minutes.
Serve over pork meat.Enjoy!

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Cheddar Bacon Scalloped Potatoes

The other night when I made Tri-tip with BBQ Sauce I made these awesome potatoes to go along with them! They were seriously the best potatoes I have had in a really long time!
Ingredients:
-6 Slices of Bacon, Cooked and Chopped
-6 Medium Potatoes (About 2 lbs), unpeeled
-3 TBSP Butter
-3 TBSP All- Purpose Flour
-1/2 Tsp. Salt
-1/4 Tsp. Pepper
-1 Can Evaporated Milk
-1 Cup Water
-2 Cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese
-2 Green Onions, Sliced
Thinly slice the unpeeled potatoes. Place potatoes in saucepan, cover in water and bring to a boil. Cook until potatoes are tender. Drain.Meanwhile, heat butter in saucepan. Stir in flour, salt, pepper, evaporated milk, water and 1/3 Cup of bacon. Cook and stir mixture for about 10 minutes until it boils.
Remove from heat and stir in cheese and green onions.Layer half of the potatoes in a baking dish.
Pour half the sauce over potatoes. Top with remaining potatoes and sauce.
Top with remaining cheese and bacon. Heat in oven until cheese is melted and heated through.
Enjoy!

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Smothered Okra

I LOVE okra......I love it any way that it could possibly be made.....pickled, fried, boiled.....you name it I will eat it! When I found this recipe I was so excited to try okra in a whole new way! Last week I made Spicy Chicken and Rice Bake and decided to try this okra recipe with it! It was sooo good!
Ingredients:
-1/2 C. Chopped Onion
-1/2 C. Bell Pepper
-2 Cloves Garlic, Minced
-2 TBSP Butter
-2 C. Whole Okra cut into 1' pieces or 2 C. Frozen cut okra, thawed
-1 Can Diced Tomatoes-drained
-1/8 Tsp. Crushed Red Pepper
-1/2 Tsp. Salt
1/8 Tsp. Pepper

In a large skillet cook and stir the onion, bell pepper, and garlic in butter over medium heat until tender.
Stir in okra, tomatoes, crushed red pepper, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer about 20 minuets or until okra is tender.Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!!!

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Chef Salad

Finally.......it has been what seems like years since I posted a recipe! We were heading out to the beach the other day so I decided to make this chef salad I had a recipe for. I added a few items that were not on the recipe and also doubled the recipe since there were eight of us. It fed all of us and was really really good! What you need:-Lettuce
-Cooked Ham ( I bought the deli ham and diced it up)
-1 Cup Cheddar cheese
-2 Boiled Eggs
-2 Tomatoes
-1 Green or red pepper
-1 Cup of crutons
-Dressing of you choice
Items I added:
-1 Avacado
-Bacon Bits
In a large bowl combine all ingredients and enjoy!

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