Cheeseburger and Fries Casserole

This is another Pinterest recipe. It reminded me of summer and since the weather here is anything but summery I decided to make it. 

2 pounds lean ground beef (browned and drained)

1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup (10 oz)

1 can condensed cheddar cheese soup (10 oz)

1 package frozen, crinkle-cut fries (20 oz)

Desired hamburger toppings (ketchup, pickles, mustard and chopped tomato)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix mushroom and cheddar cheese soup in a small bowl. 

Spread cooked ground beef on bottom of 9x13 baking dish. 

Spread soup mix over top of meat. 

Place french fries on top. Cook at 350 for 45-55 minutes or until fries are golden. 

I think next time I will use smaller fries, maybe the shoe sting ones. The crinkle ones were still kind of 

soggy-ish and I like crispy fries.  Marley only ate the meat. She's been on a meat only kick lately. Silly girl! 

Crock Pot No Boil Manicotti

Manicotti is on the list of my favorite foods. So making it in the crock pot was right up my alley.  

2 cups cottage cheese

2 cups mozzarella cheese

1 ½ teaspoons Italian Seasoning

¼ teaspoons salt

¼ teaspoon pepper

1-8oz. package manicotti

 ¼ cup Parmesan cheese

Jar or can of favorite marinara sauce

Spread about 1/2 cup of marinara sauce on bottom of crock pot. 

Mix cottage cheese, 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese, italian seasoning, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Fill manicotti noodles with this mixture. 

Place filled noodles in crock pot. 

Pour remaining sauce and remaining cheese on top. Cover and cook on high for 2-3 hours. 

YUM! 

I purchased some crock pot liners the other day and this was the first recipe I used them for. It was nice to not have anything to clean up since I just tossed the whole liner bag in the garbage. But I'm not sure if I'll use them again since it seemed to make my noodles stick and was kind of annoying when I was trying to scoop them out since the bag was so big and I kept scooping the bag up with my noodles. 

Crock pot Cheesy Chicken Spaghetti

A friend of mine posted on their facebook that they were making this for dinner one night. I immediately searched her pinterest board and found the recipe. It's not your typical crock pot meal because you have to cook the noodles and it only cooks for 2-3 hours, but that's nice too because I threw it all together before picking Marley up at school, then once she got home from school we were off to dance class, and it was ready when we got home from dance. Always nice to come home and have dinner waiting.

1 pound Velveeta Pasteurized Processed Cheese Product 

12 1/2 oz canned chicken, drained & flaked 

10 3/4 oz Cream Of Chicken Soup

10 3/4 oz Cream Of Mushroom Soup

10 oz canned tomatoes with green chilies

1/2 cup water 

1/2 tsp table salt 

1/2 tsp black pepper 

14 1/2 oz cooked spaghetti

Combine all ingredients in slow cooker (except pasta)

Cook pasta and drain. Add to crock pot. 

Stir well. Cover and cook on low for 2-3 hours. 

This made a lot. We ate some for dinner and I froze the rest before sending it to my brother and sister-in-laws so they could try it out. 

February Marley talk

There were some boys walking down the street. 
Marley says "oh my friends"
Me- "those are not your friends, those are teenage boys"
Marley-"oh maybe one of them can be my boyfriend"

After Marley's first soccer game she walked up to me and said "Those other kids are too freaking fast"

My parents are on vacation and I was explaining to Marley where they went
Marley- "why do they have to go on vacation all the time"
Me- "because they just like to go on trips together"
Marley- "why can't grandpa go by himself" 

This one is actually from Mike, but it was too funny to forget-

Me- do you want to eat some okra?

Mike- isn't that a whale?

Me- that's an orca... 

You can read November, September, August, and July.   

Pierogi Casserole

Pierogis are one of our favorite foods in this house. Marley calls them froggies, it's too cute to correct so that's what we all call them now. When I came across a recipe for pierogi casserole on pinterest, of course I added it to the menu. 

9 lasagne noodles, cooked (I used no boil noodles so mine aren't cooked)

4 cups hot mashed potatoes

1/2 cup  Philadelphia Herb & Garlic Cream Cheese Spread

1 pkg. bacon bits, divided

2 cups shredded cheddar Cheese, divided

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In bowl mix together mashed potatoes, cream cheese, 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese and 1/2 cup bacon. 

Spray baking dish with non stick spray. Place a layer of noodles in dish and cover with 1/3 of the mashed potatoes mix. 

Repeat layers two more times. 

Cover with remaining bacon and cheddar cheese.  Bake at 375 for 30 minutes. Let cool for 5-10 minutes before serving. 

This tasted just like "froggies" My only problem with it was the edges were really hard (see photo below) I think if I make this again, I will make sure to spread my potato mix all the way to the edges to ensure that they're not so crunchy.  Otherwise, delicious! 

So long soccer

Marley had her last soccer game last Saturday.  She never did score a goal this season, but did lots of running. After her game she received her trophy. It was so cute, a little soccer bobble head.

Now that soccer is over she's signed up for dance class and starting in April she'll start t-ball.

Gotta love the little butt picking boy. lol 

Valentine's Day

Time is flying by. I'm almost a month late on posting about our Valentine's Day. 

Marley had a small party at school on the 13th (she only goes M,W,F) . She wrote her name on cards for all her classmates. The day before she wasn't feeling well, and she was actually falling asleep while filling out her cards before school. 

The whole class sang a few songs for the parents. 

This is how Marley spend her Valentine's day. Still not feeling good and fell asleep while eating lunch. 

Luckily, she started feeling better the day after Valentine's. And both kids had some mail! 

Cards from Grandma and Grandpa. I told Marley to hold up Mason's card for him, so she held it up in front of his face. She's a great sister! 

Pizza Pie

This recipe is actually called Tebow Family Pizza Pie. I only know who Tim Tebow is because of everyone "tebowing" Otherwise I would be clueless to who he is. Oh well, his family makes some good food HA!

1 pound ground beef

1 envelope Italian-style spaghetti sauce mix

1 can (6 ounces) tomato paste

3/4 cup water

1 tube (12 ounces) refrigerated buttermilk biscuits

1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese, divided

2 cups (8 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Smoosh biscuit dough into bottom of greased baking dish. 

Cover with 1/4 cup parmesan cheese. 

Brown ground beef and drain. Mix in sauce mix, tomato paste and water. 

Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 7-10 minutes or until thickened. 

Place meat mix as the next layer in your baking dish. Cover with mozzarella cheese and remaining parmesan cheese. Bake at 400 for 15-18 minutes or until crust is brown and cheese is melted. 

Enjoy! 

Root Beer BBQ Crock pot Chicken

The only pop I drink is root beet or sierra mist, so when I saw this root beer bbq chicken recipe for the crock pot I knew I wanted to try it out. 

Chicken Breasts

1 cup root beet

2 cups bbq sauce

pepper

Put chicken in crock pot. 

Mix together root beet and bbq sauce. 

Pour bbq root beer into crock pot, sprinkle pepper on top and cook on low for 4-6 hours. 

Before serving shred chick and serve on burger buns. 

I don't have an after picture, because I was really hungry and didn't take one. Oops!

Also, my sister made this about a week before me and she just cooked her chicken in the root beer, then once she shredded the chicken and put in on buns, she poured the bbq sauce on top. 

Either way works and they both were pretty tasty!