Snacks

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Delicious Dessert Breakfast Sangie

May 21, 2012 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 9 Comments

So you all heard how I joined a new club, right?

I joined the crew at the

The Secret Recipe Club

And I love it!

And today is Reveal Day!!!

And I got to to choose from the many delicious recipes at

From Chapel Hill to Chickenville

The lovely and talented Aimee is busy whipping up deliciousness for her 4 kiddos…

And you know that makes me smile!!

I loved checking out all of Aimee’s fantastic recipes but the one that caught my eye was

Peanut butter, apple and bacon sandwiches

They sounded awesome.

But lo and behold the hubs had finished the Peanut Butter

So I made mine with Nutella.

Love Nutella.

And I didn’t grill ours, I made them on english muffins and therefore my friends,

Breakfast is served!

Nutella, Bacon, and Apple Sandwiches on English Muffins

What you need:

12 slices bacon, cooked

4 english muffins

4 T Nutella spread

2 Granny Smith Apples

WHAT TO DO:

Split and toast your english muffins to your liking

Spread each muffin with 1 T Nutella

Top each with thick slices of bacon and apple

Serve…and prepare to be amazed!

Thank you Aimee for this fantastic idea…and please be sure to go check out all the yummy things she is feeding her brood!

And check out all the other fantastic dishes the Ladies of the Secret Recipe Club are serving up!

Filed Under: Dinners on a Dime, Featured, Kid Favorite Recipes, Kids Desserts, Lunch Ideas For Kids, Snacks Tagged With: Secret Recipe Club

Secret Recipe Club – Chicken, Bacon, and Ranch Taquitos

April 23, 2012 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 13 Comments

Oh I’m so excited.

I joined a club…

An awesome club.

I’m a joiner…

What can I say.

Today is my first reveal as a full fledged member of

The Secret Recipe Club

And this month I got assigned to pick a recipe to try from the wonderful

Carries Sweet Life

And there was so much to choose from!

I finally settled on a true crowd pleaser.

And even with my recipe OCD I hardly changed a thing!

Check out these baked taquitos that pretty much brought the house down!

Carries Sweet Life Chicken Bacon and Ranch Taquitos

1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened
12 slices of bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 jalapeno pepper, diced
4 cups cooked, shredded chicken I used a rotisserie chicken
1/2 packet dry Ranch Dressing mix
2 cups Monterrey Jack cheese, shredded
3-4 Tablespoons green onion, chopped
20 (6-inch) whole wheat or flour tortillas
Salt
Non-stick cooking spray
bacon drippings

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Cover a large baking sheet with aluminum foil and spray lightly with cooking spray.

Brown your bacon in a large skillet until crispy. Remove bacon and set aside.

Toss in diced jalapeno and scallions into your bacon drippings and quickly saute until slightly soft. Remove from drippings…be sure to keep the grease!

In a large bowl, mix together cream cheese, chicken, bacon, cheese, jalapeno and green onions.

Fold in your ranch mix.

Mix well.

Spoon 2-3 tablespoons of the chicken mixture into a tortilla and roll it up.

Place taquito seam-side down on the baking sheet. Repeat until you are out of chicken.

Brush tops of taquitos with the reserved bacon drippings and sprinkle with kosher salt.

Place pan in oven and bake for 15-20 minutes. Be sure to keep an eye on them in case you have to run upstairs to say hand out time outs to 3 year olds who hit their brothers in the face with a Wii remote…just saying.

Serve these bad boys up with ranch dressing or salsa!

Delish!

Thanks Carrie…these are going into permanent rotation!

Filed Under: Featured, Kid Favorite Recipes, Lunch Ideas For Kids, Snacks Tagged With: bacon, chicken, cook with your kids, Hidden Valley Ranch, jalapeno, ranch, scallions, Secret Recipe Club

Baseball Week – Cracker Jack Popcorn Balls

April 13, 2012 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 9 Comments

Cracker Jacks…

Get your Cracker Jacks…

Here’s a quick, easy and fun way to get your team to eat their favorite snack on the run!

WHAT YOU NEED:

3/4 c light corn syrup

1/4 c butter

2 t cold water

2 1/2 c confectioners’ sugar

1 c marshmallows

5 quarts plain popped popcorn

1 cup shelled peanuts

WHAT TO DO:

Heat a large saucepan over medium heat.

Add in the corn syrup, butter, cold water, sugar and marshmallows.

Heat and stir until the mixture comes to a boil.

Meanwhile in a large bowl, combine your popcorn and peanuts.

Carefully combine the hot mixture with the popcorn, get each and every kernal and peanut.

To make this easier you can rub some vegetable oil on your hands.

Shape the coated popcorn into balls before it cools.

Wrap with cellophane or plastic wrap and store at room temperature.

What’s your favorite snack at the ball park?

For the record, this is not my picture. It’s is courtesy of Amazon. My camera decided to lose the pictures I took of our popcorn balls, so sadly this will have to do. Maybe you can make some and send them to me?

Filed Under: Kid Favorite Recipes, Kids Desserts, Recipes For Kids, Snacks, Vegetarian Recipes For Kids Tagged With: baseball food, cook with your kids, fun food, popcorn

Tasty Tidbit – Salsa

March 5, 2012 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 11 Comments

Did you add a bit too much jalapeno to that salsa?

Did you add 4 Tablespoons of tobasco instead of 4 teaspoons?

Did your 4-year-old’s eyes just pop out of his head?

Want to tame it down?

Try adding a couple drops of vanilla extract and a teaspoon of salt.

Should bring it down a few notches and make it good for everyone to enjoy.

Filed Under: Cooking Tips, Healthy Recipes For Kids, Healthy Side Dish Recipes For Kids, Snacks, Vegan Recipes For Kids, Vegetable Recipes For Kids, Vegetarian Recipes For Kids Tagged With: Salsa, spicy tricks, too spicy?

Superbowl Week – Carnitas

February 2, 2012 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 7 Comments

My favorite Superbowl food?

Hands down….

These Carnitas!

We love football around here.

We love our Pats.

We love Superbowl Sunday with snacks and the whole hood gathered round.

We love these carnitas.

Want to feed a crowd easy?

Make these carnitas and a taco bar.

Make a lot though.

My boys can rifle through these things in no time flat.

Big thanks to Girlichef for this amazing, slimmed down recipe.

So easy

Sooooo good!

Pork Carnitas

WHAT YOU NEED:

Serves 8

6 pounds country style pork ribs

kosher salt

water

corn or flour tortillas

chopped onion

chopped cilantro

guacamole

WHAT TO DO:

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.

Liberally salt your pork on all sides with kosher salt and lay in a 11×13 baking dish. Space them out so they are not touching. You may want to use 2 dishes.

Add 1/3 cup water to each of the pans.

Cover with foil and bake at 375 for one hour.

After an hour remove from oven and turn the oven up to 450 degrees. Remove the foil from the pans. Bake uncovered at 450 until all the water is gone and all that is left is the fat that has run off the pork, about 30 minutes.

Continue to bake an additional 20 minutes while returning to baste the meat at least twice in it’s own fatty delicious juices.

Remove from oven and chop up pork and sprinkle with salt.

Serve on tortillas with onions, cilantro and quacamole.

Game on!

LETS GO PATS!!!!

Filed Under: Dinner Recipes For Kids, Dinners on a Dime, Featured, Kid Favorite Recipes, Lunch Ideas For Kids, Snacks Tagged With: appetizers, carnitas, football, game snacks, mexican, Superbowl, tacos, tex mex

Superbowl Countdown – Keegan’s Killer Kielbasa

January 31, 2012 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 18 Comments

Um….

If I haven’t already mentioned it….

THE PATS ARE GOING TO THE SUPERBOWL!!!!

And here’s a News Flash….

I have 3 boys.

Ok, well 4 if you count the hubs…

And let’s be honest, you have to count the hubs don’t ya?

So game days are big around here.

We’re a sports family.

Hockey.

Football.

Baseball.

Basketball.

Even soccer, or football as my mom calls it. Go Manchester United.

Anyway, we love the Superbowl.

Especially when the Pats are getting ready to beat down the Giants.

And Keegan has asked that I post his absolute favorite again…

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?

We’re ready for some of Keegan’s favorite, and the hubs, Kielbasa

appetizers Superbowl Countdown Keegans Killer Kielbasa

Serves: 8 Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes

2 links polska kielbasa smoked sausage, sliced

1 cup maple syrup

1 T soy sauce

1/4 cup brown mustard

1 t liquid smoke (optional)

In a large skillet over medium high heat, warm sausage until the sides just begin to crisp, about 5 minutes. Pour in your syrup and soy sauce and stir well. Add in mustard and liquid smoke and mix well. Bring to a boil then knock back the heat and let simmer until sauce is thick and rich and bubbly.

Pour onto serving platter and serve with toothpicks.

Score!

Filed Under: Appetizer Recipes For Kids, Featured, Holidays, Kid Favorite Recipes, Snacks Tagged With: appetizers, game food, game time, kielbasa, pot luck, smoked sausage, tailgating

Snacks

Delicious Dessert Breakfast Sangie

Secret Recipe Club – Chicken, Bacon, and Ranch Taquitos