Cream Cheese Frosting

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 2 1/2-3 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Recipe

• 1 combine all the ingredients except the nuts.
• 2 using an electric mixer, beat until smooth and fluffy.
• 3 blend in the nuts, if using, and spread onto a cooled cake.
• 4 refrigerate any leftover frosted cake.

Company's Coming Breakfast Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 lb sausage (i use jimmy dean)
• 24 ounces frozen hash browns, with onion and peppers
• 6 eggs
• 2 cups milk
• 1 teaspoon ground mustard
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 tsp.black pepper
• 1 dash hot sauce (optional)
• 8 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded (more for the topping if desired)

Recipe

• 1 set oven to 350°f.
• 2 brown the sausage, drain. i like to put it in a food processor and hit pulse a few times, i don't like the larger pieces but don't go so far as to make a paste!
• 3 whisk the eggs and seasonings in a bowl,.
• 4 add milk.
• 5 spray a 9x13" pan with cooking spray.
• 6 layer the ingredients as follows; all the sausage, then a layer of cheese, then half the bag of hash browns, then the cheese and the rest of the hash browns. pour the egg/milk/ seasonings mixture over all.
• 7 cover with foil bake for one hour, check for doneness, mine usually take a bit longer, but everyone's oven is different.
• 8 when done top with more shredded cheese and let rest for 10 minutes.
• 9 serve with fruit salad for a delightful brunch!

Chicken Zucchini Quesadillas

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 4 flour tortillas (burrito size)
• 1 lb chicken breast
• 2 zucchini (small to medium sized)
• 1 small onion (diced)
• 2 garlic cloves (crushed)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 cups mozzarella cheese
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 season chicken breasts with salt and pepper.
• 3 grill chicken until cooked through and then slice into small pieces.
• 4 heat a pan with the olive oil and sautee onions, garlic, and zucchini until the zucchini becomes tender. this takes about 8-10 minutes.
• 5 on a pizza pan, lay one tortilla down and top with chicken, veggies, and half the cheese.
• 6 put the other tortilla on top and bake for about 10 minutes or until the tortilla is browned and crispy.
• 7 slice with a pizza cutter and serve with fresh pico de gallo and sour cream.

Chicken Wraps With Cool Avocado Dressing

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• low-fat wheat flour tortilla
• 2 (12 1/2 ounce) cans swanson premium canned chicken, drained
• 1 leaf lettuce
• 3 tomatoes (sliced thin)
• 1 yellow bell pepper
• 1 orange bell pepper
• 1 red bell pepper
• shredded cheese
• red onion
• 2 ripe avocados
• 1/2 cup light sour cream
• 1 -2 garlic clove, crushed
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 cut both avocados in half and scoop out the insides into a medium sized bowl. smash until smooth. add sour cream, salt, and one clove of crushed garlic (note: if you love garlic, add another clove. or wait a bit and taste before deciding).
• 2 next i sliced the peppers (julienne style), and tomatoes.
• 3 after making sure my guacamole dressing had the right amount of flavor, i spread it out on each tortilla (these make big wraps – we are a family of four, so i made four wraps). i then i placed the leaf lettuce and chicken on top.
• 4 on top of the chicken, i placed the peppers and tomatoes.
• 5 carefully rolled each tortilla and cut it in half.

Cream Cheese Dressing/dipping Sauce

Total Time: 2 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 50 g cream cheese (philadelphia was recommended, have at room temperature)
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Recipe

• 1 put all ingredients in a bowl and using hand or bench mixer and blend well together.
• 2 drizzle over salad or present as a dipping sauce.

Chicken And Spinach Pesto Lasagna

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 cup onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 24 ounces frozen chopped spinach
• 3 cups chicken breasts, cooked and diced
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 cups ricotta cheese
• 1 large egg
• 1 1/2 cups basil pesto
• 2 teaspoons basil pesto
• 3/4 cup parmesan cheese
• 2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 12 no-boil lasagna noodles

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350, spray a 13x9" casserole or lasagna pan with nonstick spray.
• 2 heat oil in skillet over med-high heat.
• 3 cook onions (kroger frozen chopped) and garlic (pre-minced garlic) untill transparent.
• 4 add spinach; cook and stir about 5 minute.
• 5 add chicken; cook and stir about 5 minute.
• 6 season with salt and pepper.
• 7 in large bowl, mix together ricotta, parmesan, egg, and pesto until thoroughly blended.
• 8 add chicken and spinach mixture to bowl and stir to combine.
• 9 spread 2 tbsp pesto in bottom of prepared pan.
• 10 layer 4 lasagna noodles, slightly overlapping.
• 11 top with 1/3 of spinach ricotta mixture and 1/3 of mozzarella.
• 12 repeat layers twice.
• 13 bake about 35 to 40 min or until hot and bubbly.
• 14 refrigerate any leftovers.

Caramel Cheese Tarts

Total Time: 28 mins Preparation Time: 8 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 18 vanilla wafers
• 16 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/2 cup caramel topping

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 375*.
• 2 put paper liners in 18 muffin cups.
• 3 place a vanilla wafer in each cup.
• 4 beat cream cheese, eggs and sugar until smooth.
• 5 add vanilla and mix well.
• 6 fill muffin cups 3/4 full.
• 7 bake for 20 minutes.
• 8 cool and drizzle caramel on top.