Oatmeal Brownie Gems

2 3/4 cups quick-cooking or old-fashioned oats, uncooked
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 cup coarsely chopped walnut
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup butter or margarine, melted
1 3/4 "M&M's" Semi-Sweet Chocolate mini Baking bits
1 package fudge brownie mix, prepared according to package directions for fudge-like brownies

Preheat oven to 350. In large bowl combine oats, flour, sugar, nuts and baking soda; add butter until mixture forms coarse crumbs. Stir in "M&M's" until evenly distributed. Reserve 3 cups mixture. Pat remaining mixture onto bottom of 15x10x1-inch pan to form crust. Pour prepared brownie mix over crust, carefully spreading into brownie mixture; pat down lightly. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs. Cool completely. Cut into bars. Store in tightly covered container.
Makes 48 bars

Neiman Marcus Cake

1 package yellow cake mix
4 eggs
1/2 cup butter
8 ounces cream cheese
4 cups confectioners' sugar

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease one 13x9 inch baking pan.
2. Combine the yellow cake mix, 2 of the eggs, and the butter or margarine mix well. The batter should be stiff. Spread the batter into the prepared pan.
3. Combine the cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and the remaining 2 eggs. Mix well and pour over the top of the cake batter.
4. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes

These are really good.

Quick Guacamole

2 ripe avocados
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1/8 tsp. salt
1-2 TB lemon juice
1-2 TB Salsa, optional

Peel and mash avocados. Add seasonings, adjust seasonings to taste.
If you leave the pit in it won't go brown

No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

2 cups peanut butter, divided
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, divided
2 cups powdered sugar, divided
3 cups graham cracker crumbs
2 cups (12-ounce package) Semi-sweet Chocolate Mini Morsels, divided

Greased 13x9-inch baking pan.
Beat 1 1/4 cups peanut butter and butter in large mixer bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in 1 cup powdered sugar. With hands or wooden spoon, work in remaining powdered sugar, graham cracker crumbs and 1/2 cup morsels. Press evenly into prepared pan. Smooth top with spatula.

Melt remaining peanut butter and remaining morsels in medium, heavy-duty saucepan over lowest possible heat, stirring constantly, until smooth. Spread over graham cracker crust in pan Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or until chocolate is firm; cut into bars. Store in refrigerator.

Makes about 5 dozen bars

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

1 package Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Swiss Chocolate Cake Mix
1 container Duncan Hines Creamy Home-Style Classic Vanilla Frosting
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
15 miniature peanut butter cup candies, wrappers removed, cut in half vertically

1. preheat oven to 350. Place 30 paper liners in muffin cups
2.Prepare, bake and cool cupcakes following package direction for basic recipe
3. Combine vanilla frosting and peanut butter in medium bowl. Stir until smooth. Frost one cupcake. Decorate with peanut butter cup candy, cut-side down. Repeat with remaining cupcakes, frosting and candies

Peanut Butter and Hot Fudge Pudding Cake

Peanut Butter and Hot Fudge Pudding Cake

½ cup flour
¼ cup sugar
¾ tsp. baking powder
1/3 cup milk
1 Tbsp. oil
½ tsp. Vanilla
¼ cup peanut butter
3 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup boiling water
Vanilla ice cream

1. Combine flour, ¼ cup sugar, and baking powder. Add milk, oil, and vanilla. Mix until smooth. Stir in peanut butter. Pour into slow cooker.
2. Mix together ½ cup sugar and cocoa powder. Gradually stir in boiling water. Pour mixture over batter in slow cooker. Do not stir.
3. Cover and cook on high 2-3 hours, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
4. Serve warm with ice cream

Banana Muffins

Banana Muffins

½ cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup Mashed Banana’s
¼ cup milk
2 cups flour
1 ½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp soda
¼ tsp salt
1 tsp lemon Juice

Cream butter, sugar together. Add eggs banana, milk, lemon juice. Mix well add the remaining items.

Bake 350 for 17 min.
You can also make banana bread from this recipe just bake for an hour.

Cajun Chicken Pasta

Sometimes it is hard to find the seasonings recipes call for so here are some pictures to help you out. If you can't find the McCormick one I have found the kick'n chicken works great, it is a lot more spicy!

INGREDIENTS

• 4 ounces linguine pasta
• 2 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, sliced into thin strips
• 2 teaspoons Cajun seasoning
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
• 4 fresh mushrooms, sliced
• 1 green onion, minced
• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
• 1/4 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/4 teaspoon lemon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

DIRECTIONS

1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add linguine pasta, and cook for 8 to 10 minutes, or until al dente; drain.
2. Meanwhile, place chicken and Cajun seasoning in a bowl, and toss to coat.
3. In a large skillet over medium heat, saute chicken in butter until no longer pink and juices run clear, about 5 to 7 minutes. Add green and red bell peppers, sliced mushrooms and green onions; cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce heat, and stir in heavy cream. Season the sauce with basil, lemon pepper, salt, garlic powder and ground black pepper, and heat through.
4. In a large bowl, toss linguine with sauce. Sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 cups sugar
2 cups canned pumpkin
2 eggs
1 cup oil
4 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
4 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. milk
2 tsp. vanilla
2 cups chocolate chips

Mix sugar, pumpkin, oil and eggs together. Sift flour, salt, cinnamon, and
baking powder into pumpkin mixture. Add rest of ingredients. Drop on
lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes at 375

Don't overcook. Cookies should be soft and moist.

Sausage Egg Casserole

Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 1 Hour 20 Minutes

Ready In: 9 Hours 40 Minutes
Servings: 12

Ingredients:
3/4 pound ground pork sausage
1 tablespoon butter
4 green onions, chopped
1/2 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced
10 eggs, beaten
1 (16 ounce) container low-fat cottage
cheese
1 pound Monterey Jack cheese, shredded

2 (4 ounce) cans diced green chile peppers,
drained

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup butter, melted
Directions:
1. Place sausage in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium-high heat until evenly brown. Drain, and set aside. Melt butter in skillet, and cook and stir the green onions and mushrooms until tender.
2. In a large bowl, mix the eggs, cottage cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, and chiles. Stir in the sausage, green onions, and mushrooms. Cover, and refrigerate overnight.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
4. In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Blend in the melted butter. Stir the flour mixture into the egg mixture. Pour into the prepared baking dish.
5. Bake 40 to 50 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly brown. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

June is Favorite BBQ recipes

I just wanted to let everyone know that each month we are going to have a different theme and will be looking for recipes that go along with that theme. The month of June is your favorite BBQ recipes so please send us your recipes to sometastyrecipes@yahoo.com and we will add them to the blog. We love getting new ideas and input from everyone who looks at our blog so please let us know if you have any ideas. Thanks and we look forward to getting your yummy BBQ recipes.

Hot Spinach and Artichoke Dip

Hot Spinach and Artichoke Dip
Recipe by Alton Brown
Cook time: 5 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup thawed, chopped frozen spinach
11/2 cups thawed, chopped frozen artichoke hearts
6 ounces cream cheese
1/4 cup sour cream
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/3 cup grated Parmesan
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

Directions

Boil spinach and artichokes in 1 cup of water until tender and drain. Discard liquid. Heat cream cheese in microwave for 1 minute or until hot and soft. Stir in rest of ingredients and serve hot.

Notes:
This recipe is so good, I made it for a little get together and everyone loved it. I put in my little crock pot to keep it warm and served it with tortilla chips and pieces of french bread.

Spaghetti Pie

Ingredients:

Spaghetti noodles
Spaghetti sauce with meat
Mozzarella cheese
Olives

Directions:

Put the cooked Spaghetti noodle on the bottom of the pie pan. Then spread the meat sauce over the top of the noodles, sprinkle the top with cheese and olives. Bake for 25-30 min or until bubbly at 350.

Notes:

I make this when we have leftover Spaghetti, it's nice for a change and really easy. I didn't have any Mozzarella cheese so I just used Colby Jack and it tasted pretty good.