Chewy Puffed Wheat Squares

Chewy Puffed Wheat Squares:

1/3 cup margarine 

1/2 cup corn syrup

1 cup brown sugar

1 tsp honey

1 tsp vanilla

1 1/2 tbsp peanut butter

2 tbsp cocoa

7-8 cups puffed wheat

Melt margarine in a saucepan on medium heat. Add in the next 6 ingredients. Stir just until mixture begins to boil. Remove from heat. Allow to cool slightly before pouring over the puffed wheat in a large bowl. Mix well and press firmly into a greased 9 x 13 pan. Allow to cool before cutting into squares.

This freezes well.

Crunchy Taco Wrapstars

 Crunchy Taco Wrapstars

2 cups prepared Taco Meat

8 Large Tortilla Wraps of choice

2 cups shredded cheese 

1/2 cup cheese sauce*

1 bag Doritos of choice**
Salsa(optional)
Sour Cream(optional)

*I like to use the co op version of cheese whiz
**I like to use nacho or cheese doritos but the chili heat ones are good as well if you like a little bit of spice. Cheetos are also good.

Spread 1 tbsp of cheese sauce into a 4 inch circle on your wrap. Sprinkle a handful of crushed chips on top of the cheese followed by about 1/4 cup of taco meat and 1/4 cup of shredded cheese.

Fold the edges of the tortilla into the centre of the wrap as shown below.

Place the wrap seam side down onto a nonstick pan and fry on medium heat for 3-4 minutes or until desired brownness. Flip and proceed to fry the other side for about 3-4 minutes as well.

Remove from heat. Serve with salsa and sour cream if so desired.

This is really handy to send along to school for lunches or for my husband to take along to the farm. He even likes eating them cold. Sometimes I make them in the evening and place them into the foil hamburger bags after they have been cooled so they are ready to grab from the refrigerator in the morning.

Homemade Oreo Cookies

Homemade Oreo Cookies

2 boxes chocolate cake mix

4 eggs

2/3 cup butter or Oil

1 tsp vanilla

Frosting

4 oz Cream Cheese, softened

1/4 cup butter, softened

3-4 cups icing sugar

  Mix cookie ingredients together. Roll into 1 inch balls. Place on cookie sheet. Flatten slightly. Bake at 350 for about 8-10 minutes or until top is cracked. Cool.

Combine the softened cream cheese and butter with 1 cup of icing sugar. Mix well. Gradually add in the remaining icing sugar 1/2 a cup at a time until desired consistency.

Apply generous amount of icing in between 2 cookies to create a sandwich.

Cajun Chicken Salad

Cajun Chicken Salad

3-4 chicken breasts

1 tsp Cajun Seasoning

1/2 -1 package Bacon

1 Large Head Lettuce

1 cup shredded Marble Cheese

1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese(optional)

1 small bag of Hickory Sticks

Dressing

Mix together:

1 cup Ranch Dressing

1 tsp Cajun Seasoning

1 tsp Hot Sauce

Cut chicken into bite sized pieces. Fry until almost tender. Add Cajun Seasoning and continue to fry until done. Remove from heat. Dice and fry bacon. Drain grease and cool. 

Cut up the lettuce and put into a salad bowl. Mix together with the cooled chicken, bacon and cheeses. You can choose to add the Hickory Sticks and dressing directly into the salad and mix it together.* But I like to dish out the salad so that everyone can sprinkle desired amounts of Hickory sticks on top and drizzle with dressing.

*you might not need to use all of the dressing. 

Homemade Caramel Sauce (Pancake Syrup)

Homemade Caramel Sauce

 (Pancake Syrup)

1/4 cup Butter/Margarine

1/2 cup Brown Sugar

1/2 cup White Sugar

1/2 cup Whipping Cream

Put all ingredients into a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and remove from heat.

We love using this sauce on pancakes, cinnamon rolls and as a doughnut glaze. So delicious!!

Dirty Rice

Dirty Rice:

2 cups dry Jasmin or Basmati rice

1/4-1/2 cup melted butter/margarine OR oil
4 cups hot water
1 package onion soup mix

1 tsp Salt 

Mix together in a casserole dish. Cover. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
One of my favorite go to side dishes when I have a lot going on. So easy to make and tastes so good!

Honey Dill Dipping Sauce

Honey Dill Dipping Sauce:

1/2 cup mayonnaise

2 tbsp melted or liquid honey

1 tsp dill

Mix together and store in refrigerator.