Mini Pizza

We just made these the other night and its not really something you need a recipe for once you've made them once and have the general idea. These were so fun because my kids made them for dinner and they had a blast cooking their own dinner, so it was fun watching them create their own pizza...and I swear I am going to start remembering to take pictures for the blog someday, pictures make everything better!

 

1 can (16.3 oz) Pillsbury Grands refrigerated biscuits

1 cup pizza sauce

2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (8 oz)

1 package (3.5 oz) sliced pepperoni

 

Press each biscuit into 6-inch round. Place on greased cookie sheets. Top each round with pizza sauce, cheese and pepperoni.  Bake at 375°F 10 to 15 minutes or until bottoms are deep golden brown and cheese is bubbly.

 

Turkey Tetrazzini

So I am always looking for a recipe to use up leftover turkey after Thanksgiving, and I have tried tetrazzini almost every year and just never quite like it...which is odd because everything in the recipe is fabulous.  This year though I have finally figured out my issue with all the tetrazzini recipes out there. We are a "sauce" family meaning we like our sauce creamy, rich, thick, and lots of it. All the tetrazzini recipes I have tried require you to bake it like a casserole which I think dries it out. So this is my version, of an amazing sauce served over spaghetti noodles no baking required and a great way to use up leftover turkey.

Turkey Tetrazzini

1-1/2 pound Thin Spaghetti, cooked

4 Tablespoons Butter

4 cloves Garlic, Minced

1 Onion, Chopped

1 pound White Mushrooms, Quartered

1/2 teaspoon Salt

1 cup White Wine

1/3 cup Flour

4 cups Chicken Broth

1 block (8 Oz.) Cream Cheese

3 cups Cooked (leftover) Turkey, Shredded Or Diced

1 cup Grated Monterey Jack Cheese

1 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese

Salt And Pepper, to taste

Extra Broth For Thinning

Add butter, chopped garlic, and onion to a pot over medium heat and saute for a minute. Then add in the mushrooms, stir around the mushrooms and let them cook. Add a little salt and pepper to taste. Pour in white wine and cook until the liquid is reduced by half. When the liquid is reduced sprinkle in about a third a cup of flour. Stir it together it gets very pasty and then stir in a few cups of broth. Add softened cream cheese, if sauce is too thick thin with additional broth until desired consistency. Then add in turkey and grated cheese.  Your sauce should be thick creamy and full of flavor. Serve over cooked spaghetti noodles. Enjoy!

Spicy Cheesy Meatloaf

So I was told if I don't start blogging I will be disowned..Here I go.

2 Pounds Ground Beef

2 Pounds :) Grated Cheese

1 1/2 Cup Italian Bread Crumbs

2 Eggs

1 Medium Onion Diced

About 1/4 Cup Jalapeños More or Less Depending on how tough you are :)

1 Can Tomato Paste

Preheat oven to 350

Tomato Basil Pesto Panini

Ingredients

Bread
Basil Pesto
Fresh Mozzarella Cheese
Tomatoes
Pasta Sauce (optional)

Spread a thin layer of Basil Pesto on one side of the bread. Layer a thickly cut tomato with mozzarella cheese. Add pasta sauce to the other piece of bread if you want (I didn't have pasta sauce so I just put on another slab of pesto). Cook in a Panini Maker/ George Forman or cook like a grilled cheese. It's super easy and Delish!

Sassy Sloppy Joe's

The other night I started making sloppy joes' needing a quick and easy dinner, hamburger was browned added the seasoning packet and water, then realized I had no tomato paste or sauce.  Okay, so I just started adding any tomato substance I could find and came up with the following recipe and my family LOVED them and keeps requesting them so I thought I better write down the combination before I forgot.

Ingredients:
1 green pepper
1 onion
2 lbs hamburger
2 sloppy joe seasoning packets
1 cup water
1 cup ketchup
1 (10 oz.) can diced tomato & green chili's (undrained)
1 (4 oz.) can diced green chilli's HOT (undrained)

Saute onion and green pepper in same pan brown hamburger and drain. Add remaining ingredients and bring to boil, cook down liquid.  Serve.