Pumpkin Cream Cheese Cookies

Cookie Ingredients/Directions:
Bowl #1:
4 c. flour
2 c. oatmeal
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt

Bowl #2:
3 sticks butter
2 c. brown sugar
1 c. sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla

*Using one can of pumpkin (16 oz.), mix alternately with bowl #1 (dry ingredients) into bowl #2 (wet mixture)
Bake at 350 for about 8 minutes (check after 7-8).

Frosting Ingredients/Directions:
8 oz. cream cheese
3 c. powdered sugar
2 tsp. butter
1 tsp. vanilla
*Beat together and frost cookies!

Stove Top Surprise

Ingredients:
1 can Cream of Chicken soup
1 box of Chicken Stove Top stuffing (with ingredients needed to prepare stuffing)
1/3 cup of sour cream
1 16 oz. bag of frozen veggies
1½ lbs. chicken

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Defrost frozen veggies and place on bottom of 9 x 13 pan.
3. Cook chicken and cut up into small cubes and mix in with veggies.
4. Prepare stuffing mix (follow directions on box) and set aside.
5. Mix cream of chicken soup and sour cream together in separate bowl, then mix with veggies and chicken in pan.
6. Top pan with stuffing mix.
7. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Spaghetti Pie

My husband and I are both not Spaghetti fans, but this, we love...

1 lb ground beef or turkey
1 jar spaghetti sauce
spaghetti noodles (I use angel hair and never really measure, I do about 1/3 a package for our small family of 3) use more noodles for bigger families.
1/2 stick butter
1 egg beaten
1/2 cup parmesean cheese
mozzerella or jack cheese

(As a side note...we're a small family, so I usually 1/2 this and cook it in an 8x8 pan. So I do 1/2 lb ground beef and 1/2 jar sauce...I still do 1/2 stick butter, 1 egg and 1/2 cup parmesean cheese though!)


*Brown ground beef and drain. Add sauce to meat and simmer while you do the rest. Cook the noodles till they're done, drain. Add the butter to the hot noodles until melted then add the beaten egg and the parmesean cheese. Put noodle mixture in a 9x13 pan, then pour the sauce and meat on top. Sprinkle with any kind of cheese, jack or mozzerella is great. Bake 350 for 35 min or until bubbly on sides.

Mini Mexican Pizzas

Ingredients:
1 crescent roll package
Tortilla chips
Refried beans
1 lb. ground beef
Taco seasoning
Shredded lettuce
Tomatoes (or salsa)
Onions (optional)
Sour cream
Green Goddess dressing (optional)
Shredded cheese (any kind is fine)

Directions:

1. Cook ground beef with 1/2 cup of water, browned and seasoned for tacos

2. Preheat oven to 350.

3. Lay crescent rolls flat on greased cookie sheet. You can also use a 9" greased pie pan.

4. On top of raw crescent rolls, add layer of refried beans, then sour cream, then ground beef.

*Kristin suggested mixing a little Green Goddess dressing to the sour cream, then spread.

5. On top of ground beef, add a layer of CRUSHED tortilla chips.

6. Top with shredded cheese, then another layer of crushed tortilla chips.

7. Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes (check on it after 25).

8. Cut "pizza" into individual slices.

9. Following, top with shredded lettuce and tomatoes (I like to use salsa). Onions are also an option.

10. Enjoy!

Mom's Chili

Ingredients:
2 cans of kidney beans (I use 1.5 cans...)
2 cans chili beans
1 package of chili mix
1 large 29oz. can of Hunt's Tomato Sauce
1 lb. ground beef
Chopped green peppers (optional)

Directions:
1. Cook meat in separate skillet until browned and add salt and pepper.
2. Mix other ingredients (beans, mix, tomato sauce) in large pot .
3. When meat is ready, add chopped green peppers (if desired), then combine with chili mixture in pot.
4. Let cook on stovetop until hot.
5. Serve with cheddar cheese, sour cream, and cornbread muffins!

Broccoli Cheese Soup

This is my mom's soup and it is really delicious and not hard at all. For a single batch that makes 5 1-cup servings:

2 tbsp finely chopped onion
2 tbsp butter
3 tbsp flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
2 cups milk
1 cup velveeta cheese
2 chicken bullion cubes
1 bay leaf
1 1/2 cups water
1 10 oz pkg frozen chopped broccoli

In a large pan, cook onion in butter until tender. Stir in flour, salt and pepper until well blended. Add milk. (this will make a white sauce just with onions. Make sure to stir constantly as it will burn on the bottom of the pan easily). Cook until thickened, about 5 minutes. Add the cheese cut in cubes and stir until melted. Remove from heat.

In another pan, dissolve bullion cubes in water. Add the bay leaf, bring to a boil. Add broccoli and cook according to the package directions, do not drain. Add broccoli mixture to cheese mixture. Stir until well blended. Remove bay leaf. To make larger batches, just double ingredients.

Pumpkin Cake with Caramel Sauce

SO good! SO easy!

1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup water
3 eggs
16 oz can pumpkin
1 spice cake mix

Mix together & bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes

Caramel sauce:
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup milk
Boil together, drizzle over baked cake when it has cooled a little. Serve with whip cream or vanilla ice cream.