Thursday, April 10, 2014

Tater-Tot Casserole

It's not fancy.  It's not expensive.  It's not difficult.  It's just good comfort food.

Mom's Tater-Tot Casserole

1 lb. ground beef (or turkey)
1 onion, chopped
1 T minced garlic
Salt & Pepper
2 cans cut green beans, drained
1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup
1 bag frozen tater-tots

Brown Ground beef in skillet with chopped onion and garlic.  Rinse.  Add dash of salt and pepper.  Mix in 1 can cream of mushroom soup.

Spray 2 quart baking dish with Pam.  Dump in 2 cans of green beans.  Over the beans, dump in the meat mixture.  Smooth out.  Dump the tater-tots on top of the meat.

Put in preheated 350* oven.  Bake 45 min-1 hour.  Enjoy!
**If using ground turkey, I add a tsp of beef bullion to help the flavor.







Monday, April 7, 2014

Welcome! One Hour Cinnamon Rolls gets us started...

I have been wanting to start a food blog for a while and need a place to put all the successful recipes I try. So...

LDS General Conference is one of my favorite weekends.  We get it twice a year.  Two weeks before it comes I start salivating over cinnamon rolls.  It seems to be the only time I make them.  But I HAVE to make them.  Unfortunately, they are time consuming and I like spending my time with my family! Conundrum!  I have found one hour cinnamon rolls to be more than sufficient in satisfying my craving.

One Hour Cinnamon Rolls
Mix and let sit for 15 minutes: 
3 1/2 c. warm water
3/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. oil
6 T. yeast (4 1/2 Saf-Instant)

Then add: 
1 T. salt
3 eggs
10 1/2 c. flour--I used my whole wheat flour (ground from winter white wheat)

Mix together for 10 minutes, then sit for 10 minutes. Oil cupboard, dump out dough. Divide in half. Roll one half out into rectangle. Spread with 3/4 stick melted butter and then with cinnamon-sugar mixture. Roll up tight, but not too tight. Divide into 12 rolls and place on greased cookie sheet. Repeat with other half of dough. Let rise. Bake for 12-15 minutes at 400.

Cinnamon-Sugar
1c. sugar
1 T. cinnamon

 **I sprinkled 1/2 of one batch with raisins and 1/2 with chocolate chips (Because chocolate chips make everything better). The other batch I actually sprinkled with brown sugar instead of white for a change and the kids loved it.  


Cream Cheese Frosting

1 cube butter
1/2 cube cream cheese
2 dashes salt
2 t. vanilla
6 c. powdered sugar
milk

**These usually take me a bit longer than 1 hour--more like 90 minutes for them to get nice and big. Mmmm!  Still better than 3 hours!