Easter Treat

I know this isn't a quick meal recipe, but I was looking for things to do for Visiting Teaching and found this. Looks fun. These look like something tastier than jelly beans for the eggs.

Jelly Bean Nests

2 cups miniature marshmallows
1/4 cup butter
1 (6-ounce) package chow mein noodles

Jelly beans or other egg shaped candy



Combine marshmallows and butter in 2-quart saucepan; cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until melted (6 to 8 minutes). Stir in noodles until very well coated.

Press mixture on bottom and up sides of each buttered 12-cup muffin pan cup with buttered fingers.

Refrigerate at least 2 hours or until firm.Remove from cups; fill with jelly beans.

Something healthy, easy, & yummy

Soaked Oatmeal

2 C. oatmeal

2 C. water

4 T. yogurt, kefir, or buttermilk

Mix together in the evening and set pan in warm place until morning. When ready to eat breakfast add 2 more cups of water and heat only as it is already to eat and heating is the only thing needed. Just a quick as dry cereal and twice as good for you!!

We like to add a couple eggs to it while heating it to give it a porridge texture and taste. Sweeten with honey, jam, brown sugar or even ice cream if you please! If you aren't a fan of oatmeal (like me), don't sweeten at all and add a 1/2 C. to a smoothie. My favorite smoothie using oatmeal goes like this~1/2 C. oatmeal, 1 C. greek yogurt, and 3/4 C. organic juice. Sometimes I throw in an egg for added protein. It really tastes good.

Delicious No-baked Cookies (Mud Puddles)

These are delicious, chocolaty, peanut buttery no-bake cookies, there really easy to make, and perfect for anyone who's a chocolate fan. These are everybody's favorite around here and pretty much make them all the time! We call them mud puddles. But anyway, here's the ingredients:

2 sticks of butter, melted
1 1/2 C. Sugar
1/2 C. Brown Sugar
1/2 C. Milk
1 tsp. Vanilla
3 tbsp. Hershey's unsweetened cocoa
1 C. Peanut Butter
3 C. Oats

Melt the butter in a sauce pan. Then on medium heat, stir in both the sugars. Add the milk, vanilla, and cocoa. Then on low heat, add the peanut butter. After the peanut butter is melted and its all creamy, stir in the oats. With two table-spoons, scoop out into balls on some foil. There you go! Enjoy.

~Emma

HOMEMADE OREO COOKIES

These are super easy and dang yummy. The best part is that there is only 4 ingredients!!!Here's the low down:

1 Devil's Food Cake Mix
2 Eggs
2/3 C. Shortening
1 can Cream Cheese Frosting

Mix the first three ingredients together by spoon. If it becomes stiff and hard to mix, use your hands but keep in mind that this is a sticky dough. Using a 1" cookie scoop, place 30 cookie balls on a large sheet pan. Bake at 375 for 8 minutes. The cracks in the cookies should still be glistening when you take them out of the oven. DO NOT over bake you want them to stay soft. Cool completely before making the oreo sandwiches. Frost the back side of one cookie and top with another. Continue until all cookies are made. Let cookies sit out on counter for at least an hour to let the frosting set up. Store in an air tight container to maintain freshness. ENJOY!!!

TIP: to make frosting these easier, scoop your frosting into a quart sized ziplock baggie. Snip one corner of the baggie off and pipe your frosting on. Makes frosting this babies so much easier!!

Easy caramel popcorn

3/4 cup unpopped popped corn

Pop the 3/4 C. popcorn

In a saucepan combine 1 can sweetened condensed milk

3/4 C. brown sugar

1 stick butter

When melted pour over popped corn, sprinkle a bit of salt over for that sweet and salty flavor and mix up well. Our favorite!

perfectly creamy cheesecake

And I mean it's PERFECT! Your gonna love it!

Here's the break down:

Crust:
1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
1 Tbsp. sugar

Filling:
3 8oz. cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour
3 eggs, room temp.
1/2 cup sour cream
1 Tbsp. lemon or lime juice
1 tsp. vanilla
1 can (21 oz) cherry or blueberry pie filling. (Optional)

Preheat oven to 300

Crust: Combine graham crumbs, butter and sugar until blended. Press into pan. Bake 10 minutes.

Filling: Beat cream cheese, sugar and flour at medium speed. Add eggs, mix at low speed. Stir sour cream, juice and vanilla. Pour into crust.

Bake 55-60 minutes or until center appears nearly set when shaken. Refrigerate immediately for a couple of hours or until chill.

black bean enchiladas

I LOVE this receipe! And the left overs are still just as tasty, they just may not look like it.

What you will need:

1 Tbsp. vegetable oil

1/2 cup chopped onion

1 tsp. ground cumin

1can of corn, drained

3/4 cup thick 'n chunky salsa

1 can (15oz) black beans, rinsed and drained

2 cups shredded monterey jack cheese

10 corn tortillas (6 in)

1 can (10oz) enchilada sauce (I prefer the green kind)

Top with avocado, olives, sour cream, cilantro. (whatever you want)

Heat oven to 350. Spray 11x7 inch baking dish with cooking spray. In 10 inch skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and cumin; cook and stir 4 to 5 minutes or until onion is tender. Stir in corn, salsa, beans and 1 cup of cheese. Remove from heat.

On microwavable plate, stack tortillas and cover with paper towel; microwave on high 1 minute to soften. Place 1/4 cup of bean mixture along center of each tortilla. Roll up tightly, and place seam sides down in baking dish; spoon remaining bean mixture on top. Pour enchilada sauce over enchiladas, spreading to coat all tortillas. Sprinkle with remaining 1 cup cheese.

Bake covered 25 to 30 minutes or until cheese is melted and sauce is bubbly around edges. Garnish with remaining ingredients.

As you cook this your kitchen will smell so yummy! This gooey cheesy goodness will melt in your mouth. My mouth is watering as I type!

ENJOY!