fall-foods

Pumpin pie white hot Chocolate

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:02:20 +0100

Pumpkin Pie White Hot Chocolate

3 cups whole milk
1 cup canned pumpkin puree
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/8 teaspoon cloves
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 ounces white chocolate (roughly chopped)
pinch salt

Directions:
1. Heat the milk, pumpkin puree, and spices in a sauce pan until it just starts to simmer and remove form heat.
2. Add the chocolate and stir until it has melted.

3. You could garnish this with whipped cream ad cinnamon.
4. Pour into mugs and enjoy!

** I also think that by changing it a little you could make a delicious pumpkin spiced coffee..
instead of 3 cups milk..use 1 cup milk and 2 cups brewed coffee..leave out the white chocolate and or not..either way it would be good..

Witches brew punch

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 15:50:30 +0100

Ingredients

1 package (6 ounces) orange gelatin
1/2 to 1 cup sugar
2 cups boiling water
1 can (46 ounces) apricot nectar
1 can (46 ounces) pineapple juice
3/4 cup lemon juice
4 liters ginger ale, chilled

Directions

In a large bowl, dissolve gelatin and sugar in water. Stir in the apricot nectar, pineapple juice and lemon juice. Freeze in two 2-qt. freezer containers. Remove from the freezer 2-3 hours before serving. Place contents of one container in a punch bowl; mash with potato masher. Stir in ginger ale just before serving. Repeat. Yield: about 8 quarts.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 cup) equals 122 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 23 mg sodium, 31 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

found on Southern living

Tater Tot Casserole

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:19:56 +0100

Recently, I found the recipe to this and it is now one of our families favorites.plus its a quick and easy tummy filling meal.

I use:

1 bag of tater tots
1 small onion diced
2 pds of ground beef
1 cup of diced green pepper
2 cans of Mushroom gravy ( or Jars if you prefer)
2 bags of shredded sharp cheddar cheese

first brown your ground beef along with the onions and peppers
once this is done..drain and add the two cans of mushroom gravy
stir and blend well then pour mixture into a casserole dish..I use a 9 by 13 size.
next spread one of bags of cheese across the top of the mixture
next spread out the tater tots over the meat and cheese
then spread the last bag of cheese over the tator tots.
pop in the oven at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes until tater tots brown and its all bubbly and hot.

as and added bit of zing..we heat up a can of hot dog chili and spoon it over our serving for a very tasty chili cheesey tator tot flavor!

Fall Chil pot

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:21:38 +0100

As September rolls around..I start craving some of my favorite Fall foods. The first to come to mind is my homemade Chili. Over the years I have changed my base recipe to something that is now quick easy and quiet tasty:

Ingredients:

1 large can of tomato juice

4 cans dark red kidney beans

1 large can diced tomatoes with chili's

1 medium can tomatoe paste

1 bottle of chili sauce

2 pkg's of chili seasoning (I use a mix of hot and mild pkgs)

3 lbs ground beef

1 onion (small) chopped into small pieces

1 green pepper chopped into small pieces

Step 1:

Brown the ground beef along with the onion and green peppers.

Step 2:

while the meat is browning, in a large soup pot, pour in your tomatoe juice, add the diced tomatoes and chili's, drain and add all 4 cans of kidney beans, stir to mix then add the tomatoe paste and the chili sauce

Step 3:

once the meat has cooked..drain off the grease in a strainer..then mix in the chili seasoning packets until well blended with the meat..then add this mixture to the soup pot. At this point, I usually take the empty tomatoe juice can and fill it halfway with water and add the water to the pot to tone down the tomato flavor..I suggest you taste yours first and see if you want to delute it down some or not..

Step 4:

Simmer over low to medium heat for about thirty minutes..then let sit for thirty minutes with lid on and no heat .

I usually serve mine with crackers and sweet Corn bread but I recently saw Paula Dean make a corn bread waffle and I am thinking that I want to try that out next time..

Other great garnishes are shredded cheddar cheese, corn chips, sour cream, tortilla chips or a peanut butter sandwich on the side , anyway you chose to fix it..Its always great with a large icy cold glass of milk..

This is the perfect food to make on a chilly fall weekend..make it saturday afternoon and you can feast on it thru to sunday.sometimes I even have enough left to freeze in a storage container for later in the week.

Fall Foods

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:34:15 +0100

A collection of recipes that I love to make once fall has arrived.