Creamy hamburger pasta

This is the ultimate ... "I have no food in the house!" dinner. This is very similar to the creamy chicken pasta recipe, but with beef and cream of mushroom soup. The picture is from today, in my Tupperware container, so it's not a fresh off the stove picture.

Give it a try!!!

Ingredients:

2 hamburger patties
1/2 cup chopped onion
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 bag frozen vegetables
1 can cream of mushroom soup
2/3 cup sour cream
2/3 cup milk

Directions:

Cook the hamburger patties in a little bit of water with some onion. Drain. (I strained it through my strainer and then put it back in the pan.) Cook pasta at the same time.

Add the milk and sour cream to the pan with the hamburger and onion. Cook until heated through.

Add the vegetables to the mixture and crumble up the hamburger patties.

Drain pasta and add it to the creamy mixture.

Serve with salad and bread!

Chicken burritos and homemade chips!

This is a really simple and fast meal, but it's always nice to have some of those, right?

Ingredients:

1 chicken breast, cooked and shredded
1/2 onion, chopped
1/2 green pepper, cut in long strips
1 can black beans
1can refried beans
10 tortillas

Directions:

Place the cooked and shredded chicken, onion, green pepper, some black beans, and some refried beans in a tortilla. Warm in the microwave for about 30 seconds. Remove from microwave and add your favorite toppings. (guacamole, sour cream, cheese, salsa)

To make the chips, use a pizza cutter to cut triangle shapes out of the tortillas. Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray. Place the chips on the cookie sheet. Spray the tops of the chips with cooking spray. Place in the oven and broil on high for 1 minute, turn the chips over, and broil for 1 more minute. Be careful and watch the chips, I thought I could leave one batch in there for a second while I finished something else up, no way...they were toast!!

This picture is compliments of my cute husband. He wraps his burritos so nicely, and his plate looked very artful. I thought so, at least. I asked him if he'd take a picture, and even though he was starving and didn't want to ... he relented. Bless his heart.

A new cook in the kitchen!

Okay, obviously we have a new member to the cooking site! Welcome, Becky!!! You might have been reading thinking, "Um...Chrissy's husband is not diabetic, and unless it's been a SUPER long time since I've talked with her, I don't think she has two kids."

Have no fear, there's now two crazy people loading pictures and recipes. So, twice the fun!

Stay tuned for more later today.

Sunday Morning Sweet Rolls

Okay, I made these the other day and our family is divided on them. I am an all-out smotherer of cinnamon rolls and say the more frosting the better. My husband, on the other hand, is more health-conscious and thinks these sweet rolls are a perfect amount of sweet. So, with that said:

1 Cup Brown Sugar

1 Teaspoon Cinnamon

1 Cup Butter

About18 Rhodes frozen bread rolls

The night before, put sugar, butter and cinnamon in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
Cook for 4 minutes.
Place frozen rolls in a Bundt pan, pour sugar mixture over the rolls.
Leave on kitchen counter overnight.
In the morning, bake in pre-heated oven, 350 degrees, for 20-25 minutes.

*The best part of these is how truly simple and easy they are. They're perfect if you have company and everything is hectic and such.
**I only have 2 kids, and one is still working on "chewing" rice cereal, so I halved this recipe and it worked just fine.

Even more kiddie Mac-n-Cheese

My 2-year old sometimes needs "motivation" to eat her meal. This is more of an idea than a new recipe:

Make your favorite Mac-n-Cheese and vegetable.

Put it in these fancy-dancy cupcake liners.

Top with cut-out cheese shapes (kids like to help with this part)

Broil for a couple of minutes.

Wa-lah!