Hellmann's Parmesan Crusted Chicken

 Mix all ingredients together but the bread crumbs, spread mayo mixture on chicken, sprinkle bread crumbs on top, I by accidentally dumped too many on top... so follow recipe... (a friend used crushed onion straws instead of bread crumbs and she said it was delicious)

 Bake in oven...

 Parmesan Crusted Chicken
recipe taken from Hellmanns.com

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup Hellmann's^® or Best Foods^® Real Mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 1-1/4 lbs.)
• 4 tsp. Italian seasoned dry bread crumbs

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 425°.
2. Combine Hellmann's^® or Best Foods^® Real Mayonnaise with cheese in medium bowl. Arrange chicken on baking sheet. Evenly top with mayonnaise mixture, then sprinkle with bread crumbs.
3. Bake 20 minutes or until chicken is thoroughly cooked.

Also terrific with Hellmann's^® or Best Foods^® Light Mayonnaise or Hellmann's^® or Best Foods^® Canola Cholesterol Free Mayonnaise.

Cost per recipe*: $7.16 Cost per serving*: $1.79
*Based on average retail prices at national supermarkets

TIP: Omit Parmesan cheese and have Magically Moist Chicken on table in less then 30 minutes.

Calories 370, Calories From Fat 210, Saturated Fat 4g, Trans Fat 0g, Total Fat 23g, Cholesterol 100g, Sodium 390g, Total Carbohydrates 2g, Sugars 1g, Dietary Fiber 0g, Protein35g, Vitamin A 2%, Vitamin C 2%, Calcium 8%, Iron 6%

Birthday Cake Fudge

Birthday Cake Fudge

Ingredients

3 cups sugar

1 1/2 sticks margarine5 oz can (2/3 cup) evaporated milk12 oz chopped white chocolate chips7oz jar marshmallow creme3 or 4 Tablespoons yellow cake mix (just the powdered MIX, not batter)1 teaspoon vanillaBlue coloring Rainbow sprinkles

Directions

1. Line an 8 or 9 inch square pan with foil, leaving the ends hanging over the edges of the pan. Spray foil thoroughly with nonstick spray. 2. Place the sugar, margarine, and evaporated milk in a heavy saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a full rolling boil, stirring constantly, and let boil for 4 minutes. Remove from heat.3. Add chocolate chips, marshmallow creme, and cake mix, stirring until chocolate chips are melted. Add vanilla and mix well.4. Working quickly, pour about 1/3 of the fudge in a bowl and add a few drops of blue candy coloring, mixing and adding until you achieve the desired shade. Pour white fudge into prepared pan, spreading evenly. Spoon blue fudge over the top, spacing it out. Using a sharp knife, draw swirls through the blue and white to create a marbled effect. Sprinkle the top generously with rainbow sprinkles before the top sets up.5. Let store at room temperature until cool, then place in the refrigerator until firm.Recipe via Confessions Of A Cookbook Queen 

Sorry I didn't get any pictures of this fudge being made, you have to work fast before it starts to cool, so I didn't have the time to take any pictures.... and... I'm totally brainless because I forgot to serve it at the girls Birthday party!! So now I have a pan of fudge!

Shepard's Pie

 I used this stuff cause you can adjust it to you taste...

 I used 2 cups of veggies

 Shepard's Pie
Recipe- from my friend Joy Charlton

1 lb ground beef
1 onion, chopped
1.5 cups frozen mixed vegetables, thawed
2 large russett potatoes(+butter and half and half for mashing)
1 cup beef broth, i use "better than bullion" paste
2 or so tsp cornstarch disolved in a little cold water
salt and pepper

saute onion in a little olive oil until starting to soften, add ground beef and cook thoroughly. season with salt and pepper. add mixed veggies and cook until heated through. add beef broth and cornstarch mixture and bring to boil and let simmer until thickened, about 4-5 minutes. taste and adjust seasoning if needed.

meanwhile peel and dice potatoes and boil in salted water until tender. mash with butter and half and half until pretty smooth but still a little firm/chunky. season with salt and pepper.

pour beef mixture into baking dish and top with spoonfuls of potato. pop into a 375 oven to heat thru and brown the potatoes a little bit. see, super easy!

Quesadilla Casserole

I used McCormick Recipe inspirations Seasoning packet: Quesadilla Casserole found in Spice aisle of grocery store

this is what it looks like......

Quesadilla Casserole

Makes 8 servings.

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

1 package McCormick® Recipe Inspirations Quesadilla Casserole

1 pound ground beef

1/2 cup chopped onion

2 cans (8 ounces each) tomato sauce

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

1 can (8 3/4 ounces) whole kernel corn, undrained

1 can (4 1/2 ounces) chopped green chiles, undrained

6 flour tortillas (8-inch)

2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Brown beef and onion in large skillet on medium-high heat; drain. Add tomato sauce, beans, corn and green chiles; mix well. Stir in all of the Spices except Red Pepper. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer 5 minutes. Add Red Pepper to taste, if desired. 

2. Spread 1/2 cup of the beef mixture on bottom of 13x9x2-inch baking dish sprayed with no stick cooking spray. Top with 3 of the tortillas, overlapping as needed. Layer with 1/2 of the remaining beef mixture and 1/2 of the cheese. Repeat with remaining tortillas, beef mixture and cheese. 

3. Bake 15 minutes or until heated through. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Super easy, totally recommend making it especially in a pinch... the packets are under $2, deal!

Chocolate Gooey Cookies & Cream Bars

 mix butter, egg and cake mix.... makes dough, I used my hands until dough formed

 break into chunks and lay in pan.. make sure it is foiled lines and sprayed with non stick spray... 11x13 inch pan

 Press the dough down and cover evenly..

 take 14 Oreos and break and spread evenly..

 pour sweet and condensed milk evenly on top of cookies

 top with 1/2 cup of chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of white chocolate chips..

 bake at 350 for 25 minutes.. let cool and then cut into bars..

recipe from Pickypalate.com

Gooey Cookies and Cream Chocolate Cake Bars

1 Devils Food Cake Mix

8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened

1 large egg

1 1/2 cups chocolate chips

14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk

14 Oreo Cookies, broken into bite size pieces

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line a 9×13 inch baking pan with tin foil sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.

2. Place cake mix, butter and egg into a large bowl, mixing to combine. Use your hands, it works much quicker  Press into prepared baking pan. Top with broken pieces of cookies.

3. Pour sweetened condensed milk over cookies and top with chocolate chips. Bake for 23-25 minutes, until cooked through. Remove from oven.

4.  After 5 minutes of cooling, run a plastic knife around edges to loosen, this makes it much easier to remove from foil.  Let cool completely, remove foil from pan, then cut into squares.  I cut off all of the edges before cutting into squares (makes for neater squares), but do whatever you’d like!!

Makes 12 bars

Look what I made...

 Lilah Sloane- 6lbs 7oz... perfectly beautiful...

now cut me some slack on new recipes! :) My parents are here cooking everything for me, so I haven't been in the kitchen much!

Happy 4th of July

 Red Velvet cake on top, white cake with blue food coloring on the bottom!  White icing on top!

Happy 4th of JULY!!