Monday Night Football 7 Layer Taco Dip

I got this recipe off of Allrecipes a while back and really haven't had a chance to make it for any reason, until tonight. As a lot of the comments on the original recipe says, it was a huge hit. I did alter mine slightly so look after the recipe to see what I did differently.

INGREDIENTS

* 1 (1 ounce) package taco seasoning mix
* 1 (16 ounce) can refried beans
* 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
* 1 (16 ounce) container sour cream
* 1 (16 ounce) jar salsa
* 1 large tomato, chopped
* 1 green bell pepper, chopped
* 1 bunch chopped green onions
* 1 small head iceberg lettuce, shredded
* 1 (6 ounce) can sliced black olives, drained
* 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese


DIRECTIONS

1. In a medium bowl, blend the taco seasoning mix and refried beans. Spread the mixture onto a large serving platter.
2. Mix the sour cream and cream cheese in a medium bowl. Spread over the refried beans.
3. Top the layers with salsa. Place a layer of tomato, green bell pepper, green onions and lettuce over the salsa, and top with Cheddar cheese. Garnish with black olives.

I don't use the lettuce or the salsa. I add additional tomatoes to substitute.

Party Recipes On The Way!

Image via WikipediaVery frequently, we host a UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) Fight Night and we invite a bunch of guys (and girls!)over to watch the fight.

This is my testing ground. I always try out new recipes on them! I usually do appetizers, finger foods and drinks. But, this of course varies with my mood and what I feel like experimenting with.

Tomorrow night is fight night! I'm thinking because Antonio Nogueira vs. Frank Mir is the main event I'll do something spicy. Nogeuira is from Brazil and Mir is just hawt! So, there we have it!

Be expecting some new recipes I've tried!

Green Bean Casserole

Who can go through the holidays without making green bean casserole? Well, I did. Until this year. Last week I found this recipe for green bean casserole on one of my daily sites I visit. It looked good and I had all intentions of making it, exactly as it was posted.

However, that all changed when I got to the grocery store and realized I forgot the list of ingredients I needed for it. Luckily for me, I found a recipe for it on French's French Fried Onions can!
And this is how it went...

Campbell's Green Bean Casserole

Ingredients
1 can (10 3/4 oz.) Campbell's Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup (Regular, 98% Fat Free or 25% Less Sodium)
1/2 cup milk (I used skim milk)
Dash ground black pepper
4 cups cooked cut green beans
1 1/3 cups French's® French Fried Onions

Directions

1. Mix soup & milk. Add black pepper, beans and 2/3 cup onions in 1 1/2-qt. casserole.
2. Bake at 350°F for 25 min. or until hot.
3. Stir. Sprinkle with remaining onions. Bake 5 min.

Serves 6.

How'd it turn out? Great! I've seen the recipe with soy sauce added but I am almost positive I wouldn't like it. I think I want to find another recipe for it that isn't so "creamy". I love green beans when they are firm and rich with flavor a little more than I like them all creamy. This was great nonethless!

Christmas Eve Breakfast Casserole

Traditionally, I read about people doing "Christmas Morning" breakfast casseroles so they can enjoy the morning and not worry about cooking. Well, considering that we don't even get to think about breakfast until 9am on Christmas morning, I've decided I'm going to make my breakfast casserole on Christmas Eve morning, when I will have a larger group to cook for and less time to do it in.

So, let's get to this wonderful "Awesome Breakfast Casserole" that I found on SparkPeople. For those of you who've never heard of SparkPeople, it's a great website for anyone looking to lose weight or maintain a healthy lifestyle. Best of all, it's free. Go check it out and if you sign up, use me as a referral and add me as a friend, my user name is akaJonna.

Awesome Breakfast Casserole

Submitted by CJCERTS

An easy and tasty casserole for any meal! It also reheats well in the microwave.

Ingredients

1 12 oz. package Jimmy Dean 50% less fat Pork Sausage 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (lowfat) 1 cup Heart Smart Bisquick mix 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper 2 cups skim milk 4 eggs

Directions

1. Brown sausage and drain.
2. Arrange cheese and sausage in bottom of a greased 9x13 pan
3. In separate bowl, beat milk, eggs, Bisquick, salt, and pepper, until smooth.
4. Pour mixture over cheese and sausage.
5. Bake at 400 degrees for 30-35 minutes, or until lightly browned.

Number of Servings: 12

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user CJCERTS.
Number of Servings: 12

Nutritional Info

• Servings Per Recipe: 12
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 178.2

• Total Fat: 9.1 g
• Cholesterol: 96.0 mg
• Sodium: 546.4 mg
• Total Carbs: 9.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.0 g
• Protein: 13.9 g

The really awesome thing about SparkPeople is that they give nutritional information and allow you to add the recipes to cookbooks you store and then auto add them to your nutritional information very easily! I've found a number of recipes on there that I'm saving in a "to try" folder, that you can check out.

My Love for Freezer Burns

Freezer Burns combines two loves of mine. First, my love of microwaved food. Second, my love for watching online videos.

It's a better pair than red wine and chocolate!

I can't remember exactly how I found out about it, but I'm almost positive someone posted something about it on Twitter and so of course I had to check it out. Then, I found the Freezer Burns guy on Twitter too!

So, one day (about 13 days ago from today), I send a tweet to @FreezerBurns

And then guess what I see today in my tweet-stream?


So, of course, I had to check it out! Like you can too, if you just click here!

See, this is just yet another reason why I love the internet so very much. First, I find these ridiculously fun sites where people are doing things I'd love to be doing but just didn't know I'd love to be doing it, but then when I interact with them, guess what?

They interact BACK!

FreezerBurns.com has just jumped super high on my list of sites I love.

And no, he's not sending me boxes microwave food or even his cool shirts he wears for posting this.
Again, just part of the internet I love - passing on things I love by word of mouth... er, word of keys, hmm.. word of blog? Whatever.

Go check it out!