Recipes from Spring Break.

Today is the first day it feels like Spring Break is over. Jeff's parents just left this morning and now I feel like the fun vacation time is over and real life begins. We had a great spring break at Virginia Beach, Jamestown (congrats Stefanie) Jeff's Marathon victories and just hanging around here.
They left before Caroline woke up and when she came downstairs she asked where they were. When I said they had left she said, "But I was going to go with them?" last night we had teased about her going home with them. How sad that she didn't realize we were teasing. She was a little disappointed.

During this week we made some recipes I told my mother in law that I would send her and am going to document them here to remind myself too.

Kara Jayne's amazing and yummy Chocolate Chip Bundt cake. It is worth a try!

Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake

1 yellow cake mix with pudding (will say that on the box) - I prefer Pillsbury moist supreme.
1 sm. pkg chocolate instant pudding
1/2 C. sugar
3/4 C. vegetable oil
3/4 C. water
4 large eggs
1 C. sour cream
1 C. semi-sweet chocolate chips

Combine first 3 ingredients. Stir w/ fork or wire whip to remove large lumps. Add remaining ingredients except choc. chips. Stir until smooth. Stir in choc. chips. Pour into greased/floured (the Pam with flour works awesome) bundt pan. Bake @ 350 for 1 hr. (in my oven I only do 50 min. because it's a fast oven, and also because I like it super moist) Cool 10 min. on a wire rack in the pan. Remove from pan and cool completely. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve!

Baked Ham with Ham Sauce

1 (4-pound) precooked, sliced ham
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup apricot jam
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce

Place ham in roasting pan. In a medium saucepan combine brown sugar, apricot jam and

Worcestershire sauce. Warm through, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Spoon half of the sauce over surface of ham. reserve remaining sauce for individual servings. Bake 325 for 30 minutes, just until warmed through. Over cooking will result in dryness.

Marinda's pretzles

Southwest Grilled chicken Salad and Cornbread

Las Cruces Halloween Burritos.

1 lb of ground beef
1 small can of green chilies
1 chopped white onion
2 shredded potatoes (peeled first) I use a cheese grater

Cook all 4 ingredients and then spoon into large flour tortilla. Sprinkle with mozerrlla cheese. Then individually wrap into tin foil and place in oven 350 for about 20 minutes. This steams each burrito and melts the cheese. These are great to send with family the next day for lunch.

As a little girl in New Mexico these are what they sold at our Halloween carnival at our church each year. I probably ate 10 that night. They bring back such fun memories. The potatoes are probably added to stretch the meat further but I love putting it in and will add more potatoes if I need to make more

National Marathon Baked Ziti

Frog Eye Salad

Funeral Potatoes

32 oz bag of frozen shredded hash browns
2 (10 3/4 oz) cans Cream of Chicken Soup
2 cups Sour Cream
1 1/2 cup grated Cheddar Cheese

1/2 cup melted butter or margarine
1/2 c. chopped onion
2 cups finely crushed Corn Flakes
2 Tbs butter or margarine melted

Grease 9x13 baking dish and preheat oven to 350
In large bowl combine soups, sour cream, cheese, onions, and the 1/2 cup of melted butter.
Gently fold hash browns into mixture.
Pour mixture into pan.
Combine crushed corn flakes and the 2 Tbs. of melted butter and sprinkle on top of potato mixture.
Bake for 30 minutes.

Nicole's Rolls

Recipe coming....

What is funny I really didn't think I did much cooking this past week but now am exhausted as I look at all these recipes.

I can't wait to find some time and organize photos of the week and write about our great time in warm weather. (warm weather for us, freezing weather for my in laws)