Peanut Butter Granola Bars

These remind me a lot of peanut butter honey popcorn. (recipe on the blog) What a great combo, these bars are great too because they don't have a lot of ingredients. -Sarah

1/2 cup natural peanut butter

1/4-1/3 cup honey

2/3 cup old fashioned oats

2/3 cup white whole wheat flour

1/4 cup sucanat

1/4 t. salt

1/2 t. baking powder

3 T. melted butter

2 T. milk

• Stir together peanut butter and honey (may need to microwave to incorporate it well).
• Mix dry ingredients, then add butter and milk to form crumbs.
• Set aside 1/2 cup of crumb mixture and press remaining into a greased 8x8 pan.
• Spread peanut butter and honey mixture over crust and sprinkle with remaining topping.
• Bake at 325 degrees about 20 minutes.

Awesome Guacamole

I got this recipe from a blog called Tammy's Recipes.  It is awesome, creamy, deliciousness! -Kristin

2 large ripe avocados

1-2 tablespoons lime or lemon juice

3 tablespoons fresh chopped cilantro

1/4 cup minced red onion

1/2 teaspoon salt

Several shakes of Red Hot or your favorite hot sauce

1/2 cup sour cream

• Place all in a bowl and mash with a potato masher. 
• ENJOY!

Mediterranean Pasta

This is a pasta dish I created by mixing a couple different recipes. It is fantastic! -Kristin

3 1/2 c. uncooked penne or other larger noodle
1/3 c. butter
1 large onion, chopped
1/3 c. flour
2 c. chicken broth
14 oz. marinated artichoke hearts, drained and diced
4 c. chopped, fresh spinach
1 large tomato, diced
1 c. crumbled feta cheese (or more if desired)

3-4 cups diced cooked chicken

• Cook pasta according to directions.
• Meanwhile, melt butter in saucepan. Add the onion and saute for a couple minutes.
• Stir in flour until blended; gradually add the chicken broth. Bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or unitl thickened.
• Stir in the artichoke hearts, spinach, tomato, feta cheese and chicken.
• Combine all together with the noodles.
• Place in a 9x13 pan and place under broiler for a couple minutes until top is bubbly and golden brown.

Sour Cream and Onion Potato Casserole

Another delicious potato casserole recipe! I love the green onion flavor throughout and it's quick and easy to throw together. -Sarah

5#'s Russet potatoes, peeled and chopped
8 oz. cream cheese
8 oz. sour cream
1 stick butter
1 cup sliced green onions
1/2 t. garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese (optional)

• Cook potatoes in salted water, drain when fork tender.
• Beat cooked potatoes with beater untill well mashed.
• Add remaining ingredients (except cheddar) mixing well.
• Spread in greased 9x13 pan and sprinkle with cheese if desired. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until heated through.

Kate's Pasta Dish

My sister, Kate has been telling me to make this recipe for a long time. I made it for my husbands B-day dinner and it is a keeper. I added peas to ours, this would be very easy to adjust to your liking. -Sarah

3 chicken breasts, cubed
6 T. butter, divided
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 1/2 t. Italian seasoning
small onion, diced
4 oz. sliced fresh mushrooms
2 T. + 2 t. flour
1 1/2 t. salt
1/2 t. pepper
1 1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup half and half
1/4 cup + 2 T. Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup colby-jack cheese
1/4 cup sour cream
diced tomato
1 pound fettuccine noodles cooked and drained adding peas the last few minutes of cooking time
1 cup frozen peas

• Cook chicken with 2 T. butter, garlic and Italian seasoning. Season with salt.
• Melt 4 T. butter in a skillet adding onion and mushrooms, cook until softened. Stir in flour, salt and pepper, cook 2 minutes.
• Slowly add milk and half and half stirring until smooth. Stir in Parmesan and colby cheeses until melted.
• Stir in sour cream, tomatoes and chicken. Toss sauce with noodles and peas.

Cream Filling or Frosting

This is a recipe that I've been wanting for a long time. I've tried different filling recipes and none have been as good as this one! It's an amazing, fluffy white frosting that has more of a filling texture to me. I've used it to fill cupcakes and it would be a great cake filling. Try it, you might just want to frost something with it. -Sarah

1 cup milk
5 T. flour
1 t. vanilla
-Combine milk and flour in a small saucepan with a whisk until combined. Heat over medium heat stirring until mixture is thickened. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla. Cool.

1 cup butter
1 cup sugar (not powdered sugar)
-Beat butter and sugar until very well combined. Add the thickened mixture, making sure it's completely cooled! Beat until light and fluffy, making sure not to over beat. It will resemble whipped cream.

Buffalo Chicken Dip

There a lot of versions of this dip out there, I'm sure they are all good. This can be changed to suit your tastes, it's a quick recipe to throw together and the results are delicious! -Sarah

2, 8 oz. pkg's cream cheese
16 oz. Ranch or Blue Cheese dressing
12 oz. Red Hot
3 cups shredded chicken
2/3 cup minced celery
8 oz. shredded Montery Jack cheese

• In a saucepan heat the cream cheese and dressing until completely combined, stir in Red Hot.
• Combine chicken, celery and shredded cheese in a bowl.
• Add Red Hot mixture to bowl and mix well. Spread in a 9x13 pan and bake at 350 until heated through, about 30 minutes. Or just microwave until cheese is melted.
• Serve with tortilla chips, corn chips or celery sticks.

I've made this a few different ways, it's easily adaptable. You can substitute some of the Montery jack cheese for crumbled blue cheese, or sprinkle with cheese when it's heated through. You can also adjust the temperature of this dish by using less Red Hot. Enjoy, it's yummy!