Sour Cream and Vegetable Potato Topper

 ½ C    chopped cucumbers
½ C    tomatoes, chopped   
½ C    chopped green peppers
½ C    chopped celery
½ C    chopped green onions
1 pt     sour cream
¼ C    mayonnaise
¼ tsp    salt
dash of garlic powder

Combine the ingredients and serve over hot baked potatoes.   

Baked Ham and Egg Cups

This is what Katrina made for Dad's birthday breakfast, and it was very delicious.  Thanks, Katrina! 

8 eggs
3/4 c. shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1/4 c. Parmesan cheese
1/4 c. cottage cheese
5 oz. frozen spinach, defrosted, squeezed of water, and roughly chopped
1/3 c. roasted red peppers
1oz. finely diced ham, Canadian bacon, or crumbled bacon (about 1/4 to 1/3 c.)
1/4 c. chopped green onions
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. black pepper
1/2 tsp. hot sauce (like Tabasco)
12 slices lunchmeat ham

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. In a bowl, combine all ingredients (except ham slices) and stir well.

3. Spray a muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray and place one piece of ham in each well to form a bowl.

4. Evenly divide the egg mixture between the 12 muffin wells (about 1/4 c. each) being careful to keep ingredients evenly distributed. You want to fill them right up to the top.

5. Place in the preheated oven and bake for 15-20 minutes. The tops should be puffed and just barely set on top. Eggs will sink after cooling.

Easy Stroganoff

Back by popular demand . . . :)  Modified slightly from Valley View Ward Relief Society cookbook.

~1 lb. hamburger
1 onion, diced
2 T. flour
2 beef bouillon cubes
2 c. water
3/4 t. salt
1/4 t. pepper
1 T. mustard
1 T. worcestershire sauce
1 T. ketchup
1 c. sour cream

Saute meat and onions; add remaining ingredients except sour cream. Cook until thickened and bubbly; add sour cream.  Serve over noodles or rice.

Fancy grilled cheese

So I was looking on pinterest today for yummy things to eat.  I saw a recipe for grilled cheese (it was probably actually a panini) with cream cheese, jalapenos, and bacon.  Since I didn't have any of those things, I made a grilled sandwich with cheddar cheese, artichoke hearts, and spinach.  It was really good.  Then I made the kids grilled cheese sandwiches with ham.

Anyway, if you want to throw some vegetables in something yummy (Melissa), there's another thing for you to try.  Just make sure there's cheese between all the layers so they don't fall apart.

Fluorescent Yellow Food Day

So for FYFD this year I tried a few new recipes.  I pretty much just googled "yellow food" and made the recipes of the things that looked good.  I thought I'd post links here because some of them were amazingly good and I want to be able to find them again.

http://www.seletsucre.com/egyptian-yellow-lentil-soup/

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/06/pineapple-mango-salsa/

Yellow Hummus

For Fluorescent Yellow Food Day I made this yellow hummus.  It's pretty good.  I think it'd be awesome on some flat bread, but alas, I don't have any.  http://www.chowvida.com/2012/08/curried-hummus/
I actually added a lot of water to it to get it to work in my blender and it's still quite stiff.  I put in a pinch of paprika, too.  Good stuff.