Taco Pie Recipe

 

 I saw this today on Facebook it looks so good!

Ingredients:

1 sheet puff pastry
1 package Taco Bell seasoning mix
1 pound ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup salsa
1 cup shredded lettuce
1 medium tomato, chopped
1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
Sour cream, optional

Directions:

place puff pastry on the bottom of a greased pie tin.

In a medium skillet, cook beef and onions until beef is browned and cooked through. Drain. Add Salsa and taco seasoning. Cook until bubbly. Pour into crust. Bake for 25 minutes, or until crust is golden brown. Let cool for 5 minutes.

Top with cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes. Cut and serve with sour cream.

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Apple Crumble Cupcakes

Found this the other day on Aldi's Facebook page and I wanted to share. They look super yummy!

Apple Crumble Cupcakes

Rating: 5

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Moist cupcakes filled with apples, applesauce and nuts. Recipe from HoosierHomemade.com

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons Countryside Creamery Unsalted Butter, softened
• 1/2 cup Baker’s Corner Granulated Sugar
• 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons Baker’s Corner Brown Sugar, packed
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 teaspoon Stonemill Essentials Pure Vanilla Extract
• 1 cup + 2 tablespoons Baker’s Corner All Purpose Flour
• 1/2 teaspoon Baker’s Corner Baking Soda
• 1/2 teaspoon Baker’s Corner Baking Powder
• 1/4 teaspoon Stonemill Essentials Salt
• 1/2 teaspoon Stonemill Essentials Ground Cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon Stonemill Essentials Nutmeg
• 3/4 cup Sweet Harvest Applesauce
• 1 cup apples, diced, any variety is fine, I used Honeycrisp
Crumble Topping
• 1/2 cup Baker’s Corner All Purpose Flour
• 1/3 cup Baker’s Corner Brown Sugar, packed
• 1/4 cup Southern Grove Nuts (walnuts or pecans)
• 1/2 teaspoon Stonemill Essentials Ground Cinnamon
• 3 tablespoons Countryside Creamery Unsalted Butter, softened
Glaze
• 1 cup Baker’s Corner Powdered Sugar
• 1 tablespoon milk

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place cupcake liners in muffin tin. This recipe makes 12 cupcakes, if you need more, you can easily double the recipe.
2. Combine the ingredients for the crumble topping and set aside
3. In a measuring cup or small bowl, whisk together dry ingredients, flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and spices, set aside
4. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugars until light and fluffy
5. Add the egg, and then the vanilla, beat until well combined
6. Measure applesauce, set aside
7. Add half of the dry ingredients, alternating with the applesauce
8. Peel, core and chop apples into small pieces, fold into batter
9. Divide batter into liners adding about 1/4 cup each. Sprinkle with crumble topping and pat down slightly
10. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely
11. Combine glaze ingredients in a small bowl, you may need to add a little more milk if the mixture is too thick.
12. Drizzle over cupcakes

Thanks to Hoosier Homemade-Cupcakes,Cooking,Decorating is baking something really delicious. Apple Crumble Cupcakes, mmm. http://hoosierhomemade.com/apple-crumble-cupcakes

Also thanks to ALDI USA's for having this post on Facebook

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Camouflage Cupcakes!

 

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Here is a recipe for Camouflage Cupcakes.
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source: Crafty Mama

Camouflage Cupcakes!

Start out with 2 box mixes, one chocolate, one white.
Divide the batter into 4 bowls.
1. White batter.
2. White batter with green food coloring and a dash of chocolate batter.
3. Equal parts chocolate and white batter.
4. Chocolate batter.
Mix the different batters together until you get the colors you want. I ended up with a lot more chocolate batter than the rest of the colors, but I ended up making a few plain chocolate cupcakes to use it up.
Line a cupcake tin with paper liners.
For the batter, you can either use spoons and dump little blobs of each color into each wrapper, or you can get fancy and use pastry bags. I chose to get fancy with bags. It makes filling the cupcakes tins a little easier and a little less messy.
Just drop a bunch of blobs in each wrapper until they’re all about 3/4 of the way full. Bake according to the directions on the box.
Once the cupcakes are done baking, pop them out of the tins so they can start cooling.

Use this recipe for icing.
1. Diving the icing into 3 bowls.
2. Keep one batch white/ivory.
3. The other bowl you will add a little bit of green food coloring and a little bit of cocoa powder until it’s the desired color.
4. The last bowl you will add cocoa powder until it’s the desired color brown.
5. For the fancy swirled icing, take 3 pastry bags.
6. Fill each bag with it’s own color of icing.
7. Take all 3 bags and put them into 1 larger bag with a start tip in it.
Pipe a swirl onto the tops, and you’re done!

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A family Favorite: APPLE PIE BITES

 

THIS IS SO SIMPLE!
A family Favorite: APPLE PIE BITES
1 tube Crescent rolls
1 Slice apple per triangle
1 Tbsp. Melted Butter
Cinnamon & sugar

Preheat Oven to 350˚
1. Roll out the dough on a greased cookie sheet, brush with butter and sprinkle Brown Sugar and Cinnamon in individual pieces of dough.
2. Roll up an apple slice in the dough forming a crescent, brush with melted butter and top with cinnamon. Repeat for others.
3. Bake for 12-15 Mins at 350˚.
4. Remove from Oven, filling will be hot! Serve alone or with a dollop of Vanilla Ice Cream.

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TO DIE FOR RICE KRISPY TREATS

 

Warning: cake batter rice crispy treats. You will probably never make regular rice crispy treats again.3 Tbsp. butter 1 (10 oz.) bag of mini-marshmallows 1/4 cup yellow cake mix (the dry cake mix, not prepared into a batter!) 6 cups crispy rice cereal 1 (1.75 oz.) container of sprinkles Method: Melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat and add marshmallows. Stir until they begin to melt, adding in (dry) cake mix one spoonful at a time so its combined. Stir in cereal and let set.

Thanks Parent's Room 
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Homemade Krispy Kremes — Yes, this is the actual recipe!

Ingredients:
3 tbsp milk
3 tbsp boiling water
1 tsp dry active yeast
8 oz all purpose flour (a little under 2 cups - I recommend you measure and weigh. See my note above)
1 1/2 oz sugar (about 3 tablespoons)
1 egg
1 oz butter, cold to room temperature (just don't melt it, okay?)
dash of salt

Enough oil to cover the bottom few inches of a wok, or a deep fryer.

Directions:
In a large measuring jug, combine the milk and boiling water. Add a teaspoon of the sugar and the yeast. Stir it gently, then leave it in a warm place for the yeast to activate (aka foam).
In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, the rest of the sugar, and the salt. Cut in the butter using your fingers or a pastry blender, until it resembles crumbs.
Add the egg (give it a quick beat) and yeast mixture to the flour mix, and mix into a smooth dough. This usually takes about 5 minutes of mixing.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly-floured counter and knead for about 5 to 10 minutes—it should feel springy and little bubbles should form under the surface. Place it back in the bowl, cover with a cloth or plastic wrap, and let rise for about an hour until double in size.
Once risen, place the dough onto the counter and cut it into 4 pieces. One piece at a time, stretch it into a long rope about an inch to an inch and a half wide. Cut strips about an inch long, ball em up with your hands, and place them on a baking tray or wire rack to wait.
Cover the doughnuts holes with a cloth to rise while you heat the oil to 375F.
Place the doughnuts into the oil and fry until golden brown on each side, about 2 minutes. Be sure to fry only a few at a time so they don’t overcrowd and stick together.
Drain on a paper towel or wire rack over a cloth, before glazing them. Be sure to glaze them warm, or else they won’t get that delicious coverage!

Glaze:
1/3 cup butter
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
4 tablespoons hot water or as needed

A brief note: I recommend a scale, as not all flours (and cup measurements) are made equal.
2 cups of my Canadian flour in my Canadian cups on my scale might be more or less than yours.
If you don't have a scale, start at 1 1/2 cups and work your way up from there.

Recipe via "Now You're Cook'in"

Thanks At Home with Terri 

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Biscuit CINNAMON Roll!!

WOW these look Awesome and Delicious!!!

Sticky Bun Breakfast Ring:
2 small tubes refrigerator buttermilk biscuits OR 1 tube Pillsbury Grands buttermilk biscuits
3 Tbsp. butter, melted
1/2 C. pancake syrup (any brand you like, I used Mrs. Buttersworth)
1/3 C. packed light brown sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 C. chopped pecans, optional
1/4 C. chopped almonds, optional

Instructions:
Spray a fluted pan with non-stick spray. Combine the melted butter and syrup in a small bowl and set aside. In another bowl, combine the brown sugar, cinnamon, and nuts (if desired). Place about half of the syrup mixture in the bottom of the pan. Then sprinkle half of the brown sugar mixture on top. Lay the biscuits on the bottom of the pan, overlapping edges (closely together) to form a ring. Top with remaining syrup and sugar mixtures. Bake at 375 degrees for approximately 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 1 minute in the pan, then invert onto a serving platter and enjoy!
** You can use 1 1/2 tubes of the Pillsbury Grands buttermilk biscuits if 1 doesnt' seem like enough) and bake it for about 30 minutes.

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Brownie ‘n Berries Dessert Pizza!

 

Ingredients

1 box of brownie mix,
Water, vegetable oil and egg called for on brownie mix box
1 package (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups sliced fresh strawberries
1 cup fresh blueberries
1 cup banana slices
1/2 cup apple jelly

Thanks tarte cosmetics 
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EASY CROCKPOT POTATO SOUP RECIPE

 

EASY CROCKPOT POTATO SOUP RECIPE:
Ingredients:
1 (30 oz.) bag frozen hash-brown potatoes (I use the squared, southern style)
2 (14 oz.) cans chicken broth
1 (10.75 oz.) can cream of chicken soup
1/2c chopped onion
1/3 tsp. ground black pepper
1 (8oz) package cream cheese (softened)
Garnish: minced green onion

Directions:

1. In a slow cooker, combine potatoes, broth, soup, onion, and pepper.

2. Cover, and cook on low for 5 hours.

3. Stir in cream cheese, cook 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until combined.

4. Garnish with green onion.

Thanks katypixels.com for this
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A Spin On Smores

 

Place unrolled crescent rolls in separate muffin tins. Fill with chocolate chips/hershey kisses, marshmallows, and crushed up graham crackers. Fold to close. Cook at 350 F for approx. 15 minutes.
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Fruit Salsa and Baked Cinnamon Chips

 

Fruit Salsa and Baked Cinnamon Chips
For the fruit salsa:
2 kiwis, peeled and diced
2 Golden Delicious apples – peeled, cored and diced
8 oz raspberries
1 (16 oz) carton of strawberries, diced
2 tbsp white sugar
1 tbsp brown sugar 3 tbsp fruit preserves, any flavor (I used strawberry; would only use 2 tbsp next time)
For the cinnamon chips:
10 (10 inch) flour tortillas melted butter or butter flavored cooking spray
For the cinnamon sugar:
1 cup white sugar 2 tbsp cinnamon
Instructions:
1. In a large bowl, thoroughly mix kiwis, apples, raspberries, strawberries, white sugar, brown sugar, and fruit preserves. Cover and chill in the refrigerator at least 15 minutes while the oven preheats to 350 degrees.
2. Coat one side of each flour tortilla with melted butter or butter flavored cooking spray. Sprinkle tortillas with desired amount of cinnamon sugar, cut into wedges, and arrange in a single layer on a large baking sheet. Spray again with cooking spray (not necessary if using melted butter).
3. Bake in the preheated oven 8 to 10 minutes. Repeat with any remaining tortilla wedges. Allow to cool approximately 15 minutes. Serve with chilled fruit mixture. This salsa can also be served with cinnamon graham crackers or cinnamon pita chips. Best when made and eaten the same day otherwise the fruit gives off so too much juice and it gets runny.
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7UP Biscuits Recipe

 

 

2 cups Bisquick
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup 7-up
1/4 cup melted butter
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Cut the sour cream into your biscuit mix using a fork or your hands
Stir in 1/2 cup 7 Up. The dough will be very soft, don't worry.
Sprinkle additional baking mix on to your counter, about a 1/2 cup seems to work just fine.
Knead and fold dough until coated with your baking mix. Pat dough out, (no rolling pin needed) and cut biscuits using a round biscuit/cookie cutter. Don't have one, no problem, use a glass or empty soup can.
Melt butter in a 9 inch square pan. just stick your pan and butter in the oven for a few minutes. Just a few though, the butter will burn, so watch it.
Place cut biscuits on top of melted butter and bake for 12-15 minutes or until brown.

Thanks Nom Nom Palace

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Sugar Hand scrub - love scrubs like this!

 

Sugar Hand scrub - love scrubs like this!
GREAT GIFT IDEA! - make, put in mason jar, tie with bow, add a tag!
Fill mason jar 3/4 of the way full with sugar.Then add dawn dish soap (I use the pink one that has the olay in it, smells good and moisturizes) until it reaches just below the mouth of the jar.
Stir the sugar and soap together until it is paste like. If it seems to be too runny, add a little sugar at a time until it is the desired consistency.You can tie with a jute twine or ribbon and give as a gift, or do like me and hog it all for yourself!! So cheap and easy!!
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S’more Crack Dip

 

 

S’more Crack Dip
1 cup of milk chocolate chips
2 tbsp of milk
1 1/4 cups mini marshmallows
Graham crackers for dipping

In a medium sauce pan add chocolate chips, milk and 1 cup of your mallows.

Mix continuously over medium heat until melted and smooth.

Using a rubber spatula, scrape chocolate mixture into a small casserole dish.

Top with remaining mallows.

Place dish under you oven broiler for approximately 60 seconds or until the top has started to brown.

Dip your graham crackers and enjoy!!

Just a hint: If you are taking this to a pot-luck, party, or other event, double the recipe. You will bring home an empty container, and lots of requests for the recipe.

This is not my recipe it was shared on Facebook

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Taco Casserole Recipe

 

Taco Casserole

1 7oz. bag Nacho Cheese Doritos, crushed
1 lb. hamburger or turkey, browned
1 pkg. taco seasoning or Pampered Chef Southwest Seasong Mix
1 (8 oz.) brick Cheddar cheese grated
1 (8 oz.) brick Mozzarella cheese grated
Shredded Lettuce
Sliced tomato
Layer ingredients in 9 x 13 pan as listed - crushed chips, meat and seasonings, 2/3 of cheese, lettuce, tomato, and remaining cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.

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EASTER Sugar Cookie Flowers

 

I can’t wait to make these EASTER Sugar Cookie Flowers

Roll a ball of sugar cookie dough in colored sugar.
Snip it in half with scissors and then snip each half into three petals.
Gently spread the petals apart and lay flat.
Place an M&M in the center

This is thanks to ** Everything Holiday **

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3 Ingredient Coffee Cupcakes with Coffee Icing Recipe

 

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What You Need

Cake Mix – I love Butter Golden For This Recipe

10 -12 oz of coffee ( any flavor will do)

Can of White icing

What To Do

Preheat Oven To The Temperature As Instructed On The Cake Box ( It is Usually 350)

In a bowl mix – dry cake mix, coffee ( 8 – 10 oz) the batter should look like this picture below- that is it - do NOT add eggs, oil or water

Mix well — if you have to use more coffee that is fine — it should look like a normal batter

 

 

Line a cupcake tray with cupcake liners and fill each one to the 3/4th mark on the liner

Cook until fully cooked – I use the old toothpick trick – stick a toothpick into the middle of the cake if it comes out clean you are done

In a small bowl – I put about 1/2 a can of frosting — slowly add in coffee — you want to lightly flavor the frosting — mix till well combined

Frost each cupcake and enjoy!

3 Ingredient Coffee Cupcakes with Coffee Icing

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Author: Sara @ Budget Savvy Diva.com

Prep time: 10 mins

Cook time: 25 mins

Total time: 35 mins

Serves: 12

Ingredients

• Cake Mix – I love Butter Golden For This Recipe
• 10 -12 oz of coffee ( any flavor will do)
• Can of White icing

Instructions

1. Preheat Oven To The Temperature As Instructed On The Cake Box ( It is Usually 350)
2. In a bowl mix – dry cake mix, coffee ( 8 – 10 oz) the batter should look like this picture below- that is it – do NOT add eggs, oil or water
3. Mix well — if you have to use more coffee that is fine — it should look like a normal batter
4. Line a cupcake tray with cupcake liners and fill each one to the 3/4th mark on the liner
5. Cook until fully cooked – I use the old toothpick trick – stick a toothpick into the middle of the cake if it comes out clean you are done
6. In a small bowl – I put about 1/2 a can of frosting — slowly add in coffee — you want to lightly flavor the frosting — mix till well combined
7. Frost each cupcake and enjoy!

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Chocolate Covered S’mores on a Stick {recipe}

If you are looking for a fun and easy Valentine’s day treat these are delicious!  I created these chocolate covered s’mores on a stick the other day trying to use up items in our cabinet.  If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook you may remember me telling you about the heart shaped sprinkles available in the Target dollar bin right now.  They are cute and perfect for some fun Valentine’s Day treats so stock up!  These would be perfect tied up in plastic bags with a cute bow to be handed out to your very own Valentine’s.  I’m not even going to pretend that these were given away.  We ate every last one of them.  Oh, yes we did.

So, here is how you can make these delicious treats and pass them out to your lovies or keep them for your very own!

First you will need to resist the urge to dig into the chocolate you are placing on top of the graham crackers.  Line up a dish and place the marshmallows on top.  These are going to bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

 

 

Once they come out of the oven you need to put the lollipop stick in the middle and squish it into the marshmallow.  Put another graham cracker on top and pop them in the freezer for about 15 minutes.

 

 

Once your graham crackers are set and nothing is sliding off the stick you can melt down your chocolate chips using 30 second intervals and stirring in between.  I like to use a deep bowl so that it is easier to dip.  Swipe your s’mores through the melted chocolate, sprinkle and place on wax paper for drying.  You might need to use a spoon or knife to help you completely cover the s’mores.

 

 

Chocolate Covered S’mores on a Stick {recipe}

 

 

Ingredients

• mini marshmallows (I used peppermint flavored because they are pink)
• Hershey's chocolate pieces
• honey Graham crackers
• 1 bag dark or milk chocolate chips
• lollipop sticks
• sprinkles

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
2. Find a large flat dish and line it with Graham crackers (the amount of S'mores you want to make).
3. Place a piece of chocolate on top of each.
4. Place a handful of mini marshmallows on top of the chocolate. Make sure there are not so many that they will fall.
5. Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes.
6. Immediately place your lollipop stick into the marshmallow in the middle and press another Graham cracker on top. Repeat this process for all of the S'mores.
7. Place them in the freezer for about 15 minutes or until you can pick up the stick without the graham crackers sliding off.
8. In a microwave melt down the chocolate chips to a smooth consistency in a deep bowl using 30 second intervals and stirring in between.
9. Begin dipping the s'mores into the chocolate and cover completely. You may need to use a spoon or knife in order to cover it well.
10. Sprinkle the sprinkles all over the S'Mores.
11. Place them on a sheet of wax paper until the chocolate has dried. It will likely take an hour or two before they are dried completely. If you are hoping to speed up the process you can place them in the refrigerator.

This post and photos are thanks to Go Graham Go

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What’s for dinner? Taco Roll

 

To make this, you'll need:
2 crescent roll tubes
1 LB ground beef (or ground turkey)
1 packet of taco seasoning
1 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese

Lay out the two tubes of crescent pastry, thick sides in. Use some of the left over crescent rolls to to make the center a bit thicker.
Brown beef and add taco seasoning.
Lay beef in a circle inside of the laid out crescent rolls
Add cheese to the top
Pull over crescent rolls and tuck in under meat and cheese.
Add cheese, lettuce, tomato, black olives, sour cream or whatever you desire for your tacos, in the middle.
Follow cook time on the pack of crescent rolls, and once it's done, you're good to go. Easy, cheap, and yummy!

 

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Biscuits, Sausage & Gravy Casserole

 

 

Need an excuse to plan a festive brunch? We think this recipe for Biscuits, Sausage and Gravy Casserole is just the ticket! Thanks to our friend at "The Tasty Fork" for the idea! http://bit.ly/TouFlx

I woke up Sunday morning with a craving for biscuits & gravy. I never had biscuits & gravy until I met my husband. We went to a southern inspired brunch spot and he ordered them for breakfast. He gave me a bite to try. My world was obviously not complete. How did I live for 20 something years without biscuits & gravy??

I knew if I wanted biscuits & gravy, I’d have to make them myself. We woke up late (after celebrating ANOTHER Notre Dame Football win!) and NFL games would be starting soon. I headed to the grocery store with a Sandra Lee like mentality. I was going to make my breakfast semi homemade style by using canned biscuits and dry gravy mix from the spice isle. I hoped I wouldn’t regret this decision — I’ve never used a gravy mix before, but I was hungry, so I was sure anything would taste good.

Sometimes you have to take life into your own hands.

 

I’m happy to report my little short cut worked out great! The casserole was filled with soft browned biscuits and the gravy was rich. And I know my judgement was blinded by hunger. I ate about half a bag of baked lays while I waited for this bad boy to bake. (30 minutes was pure torture, I needed a little appetizer.)

This casserole was a great thing to make for when you’re lazy or if you need to put something together fast. Heck, it’s pretty hardy — serve it for dinner if you’re into the Breakfast for Dinner kind of thing.

Leftovers warm up great, too! I had a 2nd helping of the casserole in the afternoon. And I can’t wait to eat the last of it for breakfast on Monday morning…. that is if my husband doesn’t claim it as his. Afterall, he did introduce me to biscuits & gravy….

 

Biscuits, Sausage & Gravy Casserole, serves 4 (2 biscuits per person)
Inspired by Pillsbury

• 1 lb breakfast sausage, casing removed
• 7 oz can of green chilies, mild
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 24 oz bag frozen potatoes (diced/cubed/hashbrowns — whatever you like!)
• 10 oz can of diced tomatoes with chilies (I used Rotel)
• Salt & Pepper
• 1 package of dry gravy mix
• 1 can of jumbo biscuits, 8 biscuits (Pillsbury Grands are great!)
• 1/4 cup shredded cheese

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a hot skillet, add sausage and chilies. Cook until the sausage is no longer pink.
3. In a separate skillet, add 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil, potatoes and canned tomatoes. Cook about 8 – 10 minutes. The potatoes don’t need to be browned, just done enough to hold their shape. Season with salt & pepper.
4. Prepare the gravy — follow the directions on the packet.
5. Grease a casserole dish and add 1/2 of the potato mixture. Place biscuits on top and add the rest of the potatoes, sausage and gravy. Top with a little cheese. Bake for 30 minutes. Let the casserole sit a few minutes before digging in.

This post is thanks to Pillsbury

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