Saturday, October 1, 2011

Pizza Bubble

Pizza Bubble.  Sounds a bit weird, right?  Well, I, personally, love pizza and variations of pizza, but Evan thought this meal sounded terrible.

Then, I made it, and he apologized.  

I got this recipe from my Aunt Delene last year when I asked for recipes from the people in my family in their own handwriting.  I had never had this dish before, but it is definitely one I will be making again since both my girls declared it delicious!!

(Please forgive me for the few short  pictures I have for this post.  I am so out of practice with this blog. Sorry.)

Ingredients: 
2 cans biscuits (8 or 10); 1 jar of pizza sauce; 1lb roll of sausage; 1lb shredded cheddar cheese; 1 onion, diced.  I added 2 small cans of mushrooms and would have added black olives if I had any as well. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 9x13 dish.

After dicing up the onion, brown the sausage and onion together.  Throw in any other pizza "toppings" you'd like to have in your pizza bubble (mushrooms, olives, pepperonis, peppers, etc.) Cook them until the sausage is no longer pink.

                                     
With kitchen scissors, cut up the biscuits.  I ended up using 1.5 cans of biscuits because I didn't want any of the biscuits overlapping and not getting cooked properly. (I then attempted to cook the other biscuits, forgot about them, and burned them. Don't worry, Evan laughed and then quoted Yosemite Sam by declaring, "My biscuits is burnin'! My biscuits is burnin'!"
Once the sausage is cooked and you've drained the grease, pour in the pizza sauce and stir it into the mixture, allowing it to warm through.  Once warmed, poor the pizza toppings on top of the biscuits.  Throw it in the oven for 20 minutes.
After the 20 minutes is up, sprinkle the cheese on top of the dish and cook another 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.
I served ours with steamed broccoli.
This was super yummy.  The biscuits cooked perfectly and didn't get soggy from the pizza toppings.  Next time I will be adding more veggies, but the mushrooms and sausage were really good.  Both my girls like it and ate it and even Evan admitted it was pretty good...for a casserole.   ;)

Enjoy!!

Sunday, September 25, 2011

This Week's Menu

Monday: Chinese Chicken Salad

Tuesday: Portabella Mushroom Sandwiches
Broccoli

Wednesday: Quick Ginger-Seasoned Sirloin Steak & Rice
Vegetable

Thursday: Shells with Broccoli Pesto
Salad

Friday: Gnocchi with Roasted Cauliflower
Fruit or vegetable

Saturday, September 17, 2011

This Week's Menu

Hi. I am back.

Now that I am into my second trimester, I can think about cooking and eating and not get all nauseous. So, I'm back here ready to share what's happening in my kitchen with you all.

Ooh, and for those of you who don't know, we moved to Texas at the end of July, so I have a new kitchen to cook in! With a GAS STOVE!!! I am so excited.

Here's this coming week's menu:

Monday: BBQ chicken
Wild rice
Steamed broccoli

Tuesday: Beef Stroganoff
Green beans

Wednesday: Pizza Bubble
Salad

Thursday: Taco Soup
Quasadillas
Salad

Friday: Baked Chicken Parmesan
Garlic Bread
Salad

Saturday: Evan will be grilling for the weekend!!!

Monday, June 13, 2011

This Week's Menu

Monday: Chinese take out (yum)

Tuesday: Polish sausage & Pierogi Pot Stickers
Green beans

Wednesday: Kim!

Thursday: Chicken Enchiladas
Refried beans

Friday: Sloppy Joes
Corn on the cob
Mashed sweet potatoes

Saturday: Spinach Mushroom Salad
Fruit

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

This Week's Menu

Monday: Dinner at ITZ for Ebeth's Girl Scouts

Tuesday: Asparagus Frittata
Hashbrowns
Fruit

Wednesday: Beef Stir Fry

Thursday: Portabella Mushroom Sandwiches
Salad

Friday: Fried Fish Sandwiches
Coleslaw

Saturday: Baked Sesame Chicken
Vegetable

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

This Week's Menu

Monday: Chicken & Two Cheese Pizza
Salad

Tuesday: Philly Cheesesteaks
Green beans
Fruit

Wednesday: Jambalaya
I have no idea what to eat as a side for this...

Thursday: Rachel!

Friday: Chicken Fajitas
Rice
Vegetable

Saturday: Grilling!!

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

I have found the BEST recipe ever for soft chocolate chip cookies.

I don't know about you, but i totally love soft chocolate chip cookies compared to the crunchy ones. Now, of course, I will totally eat a million of the crunchy ones if that's all that around, but soft cookies? Mmmm....I'd definitely eat 2 million of those.

I made one batch of these and had friends over for coffee and chit chat and they oohed and ahhed about the cookies. Then my kids oohed and ahhed about the cookies. Then Evan oohed and ahhed about the cookies and before i knew it, they were gone. So, I *had* to make another batch and share the recipe with all of you!!

The ingredients:
3/4 C. butter, softened; 1 C. brown sugar; 1/2 C. white sugar; 1 tsp. baking soda; 6-12 oz chocolate chips (I used 12 cause I love chocolate); 3 eggs; scant tsp. of salt; 1 tsp. vanilla; 2 1/2 C. flour. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Start by creaming the sugars and the butter together until creamy.

Then, in a small bowl, take the baking soda...
and add 2 Tbsp. of HOT water. Stir together and then blend it into the mixing bowl with the butter and sugar.
Next, add the rest of the ingredients and mix until blended, but don't over mix!
Couldn't you lick that whole spatula clean?!
I heart cookie dough. It should be it's own food group and we should be required to eat three servings of it a day. I'm just saying.
Bake for 10-12 minutes until the bottoms of the cookies are browned. the tops won't get very brown, which is a good thing. (I just channeled Martha Stewart there, did you notice?!)
Ta da! The perfect soft chocolate chip cookie!
This batch didn't last any longer than the first batch! I over cooked one sheet of cookies a bit, and they weren't as soft, but still so yummy.

When you store these cookies, keep them in an air tight container. I accidentally left half a dozen of the cookies out on a plate and they were not soft the next morning. Don't worry, I totally made the sacrifice and ate them so no one would be forced to eat a non-soft cookie.

I am a martyr.

Make these pronto and enjoy!!!