Beef Tips (Comfort Food at its Best)

Ingredients:
2 lb. - Beef tenderloin tips, Stew Meat, Chuck Roast or Chuck Eye, cubed
1 - 10.5 oz can cream of mushroom soup
1 – packet brown gravy mix
1 - packet lipton dry onion soup mix
1 – 4 oz can mushrooms
1 - cup water or ginger ale soda

Directions:
Add cubed meat to a 9 x 13 inch pan.
In a large bowl mix the remaining ingredients together and pour over the meat.
Add mushrooms and stir to coat. Cover with foil and bake at 300 degrees for 3 Hours.
Do not remove foil until done.
Serve over rice, mashed potatoes or egg noodles.

Italian Layer Bake

• 1 (8-ounce) container refrigerated crescent rolls
• 8 slices deli turkey
• 8 slices deli ham 
• 12 slices deli hard salami
• 8 slices Swiss cheese
• 1 (12-ounce) jar roasted peppers, drained
• 4 eggs, beaten

What To Do:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Unroll crescent roll dough without separating triangles. Separate dough into 2 squares along center cut line.
    
2. Place 1 square of dough into an 8-inch square baking dish; using your fingertips, press dough to fit bottom of dish.
    
3. Layer with half the turkey, ham, salami, Swiss cheese, and roasted peppers. Pour half of beaten eggs over peppers and repeat with remaining meat cheese, and peppers.
    
4. Place remaining square of dough over peppers. Pour remaining beaten eggs over dough and cover lightly with foil.
    
5. Bake 20 minutes, remove foil, and bake an additional 20 to 22 minutes, or until golden and heated through. Let cool 15 to 20 minutes then cut and serve.

Stinky Towels No More!!! (Household Tip)

My pet peeve is stinky mildewy towels. So Gross. I found this on Pinterest and decided it was worth a try. I was really skeptical but guess what, it worked. YAY!!!! Best of all it is so easy.

Recipe:
Wash your towels in hot water with a cup of vinegar, and then run again in hot water with a half-cup of baking soda. That will strip your towels from all of that residue and mildew smell and will actually leave them feeling fluffy and smelling fresh.

***Do not add laundry detergent to either wash. Just once with vinegar and once with baking soda.
*** This trick also works well with wet bathing suits that were left to dry.

Jessica's Tortellini Salad

Ingredients:
1 pkg. refrigerated cheese tortellini
 1 can olives
10-12 cherry tomatoes
1 can artichoke hearts
1 cup Caesar salad dressing
 1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese

Cook cheese tortellini according to package directions, then cool. Mix mayo and Caesar dressing in a small bowl and set aside.  When ready to assemble, halve the olives, halve the cherry tomatoes, chop the artichoke hearts, then toss it all in with the cooked tortellini.  Stir in mayo mixture until everything is coated.  Finally, stir in shredded Parmesan.  Refrigerate until ready to serve. 

Forgotten Chicken

Boneless skinless chicken breasts

Minute rice, 

1 pkg. onion soup mix,

Can of cream of chicken soup,

Can of cream of celery soup,

Water.

 

Mix together “cream of” soups, 1 can of water

 and 2 cups of minute rice (uncooked.)

  Pour into a buttered casserole dish.

Lay chicken breasts on top of rice mixture

 and sprinkle onion soup mix on top.

 Cover with tin foil. Don’t forget that important step!

cook it at 350-375  for one to one and a half hours

 

Grilled Pepperoni Pizza Sandwich

• 4 sliced bread
  
  
• butter
• 4 mozzarella, sliced
• pepperoni (cut in half or mini)
• italian seasoning 
• parmesan cheese (opt)
• pizza sauce (for dipping)

*Warm a medium/large skillet over medium heat. Butter each piece of bread on one side. When skillet is hot place a piece of bread butter side down on the skillet then add one slice of cheese and small shake of Italian seasoning (add a small shake of parmesan cheese here too if desired). Top with a desired amount of pepperonis (I used about 8 -10 whole regular pepperonis per sandwich) If any other toppings are desired, add now. Add another slice of mozzarella and top with slice bread butter side up.

Repeat with second sandwich. When bottom slice is golden brown then flip over carefully. Once both sides are brown remove from pan cut and serve with pizza sauce if desired.

Best Cornbread

• 
   1 box Jiffy Mix Cornbread Mix
• 1 box Jiffy Mix Yellow Cake Mix
  OR
• 2 boxes Jiffy Mix Cornbread Mix
• 1 box regular yellow cake mix

Directions: Mix both boxes according to directions, and combine the batter. You can use a large mixing bowl and combine both boxes of mix together and add the other ingredients all at once. If you have only boxes of Jiffy Mix, use a brownie sized baking pan, 8x8", if you are using a box of regular cake mix, use a 9x13" pan. Spray pan with cooking spray. Bake at 350 degrees until done, approx. 30 minutes. Test for doneness: insert a toothpick, it should come out clean.