Mini Stuffed Strawberry Shortcakes

Our family goes crazy for this cream cheese filling stuffed strawberry shortcakes!  Perfect for summertime or anytime.

Ingredients:
1 pkg Cream Cheese
1 tbs Sugar
1 tbs Vanilla
1/4 cup Sweetened Condensed Milk
3/4 tub of Cool Whip
3/4 tsp of fresh squeezed lemon juice
1 box Angel Food Cake
2 cups Sliced Strawberries
Sugar
Reddi-wip (optional)
Directions:
First slice your strawberries and mix in a few tbs of sugar and let them sit
Follow box directions on Angel Food Cake in cupcake tins or papers
Cool completely
While cooling mix cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, sweetened condensed milk, lemon juice and cool whip
Put a hole about 1/8tsp in the middle of the cupcake
Fill with cream cheese mixture and top with strawberries
You can top with Reddi-Wip (this step is optional)

French Toast

Ingredients:

4 Eggs

3 tbs Milk

1 tsp Cinnamon

1/2 tsp Nutmeg

1 1/2 tsp Vanilla

Butter or Margarine

Directions:

1. Add all ingredients to large bowl
2. Beat with a fork
3. Heat skillet
4. Add butter or margarine to skillet
5. Dip bread in egg batter on both sides then add to hot skillet
6. Cook until golden brown flip and cook other side until golden brown
7. Pull off heat
8. Spread a little butter or margarine on the top and serve with powdered sugar or your favorite syrup

Carne Guisada

This recipe is delicious and one of my hubby's favorite dinners! It is also very easy to make!

Ingredients:

Beef stew meat 2-3 lbs

Flour - 2-3 tbsp

Cumino/Cumin 1/2 tsp

Garlic Powder  2 tsp

Onion Powder  1 tsp

Water 1 cup

Salt (Optional)  To taste

1 tsp tomato & chicken bouillon (Knorr brand, "Caldo de Tomato con Sabor de Pollo)
Cilantro chopped 1 sprinkle

Cooking Instructions:

1. First you would brown the meat in vegetable oil  
2. Next, mix in flour
3. Then, add remaining ingredients and stir
4. Simmer covered at least 2-3 hours. Add more water if needed. 
5. Serve with warm tortillas

Marie's Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

Ingredients

1/2 cup Butter
2 2/3 cups of Brown Sugar
2 cans of Crushed Pineapple 
2 2/3 cups All Purpose Flour
Maraschino Cherries
2 cups of Sugar
2/3 cup Shortening
3 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Salt
1/2 cup milk
1 cup Pineapple Juice (from draining crushed pineapple)
2 Eggs

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Drain Pineapple
Once drained (save juice for later ) take pineapple stir in 1 cup of brown sugar (set aside for a while)
Melt butter and pour into 13X9" pan.  Sprinkle with remaining brown sugar evenly over butter
Spread Maraschino cherries if desired
Then spread pineapple mixture on top of the cherries
In bowl, beat flour, sugar, shortening, baking powder, s alt, milk, pineapple juice, and eggs.  Beat with electric mixer on low speed for about 30 seconds.  Scrape the bowl frequently.  Then beat on high for about 3 minutes, scraping the bowl a couple of times.  Pour batter over pineapple and cherries.
Bake 40-45 or until toothpick comes out clean
Cool cake then flip cake over on to serving tray,  May serve cold or warm  

Italian Style Meatloaf

Instructions
2 lbs of Ground Beef
2 tsp Seasoned Salt
1 tsp Garlic Powder
1 tsp Onion Powder
1 cup of Italian Style Breadcrumbs (I prefer Progresso)
6 large Eggs

Directions
Preheat oven to 350F
Hard boil 4 eggs in water and salt
Cool and peel eggs
Mix ground chuck, seasoned salt, garlic powder, onion powder, 2 eggs 
In baking sheet make a bottom layer of meat
Place hard boiled eggs on bottom layer
Use remaining meat to cover top of eggs 
Cook for about 1 hour or until cooked through
Finally, let set 5-10 minutes before cutting

Decadent Dark Fudge Cake Batter Cookies

Ingredients

1 pkg Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix

1 tsp Cinnamon

2 large eggs

1/2 cup melted butter (1 stick)

1/4 cup dark brown sugar

1 tsp Vanilla Extract

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup Pecans

1 cup maraschino cherries chopped

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 F

Mix cake mix, cinnamon, eggs, butter, dark brown sugar, and vanilla extract until well blended 

Stir in chocolate chips, pecans, and cherries

Drop by tablespoonfuls onto greased baking sheet

Bake for about 10-12 minutes

Let stand in pan for a couple minutes than move to wire cooling rack

Smoked Chicken

Smoked Chicken

Ingredients

2 tbs Seasoned Salt
1 tsp Pepper
1 tsp Chili Pepper
2 tsp Paprika
1 tsp Onion Powder
1 stick of butter softened

Directions

Preheat smoker to 225F
Rub chicken with softened butter
Rub chicken with rub
Cook for about 4 hours or until chicken reaches temperature of 170F 
Thermometer should be placed through the thickest part of the breast
Let chicken rest 5-10 minutes before slicing