Simple Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 box spice cake mix
15 oz. canned pumpkin
1 cup mini chocolate chips

Combine all ingredients and drop by teaspoons onto cookie sheet (cookie scoop works well). Bake for 12 minutes at 350 degrees. Super Easy!!

Creamy Italian Chicken

Serve this flavorful crockpot chicken recipe over rice or noodles.

Cook Time: 6 hours

Total Time: 6 hours

Ingredients:

• 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
• 1 envelope Italian salad dressing mix
• 1 stick of butter, or for less fat 1/3 cup water
• 1 package (8 ozs.) cream cheese, softened
• 1 can (10 3/4 ozs.) condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted
• 1 can (4 ozs.) mushroom stems and pieces, drained (optional)
  
• Hot cooked rice or noodles (I like fettuccine)
  

Place the chicken breast halves in a slow cooker. Combine salad dressing mix and water; pour over chicken. Cover and cook on LOW for 3 hours. In a small mixing bowl, whisk together cream cheese and soup until blended. Stir in mushrooms. Pour cream cheese mixture over chicken. Cook 1 to 3 hours longer or until chicken juices run clear. Serve Italian chicken with rice or hot cooked noodles.
Serves 4.

Tex Mex Beef

1 roast (rump or large chuck)
1 cup mango salsa
1 cup regular salsa
1/2 brown sugar

Cook on low 5-6 hours, shred and server in burritos or salad, cafe rio style!

Chili Verde

1 1/2 pounds pork contry style ribs, diced to cubes

1 14.5 oz can chicken broth

1/2 can Rotel tomatoes

2 cups tomatillos

2 roasted green chiles and 1 Poblano, seeded and diced

2 jalapenos (omit for milder taste)

3 cloves of garlic

1/2 medium yellow onion, peeled and diced

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon cumin

1/2 teaspoon sugar

3 tablespoons oil

Roast peppers in the oven until the skins are bubbly on all sides. Remove skins and seeds from center. Cut into smaller pieces, add to blender. Boil tomatillos and jalapenos until they change color (about 5 min.) Cutting any larger ones to smaller pieces, add to blender. Remove skin and rough chop garlic, add to blender. Blend until well mixed. Add Rotel to blender and pulse lightly. Add chopped onion to crockpot, poor in blender mixture. Add oil to frying pan and brown pork. Add chicken broth to deglaze pan. Add pork mixture to crockpot. Add remaining dry ingredients to crockpot. Cook on low 4 hours. Serve as smoothered burritos or with warm tortillas as a stew.

Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

BEST cake ever!!!!!!

http://www.evilshenanigans.com/2009/06/banana-cake-with-cream-cheese-frosting/

Spicy Orange Beef

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 pound round steak, cut into thin strips on the diagonal

1/4 cup orange peel, cut into slivers

1 clove garlic, minced

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

2 tablespoons cornstarch1 cup beef broth

1/4 cup soy sauce

1/4 cup sherry

1/4 cup orange marmalade

1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

In a wok or skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add beef strips 1/3 at a time. Stir-fry for 3 minutes or until browned, removing the done pieces to a plate lined with paper towels.
Return all the beef to the wok. Stir in orange peel, garlic, and ginger; stir-fry 1 minute.
In a medium bowl, combine cornstarch, broth, soy sauce, sherry, marmalade, and red pepper. Pour this mixture into the beef, stirring constantly. Bring to a boil over medium heat and cook for 1 minute. Serve hot.

Found on www.allrecipes.com

Mexican Casserole

1 bag Cool Ranch Doritos crushed

1 lb. hamburger browned

1 can Rotel (diced tomatoes and green chillies)

1 can corn

1 packet taco seasoning (variations: add 1/2 chicken taco seasoning in place of original)

1 can cream of chicken soup

3/4 cup sour cream

1 1/2 cups grated cheese

Brown hamburger (add diced onion if desired). Add Rotel, corn, chicken soup,and taco seasoning; heat through. Stir in sour cream. Layer 1/2 bag of crushed Doritos in a 9x13 pan. Add hamburger mixture. Top with grated cheese. Add remaining Doritos to the top. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes. Serve with lettuce and sour cream.