Taco Nacho Salad

I dont know about you guys, but after all the Holiday foods. I want some spicy Mexican food.....  This is my favorite thing in the world to eat.... These are so good... 

2 lb. ground beef

2 pks. taco season

1 teas. cumin

1 cup taco sauce

1 can of refried beans

1 can black beans

1 bag tortilla chips or nacho chips

2 cups shredded cheese (mexican blend)

jalapenos

black olives

sour crean

tomatoes

lettuce 

salsa

Cook and drain ground beef. Add taco season,cumin and taco sauce. Simmer for a couple minutes.  Heat beans of choice. I do both kinds. Place chips in a big bowl. Layer with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, jalapeños, olives, sour cream and cheese. Add salsa when ready to eat. That is what I do anyway. You can layer in any order you like and add any topping you like..... 

Mexican Rice

This is something I came up with one day when I was making tacos. I wanted beans and rice to go with my tacos. So I opened a can of refried beans and black beans. But plain white rice wasn't cutting it for me. And this is what I came up with......

2 cups rice white

3 chicken broth

1 cup water

1 cup my salsa (recipe on post before)

1 teas. cumin

a few chopped cilantro leaves

Cook rice in water and chicken broth. After its done add the salsa and cumin. Top with cilantro leaves..

Thought of the day

Live each day like it's your last.......

Fruit Dressing for Easter Fruit Leftovers

This is a great dip to make for the leftover Easter fruit you have.

1 Tablespoon honey

zest of 1/2 a lemon

juice from whole lemon

1 teas. vanilla
1 cup water
1 cup sugar

Mix together and simmer for 10 minutes and pour over fruit and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Enjoy.

We did this over pineapples, blackberries, strawberries and grapes.. You can also add a mint leaf to cook with this for the flavor.

Our Easter Spread

Egg Salad

There is lots of Easter eggs to do something with, after you hide them all. If they are not to beat up to use. :)  Most of us use the plastic ones to hide and leave the real dyed ones in the house. That way they are ok to use to eat later and we are not wasting them.

12 boiled eggs peeled and chopped

4 tablespoon mayo

1 teas. white vinegar

1 teas dijon mustard

salt and pepper to taste

Make sure that you cut the dye off the eggs, if it has went through to the whites. Chop up the eggs and place in a bowl. Add mayo, vinegar and mustard. Stir all together and put on wheat bread or crescent rolls or whatever kind of bread you prefer.. You can add pickle relish to these if you like. 

Happy Easter Everyone!!!!!

Ham and Cheese Hawaiian Rolls

We all are usually so tired of all the holiday foods by the end of the day. But we still have lots of leftovers to eat. So here are a few of my ideas to use the leftovers and not waste food. This is a awesome recipe to use the leftover ham and hawaiian rolls. I love these and so do my kids..

1 8 oz cream cheese softened
2 teas. onion powder
1 stick butter melted
2 tablespoon parmesan cheese
2 teas. worcestershire sauce
1 pk hawaiian rolls
left over ham
2 cups of shredded swiss or mozzeralla or gruyere cheese
1 teas. poppy seeds


Slice the rolls in half. Mix cream cheese and onion powder together. Spread on the top side of rolls.    On bottom side place ham and cheese and place tops back on.  Melt butter and add parmesan cheese, worcestershire sauce and poppy seeds to butter and pour it over the rolls. Bake 20 minutes covered with foil on 350. Then uncover and bake 5 more minutes to brown. Enjoy and watch them disappear....

Ham and Macaroni Salad

This is a great salad to make to help with the ham left overs.  It is quick and easy..


1/2 lb. ham chopped
1/2 jar dill pickle relish
2 cups cooked macaroni noodles
1/2 cup celery chopped
1/2 cup red bell pepper chopped
small purple onion chopped
1 or 2 teas. mustard per taste



Cook and drain noodles. Place in bowl and add ham,pickle relish,celery,bell pepper,onion, mayo and mustard. Stir all together and enjoy..

Thought for the day

Stressed is desserts spelled backward......

Coming Today

What to do with the left over Easter foods...

Ham and Cheese Hawaiian Rolls
Egg Salad
Ham Macaroni Salad

Pictures of my family's Easter Spread.....

Orangesicle Easter Cookies

These are for the kiddies. Pillsbury has these new cookie and icing sets. We found these at Walmart and gave them a try. They were very good and I wanted to let you know so that you could make them for your kids.. They are even fun to make so the kids could make them with you and icing them too or even add sprinkles....

1 17.5 oz box of  pillsbury orangesicle cookie mix
1 stick butter
1 egg
1 16 oz. container of orangesicle icing

Make cookies per box instructions. Then icing and enjoy them with the kiddies.....

Grandma's Banana Pudding

I wanted to put this out here before Easter, just incase any of you are looking for a awesome banana pudding recipe. This was my great grandmothers recipe and has been passed down to my Mom and I. So I am going to share it with all of you... It is the best banana pudding you will ever eat. No joke!!!


2 whole eggs ( room temp) beat together
1 cans evaporated milk
1 cans eagle bran
1 boxes of vanilla wafers
4 or 6 banana's ripe



In a double boiler on medium heat. Add the eggs, evaporated milk and eagle bran. Stir after each ingredient. Stir and scrape sides of double boiler. This needs to thicken to look like a pudding. It takes a good while for this to thicken. While the above is cooking layer a 9x13 pan with a layer of wafers and banana's. Keep layering until the pan is full, ending in wafers.  When this is the desired thickness pour over wafers and banana's. Let cool and refrigerate. You will love this recipe.....

 If you don's have a double boiler, you can get a smaller pot and place it over a larger pot full of water. Make sure it doesn't run out of water.