Layered Oreo Dessert Cups

Ingredients:

• Oreo cookies, crushed
• 1-8oz. cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1-8oz container of cool whip

Directions:

1. Combine cream cheese, sugar, milk and cool whip.

2. Layer Oreo cookie crumbs and cream cheese mixture.

3. Top with cool whip.

Salad de Maison

Recipe from Tiffany Crabtree

(make dressing day before serving)

Ingredients:

• 2 bags hearts of Romaine or 2 heads of Romaine rinsed and chopped
• 1 carton Cherry tomatoes, cut in half or 1 carton grape tomatoes
• 3/4 C shredded Parmesan Cheese
• 8 oz shredded Swiss cheese
• 1 pkg bacon, cooked and chopped
• 1 C seasoned croutons
• 1 pkg slivered almonds (we like to candy our almonds : 3Tbs sugar to 1/2 C almonds~ put sugar and almonds in saute pan and stir constantly until sugar browns) if you're not candying the almonds toast them instead

Dressing:

• 3/4 C oil
• juice of 1 lemon
• 2 to 3 cloves of garlic, crushed or 1 tsp chopped garlic
• 1/4 to 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper

Directions for dressing: Combine all, mixing well, and chill overnight.
Won ton cups: spread with a little butter and bake in muffin tins.

Dried Tomato & Fresh Basil Crostini

Recipe from www.cdkitchen.com, but made with substitutions.

Ingredients:

• 1 baguette, cut into 24 slices, approximately 1/4-inch thick
• 24 Boconcini (individual mini-mozzarella balls), cut in half (we used fresh mozzarella cut into small pieces)
• 24 fresh basil leaves, washed and dried
• 24 oven-dried plum-tomato halves (we used fresh tomatoes, diced)
• 1/4 cup pesto (we used sun dried tomato pesto instead)
• dried oregano

Directions:

Preheat broiler (a toaster oven may be used instead of broiler), placing oven rack as close to broiler as possible. Place baguette slices on a cookie sheet and broil till golden brown. Turn slices over and toast on the other side. Watch carefully they will only take a few minutes! (Alternatively, these may be made a few days ahead and kept in an air-tight container.) To assemble, use a pastry brush or small knife to spread a small amount of pesto on one side of each baguette slice. Then place one half of a boconicini cut-side down on top of the pesto. Next, place a basil leaf on top of the boconcini, followed by a dried tomato half so that it's "standing up." (We omitted this step ->Finally, place the other half of the boconcini on top of the tomato and sprinkle with dried oregano.)

Chocolate Wontons

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon water
• won ton wrappers
• semi-sweet chocolates chips
• oil for frying
• Powdered sugar for dusting

Directions:

1. Place a few chocolate chips on the won ton. Brush a thin layer of water on the edges of the wrapper & fold into triangle. Make sure the wrapper is sealed completely. Repeat with the remaining wrappers and chocolate pieces.

2. In a pot, heat oil fry a few won tons at a time. Fry 1 to 1 1/3 minutes on each side until both sides are golden crisp. Drain on paper towels and sprinkle with powdered sugar when cooled.

Artichoke Dip

Recipe from Tiffany. Made by Amy.

Ingredients:

• 1-8oz. cream cheese-softened
• 1 C mayo
• 1-14oz. can or jar of artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
• 2 green onions, sliced thin
• 1/2 C grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 C grated Mozzarella cheese
• Dash of hot sauce
• Dash of Worcestershire sauce
• salt and pepper
• 1-box frozen spinach (optional)

*beat all ingredients together. Transfer to pie plate and bake at 350 for 30-40 min. If I double this recipe I cook it a little longer.

Mini Fruit Pizza

Ingredients:

• prepared sugar cookie dough
• 1-8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
• 1-7 ounce jar marshmallow creme
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• fresh fruit

Directions:
1. Bake cookies according to directions on package.
2. Mix cream cheese, marshmallow creme & vanilla. Spread on sugar cookies.
3. Top with fresh fruit.

Stuffed Shells

Here's a dish I made the other day and I wanted to share the recipe cause it was so yummy!

Cook jumbo shell noodles according to package directions.

Cover bottom of baking dish with some tomato sauce. This is the one I love and use. Of course, I only use it when my hubby doesn't make the real thing homemade.

This is my stuffing mixture:

-mozzarella cheese (fresh is the best, but this is what I used instead)

-ricotta cheese

-egg

-Romano cheese

-small amount of frozen spinach, defrosted

Mix it all together and stuff each shell. Sorry there are not amounts, I just used whatever amount and threw it all together.

Place each shell in pan, cover and cook until warmed through, about 30-45 mins at 350 degrees.

Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese and return to oven until melted.