Campfire favorites

Some of our favorite things to eat at a campfire are :

                                    

Keebler Fudge Stripes Cookies. Forget the graham crackers and chocolate bar. Just use the cookies! Their faster, and less expensive and SO much better! And I am sure that any of the Keebler cookies would taste great as a smore. I can't wait to try the Coconut Dreams, Peanut Butter Filled, and Deluxe Grahams!

And...

Ball Park Beef or Angus Franks. So much tastier than regular hot dogs!

Brownie Volcanoes!

We used the smallest loaf pan in this pic

Bill came up with this for my birthday last year. Since I turned 22 on the 22nd he did something special and/or fun for me every day leading up to my birthday. He called it the 22 days of Carli. This one he did  on the 7th day because the Kasatochi volcano of Alaska erupted on August 7, 2008. (some days he had to be more creative than others with things to do.) So we made BROWNIE VOLCANOES! Tasty! we were originally going to make the brownies in a bunt cake pan and put the ice cream in the middle of that, but we didn't have one. So we made the brownies using 4 small loaf pans and sculpted each of them into volcanoes. Then we put our ice cream in the middle and drizzled it all with Chocolate syrup! Mmmmm! SO GOOD!

 This was just our first time making them. So next time we make them we just might put on lava sprinkles, escaping gummy bears, pieces of candy bar rocks.. so many possibilities!

Dream Dinners!



Crispy Coconut Chicken with Jasmine Rice



    I have discovered a wonderful little place called Dream Dinners located just east of Maceys in Orem. I signed up at the Freedom Festival to go in and make 1 free freezer meal... and I loved it!

  So what they are is a business that is set up for you to go in and make quick, hassle free freezer meals. You go in and choose some meals to make from their menu while you try some yummy samples. When you have picked out what you like you start putting together your meals. I only made one trial meal while there but one meal took me only 2 minutes to assemble! They do their meals in 3 servings or 6 servings. It is restaurant quality food, so it is even tastier. The catch is that when you go in to make your meals you have to make at least 36 servings of food. So if you make 12  3 serving meals then you're good. It is a little pricey. The meals range from like 10- 33ish dollars/meal and their menu changes every month.

  When I got home and made my meal.. From frozen to on the table.. It took me about 35 minutes and I only dirtied 2 cooking dishes! It was so yummy! And such a fun experience!

 You can also do baby showers or parties there where everyone makes one or more meals then buys it and gives it as a gift to the expecting mother. That is the best idea EVER!! I love it! Dream Dinners is definitely somewhere to go for fast, healthy and delicious food. I just had to share it will you all!

Oven Pancakes

Mmmm! Oven pancakes! My mom used to make these for us. Now I make them all the time for my family. They only take about a half hour to mix and bake. We love to watch them in the oven as they get puffier and puffier!

6 Tbs Butter placed in 450' oven to melt in glass 9x13 pan

8 Eggs

1/2 tsp. Salt (and add just a pinch more)

1 1/3 Cups Flour

1 1/3 Cups Milk

Beat eggs till well mixed. Add flour and salt. Beat till smooth. stir in milk. Pour batter in pan. Bake at 450' for 15 min. Reduce temp. to 350' and bake 5-10 minutes more.

Toppings: sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve with syrup.

Easy Cinnamon Rolls

I love this recipe! I got this one from a local elementary recipe book. Just a bunch of families put together their favorites.. now this is one of our favorites too. The book also had a yummy cake recipe that I will post soon. This recipe though is so nice because it doesn't take very long. You only have to let them rise for 10 minutes!
 DOUGH                                                    FILLING
1/3 Cup Sugar                                       1/2 Cup Brown sugar
2 Tbs. Yeast                                          1/2 Cup Sugar
1 1/4 Cups warm water                          2 Tbs. Cinnamon
1/2 Cup Butter (softened)                         FROSTING
3 Eggs                                                  2 Cups Powdered sugar
1/2 tsp. Salt                                          1/4 Cup Milk
5 Cups Flour                                        4 Tbs. Butter
                                                            1 tsp. Vanilla

In bowl combine first four ingredients. Cover and let set for 15 min. Add 3 eggs and 1/2 tsp. salt, stir together. Add 5 cups of flour. Knead for 5 min. Roll out and spread butter on dough. Combine brown sugar, sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle on buttered dough. Roll up and use unflavored dental floss to cut ( or you can use a knife). Set for 10 min. Bake at 400' for 10 min. Combine remaining ingredients and drizzle on warm rolls.

For the frosting you can also make a cream cheese frosting. I have always liked that better myself, but the frosting in this recipe is fast and yummy too.

Taco Soup

This is super fast to make, really yummy and filling.

1  can of Kidney beans
1  can of Corn
1  can of Chili con carne with beans
1  can of  French cut green beans

Open all of the cans and dump into a med. sauce pan. Cook over med. heat till warm. Before putting soup into bowls crunch up some Tortilla chips and put in the bottom of bowls. Now just serve and add toppings!

Toppings: grated cheese, sliced olives and sour cream.

Ideas for sides:Corn bread

Chicken Bundles

This is one of our favorites. When I first started making it, I made it all the time. It got to where my Mom thought that it was one of the only things I made for dinner. She would call and ask what I was making and I would tell her... Chicken Bundles... and she would say "again?". So you could say we like them.

1.Mix together:

 3-4  chicken breast halves cooked and shredded

1/4  tsp. Pepper
1/2  tsp. salt
1  8 oz. package cream cheese
1/4  c.milk

2. Unroll  and lay out 2 cans of crescent roll dough.  Seal every 2 triangles together to make 8 rectangle.
Distribute the chicken mixture evenly between each rectangle. then bring all the sides together and pinch together at the top.

3. brush lightly with butter ( I use about 1 Tbs.) and sprinkle dry stuffing on top.

4.Cook at 350' for 20-25 minutes.

5. Mix up 2 packages of chicken gravy on stove.

6. Serve each bundle with a little gravy on top.

IDEAS FOR SIDES: We like to have sides of steamed broccoli, green beans and mashed potatoes with this dish.