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Pancake Sausage Bites

The Hungry Housewife — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:23:49 +0000

Sometimes you just need to fry something. It’s a necessary evil.
Sure frying isn’t good for you, well neither is picking your nose, but I see people do that all the time. We will call it even.

I needed to get my brain working overtime because I wanted to created a recipe for the Johnsonville Wake Up To Johnsonville Photo Recipe Contest.

My husband might have had a little influence on this one. He always comes up with some whacked out food ideas. He wanted these on a stick, but the sausage links are just too thin for that, so I decided on the balls.

They are mighty tasty, mighty tasty indeed! Certainly not your everyday breakfast meal, but they sure are a nice delight every once in a while….you know, when you need a little oil in your life.

You can enter the Johnsonville Wake Up To Johnsonville Contest too.
Go to their Facebook Page, upload your Johnsonville Sausage Breakfast creation and you will be entered for the grand prize of an 11 piece set of professional cookware from ScanPan and a years supply of Johnsonville Sausage. Hurry, Contest ends May 13th!

Pancake Sausage Bites

5.0 from 3 reviews

Recipe type: breakfast,appetizer

Author: Leslie Green- The Hungry Housewife

Prep time: 10 mins

Cook time: 30 mins

Total time: 40 mins

Serves: 6

Pancake Sausage Bites. Cooked sausage balls delightfully fried in a pancake coating served with a cream maple dipping sauce.

Ingredients

Peanut Oil or Canola Oil for frying
1 package Johnsonville Sausage Patties(8 ct), original recipe
Batter
1 1/2 cups Bisquick
1 tablespoon Sugar
1/4 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 Egg
1/2 cup Milk + 2 Tablespoons
Syrup
1 /2 cup Pure Maple Syrup
1 tablespoon Butter
2 tablespoon Heavy cream

Instructions

Place about 2″ oil in a sauce pan and heat to 350
Place the sausage patties in a medium bowl.
Break them up so they are no longer formed.
Reform into about 22 1 1/2 teaspoon sized balls.
Place the sausage balls in a large skillet over medium heat and cook for about 15 minutes, turning often.
Remove and drain on a plate lined with paper towels.
In a medium bowl, mix together the bisquick ,sugar and cinnamon.
Whisk in the vanilla, egg and milk until smooth.
Pick up a cooked sausage ball with a toothpick and dip into the batter, completely cover the sausage with batter.
Carefully lower into the oil and fry for about 1- 1 1/2 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove and drain on a paper towel lined plate

Creamy Maple Dipping Sauce

Pour the maple syrup into a small bowl and add the butter.
Microwave for about 45 seconds.
Remove and stir to incorporate the syrup and butter.
Add the heavy cream and stir.

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Sour Cream Dip

The Hungry Housewife — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:27:14 +0000

If you crave “salty”, I got your “salty” right here.

I am not a big fan of prepackage dips. I don’t know, something just always seems to taste a bit off.

I don’t usually buy potato chips. Only for special occasions and parties. Not because I don’t LOVE them, it’s just my will power issue that we all are well aware of. I am sure I would sit down and eat a whole bag without even thinking of it. So my whole theory is, that if I don’t buy it, I can’t eat it.

Soooo, when I do have a big ol’ bag of chips in my house, I have to make a nice creamy dip.

There is nothing fancy, and no special ingredients in this. I am sure you have it all in your house right now.

So if you have chips and are craving a super yummy and easy dip, well here ya go……..

Sour Cream Dip

5.0 from 1 reviews

Recipe type: appetizer,snack

Author: Leslie Green – The Hungry Housewife

Prep time: 2 mins

Total time: 2 mins

A creamy and SUPER easy sour cream dip made with ingredients you have in your house right now.

Ingredients

16 oz. Sour Cream
1 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
3/4 teaspoon garlic salt
1 teaspoon white vinegar

Instructions

In a bowl, mix all ingredients together until well incorporated.
Store covered in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

Notes

This can be made several days in advance.
Store in a covered container in the refrigerator.

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Blueberry Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls & Giveaway

The Hungry Housewife — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:02:43 +0000

Are you getting sick of seeing all of my Crescent Creations? We had the Crescent Cinnamon Rolls and then the Cheesy Crescent Rolls and now these Scrumdiddlyumptious Blueberry Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls.

I can tell you one thing..I am not sick of creating them OR eating them!

Ok, before I get into these, I busted out laughing out loud when I was uploading these photos. It looks like I created some sort of “crescent roll monster” with the 2 blueberries on the top.
Tell me you don’t see it??????

I mean look…they totally look like twins

The Geico Money thingy

My once thought to be Beautiful photo…sigh

Anyway, now that I totally ruined the photo for myself, lets talk about amazing.

Yeah, these are delightful. Easy too. They would be perfect on your Easter Brunch Table.

The inside is warm and creamy with sweet blueberries and the icing had a slight lemon flavor that goes perfect with the fruit.

Blueberry Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls

5.0 from 8 reviews

Recipe type: appetizer,breakfast

Author: Leslie Green – The Hungry Housewife

Prep time: 5 mins

Cook time: 12 mins

Total time: 17 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

Rolls
1 tube (8 ct) Crescent Rolls
1/3 cup Cream Cheese, room temperature
1 tablespoon Brown Sugar
1/4 teaspoon McCormick Pure Vanilla Extract
1/3 cup Blueberries, roughly chopped
Icing
1 tablespoon Butter, softened
3 tablespoons Cream Cheese, room temperature
1 1/2 tablespoons Powdered Sugar
1/4 teaspoon McCormick Pure Vanilla Extract
2 drops McCormick Pure Lemon Extract
Demerara Sugar (optional)

Instructions

Pre heat the oven to 350.

Rolls

In a small bowl, mix together the cream cheese,brown sugar and vanilla extract until blended.
Unroll and separate the crescent rolls onto un un greased cookie sheet.
Evenly distribute the cream cheese mixture over the crescent rolls and spread over the entire tops of the triangles.
Evenly sprinkle the blueberries over the crescent rolls with cream cheese.
Roll up.
Place tip side down on the cookie sheet.
Bake for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned.

Icing

In a small bowl, mix together the butter, cream cheese,powdered sugar,vanilla extract and lemon extract until smooth.
Remove the rolls from the oven and allow to cool for a few minutes.
Spread the icing over the tops of the crescent rolls and top with a sprinkle of demerara sugar if desired

Notes

Demerara sugar is a large grained slightly yellowish brown sugar that can be found in speciality stores or in the speciality sugar section of your grocer.

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And now onto the Giveaway

McCormick would love to offer one of my fabulous readers a spring baking set so you can create something wonderful for your self.

Maybe my Blueberry Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls or how about some Lemon Cheesecake Bars, Spiced Springtime Sugar Cookies or Cheesy Bacon & Egg Brunch Casserole. For even more ideas from McCormick, visit them on Pinterest

One winner will win the following (as seen above)

Corningware Baking Dish
Spring Cookie Cutters
Muffin/Cupcake Pan
Whisk
MeriMeri Spring Cupcake Liners
McCormick Assorted Food Coloring
McCormick Ground Cinnamon
McCormick Ground Ginger
McCormick Pure Vanilla Extract
McCormick Pure Lemon Extract

GIVEAWAY RULES ***CONTEST CLOSED***
~~Contest ends Thursday April 12th at 9:00 am EST.~~
~~Winner will be chosen by Random Org.com~~
~~Contest open to US residents only.~~

Main Entry
(Required)

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Good Luck to you all!

Cheesy Crescent Rolls

The Hungry Housewife — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:14:59 +0000

“Man, these would get tore up at a party!” That was a quote from my husband when he tasted these little gems.

I had an extra tube of crescent rolls left over from when I made my scrumptious Crescent Cinnamon Rolls.
Alouette sent me some of their new Cheddar Cheese Spread. I thought they would make the perfect pair and they did.
I used the Bacon Cheddar flavor which gave the buttery crescent rolls a nice smoky cheesy flavor.

I have been all about easy these days. Do you ever feel so bogged down, you feel like you will never catch up. Yep, that’s me lately.
It’s driving me crazy. Seems like I am at the bottom of a black hole and can’t get out. You all know the feeling.

So if you are absurdly busy like me and want a quick and easy little roll or appetizer, give these a whirl. You will love them.

Cheesy Crescent Rolls

5.0 from 3 reviews

Recipe type: Appetizer,bread

Author: Leslie Green – The Hungry Housewife

Prep time: 5 mins

Cook time: 10 mins

Total time: 15 mins

Serves: 8

An easy appetizer or dinner roll stuffed with Alouette Cheese Spread

Ingredients

1 tube(8 count) Crescent Rolls
8 tablespoons Alouette Bacon Cheddar Cheese spread

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375.
Unroll and separate the crescent rolls and place them on a ungreased cookie sheet.
Spread 1 tablespoon of cheese spread over each crescent roll.
Roll up the crescent rolls and place tip side down.
Bake for 10-12 minutes.

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Beef Lettuce Wraps with Fried Rice ($10 Meal)

The Hungry Housewife — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:35:12 +0000

Don’t you just love lettuce wraps?
You can eat a plethora of them and not feel guilty or feel like you need to go purge.
I honestly don’t remember the first place I had them, put I remember the coolness of the crispy lettuce against the piping hot filling. It was pure heaven. And very low in carbs. Yeah, I could probably live on lettuce wraps for the rest of my life. And the fact that this meal serves a family of four for $10 means my grocery bill would be pretty cheap for dinner for the remainder of my years. However, I am sure my offspring might object on the lettuce wraps for the rest of their lives.

This is another easy and family friendly meal I created for Sweetbay Supermarket’s $10 meal Challenge. Do you think you have a great $10 meal that feeds a family of 4? You can click here to submit your recipe!!!

Beef Lettuce Wraps with Fried Rice

Recipe type: main,dinner,appetizer

Author: Leslie Green – The Hungry Housewife

Prep time: 5 mins

Cook time: 20 mins

Total time: 25 mins

Serves: 4

Beef Lettuce wraps served with fried rice for $10

Ingredients

1 1/2 teaspoon oil, divided
8 oz. portobello mushrooms, chopped
1 pound ground beef
1 (1 oz.) package Mongolian Beef Seasoning Mix
1/4 cup carrot (1/2 large carrot), chopped
1 head Boston bibb lettuce
2 scallions, chopped, divided
1/2 cup crispy chow mein noodles (wide style)
1 cup Hannaford white rice, cooked to package directions
3/4 cup Hannaford Frozen Peas and Carrots (from 16 oz. package), thawed
2 eggs, whisked
3 tablespoons Soy Sauce
Salt and Pepper

Instructions

Mix the Mongolian Beef Seasoning and 1/4 cup water together in a small bowl and
set aside.
Over medium heat, add 1/2 teaspoon oil to a medium skillet
Add the mushrooms and carrots and cook for 3 minutes. Remove and set aside
In the same skillet, cook for meat until no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Drain
Place the meat back into the skillet and add the mushrooms, carrots and Mongolian beef seasoning. Stir to incorporate and cook until heated through.
Separate the lettuce into 8 “cups”.
Divide the filling into each cup. About 1/3 cup per piece of lettuce.
Sprinkle with 1 scallions and crispy chow mein noodles.

Rice Preparation

In a medium skillet, over medium heat add 1 teaspoon oil.
Add the thawed peas and carrots and cook for about 3-5 minutes or until carrots are softened
Add the eggs and quickly stir until cooked.
Add the cooked rice and stir to combine.
Stir in the soy sauce and 1 scallion.
Season to your liking with salt and pepper

Notes

*Price estimate does not include pantry staples you may likely already have. Prices are also adjusted for quantity; for example if a recipe calls for half an onion, we include the cost of that quantity.*
Recipe Created for Sweetbay Supermarket by Leslie Green – The Hungry Housewife.
Photo by Leslie Green – The Hungry Housewife

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Apple Crisp Wasa Crackers and Giveaway

The Hungry Housewife — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:19:42 +0000

When you go to a party, say a Super Bowl Party, there is usually a table full of not so good for you food. The desserts are what get me. Not to say they aren’t delicious, but they are not so good for your waistline.
I wanted to lighten things up a bit. These in no way are a substitute for a big ol scoop of apple crisp, but they completely satisfy my sweet tooth without adding 1000 calories. And since I used Wasa Whole Grain Crispbread, I got to sneak some extra fiber in my diet. Sneaky-Sneaky.

Not quite sure what to do with your Wasa crackers? Well Except munch on them for a delicious, healthy snack? Here is a link to a Wasas recipe page.

Oh and another thing, have you tried the Wasa Thin & Crispy Flatbread? The Rosemary flavor is AMAZING..and my kids live it too.

Apple Crisp Wasa Crackers

5.0 from 1 reviews

Recipe type: appetizer,dessert

Author: Leslie Green – The Hungry Housewife

Prep time: 5 mins

Total time: 5 mins

Serves: 1

A healthy alternative to an apple crisp made with Wasa Crackers.

Ingredients

3 tablespoons fat free cream cheese
1 1/2 teaspoons brown sugar or Splenda Brown Sugar
2 Whole Grain Wasa Crackers
1/2 apple, sliced thin
4 pecans, toasted and chopped
Cinnamon for sprinkling

Instructions

In a small bowl, mix together the cream cheese and brown sugar.
Spread 1 1/2 tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture over each cracker.
Evenly distribute the apples over the crackers.
Top each cracker with 2 pecans
Sprinkle with cinnamon.

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And the Giveaway…..

The fine folks at WASA are offering one of my readers a delicious and healthy giveaway.

One winner will win the following

Cooking with Crispbread cookbook
A sample of Wasa Products
Wasa pen and booklet
Wasa drawstring bag

One winner will win the above items

GIVEAWAY RULES

Contest ends Wednesday February 8th at 9 am est.
Winner will be chosen by Random Org.com

Main Entry
(Required)

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Contest open to US residents only.

Some more of my friends are using Was a too and they will be posting their recipes over the next few days! They are hosting giveaways too, so MORE CHANCES to win!!!Go check them out…

**I was not monetarily paid for this post. I was given samples of Wasa. All opinions are 100% mine

10 Super Bowl Foods

The Hungry Housewife — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:22:55 +0000

Thought I would share some yummy food that would be perfect for the Super Bowl…wait, am I going to get sued for saying “Super Bowl”?

First I thought I would share something all parents would understand.
This was the evening talk Saturday night…

My son(almost 9 years old)- “How do ladies have babies, where did I come from?”

Me-(caught completely off guard)- We bought you in Mexico.

Son- “Thats weird, well then why don’t I speak Spanish?”

Me-(tongue tied) – “Um, I dunno, go ask your Dad”

Yep, thats how the “talk” went. I surrendered into my shell like a scared little turtle.
I went to my Facebook friends for help. They basically said that I better have the talk now before someone else told him.
So that is what I did…the next day.

We went to get gas and I choose the longest car wash. As we pulled into the car wash, I turned around and asked him, “So, do you really want to know where babies come from?” He said yes.
I told him the basics. You could tell he was totally uncomfortable.He kept talking about the soap on the windows. He though the whole thing was gross. I asked if he had any questions and he said
NO!
I suppose thats good for now, I am sure more questions will follow. Ahhhh, the joys of parenthood!

Click the title to be directed to the recipe.

Famous Beer Cheese Dip

Dill Oyster Crackers

Grilled Rosemary Chicken Wings

Tzatziki

Loaded Pierogies

Deviled Eggs with Bacon and White Truffle Oil

Antipasto Kabobs

Crabbies

Southwest Eggrolls

Texas Caviar

Top 10 Recipes of 2011

The Hungry Housewife — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:23:49 +0000

Hi all, I hope you had a wonderful Holiday Season. Mine, like I am sure everyone else’s was packed full and honestly is a bit of a blurr. I spent the last half of my Birthday(Christmas Eve) and into Christmas day cleaning up after my daughter who had the stomach virus. Poor little thing..who wants to be puking on Christmas? And then she gave it to me the day after Christmas..good times..good times. Let me just tell you that Red Robin tastes so much better going in than coming back out. ugggg

New Years Eve was great. My husband decided he wanted to have a party last minute. And by last minute, I mean the day before. Gotta love em’.
If you read this post, you know that none of my clothes fit me, so I began stressing out on what I was going to wear for the party. I mean, people usually get all fancied up for New Years.
So I decided to make our New Years party a PAJAMA party! Everyone had to come in the P.J’s. Sure, I still put on some make up, but let me tell you how comfy I was!!!!
I had too much to drink…doesn’t happen often, but when it does….good lord. Diet Coke and Cherry Flavored Vodka is VERY easy to chug down.
I was dancing all night long. One low point was, dancing to Beastie Boys- Brass Monkey with my dog under one arm and a wooden spoon in the other hand as a microphone.
I had fun

I am wishing each and everyone of you a Happy 2012.
I can’t thank you all enough for continually stopping by my blog and reading what I have to say. You all are very much appreciated. You make doing what I do worth every calorie!!!!

So onto my top 10 recipe/posts of 2011 (according to Google Analytics)

#10 Rustic Love Bird Wedding Cake

For the more photos of this beautiful wedding cake I made..click over to this post.

#9 Filet Mignon

For tips on how to cook the perfect Filet Mignon click here

#8 Sugar Cookie Tips and Icing Tips

For my Sugar Cookie and Icing tips head on over to here.

#7 Rice Pudding from Left Over Rice
This has been in the top 10 every year. This post was when my blog was only 3 months old!

Click here for the Rice Pudding Recipe

#6 Lemon Bars

Click here for the Lemon Bar Recipe

#5 Pretzel Rolo Turtles

For the recipe for the Pretzel Rolo Turtles click here.

#4 Ice Cream Bread

Ice Cream Bread Recipe is here

#3 Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal

The ever popular Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal recipe is here

#2 Antipasto Kabobs

Antipasto Kabobs are here

#1 Nutella Hot Chocolate- Sooooooooo Addictive and delicious. My Nutella Hot Chocolate was ALLLL over the web!

Nutella Hot Chocolate recipe lives HERE

Marshmallow Snowman & Winner

The Hungry Housewife — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:09:53 +0000

Well Hi there. Cute, aren’t I? I’m easy to make too. Yep, I was here on this blog 2 years ago. The chic that writes this blog is too lazy to make something new this year. She claims she is too busy, but I am glad to show my cute little face again. It’s nice to meet you.

Want to know how to make me?

Marshmallow Smowman

Recipe type: Dessert

Author: Leslie Green – The Hungry Housewife

Prep time: 10 mins

Total time: 10 mins

Serves: 1

A festive Marshmallow Snowman

Ingredients

3 large marshmallows
3 toothpicks
Edible Black and Orange markers(can find them at the craft store) or Black and Orange Tube writing frosting
2 small thin pretzel sticks
1 Sheet rolled fruit snack(such as a Fruit Roll Up) cut into a 1/4-1/2 inch long strip
1 Hershey’s Kiss

Instructions

Place 1 toothpick in the center on 1 marshmallow.
Place a marshmallow on the top of that toothpick.
Place a second toothpick through the center of the second marshmallow.
Place the 3rd marshmallow on top of the second.
Using the markers or the frosting, draw on two black eyes and 3 black buttons and a mouth. Using the orange marker or frosting draw on a nose.
Place the pretzels in sides of the middle marshmallow for the arms.
Drape the Fruit Roll up around the neck and arms of the snowman for a “scarf”
Place the 3rd toothpick through the middle of the top marshmallow and poke the Hershey Kiss on top to serve as his hat.

Notes

Makes one snowman

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Olivia- @oliviafrescura

Congrats Olivia..Please contact me within 72 hours to claim your prize.

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

The Hungry Housewife — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 06:49:18 +0000

I sooooo look forward to pumpkin carving each year for the sole reason of roasting pumpkin seeds.
You see, pumpkins don’t last long once carved here in the Florida heat. We carve our pumpkins usually 1-2 days before Halloween. If we do them much earlier, they turn into a black moldy pile of mush…it not a pretty sight.
My kids each get to pick their own pumpkin to carve, which means MORE SEEDS!
Yes, I get the dirty job of separating the seeds from the pumpkin meat, but thats all fine and dandy for me.
There are many ways to can season roasted pumpkin seeds. You can make them sweet, you can make them spicy, the possibilites are endless. For me, I make them they way my Momma used to..simple.
Enjoy.

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Recipe type: appetizer, snack

Author: Leslie Green – The Hungry Housewife

Prep time: 10 mins

Cook time: 40 mins

Total time: 50 mins

Serves: 10

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds..a delicious snack

Ingredients

3 cups pumpkin Seeds, seeds from 2 large pumpkins
3 tablespoons butter, melted
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
3/4 tablespoon course Kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

Instructions

To clean the pumpkin seeds, separate them from from pumpkin and rinse them in a strainer.
Pour the pumpkin seeds on a large baking sheet and allow to dry in the open air for several hours to overnight.
Preheat oven to 325.
Place the pumpkin seeds in a large bowl.
In a measuring cup, melt the butter in the microwave.
Mix the olive oil, salt and pepper into the melted butter.
Pour the butter mixture over the pumpkin seeds and stir to incorporate.
Pour the pumpkin seeds on a large baking dish.
Bake them for 40 minutes, stirring every minutes.
Allow to cool and store in an airtight container at room temperature.

Notes

If you prefer, you can omit the overnight drying time. However, allowing them to dry out gives them a delicious crunchy crunch!!!!

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