DAM Cookbook ~ Misc.

Post your breakfast recipes, baby and toddler food, and "leftovers" here.

Post your Baby & Toddler recipes here.

Post your "Leftovers" here.

For the Kids: Kool Aid Play Dough
1/4 c. salt
2 1/2 c. flour
2 packages Kool Aid
3 T. oil
2 cups boiling water

Mix dry ingredients. Add oil. Add water and knead. Store in a zip lock bag.

4 tubes of refrigerator biscuits
1 1/3 C sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 tsp cinnamon
1 stick butter

Cut each biscuit into three pieces.
Mix 2/3 C of sugar and 1 tsp of cinnamon into a large bowl and roll each biscuit piece in mixture.
Grease a bundt pan and drop pieces into it.
In a small saucepan, stir together remaining sugar, butter, cinnamon and vanilla. Heat until it comes to a boil and pour over pieces.
Bake in a 350 oven for 25 minutes.
Turn onto a plate and serve warm.

Pigs in a blanket

1 pkg. lil' smokies
4 cans cheap bisquits (cut in half)

Roll 1 smokie and half buiscuit at a time and place on a baking sheet until filled. Bake at 350 degrees until golden brown.

Caramel French Toast
1 loaf French bread, cut into 1 inch slices
1 cup brown sugar
1 stick butter or margarine, melted
1 tablespoon white corn syrup
5 eggs
2 cups milk, skim or 2%
1 teaspoon vanilla

Combine brown sugar, butter, and corn syrup over low heat in skillet. Bring to simmer until sugar is melted and combines with butter and syrup. DO NOT BOIL OR OVERCOOK. IT WILL TURN TO CANDY. Spread the soft mixture into the bottom of well-greased 9x13 baking dish. Place French bread slices on top of the brown sugar mixture. Beat eggs with the milk and vanilla, and pour over the bread. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes, until bread is light golden brown and puffy.

I had to pull out my notes from when Faithie was little for this:

Cheesy Pasta:
This is one of her absolute favorites. The little bit of spaghetti sauce give the pasta a great flavor without overdoing the spiciness or acidity of the tomatoes. You can also add some cooked ground chicken or turkey to this if you're looking for meat or extra proteins (just sautee the chicken/turkey and chop with a knife or spatula to get smaller pieces).

2 cups cooked pasta (either use small stars/alphabets or put larger pieces like rotini in food processor for about 5 seconds)
1/4 cup of margarine or butter
1/2 cup of shredded cheese (Velveeta is a good choice)
1/8-1/4 cup of water
3 Tbsp bottled spaghetti sauce

-cook pasta (process if necessary, set aside)
-in small saucepan, melt butter
-add water to melted butter, then added cheese slowly, stirring the lumps out
-add spaghetti sauce to mixture
-simmer for a few minutes while stirring to prevent sticking
-add pasta and stir to coat pasta
-cook an additional minute or two, then remove from heat

Make several servings. I portion it out and freeze it in individual containers

Lentil Stew:
1/2 - 1 cup of lentils
1 small zucchini (diced)
1 small yellow squash (diced)
1 sweet potato (peeled and cubed)
1 white potato (peeled and cubed)
12 green beans (cut in quarters)
1 small leek (diced)
1 small parsnip (diced)
1 handful of shredded spinach leaves
1 carrot (cut into bite-sized pieces)
soup boullion

-cook lentils separate and set aside
-in soup pot, combine all chopped veggies and cover with water (just to the tops of the veggie pile)
-bring mixture to a boil, then add 2-3 tsp of boullion to taste (I use chicken boullion, but beef or veggie works too)
-bring back to a boil, then simmer for about an hour
-add lentils and simmer and additional 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stew is done if veggie are soft (use fork to check)
-remove from heat and let cool
-place stew in blender and pulse gently to attain lumpy/chunky texture if desired

Kid Quesadillas:
1/2 Morningstar Farms veggie patty, cooked and crumbled
1/2 cup of cheese
margarine
2 tortillas
butter cooking spray

Just mix the cooked veggie patty and cheese together in a bowl, melt some margarine in the pan. Spray one side of one tortilla with the butter spray, lay butter side down in the pan, layer the filling, spray the other tortilla (1 side) with spray and lay butter side up. Cook and flip and cook some more.

Corn Muffins w/Stuff:

2 Boxes of Corn Muffin Mix (I use Jiffy)
Milk
Eggs
Diced Up veggies (already cooked or leftover)
Diced up turkey or chicken (already cooked)

Mix the corn muffin mix together first till fairly smooth.
Add in the turkey and veggies and mix till you have a "lumpy" consistency
Spoon into muffin pans (I lined mine with the paper cups first) about 2/3 - 3/4 full
Bake at 400 for about 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

These freeze well and are great for quick snacks!

Sausage Muffins

1 can Campbells Cheddar Cheese soup
1 lb sausage (hot or mild depending on preference) ex: Jimmy Dean
3 cups biscuit mix

Brown sausage in frying pan and add cheese. Stir until mixed. Add to biscuit mix and blend well. Form into 1" balls ( I use an ice cream scooper)

Bake on cookie sheet at 450 degrees for about 15 minutes. Watch them, they can burn easily and my oven cooks fast.

Brunch Casserole

1 can Pillsbury crescent rolls
1 lb pork sausage
10 eggs
Cheddar cheese

Line bottom of 9x13 pan that has been sprayed with Pam with 1 can of Pillsbury crescent rolls. Fry and drain 1 lb of pork sausage and crumble over rolls. Beat 10 eggs and pour over sausage. Top with grated chedder cheese. Refrigerate overnight and bake at 375 until eggs are set, which is about 40 minutes.

Banana Nut Bread

3 medium very ripe bananas
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 cup butter
1 1/4 cups buttermilk
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
2 cups flour
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup chopped pecans

Mash bananas and mix all ingredients in order given. Pour into 2 greased loaf pans. Bake for one hour at 350.

OOh Cara, I'll have to try that B. bread!

(Geaux Tigers!)

Breakfast Sausage Casserole

1 (12 ounce) package fresh breakfast sausage, cooked, drained and crumbled
4 cups cubed day-old bread
2 cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
2 (12 fluid ounce) cans NESTLE(R) CARNATION(R) Evaporated Milk
10 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
ground black pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS:
1. GREASE 13 x 9-inch baking dish. Place bread in prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with cheese. Combine evaporated milk, eggs, dry mustard, onion powder and pepper in medium bowl. Pour evenly over bread and cheese. Sprinkle with sausage. Cover; refrigerate overnight.
2. PREHEAT oven to 325 degrees F.
3. BAKE for 55 to 60 minutes or until cheese is golden brown. Cover with foil if top browns too quickly.
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Sausage & Egg Casserole
6 eggs
2 cups shredded cheese
2 cups milk
8 thick slices Italian bread
16 oz. sausage (12 oz, is also ok)
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. dry mustard
Brown sausage and drain. Beat eggs, cube the bread, and add all other ingredients. Mix well with the sausage and pour into a greased 9X13 in. glass baking dish. Cover and let sit in the refrigerator overnight.
In the morning bake at 350°(uncovered) for 45 minutes to one hour. Serves 8.

Morning Glory Muffins

1 1/2 c all-purpose flour
1 c whole wheat flour
2/3 c sugar
3 tsp gr cinnamon
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3 eggs
3/4 c applesauce
1/2 c oil
1 tsp vanilla
2 c grated carrots
1 med apple, peeled and grated
1 can (8 oz) crushed pineapple, drained
1/2 c raisins

In a large bowl, combine the first 6 ingredients. In another bowl, combine the eggs, applesauce, oil and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened (batter will be thick). Stir in carrots, apple, pineapple, and raisins. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups 2/3 full.

Bake at 350 for 20-24 min or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 min before removing from pans to wire racks. Yield: 2 dozen.

ETA: original recipe called for 1 c sugar but they always came out too sweet for us so that was reduced to 2/3 cup which seems about right.

INGREDIENTS:
· 1 (16 ounce) package frozen shredded hash brown potatoes, thawed <O:p</O:p
· 1/4 cup butter, melted <O:p</O:p
· 5 eggs, lightly beaten <O:p</O:p
· 1 1/2 cups shredded Swiss cheese <O:p</O:p
· 1 cup cooked ham <O:p</O:p
· 1/4 cup milk <O:p</O:p
· salt and pepper to taste <O:p</O:p

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1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9 inch pie pan. <O:p</O:p
2. Press potatoes into greased pie plate. Brush with melted butter. Bake in preheated oven until lightly browned, about 10 to 15 minutes. <O:p</O:p
3. In a large bowl, stir together beaten eggs, milk, cheese, ham, salt and pepper. Pour egg mixture into baked crust. <O:p</O:p
4. Bake in preheated oven until center is set, about 20 minutes. The quiche will be browned on top and a knife inserted into the center will come out clean<O:p</O:p
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This is something really simple to do and tastes soooo yummy! I had forgotten about it until my great grandfather was in town this weekend. (It's his recipe) Instead of stacking lettuce leaves, sliced tomatoes, sliced onion and pickles on your burger, chop it all up finely and put into a bowl. Mix with mayo and mustard with a little salt and pepper to taste. Put about 2 tablespoons on top of your patty and you don't have to worry about putting mayo or mustard on your bun. For some reason this tastes much better with everything chopped up together! Everything compliments eachother. It's good enough to eat on the side, too!

those all sound great!!

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