Peppercorn Ranch Salad

Romaine lettuce
bacon - cooked and chopped in chunky pieces
sugared nuts (almonds or pecans)
diced tomatoes
feta cheese
granny smith apple, diced

Kraft Peppercorn Ranch Dressing

Optional: red pepper and celery

vary your amounts based upon your preferences
To sugar nuts: put 1/4 cup sugar in sauce pan, heat on med, and toss in nuts. When the sugar begins to melt, stir the nuts till coated and pour out onto plate. Don't let it burn.

Sopapilla Cheesecake Pie

compliments of allrecipes.com :)

2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon Mexican vanilla extract
2 (8 ounce) cans refrigerated crescent rolls
3/4 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1/4 cup honey
Directions

Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Prepare a 9x13 inch baking dish with cooking spray.
Beat the cream cheese with 1 cup of sugar and the vanilla extract in a bowl until smooth.
Unroll the cans of crescent roll dough, and use a rolling pin to shape each piece into 9x13 inch rectangles. Press one piece into the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish. Evenly spread the cream cheese mixture into the baking dish, then cover with the remaining piece of crescent dough. Stir together 3/4 cup of sugar, cinnamon, and butter. Dot the mixture over the top of the cheesecake.
Bake in the preheated oven until the crescent dough has puffed and turned golden brown, about 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and drizzle with honey. Cool completely in the pan before cutting into 12 squares.

Doctored Chili

2 cans Hormel or any brand chili with beans
1 can diced tomatoes- partially drained
1 can black beans - partially drained
1 onion diced
1 green pepper chopped
1 -2 stalks celery, diced (optional)
butter

Saute onions and green pepper together in butter on med or low heat until soft.
Add tomatoes, black beans and chili and heat through.

You can add more chili seasoning for added spice.

This is easily adapted to more cans of chili or whatever variation of veggies you have.
Super simple!

Banana Bread...bundt cake

2 1/3 c flour
1 c walnuts/chocolate chips/or whatever is pleasing to your taste
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 1/2 c sugar
1 c mashed bananas (about 3)
2 tsp vanilla
2 large eggs
1 c melted butter (or margarine)
1 c buttermilk (substitute: 2 tsp lemon juice + 1 c nonfat milk)

Mix flour, pecans, etc. baking powder, baking soda, salt in large bowl
(I heard if you first put a little bit of flour with chocolate chips they won't all float to the bottom...is this true?)

Mix sugar, bananas, vanilla, and eggs until well blended. Add butter and buttermilk. Mix well.

Add flour mixture into the wet mix. Stir evenly. Spray the pan and pour in.

Bake at 350 for approx. 1 hr. Yummy!

Dan Dan Noodles

Sauce:
½ c. dark brown sugar, packed
6 T. soy sauce
1 c. chicken broth
chili-garlic sauce (add as much or as little as you like)

Mix and set aside.

The rest:
1 6-oz. pkg. Spaghetti noodles, cooked, drained and cooled
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Heat 3 T.oil til medium hot, then add

1 t. garlic
¼ t. basil
½ t. sugar

Saute for a few seconds, then add chicken breasts. Turn heat to medium and sauté for 5 minutes on each side or until done. Remove from heat and slice into bite-size pieces. Set aside. OPTIONAL: saute diced green/red pepper after removing the chicken.

Heat 2 T. oil then stir in and cook for only about 15-30 seconds:
1 T. minced garlic
½ t. minced ginger
½ c. green onion, chopped

Add sauce. Simmer 2 minutes. Dissolve 2 tsp. cornstarch in 1/4 c. water. Add this to the sauce to thicken. Simmer 1 minute. Add sliced chicken. Add noodles and toss lightly. Optional: drizzle sesame oil on top.