Oven Baked Potatoes and Award

Ingredients:

2-3 Tablespoons Olive oil

3 Baking potatoes (cubed)

1/2 onion (diced)

1/2 bell pepper (diced)

4 button mushrooms (sliced)

1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

2 cloves garlic (minced)

1 1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon pepper

Directions:

Cut baking potatoes in 4th. Boil them for 4-5 minutes. Drain. Dice potatoes into bite size pieces. In a 9X13 pan spray pan with cooking spray. Add the olive oil to coat the potatoes. Add the onion, bell pepper, mushroom Parmesan cheese, garlic , salt and pepper. Bake in oven at 375 for 20-25 minutes. Make sure your potatoes are fork tender before pulling out. Enjoy!

The Results:

These went perfect with the Beer Bratwurst. I just kind of started to throw things in the pan and ended up with this. I love potatoes and don't get to eat enough of them due to my husband and little boy aren't big fans. Who doesn't love potatoes? Weirdos! So I got to enjoy my potatoes and they were great. Hope you enjoy.

Lemonade Award : for a refreshing blog

Spryte from Spryte's Place gave me this award. I was so happy to see a comment from her the other day. I loved being able to look around her blog and see what i could start book marking to make. Go check her blog out.

So I'm going to pass this on to:

Priscilla Bakes

Two Peas and Their Pod

For the Love of Cooking

Ezra Pound Cake

Priscilla, Maria, Pam and Rebecca all have refreshing blogs. I look forward to seeing what new things they cook all the time. They all make delicious looking food.

Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Yummy!

ROASTED GARLIC

Ingredients:

2 heads of garlic

Drizzle of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Directions:

1 Preheat the oven to 400°F.
2 Peel away the outer layers of the garlic bulb skin, leaving the skins of the individual cloves intact. Using a knife, cut off 1/4 to a 1/2 inch of the top of cloves, exposing the individual cloves of garlic.
3 Place the garlic heads in a baking pan; muffin pans work well for this purpose. Drizzle a couple teaspoons of olive oil over each head, using your fingers to make sure the garlic head is well coated. Cover with aluminum foil. Bake at 400°F for 30-35 minutes, or until the cloves feel soft when pressed.
4 Allow the garlic to cool enough so you can touch it without burning yourself. Use a small small knife cut the skin slightly around each clove. Use a cocktail fork or your fingers to pull or squeeze the roasted garlic cloves out of their skins.

The Results:

This was good right out of the head of garlic. You can roast your own garlic and put it in a dip or on french bread or whatever. I got the method of how to do it off of http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/001712roasted_garlic.php. It was so simple and easy. Went perfect with my roasted garlic mashed potatoes

INGREDIENTS:
6 cloves garlic, peeled
1/4 cup olive oil
7 baking potatoes, peeled and cubed ( I used red potatoes)
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

*Added 1/4 cup of green onions (chopped)

DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Place garlic cloves in a small baking dish. Drizzle with olive oil, cover, and bake 45 minutes, or until golden brown.
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to boil. Add potatoes, and cook until tender but firm. Drain, and transfer to a large mixing bowl.
Place roasted garlic, milk, Parmesan cheese, and butter into the bowl with the potatoes. Season with salt and pepper. Beat to desired consistency with an electric mixer.

The Results: These are so good. They were so good with the whole dinner. I got the recipe from allrecipes. My husband thought this whole dinner was awesome.

Kielbasa and Potatoes

Ingredients:
1 pound polska kielbasa (cut 1/2 inch)
5 medium new potatoes (sliced thin)
1 small onion (chopped)
1 can mushroom soup
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup sour cream
salt, pepper and garlic salt to taste
Cheddar cheese

Directions:
Heat oven to 350 and spray a 2 quart(11X7) baking dish.
Cut up the kielbasa, potatoes and onion. In your baking dish lay down your potatoes in a row and then your kielbasa and onions. Mix together in a small bowl the mushroom soup, milk, sour cream, salt, pepper and garlic salt. Pour this mixture over the potatoes and kielbasa. Bake in the oven for 1 hour and then top with cheese and put it back in the oven for 10 minutes. Just make sure your potatoes are fork tender.

The Results:
I always like this. I served it with corn because that's what my family likes. I like that this meal is a one pot dish. Instead of kielbasa you could use ham or ground beef.

BBQ Shredded Chicken Sandwich and Red Potato Salad

Ingredients:
2 chicken breasts ( I put them in frozen)
1 1/2 cups BBQ sauce ( I used Tony Roma's bbq sauce, use whatever you want)
1/2 cup onions (chopped)

Directions:
Place the chicken breasts, BBQ sauce, onion in the cockpot on High for 4-5 hours. Shred the chicken with it is done. Serve on a hamburger buns with some cheese. :)
The Results:
This is always quick, easy and good.

INGREDIENTS
1 pound clean, scrubbed new red potatoes
3 eggs
1/2 pound bacon
1/2 onion, finely chopped
1/2 stalk celery, finely chopped
1 cup mayonnaise
salt and pepper to taste

* 1 tsp. mustard

* sprinkle of paprika

DIRECTIONS:
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes. Drain and set in the refrigerator to cool.
Place eggs in a saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring water to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Cover and let eggs stand in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, cool, peel and chop.
Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
Chop the cooled potatoes, leaving skin on. Add to a large bowl, along with the eggs, bacon, onion and celery. Add mayonnaise, salt and pepper to taste. Chill for an hour before serving.

The Results:

This was so yummy. I will make it again. I added a tsp of mustard just for an extra kick and I topped it with paprika. I got the recipe from allrecipes but changed it up a little. Don't forget to salt and pepper. That's always a must. :)