Turkey & Corn Enchilada Lasagna Bake

After Thanksgiving turkey can be a bit of a mystery.  I mean a person can only eat so many leftover turkey slices and turkey melts.  What about something COMPLETELY different than the turkey dinner with stuffing and accouterments you are still eating days after your Thanksgiving meal?

Enter Turkey & Corn Enchilada Lasagna Bake.

This recipe is adapted from this one and this one with lasagna-style layers.

Despite the experimental nature of this recipe, the end result was cheesy deliciousness!

What You Need:

2 C. turkey pieces

1 C. corn (I used leftovers for this too)

1 C. mozzarella cheese

1 C. cheddar cheese

6-12 small or large tortillas of any kind

1 small can of green chillis

2 Tbsp olive oil

Salt

Pepper

½ block cream cheese

1 Tsp minced garlic

Butter to grease 9x13 pan

1 C. whole milk

What You Do:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees & grease a 9x13 pan with butter.  

Heat large skillet and cook olive oil, garlic, green chillis, salt & pepper (to taste) through 3 minutes.  

Add half shredded cheese and the cream cheese and melt.  Add turkey and corn.  Stir to combine.  

Put a layer of tortillas to line the bottom of the pan.  

Put turkey, corn, cheese mixture over the top of the tortillas and add another layer of tortillas.  Pour 1 cup of whole milk (or you can use heavy cream if you have it on hand) over tortillas.  

Sprinkle with remaining cheese and bake for 30 minutes.  Serve with salsa & sour cream.

Experimental Brownie Bars

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I am super excited to be co-hosting today’s Heavenly Treats Link Party! 

A few weeks ago I had a craving for something chocolatey and oh so bad for me.  I caught site of below recipe on a brownie mix hanging out in my pantry.

And THEN when I went to grab the brownie mix I caught sight of some butterscotch chips right next to them.  Hm…

THEN I made the mistake of reading the recipe on the back of them.  Now, I wanted BOTH!  How ridiculous IS that?

I decided to do a little experiment of sorts and I’m happy to say my crazy craving gave birth to something yummy albeit EXTREMELY rich!

Enter…

Experimental Brownie Bars:

What You Need

Brownie mix

½ C. coconut flakes

¼ C. chocolate chips

¼ C. butterscotch chips

2 Eggs

1/2 C. Butter

1 container sweetened condensed milk

What You Do:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray.  Mix all ingredients EXCEPT the sweetened condensed milk in a bowl.  Pour into greased pan. 

Pour sweetened condensed milk over the top. 

Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.  Let cool 10 minutes or so and then have at it.  

They would be AWESOME topped with whipped topping, cool whip or ice cream!  They are REALLY REALLY REALLY rich!!  But super gooey and delicious!  

Oh and ALSO really bad for you!  EEK!  

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Pumpkin Muffins w/ Kelly from Exceptionalistic

I'm Kelly from Exceptionalistic and I'm guest posting over here at The Houtz House Party because my name is Kelly.
 
Okay, not really because of the name thing but it is pretty cool, isn't it! I wanted to share one of the most popular posts which is just in time for Halloween and Thanksgiving. 5 Ingredient Pumpkin Muffins I found this on allrecipes.com and it is truly amazing. Here's what you need: 1 box yellow cake mix, 15 ounce can of pumpkin puree, 1 tsp ground cinnamon, 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg and 1/4 tsp ground cloves. Mix together!! My boys licked the beaters and loved the mix just as much as the muffins! We did not have the ground cloves and they were still delicious so technically I guess these were 4 ingredient pumpkin muffins!
Spoon into cupcake liners. Confession time: we also didn't have yellow cake mix but we did have funfetti cake mix, hence the colored specks you see. Still yummy!!
Batter makes about 24 muffins (depending on how much you fill). Bake for 20-25 minutes 
at 350 degrees. 

Finished product! I will fill them up a little more next time. I was unsure how fluffy they might get.

Thanks for reading and feel free to jump over to my place and say hello any time! If you happen to make these muffins, I'd love to hear what you thought about them.

EASY Homemade Applesauce with Big Apple Mami

Hello lovelies here at The Houtz House Party! I'm so thrilled to be guest posting for Kelly while she and her lovely family get settled into their new home! My name is Kristina and I blog over at Big Apple Mami. I'd love to have you stop by and say hi!  Today I wanted to share with you my easiest recipe ever! If one word could describe my cooking style it would be easy. I really cannot be bothered with recipes that have complicated steps or too many ingredients. Sure, I might be missing out, but with three kids and counting and a busy life in NYC, I just cannot devote more time to a recipe than I already do... My applesauce is just that! If I could figure a way to magically peel and core my apples (which is the thing that takes the longest about this recipe) I totally would do it...but alas, this is still really easy! :)  We went apple picking a couple weeks ago and got a bushel of apples. I've enjoyed making an apple pie, some apple crisp and an apple cake, but the thing I've made the most is my applesauce...probably because my littlest is seriously addicted! :) 

And, now to wow you with my whiz-like baking skills, I guarantee this is easiest and well the easiest applesauce recipe you'll ever find!  You need apples and a crockpot. That's about it. Oh yes, and cinnamon! :) I find that 8-10 apples gives me a nice-sized portion.

Personally, I don't like adding sweetener to my applesauce. They are a nice combination of sweet and tart (especially if you combine various types of apples and get all those flavors juicing together) and I prefer to limit the sweet for me and the kids! :) In the past, I think I've added a touch of lime juice to the mix, but this year have chosen just to do apples and cinnamon sticks.

Stick that in your crockpot on low for about 6-8 hours or until apples are nice and mushy and you're almost done!

after they have cooked fully, all you really need to do (depending on the texture you like) is either blend it all together (take out your cinnamon sticks first) or mash with a fork. Personally I like a bit of texture in my applesauce so I used a fork. 

 so yummy!

and wasn't that amazingly simple? Thanks again Kelly for letting me post here! 

xoxo

Monterey Chicken with Girls Gone Food

My name is Lauren and I'm a 20-something year old that loves to find the fun in life. One of my passions has always been food. There is just something about its entertainment quality and ability to bring people together that is really special starting sometime in college, I discovered my love for cooking. Since then, I haven't really stopped. I put a lot of love and care into everything I make, and wanted to create a blog to showcase that. I love to entertain, so my blog has tons of fun party recipes and drinks.

If you want to check out some fun recipes come visit my blog. I'm always looking for new followers and sponsors. I'm friendly I promise!!

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Today I'm sharing a recipe for Monterey Chicken. I served it with corn and it made an easy weeknight meal!

Recipe Source: all things simple

Ingredients: 

• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1/4 cup BBQ sauce 
• 1/4 cup real bacon bits
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 14oz can Rotel tomatoes with green chillies, drained
• sliced green onions

Recipe: 

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Pound out chicken breasts and season with pepper.
• Grill chicken until thouroughly cooked
• Top each chicken breast with 1 tbsp bbq sauce, 1/4 cup of cheese, 1/4 cup of tomatoes, 1 tbsp bacon bits, and green onions. 
• Place chicken breasts on a baking sheet sprayed with nonstick cooking spray
• Place in oven and bake for about 5 minutes

 

Apple Pie PLEASE - A recipe you will FLIP for!

Hi!  I am Sarah from The Fontenot Four.  I really want to thank Kelly for having me here to help her out while she's in the midst of moving and taking a bloggy break this month.  I can so relate because we just moved a few weeks ago, so I'm really happy to help! Do you ever have food cravings?  Ok, maybe that's a really stupid question, but I've really been craving apple pie.  Not store-bought.  Homemade apple pie.  I absolutely love baking pies.  There's really nothing quite like the experience of making something so good from scratch.  I learned the basic recipe several years ago.  I've tweaked it a bit over the years and now it's all my own.  Personally, I will never go back to storebought!!  I thought I'd share the recipe with you today!

Filling:

1/3 cup flour

5 apples (just use whichever suits your taste - I don't use "traditional" baking apples!)

1 cup sugar

1 tsp cinnamon (another area where I get a little crafty!)

Mix together then microwave for 7 minutes on high (the above picture is post-microwave, so if you don't have one, I suppose you could cook on the stove until it looks like this).

Preheat oven to 400F.

Crust:

2 cups flour

3/4 cups shortening

pinch of salt

Blend together until it sticks (as in picture), then add water by the tablespoon (6 or 7) until it's "doughy" enough to roll out (hint - put water in a bowl with some ice cubes and draw from that)

This is what the crust mixture will look like when it's ready to roll out.

Divide in half - one half for the bottom crust and one half for the top.

Half the dough - ready to roll!!

Roll out the bottom crust and place into pie dish.

Add the cooked apple mixture.

Roll out the top crust and cover the pie.  Make sure to add some slits to vent!!

Bake at 400F for 30-35 minutes.

Voila!!

I sprinkled some cinnamon and sugar on top of the pie after it was finished.

Steaming hot appley goodness!!

Pie is served!!

Ok, now I think I need to go make one of these for myself...

Brown Sugar Fruit Dip

Hi! My name is Pamela the lovely behind Pamela's Heavenly Treats, where I make healthy cupcakes and cookies mainly, I will dabble in other desserts if need be.  I make all my treats with 100% whole wheat flour and I have a few special ingredients that I also add to give my healthy treats that moist, delicious taste.  I am so excited to be over here at The Houtz House Party with my friend Kelly.  We met on twitter and have become good friends, her blog is so inspirational to me, I love it when I read a blog that has God all in it!

Today I have for you Brown Sugar Fruit Dip Easy, Delicious and Healthy! I saw this recipe at Chocolate, Chocolate and More and knew that I had to make this, I just tweaked it a little!  This is a good way to have your kiddies eat more fruit, because they love to dip food into something, my kiddies loved this, and so did I.  This will be on my Thanksgiving table with an assortment of fruits!

Brown Sugar Fruit Dip

Ingredients

1 package of cream cheese (softened)

1/2 cup light brown sugar

2 tbsp agave nectar

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp vanilla

Directions

Put all ingredients in a bowl, and mix well.  Put in refrigerator for about 1 hour, and serve with your favorite fruit! 

I want to thanks Kelly for allowing me to guest post on her lovely blog.  Please come and visit me at Pamela's Heavenly Treats and I also have an Etsy Shop where you can get my healthy mixes. 

Baked Egg Cups Recipe

I tried this Baked Egg Cups recipe awhile back and the kids really enjoyed it.  It was EASY and cheap to make too!  I even “messed it up” a little bit by not really following the directions to a T and it STILL turned out yummy!  

What You Need:

Deli ham

Eggs

Shredded cheddar cheese

Cooking spray

Salt

Pepper

Chive

Muffin tin

What You Do:

Spray the muffin cups with cooking spray.  Line the muffin cups with deli ham. 

Bake for 10 min @ 350.  In a bowl scramble the eggs.  After baking, pour a bit of the eggs in each muffin tin filling 2/3 of the way full.  Sprinkle with cheese, chives, salt & pepper.  

Return to the oven for 10 more minutes.  You may need to add to baking time depending on your oven and how done you like your eggs.

Please note:  I forgot to bake the ham first.  I didn't scramble the eggs in a bowl just in the ham cup...

AND in the original recipe it also says to put the cheese and chive on AFTER you bake the eggs.  I skipped this part and mine still turned out just fine. 

These are good with sour cream, hot sauce, salsa, etc.  You could also serve these as the savory side to pancakes, waffles or french toast!

YUMMY in the TUMMY!