Snack Mix and a Giveaway!

Today is day two of the Gooseberry Patch giveaway!  For more details and to enter visit yesterday's post featuring Easy Cheesy Bean Dip HERE.

Today's recipe is yummy, too!  (I've tweaked it a bit here and there so I'll give you the GBP recipe and my tweaks, too. 

Touchdown Toss  (page 45)

3 c. doughnut-shaped oat cereal
     (You know, the one that begins with C-H and ends with E-E-R-I-O-S?)
3 c. bite-size crispy corn cereal squares  (Yep, starts with C-H and ends in E-X.)
3 c. cookie-shaped cereal 
3 c. pretzel sticks, broken
3 c. graham crackers, broken
1 c. sunflower kernals
2 c. candy-coated chocolates (The thirteenth letter of the alphabett squared *wink*)
3 c. salted roasted mixed nuts
3 lbs. white melting chocolate, chopped

In a large bowl, combine all ingredients except white chocolate.  Place chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl.  Microwave on high for one minute; stir well.  Continue to microwave at 30-second intervals until chocolate is completely melted.  Pour metled chocolate over cereal mixture; stir to coat well.  Transfer cereal mixture to 2 ungreased 10"x15" jelly-roll pans.  Spread cereal mixture evenly on pans; refrigerate for about 45 minutes, or until chocolate is set.  Break into pieces.  Makes about 24 cups.

 That's our Rebekah...she made this!  She's quite the handy-dandy helper in the kitchen!

 

Now...here's how we tweaked it!

Since we have some peanut allergies in our family we did a half-and-half sort of mixture.  After mixing together everything except the nuts and chocolate we separated half in one bowl and half in another.  We added 1 1/2 cups nuts to one bowl.  Instead of using 3 lbs. of white melting chocolate we use 1 lb.  It was very tasty!  I think the 3 lbs. would be too sweet.  It was the perfect mix of sweet and salty!  

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Be sure to go visit other Gooseberry Patch giveaways this week over at 

GOODEnessgracious.com

and at

TheCountryCook.com

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Cookbook Love!

The lovely people at Gooseberry Patch have published my Easy Cheesy Bean Dip recipe in one of their new cookbooks that will be out soon!  Check it out over at my Amazon shop HERE.

Oh, and the fine folks over at GBP have given me a copy to giveaway!  Scroll down for details!

Easy Cheesy Bean Dip

1 8 oz. cream cheese (softened)
1 can bean dip
1 c. sour cream
1 1/2 tsp. onion powder
1/2 package taco seasoning mix or my homemade mix HERE
1/2 lb. shredded colby-jack cheese

Mix all ingredients except the cheese. Layer in a crock pot or a casserole dish 1/2 the mixture and 1/2 the cheese; repeat. Cook on low for 4 hours or so or bake 20 minutes at 350 degrees.

Serve with nacho chips, chopped tomatoes, black olives, guacamole, etc.!

Notes: Sometimes I add 1/2 pound browned, ground beef to the mixture to give it a little more protein. A lot of times when we go camping I'll take a crock pot with us and the ingredients. I'll pop it all in the crock pot after breakfast and it's ready by lunchtime!

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GIVEAWAY SCOOP!

 

One copy of Game Day Fan Fare will be given away!

 Giveaway starts now and ends midnight April 10th

I'll announce the winner Thursday April 11th

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He is Risen!

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The Resurrection

Luke 24:1-12 (ESV)

"But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.” And they remembered his words, and returning from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.

Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles, but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened."

Easter Brunch Recipes

Our church has a breakfast between sunrise service and regular service.  For the last few years the coordinator of the breakfast has asked our oldest, Noah, to make his delicious french toast.

This year she asked him to make more since it was so popular last year they ran out!  I've posted the french toast recipe before and I recently edited it so look below for the link!

I thought I'd take this moment to share with you some yummy Easter breakfast/brunch ideas!

 Photo credit:  Loveless Cafe

(Go visit this site!  It's so country!  I love it!!)

Old House Baked Eggs are an easy dish to prep the night before.  You can just pop it in the oven in the morning and you're ready to go.

Bananaberry Muffins can be baked the day before!  Pop them in the oven to warm up if you'd like that fresh-from-the-oven warmth!

Old House Breakfast Cups can be prepped the night before and thrown together in the morning or you can bake them the day before and just simply reheat them.  Very yummy and filling!

Sausage Gravy and Biscuits I often make the gravy ahead of time and put it in a little crock pot to warm up so it's ready to go.  The biscuits can be mixed up and cut the night before and you can pop them in the oven before the meal.  (Or you can buy the whack on the counter type of biscuits from the store.  Hey, it's a special day and the cook deserves a break, right?)

Old House French Toast This is one item that has to be made fresh.  Sure, you can warm them up in the oven or toaster oven, but they are better fresh! 

Of course serve your meal with milk, orange juice, and a side of fruit to round it out!

For more ideas visit my Breakfast page HERE.

Enjoy!