German Chocolate Brownie

This recipe is SUPER easy and dripping with deliciousness!

Ingredients:

1 pkg. brownie mix 8x8 pan

1 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips

8-10 oz. caramel sauce (Smucker's)

2 oz. bag chopped walnuts

1/2 c. shredded coconut

Prepare brownie mix as indicated on box. Before cooking in oven, sprinkle semi-sweet chocolate chips over top.

Bake as directed.

Topping:

Bring caramel sauce to a boil and stir constantly for two minutes. Remove from heat and mix in walnuts and shredded coconut.

Pour over top of brownies.

Allow to cool.

Chill and serve.

Chicken Cacciatore

DELICIOUS!

Ingredients:

3 lbs. chicken cut up
1 large onion, chopped
2 - 6 oz. cans tomato paste
6 oz. sliced mushrooms
1 green pepper, chopped
2-4 cloves garlic
2 tsp. oregano
2 bay leaves
1 tsp. Mrs. Dash
1 tsp. salt
3/4 c. dry white wine
3 Tbsp. olive oil
1 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes

In a crockpot, add chopped onion on bottom, then chicken. Add the rest of the ingredients together and mix in a bowl. Pour into crockpot.
Cook low 7-9 hours or hi 3-4 hours.
Serve over rice or pasta.
I love it with the new steamfresh brown rice - microwave for 4 minutes.

Monika's Sloppy Joe's

I first had this at one of our friend's birthday parties and Chris and I couldn't stop chowin' down on it. I finally got the recipe, and I've made it twice this week!

Ingredients:

1 lb. ground beef

1 chopped onion

1/2 tsp. garlic powder

1 tsp. prepared mustard

3/4 c. ketchup

3 tsp. brown sugar

1 can corn

salt and pepper, to taste

Cook onion with EVOO in skillet, add ground beef and brown. Move to crock pot and add remaining ingredients. Cook on low for at least 3 hrs. Voila!

Cream Cheese Marble Brownies

What do you do with a brownie mix?

Here's an option: Cream Cheese Marble Brownies

Ingredients:

1 -6 oz. package cream cheese

3 Tbsp. butter

3 Tbsp. sugar

2 Large egg

2 Tbsp. flour

1 tsp. vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Beat cream cheese, butter, sugar, egg, flour, and vanilla. Set aside.

Prepare brownie mix -family size, 9x13 pan.

Put brownie mix batter in the pan, spoon cream cheese mix over batter.

Swirl with knife or spatula.

Bake 36-39 minutes.

Cool.

Chill two hours.

Cut and serve.