Teriyaki Burgers

Marinade:
3/4 cup water
1 cup soy sauce
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder

You will also need:
beef patties
pineapple slices
cheese slices
buns

Make marinade by combining the ingredients in a sauce pan over medium heat. Bering to a boil then reduce heat and simmer until sauce thickens. Cover and chill for 30 minutes. Place beef patties in marinade, save a little marinade in a separate container. In separate marinade container add pineapple slices. Grill patties and grill pineapple slices. Add any kind of cheese and other toppings to to burgers and enjoy.

Muddy Buddies

9 cups chex cereal
1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup butter
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Microwave chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter on high for 1 minute, stir, microwave 30 seconds longer until mixture can be stirred smooth. Stir in vanilla. With cereal in large seal able bag, pour mixture over cereal, stirring until evenly coated, add powdered sugar. Shake until well coated. And eat.

Aunt Martha used to make huge batches of this for the fireworks in Idaho on the fourth of July. Of course the Beasley family calls this recipe "dog food". I absolutely love it, as do the girls and David. Enjoy

Pasta Salad

Bow tie pasta
Cubed chicken, browned
Sunflower seeds
green & red pepper chopped small
green onions
pineapple, drained
shredded mozzarella cheese
mayonnaise
some pineapple juice

Mix all together and serve. I got this from Enrichment night. There was no recipe so I would just guess on the amounts. I might also use canned shredded chicken due to my distaste of handling raw meat.

Bean Dip

Bean Dip (we think it'd be great on a salad too!)
1 can of red beans
1 can of pinto beans1 can white beans
1 can of black beans
1/2 of a green pepper chopped into bean size pieces, some red onion. I used about 3 slices. Chopped fine.
Tomatoes, chopped
2 avocados chopped up.
About 1/3 of a bottle of Catalina salad dressing.

I stole this recipe from Ambers blog and she got it from her friend Ashley.

Cake

Cake Mix
1 can of fruit

White or yellow cake mixes work best. You can use any kind of fruit you like. Replace water in cake mix with juice drained from can, replace equal amounts. You can either add the fruit into the cake or mix it with whipped topping to use as frosting on the cake.

Pesto

2 cups spinach
1/2 cup pine nuts toasted
2 tbsp lemon juice
1-2 tsp lemon zest
1/3 cup olive oil
1/3 cup Parmesan cheese
salt & pepper

Mix all together in food processor, you want a paste like consistency.

You can substitute the pine nuts for nuts that you prefer.

Pasta Salad

elbow macaroni
mayo
1 ranch packet
1 can of shredded chicken
3 boiled eggs
1 cucumber
1 tomato chopped
shredded cheese

Make macaroni according to directions. Brown the can of chicken. Cut up the cucumber and eggs. Mix all together. Serve warm or cold.

I got this recipe at Margie Slacks baby shower. Sometimes I put some ranch dressing in as well, and sometimes I add bacon bits.