Shannon's lit'l Smokies

These are a Christmas morning family tradition! Let me clarify that statement for my brother Mike, who once  said to me a few years ago after I told him I was making the "traditional Christmas morning breakfast".  

"What, since when are those traditional? We always have Egg Nog and Christmas cookies for breakfast Christmas morning"

These lit'l treats became part of our Christmas morning tradition when I became old enough to cook and Grandma saw these on tv and thought they would be a great breakfast treat and told me to make them.  I have been making them ever sense.  These are awesome and a perfect partner with Christmas cookies and Egg Nog! 

Ingredients:

1 roll of crescent rolls

1 pack of lit'l smokies

Unroll crescent rolls, take off the first 2 triangles 

Cut off a small triangle

*I don't like a lot of breading on my lit'l smokies, I can get about 5-6 smokies wrapped out of 1 triangle*

Wrap triangle around smokie

make sure all the ends are wrapped completely around so that the wrap stays together.

as you can see sometimes I just cut strips instead of triangles, those work just as well.

Just keep cutting and wrapping.

I can usually get 1 package of smokies wrapped out of 1 can of crescents, I usually have most of a crescent roll to make too. 

Bake at 350 for about 12 minutes our until nice and golden brown.

Enjoy!

Shannon's Salsa Cheesecake

I know when you hear the words cheesecake you think dessert but this is an amazing savory appetizer that is always a hit wherever I take it. Make it the night before.

Ingredients:

2 (8 oz) packages cream cheese

2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese

2 cups sour cream - divided

3 eggs, lightly beaten

1 cup salsa - hot works best

1 (4 oz) can chopped green chilies, drained

Guacamole

1 medium tomato, diced

Tortilla chips

Mix cream cheese and Monterey Jack cheese until light and fluffy.

Then add in 1 cup of sour cream mix until combined

Then add in eggs on low

add in salsa and chilies

Pour into a greased 9 in springform pan. Place on cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 40-45 mins until center is almost set.  Remove from oven and immediately top with remaining cup of sour cream. Cool of wire rack for about 1 hour then refrigerate overnight

Remove springform ring add guacamole and add diced tomatoes.

Slice and serve with tortilla chips.

Enjoy!

Shannon's Quiche

Quiche are great and very versatile, you can put just about anything in them. This recipe makes 2 9" quiches

  Basic Ingredients:

6 eggs

3 cups light cream

1 1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

2 cups shredded swiss or mozzarella cheese-divided

2 frozen 9" pie shells

Possible add ins:

onions-chopped 

zucchini-chopped 

chicken-chopped

mushrooms-chopped

crab meat

chicken-chopped

kale-chopped

potato-shredded

peppers-chopped

bacon-crumbled

or anything you would like to add

 Make sure you remove the paper between the two pie crusts!

 Add in the filling you want mix together with 1 cup of shredded cheese per quiche.  

Mix eggs and cream together and pour into quiches.

 Bake at 425 for 15mins the turn oven down to 300 and bake for 30-45 mins.  Quiche is done when firm on top and a knife inserted in comes out clean.

Enjoy!

Shannon's Turkey Feta Burgers

Shannon's turkey feta burgers are tasty and easy to make.  They are great to mix up and then make into patties and freeze them to cook at a later time. 

  Ingredients:

1 lb of ground turkey

4oz of crumbled feta

1tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

1 Tbs rosemary/thyme mixture

1 tsp garlic 

any other spices that you like

Mix everything together.  Make in to patties.

 Fry up patties.

Enjoy!