Unconventional Taco Night

I had it, the itch to try something besides the same old recipes that I usually cook. Then I found it: A taco ring. Yes, it sounds crazy but it was delicious!!! The thing is that you can tweak it, add to it and take away as you see fit. Here is what we had tonight!
Taco Ring:
1 can crescent rolls
1 lb hamburger meat
packet taco seasoning
cheddar cheese
refried beans
garnish (lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, etc)
Brown hamburger meat, add taco seasoning. Position crescent rolls into a star with the large ends overlapping in the middle. Spoon refried beans onto crescents, drain meat, spoon on top of beans. Top with cheese. Fold cresents on top. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until crescent rolls are golden brown.
Garnish

TADA!!

Now, if my cakes turn out as well it will have been a good cooking day!!

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Ever had one of those cooking moments that you PRAYED REALLY HARD that your cake would come out of the pan just right? Well I did, and IT did!

I tweaked several recipes and just all out cheated on the actual cake part. We are saving it to taste for when Brian comes home.

1 box Duncan Hines pineapple supreme cake mix

1 stick melted butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

pineapple rings

cherries (mine were leftover from cherry limeade mix)

Mix cake mix according to package directions.

I melted butter, and using a pastry brush, brushed the sides of my bundt pan with it. Then I scooped brown sugar into pan and smoothed onto sides. Then I took pineapple rings and laid on the bottom of the pan with a half of a cherry in each. Pour batter into pan and bake according to package. I let it cool and kept my fingers crossed!! IT WORKED!! Can't you just smell it from where you are sitting???

Chicken Breast Supreme

Mom makes a version of this, she also puts cheese, but I saw this one and decided to try it:

Chicken Breast Supreme:
Ingredients:
4 chicken breasts
4-8 strips of bacon
16 oz sour cream
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
1 can of sliced mushrooms
1 jar of dried beef (this is found near tuna or spam)

Wrap chicken breasts in bacon and place in baking dish.
Mix cream of mushroom and sour cream together in bowl (and mushrooms if you want, I am eliminating them). Tear up dried beef and place in mixture. Mix together and pour over chicken. Bake at 350 for 1 1/2 hours.

Pork Chops in Salsa

So this past weekend, I am watching a local cooking show called Cooking With Hugh and he is making pork chops cooked in salsa. Hugh of course makes his own salsa, but all of that vegetable chopping is not going to happen in this house. Anyway, Hugh has smoked pork chops in a skillet with the salsa and cooks them for 5 minutes on both sides covered. Hmm, sounds tasty. Then he takes them out and puts them on a plate and covers them with the salsa and serves with rice. My mouth was watering. At the end, he says, oh yeah, you dont have to make your salsa, you can use it from a jar. DUH!! So I was in the grocery store intending to buy plain ol' salsa to make it since we have just gotten a ton of pork chops from our last hog when I came across this:

So tonight since our pork chops are not smoked, I put them in a baking dish, poured salsa all over them and coverend with tinfoil to bake. YUMMY! I wonder what chicken would taste like cooked in this salsa??? I plan to try that next week! Can't decide whether to bake in oven or do crock pot...

Chicken in its own gravy

I was really stressing over what to call this concoction. It didn't have a name, it is just something we came up with in the lounge one day at lunch.

Chicken With Its Own Gravy

1 chicken (breasts, cut up, pieces, any way you like it!)
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 small container of sour cream

Mix both soups and sour cream, pour over chicken, bake at 350 for 30-45 minutes depending on what kind of chicken you used.

Serve with rice. It sounds yummy and my mouth is watering just thinking about making it!