Good Grub!

Hi everyone! Hope your week has been going well. For me it seems like it flew by with not much accomplished! LOL My bud, Colleen, is hosting Homemade Holidays Recipe Swap every Friday, so I thought I would get all Martha Stewart on ya and share a couple recipes today! You can share your everyday favorites, holiday favorites, food gift favorites or even craft recipe favorites. As long as there is a recipe/formula/tutorial, then you can join in on the fun! I know Colleen would be thrilled if you did!

I made a couple new things for supper last night. And my family really enjoyed them so they will be added to our favorites at home for now on!

For the main dish I made Hamburger Croquettes. These are simple and super tasty!

Hamburger Croquettes

1/2 pound lean ground beef

1 thin slice fully cooked ham, halved

2 slices American cheese, halved

1/4 cup seasoned bread crumbs

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

hamburger buns

Shape beef into four thin patties. Place a half slice of ham and two half slices of cheese on two patties. Top with remaining patties; pinch edges to seal. Coat both sides of burgers with bread crumbs.

In a skillet, cook burgers in oil for 8-10 minutes or until meat is no longer pink, turning once. Serve on buns with lettuce, onion and tomato if desired. Servings 2. Enjoy!

Kellon had his burger gobbled up in no time! We sure enjoyed this one!

For dessert I made

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake

3 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened

3 eggs

3/4 cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 (16.5-ounce) rolls refrigerator chocolate chip cookie dough

Preheat oven to 350°F.
In a large bowl, beat together cream cheese, eggs, sugar, and vanilla until well mixed; set aside.
Slice cookie dough rolls into 1/3-inch slices. Arrange slices from one roll over bottom of a greased 9" x 13" baking dish; press together until there are no holes in dough.
Spoon cream cheese mixture evenly over dough; top with remaining slices of cookie dough.
Bake 45 to 50 minutes, or until golden and center is slightly firm. Remove from oven, let cool then refrigerate. Slice when well chilled.
SERVING TIP: Serve the cheesecake plain, with chocolate or fudge sauce, or whipped topping – whatever is your favorite.

I only had one package of cream cheese and a package of chocolate chip cookie mix at home so I used what I had. So my dessert was not as big as the recipe calls for. It is super good! I got this recipe from Mr. Food. Have you heard of him? He is on our local news showing new recipes daily. He's giving away a cookbook every day for the next couple weeks, so go check out his website. I like his recipes because they are so quick and easy! My kind of meals!

For more good recipes, head on over to Colleen's blog!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Prim Blessings, Kindra