Tater Tot Casserole [A Recipe]

I love casseroles and I love easy meals. 

Easy to shop, prepare, cook, clean up, and to eat.

Here we go.

1 lb ground beef

1 can french style green beans (drained)

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1 cup milk

1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese

1 bag of frozen tater tots

Brown ground beef. I always add chopped onions for flavor. Drain. Cover bottom of a 9x13 casserole dish with browned meat. Next layer green beans. Mix cream of mushroom soup and cup of milk together pour over meat and beans. Cover with shredded cheese and top with frozen tater tots. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until tater tots are soft.

Enjoy!!

Mozzarella Cheese Dip [Recipe]

My computer is down right now. Not sure how soon we are going to get it fixed so for now I'm posting up at my man's computer. There is a new blog hop going on and I hated I missed it so I'll be posting my Manicure Monday post later this week - plus I have a surprise to reveal.

Anyway.. if you follow me on Instagram, which you should -larnlevydickson- unless you get annoyed by multiple updates a day via photos of my life, then you've seen that I've been spoiling my man lately with all his favorite snacks. It's my fault this all started. The second night we hung out together I made him brownies. Not only does my guy have a huge heart but his stomach is impossible to fill. It's a deep bottomless pit.

I like to keep his favorites around or at least make sure to make them a few times a month. Some of his favorites include; lasagna, red velvet whoopie pies, brownies, cookies, turtles, meatloaf, banana pudding, sweet tea, ice cream, and mozzarella cheese dip. He clearly doesn't live off just these but when he leaves town or is just getting home I try to have a little something waiting for him.

If you have never heard of mozzarella cheese dip I'm going to share it with you here today.

Ingredients:

1 cup mayonnaise

1 cup sour cream

1 cup mozzarella cheese

2 tbsp parmesean cheese

1 tbsp parsley flakes

1 tbsp onion flakes

1 tsp accent

dash of garlic powder

raw veggies or fritos/chips

Mix mayonnaise and sour cream. Then add parmesean cheese, parsley flakes, onion flakes, accent, and garlic powder.

Finally add the mozzarella cheese last. Refrigerate for a few hours before eating for best results. Letting it sit for a while helps all the flavors take.

Now grab your favorite veggies and enjoy. Brandon enjoys his favorite dip with Fritos. I personally love this paired with baby carrots.

Such an easy recipe for summer BBQs or picnics and I'm sure it'll be a hit. Please let me know if you try and it and if you love/hate it.

Chex-mas Cheer {A Recipe}

I've been hit by Christmas fever! 

And so has everyone else. The stores were a disaster this weekend. 

My fault for not going earlier in the week.

Anyway..I spent an evening in the kitchen, made homemade broccoli cheese soup and red velvet whoopie pies (separate post). Then I made some Chexmas Cheer, I want to share this concoction with you here.

There may be a recipe somewhere online just like this, but I honestly didn't use one and just threw it together.


Chex-mas Cheer

Ingredients

2 cups white chocolate chips

1 stick of butter/margarine (1/4 cup)

2 cups Chex rice cereal

2 cups cinnamon Chex cereal

2 cups popped popcorn

1 cup dry roasted peanuts.

Confectioners sugar aka powdered sugar

Dash or 2 or 3 Cinnamon

Holiday sprinkles

First melt the white chocolate chips and butter for 2 minutes stirring every 30 seconds.

Mix cereals, popcorn, and peanuts in large bowl.

Pour melted butter and white chocolate mix over the dry ingredients. Stir to cover all pieces. 

Sprinkle the top with powdered sugar and cinnamon. Mix.

Repeat again with only powdered sugar. 

Add sprinkles to your discretion. The more the merrier.

Pour out on a pan covered in wax paper or foil to dry. 

Package for giving if you haven't eaten all of it yourself. 
I etched PEACE on the side of this jar from the dollar store and embellished with some Christmas colored ribbon. My first ever win on a blog giveaway was this etch all cream from I {heart} Nap Time. This is the first time using it and now I am obsessed.  I quickly realized I should have used the words COMFORT & JOY cause any food or snacks going in this jar will probably provide both.

Anyways...consider yourself warned is delicious. 

Or as Fergie would say, D to the E to the L-I-C-I-O-U-S! 

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