Chocolate Covered Potato Chips

Ingredients
1 pound high quality milk chocolate, chopped
8 cups ridged potato chips

1.Place about 3/4 of the chocolate into a heat safe bowl, and place over the top of a pan of simmering water. If you have a double boiler, use that. Heat, stirring occasionally until the chocolate has melted, then continue to heat the chocolate to 110 degrees F (43 degrees C), stirring occasionally. You may use a meat thermometer if your candy thermometer does not go that low.
2.As soon as the melted chocolate reaches temperature, remove it from the heat, and stir in the remaining chopped chocolate until melted. Continue stirring until the chocolate has cooled to 90 degrees F (32 degrees C). Touching a dab of chocolate to your lip will feel cool.
3.Use tongs to dip potato chips one at a time into the chocolate. Place on waxed paper starting at the point farthest from you and working your way in so as not to drip on your finished chips. Cool until set. You may refrigerate if you like.

Snow Icecream

Snow Ice Cream
2 ½ quarts clean snow
½ c. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
½ cup sugar

Mix together lightly.

Eat right away.

How many does it serve? Anywhere from 2-4; it melts fast.

Cover with lots of chocolate syrup, if you wish.

Creamy Lasagna

Makes 8-10 servings
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 5-6 hours

Ingredients:
3 eggs
2 cups (16oz.) evaporated milk
3 cups (24oz.) cottage cheese
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 cup (8oz.) sour cream
2 cups cubed cooked ham
7 uncooked lasagna noodles

Equipment:
Large mixing bowl
Safety can opener
Large wooden spoon
4 or 5 qt. slow cooker

1. Have an adult help you crack 3 eggs into a large mixing bowl.

2. Use a safety can opener to open the cans of evaporated milk. Add the 2 cups of evaporated milk to the eggs in the mixing bowl.

3. Add the cottage cheese, salt, pepper, sour cream, and cubed cooked ham to the mixing bowl. Stir well with a large wooden spoon.

4. Place 1/3 of the creamy ham mixture into the bottom of your slow cooker.

5. Layer half the uncooked noodles on top of the ham mixture. Break them if you need to to make them fit.

6. Repeat Step 4, using half the remaining creamy mixture.

7. Repeat Step 5, using all the remaining noodles.

8. Cover the noodles with the remaining creamy ham sauce. Make sure that the noodles are not sticking out of the sauce. Push them down in so they're fully covered.

9. Cover your slow cooker. Cook on Low for 5-6 hours.

Serving Suggestion: Serve with a green salad or vegetable if you wish.

Breakfast Sausage Casserole

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Chilling Time: 8 hours
Cooking Time: 4 hours
Ideal slow cooker size: 3-qt.

Ingredients:
1 lb. loose sausage
6 eggs
2 cups milk
8 slices bread, cubed
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

1. In a non-stick skillet, brown and drain sausage.
2. Mix together eggs and milk in a large bowl.
3. Stir in bread cubes, cheese, and sausage.
4. Place in greased slow cooker.
5. Refrigerate overnight.
6. Cook on Low 4 hours.
Variation: Use cubed cooked ham instead of sausage.

Puppy Love

Ingredients
hot-dog
piece of uncooked linguini
cheese


Instructions
Cut the ends from a hot-dog at a diagonal and place the cut edges together as shown.
Spear the heart with a length of uncooked linguini.
Add pieces of cheese trimmed to resemble the ends of an arrow.

Buddy's Famous Chicken Wings

From the Kitchen Boss!!

INGREDIENTS

3 pounds chicken wings, drumettes and wing joints
1 Tablespoon butter
Marinade:
1/3 cup soy sauce
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup honey
1 Tablespoon sherry
1 Tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1 Tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
3 pressed cloves garlic
1 fresh red chili, thinly sliced
1 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
PREPARATION:

1.Whisk together all marinade ingredients. Place wing pieces in a large Ziploc bag with the ingredients, seal the bag and turn to coat the chicken well. Marinate in the refrigerator overnight (can be marinated two days ahead).
2.Preheat oven to 375°. Line a half sheet pan with heavy duty foil and spray lightly or brush with oil.
3.Remove chicken from the marinade, reserving the marinade in a small saucepan. Lay the chicken pieces skin-side down on the prepared pan and roast 30 minutes. Baste with some of the reserved marinade and turn the pieces. Brush again with the marinade and roast another 30 minutes or longer until deeply bronzed.
4.When the wings are almost finished bring the reserved marinade to a boil, lower heat to simmer and reduce the marinade until almost a syrup (don’t allow to become a syrup -- will be bitter). Remove from heat and whisk in the tablespoon of butter. Place wings in a large bowl, pour in contents of the saucepan and turn to glaze evenly. Plate and serve

Joey’s Nachos

from Kitchen Boss!

INGREDIENTS

1 8 ounce package Philadelphia cream cheese, room temperature
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 pound ground beef
1 medium white onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 serrano chile, minced
1/4 cup Heinz chili sauce
1 Tablespoon good-quality chili powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 15 ounce can dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
Serve with tortilla chips (Joey likes the scoop-able type)
Optional toppings:
sliced scallion
chopped tomato
sliced avocado
chopped cilantro
PREPARATION:


1.Heat a medium sauté pan over medium heat. Add the oil and the onions, sautéing med-low with a pinch of salt until translucent. Add the garlic and serrano, sauté until fragrant. Add ground beef, another pinch of salt and cook beef until crumbled and no longer pink. Add the chili sauce, chili powder, cumin, salt and simmer, stirring a few minutes until juices begin to reduce. Add the kidney beans and stir to combine, cooking another few minutes until thickened. Remove pan from heat and cool to room temperature.
2.Preheat oven to 350°. Spread cream cheese evenly over the bottom of a 10" ceramic or glass pie plate. Spread all of the beef/bean mixture evenly over the cream cheese. Sprinkle cheddar over all. Bake until cheese has melted and mixture is hot through, 20-30 minutes.
3.Serve with any/all optional toppings