Pizza Fondue 26 May 2009

This recipe is from a cookbook I’ve used a lot, but I can’t seem to find it so it must be one my mom has.  I’ll give proper credit if I can find the book.

Ingredients

• 1 16oz. package process cheese spread loaf, cut into small cubes
• 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (8 oz.)
• 1 28oz. jar spaghetti sauce
• ½ cup dry red wine or beef broth
• 1 loaf Italian bread cut into cubes, or large croutons (for dipping)

Directions

1. Mix cheeses, spaghetti sauce, and wine in cooker.
2. Cover and cook on high heat 45-60 minutes or until cheese is melted.
3. Stir until cheese is smooth.
4. Turn heat to low setting.
5. Serve with bread cubes or croutons.

Chex Mix 20 May 2009

Be careful with this one…it dissappears quickly.  Easily addictive.  Adapted from Original Chex Mix recipe.  Changes are for how I prefer the stuff, but I haven’t had any complaints.

Ingredients

• 4 1/2 cups corn chex
• 4 1/2 cups rice chex
• 6 Tbsp. stick butter or margarine
• 2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 1 1/2 tsp. seasoning salt
• 3/4 tsp. garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp. onion salt
• 1-3 dashes of Tabasco sauce (optional)

Directions

1. Heat oven to 250F.
2. Pour cereal into a large roasting pan.
3. Melt butter, add the rest of the ingredients and mix together.
4. Pour butter and seasoning mixture over cereal, stir to coat cereal.
5. Cook in oven for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.  (don’t get impatient and pull it out 2 minutes early, trust me this makes a difference)
6. Best when served hot.

Popcorn 28 April 2009

Hi, I’m Kari, and I’m addicted to popcorn.  No, really.  I love popcorn, it’s one of my favorite snacks.  Especially with cheese.  Popped in an air popper gives it the best flavor, IMHO.  Here are a few of my favorite seasoning mixes to put on popcorn.

-  salt & parmesean cheese (the kind from a can that you’d put on top of spaghetti)

-  any kind of cheddar cheese popcorn topping (or the bags of stuff you can buy pre-made, Cape Cod brand white cheddar is my absolute fav)

-  parmesean cheese, paprika, garlic salt

-  basil, oregano, thyme, & parsley

I saw a suggestion somewhere to cook a pepper in the oil you will pop the popcorn in, then take out the pepper and cook the popcorn in it and it will be spicy (I believe habanero was suggested).  Haven’t tried this yet but definitely want to.