Christmas Addition!!!

Merry Christmas!!! What an exciting Holiday for the Faircloughs - Ellie's 1st!!!  We had a lot of company this weekend and I was very busy cooking. I'm excited to share all of the special dishes I made this holiday.

The first recipe was from Pinterest for a shrimp dish - I used this for an appetizer.

Ingredients:

• bag of shrimp
• 1 lemon
• 1 packet of Italian seasoning
• 1 stick of butter

I'm not sure how to share the link but here is the recipe:

Melt a stick of butter in the pan. Slice one lemon and layer it on top of the butter. Put down fresh shrimp, then sprinkle one pack of dried Italian seasoning. 

Put in the oven and bake at 350 for 15 min. Best Shrimp you will EVER taste:) and it really was!!!

The second dish was for Crack Potatoes - another Pinterest recipe - http://www.plainchicken.com/2011/01/crack-potatoes.html

Ingredients:

• 2 (16oz) containers sour cream
• 2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded
• 2 (3oz) bags real bacon bits
• 2 packages Ranch Dip mix
• 1 large (28 - 30oz) bag frozen hash brown potatoes - shredded kind (it is easier to do this if the potatoes are thawed out a bit otherwise you can't mix all ingredients together)

Combine first 4 ingredients, mix in hash browns.  Spread into a 9x13 pan.  Bake at 400 for 45-60 minutes.

These were also a very big hit!! And very easy to make as you can see!

The last recipe was our breakfast on Christmas Eve morning. I needed to find something easy to make for 6 people and found a recipe for Crustless Bacon and Cheese Quiche - http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Crustless-Bacon-and-Cheese-Quiche/Detail.aspx?prop24=RD_RelatedRecipes

Ingredients: (what I actually used)

• 3 green peppers chopped
• 2 tomatoes chopped
• 12 slices of bacon
• 12 eggs
• 1/3 cup of sour cream
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Heat oven to 325 degrees F.

Reserve 2 tablespoons each peppers and tomatoes. Cook bacon (mine was already chopped up) in large skillet until crisp. 

Add peppers and tomatoes; mix well.

Beat eggs and sour cream with whisk until well blended. 

Pour into greased 13x9-inch baking dish; top with bacon mixture and cheeses.

Bake 30 minutes or until center is set. Sprinkle with reserved onions and tomatoes. Let stand 5 minutes before cutting to serve.

All of my holiday recipes were a bit hit this year!! I will definitely use these recipes again since they were all so easy to make!

I have one more entry before the end of the year! I will be making spaghetti burgers, so stay tuned until then!