Lemon Cheesecake Cheese Ball

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Now if you liked my Peanut Butter "cheeseball" you will love this one. I think I actually like this one better. Either way, both are very easy! Shout out to my sister, Ashley, again for this one.







Ingredients:
1 box cream cheese
2 1/2 TB sugar
zest of lemon (or use lemon peel spice)
4 tsp lemon juice
graham cracker crumbs (or a few graham crackers crushed)

Combine the cream cheese and sugar in a medium bowl. Stir together with a spoon or spatula until well combined and smooth. Mix in the lemon zest and lemon juice until smooth. Transfer the mixture to a piece of plastic wrap and shape into a ball wrap tightly. Refrigerate until firm, I like to place it in the freezer for a couple hours then move to the fridge.  Reshape if necessary.

Roll the ball in the graham cracker crumbs until coated. Serve with fruit or graham crackers.

Green Beans w/ Bread Crumbs

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I have to give all the credit for this recipe to my sister, Ashley. This recipe is quick to put together and tastes so good. You can also easily just eyeball the ingredients, I will give the specific measurements, but honestly I just add the ingredients and taste it. Trial and error. Plus you can't really go wrong with adding more bread crumbs. If you add too many they just fall to the bottom of the bowl. Once the beans are coated you are good to go.



Ingredients:
1 pound fresh green beans (washed & trimmed ends) OR a bag of green beans you can throw in the microwave (the fresh are better but its quicker to toss the bag in the microwave)
1/2 cup of water (if buying fresh ones)
1/4 cup Italian style bread crumbs
1/4 cup olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp dried oregano
1/4 tsp dried basil
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

*if you using fresh
Combine green beans and water in medium pot. Cover and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium and let beans cook 10 minutes or until tender. Drain well.

Place beans in medium serving bowl and mix in above ingredients. I find its easier to drizzle the olive oil over beans and then mix in the dry ingredients. Toss mixture until well coated.

I can literally make this and just eat this as a dinner, its sooo good!

Guacamole

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I love this recipe, I make it all the time and always get compliments. Plus its super easy!




Ingredients:
2-3 avocado's
2 tsp lime/lemon juice
2 TB cilantro-chopped
1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
2 cloves garlic-minced
1 serrano chili-seeded and finely chopped
salt and pepper to taste
1 med tomato-chopped

Pick an avocado that is soft, but not mushy. Mash avocado with a fork, add lime juice and all other ingredients.

*add pit if being served later

Reuben Dip

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This is really good and its addicting.

Ingredients:
1 cup corned beef (torn apart with your hands)
1/4 cup sauerkraut (squeezed and drained)
1/4 cup Swiss cheese (shredded)
4 ounces cream cheese (room temperature)
1/4 cup thousand islands dressing

*we ate this with pumperknickel bread
Directions:
1. Mix everything in a large bowl.
2. Pour the mixture into a baking dish.
3. Bake in a preheated 350F oven until bubbling on the sides and golden brown on top, about 20 minutes

* picture from here

Velveeta Awesomeness Dip

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I love this dip, its so freaking easy to make and its just really realy good.
Here is what you need:
Bob Evans sausage/Jimmy Dean
Velveeta Cheese (block)
Cream of Chicken
Crock Pot
Crock Pot Liners (optional, but so worth it)
Tostito scoops or any other chip

Brown sausage and place in crock pot. Cut the cheese into smaller pieces so it melts faster. Add the cream of chicken. Place crock pot on high until fully melted then lower temperature as needed. Voila all done and its so good! It's always a big hit at parties.

Bacon & Eggs...chocolate style

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So the pictures pretty much explain it all, but I will explain a bit.

Take white chocolate and melt in a bowl. I used about half a bag, cooked on high in the microwave for about a minute and stirred until it was smooth. Then take a small spoonful of the white chocolate and place on foil. Spread a little to make egg shape. Then place 2 pretzel sticks in the chocolate and one yellow m&m. I used peanut butter m&m's but you can use whatever is your favorite. I then started using green ones and orange, cause you will eventually run out of yellow. Let cool for about 15 minutes and you are done!!!
How cute are they?!

Peanut Butter "Cheesball"

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So of course I need to make some goodies for my party this Saturday. I love anything I can make beforehand and just whip it out before the party starts and not have to worry about it. This Peanut Butter Cheeseball is perfect for that. I can make this a day ahead of time and just unwrap it before the party and voila!!! Plus this also gives me more time to make some of my other munchies (flog to follow when I start making them)

If you are a peanut butter fan, you will love this. If you aren't...we can't be friends.



Freeze the peanut butter mixture in saran wrap to make a ball shape. After the ball has set up, roll it in the peanut butter and chocolate morsels.






Peanut Butter "Cheese Ball"

1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, at room temperature

1 cup powdered sugar
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter (not all-natural)
3 tablespoons packed brown sugar
3/4 cup milk chocolate chips
3/4 cup peanut butter chips
Graham cracker sticks, teddy grahams, and/or apple slices for dipping

Directions:
Beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, peanut butter and brown sugar in large mixer bowl until blended.

Spoon onto a large piece of plastic wrap; and shape to make a ball.

Freeze for 1 hour 30 minutes or until firm enough to keep its shape. Place peanut butter and chocolate chips in flat dish. Remove plastic wrap from ball and roll ball into morsels to completely cover, pressing morsels into the ball if necessary.

Take ball out of freezer to thaw a bit. I placed the morsels in a bowl and sorta plopped the ball down and then added morsels to the top of it. It got a little messy, but who cares!! Serve with graham cracker sticks, teddy grahams, or apple slices for dipping or spreading.

*pictures are not my own, I stole much nicer looking ones from another site.