Winter Sore Throat "Tea"

Winter Sore Throat "Tea"

Make sure you have some of this ready...great recipe for sore throats and chest colds 

makes about 2 cups
2 lemons thoroughly cleaned and sliced
2 piece of ginger about the size of your pointer and middle finger together sliced into coin size pieces
Honey (about 1 cup-maybe more)

In a 12-16 oz. jar combine lemon slices and sliced ginger. Pour honey (organic is best) over it slowly. This may take a little time to let the honey sink down and around the lemon and ginger slices. Make sure when the honey has filled in all the voids, there is enough to cover the top of the lemon slices. Close jar and put it in the fridge, it will form into a "jelly". To serve: Spoon jelly into mug and pour boiling water over it. Store in fridge 2-3 months.

Crock-Pot Breakfast Casserole

Crock-Pot Breakfast Casserole

Ingredients:
1 bag 26 oz. frozen hash browns
12 eggs
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon ground mustard
1 16 oz. roll sausage
maple, sage or regular sausage.
Salt and pepper
16 oz. bag shredded cheddar cheese

Directions:
1. Spray crock pot and evenly spread hash browns at the bottom.
2. Crack 12 eggs in a large bowl.
3. Mix well (and slowly) using a whisk.
4. Add the milk.
5. Go ahead and sprinkle in the ground mustard. This might sound like a weird ingredient, but I've come to love (and use) this in most of my recipes.
6. Add plenty of salt....
...and lots of fresh pepper. Mix well and set aside.
7. Cook the sausage on high heat, drain and set aside.
8. Add sausage on top of hash browns.
9. Is this enough cheese? Maybe? Probably. Throw the whole big bag in there.
10. Mix it up well. Or good, depending on where you're from.
11. Pour the egg mixture over everything in the crock pot. Using a wood spoon, even everything out so it's spread evenly.
12. Turn the crock pot on low for 6-8 hours.

Some fun variations of this recipe. Before cooking (during prep) you can add:

chunks of sourdough bread
diced chiles
salsa
diced green onions

Pumpkin Pie Cinnamon Rolls

Can you imagine waking up to these one brisk, autumn morning? I can :-)

Pumpkin Pie Cinnamon Rolls

Ingredients

2 cans Crescent Rounds Dough
4 tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 cup pumpkin puree (not pie filling)
1 tablespoon milk
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
For the Frosting
4-oz cream cheese, softened
1-1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375.
Lightly grease two 8-inch cake pans with non-stick spray; set aside.
Separate dough into 16 rolls and unroll.
Brush each piece of dough with melted butter.
In a small bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, milk, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Evenly divide pumpkin filling and spread over each piece of rolled-out dough.
Carefully roll up each dough, lightly pinching seams together.
Arrange the rolls 1 inch apart in the prepared cake pan.
Bake for 16 to 18 minutes, or until tops are golden brown.
In the meantime prepare the frosting.
Place cream cheese in your mixer's bowl and cream for 1 minute.
Gradually add in powdered sugar and continue to beat until well combined.
Mix in pumpkin pie spice.
Add vanilla and mix until thoroughly combined.
Remove pans from oven and immediately brush each roll with frosting.
Serve.

Baked Apple Ice Cream Bowls

Baked Apple Ice Cream Bowls

Ingredients

4 apples (hollowed out)

1 tbsp sugar

1 tbsp cinnamon

vanilla ice cream

caramel topping

Instructions

Hollow out apples. Mix together sugar and 

cinnamon and add to inside of apples. Bake at

350 degrees F for 20 minutes. 

When apples are baked, fill with vanilla ice cream and top with caramel.