The Wednesday Weekly Recipe:

Family Size Baked Burrito
2 Plum tomatoes, thinly sliced
3 cups of diced cooked chicken
1/2 cup of chopped onion
1/2 lime
3/4 cup of thick and chunky salsa
1 tablespoon of taco seasoning
1 garlic clove pressed
1 1/2 cups of shredded colby and monterey jack cheese blend
4 burrito flour tortilla shells (the big ones)
1 can of refried bean dip
Can top with lettuce, black olives, fresh cilantro, or any other toppings after its cooked.
Over lap the four flour tortillas over onto a round cookie sheet or stone forming a cross pattern. Layer all of the ingredients listed except for toppings. Cook in the oven on 425 degrees for 20 minutes or until brown. Cut into rectangles and serve.
This is a Pampered Chef Recipe

Fun In The Toy Box!

Mary Kate loves throwing out all her toys from her toy box so we decided to let her play in it. She had so much fun for about 15 minutes and then wanted out.

The Wednesday Weekly Recipe

Fruit Topped Triple Chocolate Pizza
1 package of chocolate chip cookie dough
2 oz. of white chocolate chips
2 oz. of milk chocolate chips
1 Tbsp. of butter
2 Tbsp. of milk
8 oz of cream cheese
1/2 cup of powdered sugar
1 small container of cool whip
Fresh strawberries
Mandarin Oranges
Bake cookie dough on a round pizza stone or pizza pan at 350 degrees for 15 min. Cool completely. Melt white chocolate chips with milk in the microwave just about 1 minute until smooth. Combine powdered sugar and cream cheese in a bowl and then stir in the white chocolate mixture. Fold in 1 cup of cool whip and then spread onto the crust. Arrange fruit on top. Melt chocolate chips with 1 Tbsp. of butter and then drizzle forming lines over the top of the fruit.

The Wednesday Weekly Recipe

Ike Cake
This is a wonderful pound cake! My mom always had it to eat with strawberries for strawberry shortcake.
6 eggs
2 cups of sugar
2 cups of plain flour
1 tsp. of vanilla
1 quart of sliced strawberries for topping the cake
1 cup of solid crisco shortening
Mix all ingredients together with a mixer. The mixture will be thick. Spray a bundt pan with Pam and pour the cake mix into the pan evenly. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour and 15 minutes. Check the cake with a tooth pick and if it is still not cooked cook it a little longer.

Mary Kate is 10 months old!

Mary Kate turned 10 months old last Saturday April 5th. Mary Kate is starting to walk by herself everywhere. She started walking on Tuesday April 8th. She loves to walk now all over the house. She also enjoys tackling the cat on the floor.

Our Vacation Out West

Tim and I went on a vacation and work related trip. Tim was asked to speak to a civil war roundtable group in Denver, Colorado. It was a hard decision to make about going on the trip, because we knew it would be hard to take Mary Kate. We decided to let her stay with Tim's parents who are retired. Tim and I left last Thursday and did not return until this Tuesday. We went and took Mary Kate to her grandparents in Mississippi and then flew from Jackson, MS to Las Vegas, Nevada. We drove from Las Vegas across Utah to Denver, Colorado. The scenery was beautiful. There were lots of beautiful snow covered mountains, trains, ski resorts, and canyons. We stayed in Denver, Colorado for two nights and then drove through New Mexico to the Grand Canyon in Arizona. The Grand Canyon was a wonderful God created work of art. I have never seen anything on earth more beautiful or big as the Grand Canyon. We left the Grand Canyon and drove through Nevada over the Hoover Dam. It is a really big dam and has lots of tourist visiting it often. We stayed our last night in Las Vegas and then flew back home on Tuesday. It was a great trip and one I will never forget.

The Wednesday Weekly Recipe

Paula Dean's Santa Fe Wraps
Ingredients
2 (8 ounce) packages of cream cheese, softened
1 cup of sour cream
1 (4 1/2 ounce) can of chopped green chiles drained
1 (4 1/2 ounce) can of chopped black olives
1 cup of shredded colby jack cheese mixture
2 tablespoons of salsa, plus salsa for dipping
1/2 cup of green onions sliced
2 packages of flour tortillas
In large bowl, beat cream cheese until creamy. Then add sour cream, green chiles, black olives, cheese, salsa, and green onions. Beat on medium speed with an electric mixer. Spread mixture evenly over the surface of each tortilla. Roll up tortillas tightly. Place in the refrigerator for about two hours and then take them out and cut them into 6 slices crosswise.(The refrigerator makes them chill and easier to cut into pieces.)

The Wednesday Weekly Recipe:

Potato Casserole
1 large bag of shredded hash brown potatoes
1/2 stick of butter melted
1 tsp. of salt
1/2 tsp. of pepper
2 cups of sour cream (16 ounces)
2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese
1 can of cream of chicken soup
1 2 ounce jar of pimientos drained
4 green onions, chopped
1/2 cup of crushed cornflakes for the top of the casserole
Mix all of the above ingredients together and put into a greased 9 by 13 pan.
Place cornflake topping on top (can buy cornflake crumbs in a box at Wal-Mart).
Cook in the oven on 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
A great easy potato casserole!