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Vegetable Pizza
2 (8 ounce) packages refrigerated crescent rolls
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 (1 ounce) package dry Ranch-style dressing mix
1 cup fresh broccoli, chopped
1 cup chopped green bell pepper
1 cup chopped cauliflower
1 cup shredded carrots
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
DIRECTIONS: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Roll out the crescent roll dough onto a 9x13 inch baking sheet, and pinch together edges to form the pizza crust. Bake crust for 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Once finished cooking, remove crust from oven and let cool 15 minutes without removing it from the baking sheet. In a small mixing bowl, combine cream cheese and dry Ranch dressing. Spread the mixture over the cooled crust. Sprinkle broccoli, green bell pepper, cauliflower, shredded carrots, and Cheddar cheese over the cream cheese layer. Chill for one hour, slice and serve.
Whipped Cream
1 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar
DIRECTIONS: In a large bowl, whip cream until stiff peaks are just about to form. Beat in vanilla and sugar until peaks form. Make sure not to over-beat, cream will then become lumpy and butter-like. It works well when the bowl and whisk are chilled a bit before using.
Athena's Heaping Advice
What's a peak? A peak is when you have beat your cream until it becomes firm enough to form little curls or a "peak".
Next week is Thanksgiving week. Do yourself a favor a make a menu that plans for leftovers. This allows for more time to ready yourself for next week. So.....now go clean that closet your relatives need to shove their coats in.
1 small pkg. chopped spinach
1 cup sour cream
1 cup mayo or Miracle Whip
1 pkg veg or leek soup mix
3-4 chopped green onions
1 can chopped water chest nuts
DIRECTIONS: Mix all ingredients. Hollow out 1 loaf round french bread and put dip in the bread or serve dip in bowl. Can be warmed or serve as is.
Amy's Tidbits
Thanksgiving is coming and a lot of the focus, whether we want to admit it or not, is on the food. I want to encourage you to make Thanksgiving a family activity and get the kids involved in the kitchen. I encourage our kids to help with simple things now but my hope is that as they grow they will help with more difficult recipes. I have them help with is simple appetizers like stuffed celery and making trays of cheese and crackers. This allows them to learn the family recipes and establish memorable traditions. We are looking forward to Thanksgiving and hope you are too!
Please let us know ways that you get your kids involved during the holidays.
7 comments:
My favorite appetizer is cream cheese roll-ups. I mix diced green chilies & diced red onions with cream cheese, spread it on tortillas, roll them up and slice them into "pinwheels" and put them on a platter. They taste great and look so festive : )
Isn't that usually done with the flour tortillas? Have you ever tried it with the corn? I'm always looking for gluten free recipes.
Athena
Yes, I use flour tortillas, I haven't ever tried it with corn tortillas. I saw gluten-free brown rice tortillas on the internet but they were fairly expensive.
Hi Girls! You have another great post going- these recipes look wonderful! Athena, one thing your readers might like to know is that if they do happen to over-whip the whipping cream, the best thing to do is just keep whipping it to butter. There will be a liquid that is left, or usually is, which originally was called 'chum' and is actually 2% milk. If the flavoring and sugar have already been added to the cream, then beat it to butter and pour off the liquid that is left. The sweet butter can be used to spread on pumpkin bread and such. If you have not added the sugar and vanilla yet, proceed to whip to butter and pour off liquid. This can be used as regular butter, or you can add garlic powder, onion powder or any other flavor you think of to make a spread for rolls.
oops! I also meant to say, I tried the pumpkin french toast and it was delicious! What a great idea. :)
penny savvy- I'm so glad someone tried the pumpkin french toast. Also, thanks for the butter tip. Could you make honey butter that way too?
yes, you can make honey butter that way- although you should be aware that honey has a property to it that can seperate the butter, so you need to keep it chilled after you mix them together. Depending on how sweet you like it, 3 parts butter to 1 part honey is a good ratio. :)
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