Apple Sausage Cheddar Breakfast Bake

Breakfast is such a fabulous meal... I love all the different dishes that you can make and since I don't always enjoy getting up early to make a complicated breakfast for the family, I like to have breakfast for supper quite often. I really enjoyed this meal, sausage always gives it that extra kick! :)

Apple Sausage Cheddar Breakfast Bake
(recipe found on pinterest via www.bettycrocker.com)

2 packages (12 ounces each) breakfast sausage links
1 can (21 ounces) apple pie filling
2 medium apples, peeled, chopped
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 1/2 cups bisquick mix
1 1/2 cups milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
6 eggs

Heat oven to 375. Spray 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray. In 12" skillet, cook sausage over medium-high heat 5 to 7 minutes, breaking up with spoon, until no longer pink; drain. Stir in pie filling and apples. Spread mixture evenly in baking dish. Top with 1 cup of the cheese. In large bowl, stir bisquick mix, milk, salt, pepper and eggs with wire whisk or fork until blended. Pour evenly over cheese. Bake 30 to 37 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Top with remaining 1 cup cheese. Bake 3 to 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Weekly Line Up - 3/7-3/13

A slow week for cooking up meals this week... We have a lot going on, but luckily a lot of nights where I don't have to bring anything! Thank goodness... this week has been a little wild and I need a few days to recover1

Friday - wrestling (we are actually eating out tonight!)
Saturday - Rink Party
Sunday - chicken on the grill
Monday - green eggs and ham (my daughter's pick for a meal this week - she was obviously still pretty excited about Dr. Seuss night last week!)
Tuesday - ECFE
Wednesday - *BBQ Chicken Soup
Thursday - *Ramen Noodle Broccoli Cole Slaw Wraps

* = new recipes

Apple Spinach Salad

We made this recipe this summer when I took a simply good eating cooking class with a few friends. I am not a big fan of tart apples, but in this recipe they were perfect!! I love it, but the kids not so much, so we don't have it as often as I would like to. I do make them eat it every once in a while though since I love it so much!

Apple Spinach Salad
(recipe found at Simply Good Eating Cooking Class)

4 cups spinach leaves
1 medium tart apple, cut into bite size chunks
1/4 cup red onion, chopped
1 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup raisins or dried cranberries

Wash spinach thoroughly and pat dry. Tear into bite size pieces and place in bowl. Set aside. In a small bowl, mix oil, vinegar, sugar and salt. Add apple, onion and cranberries to oil mixture and toss to coat apples. Let stand ten minutes. Add ingredients to salad bowl and toss with spinach. Refrigerate leftovers.

Baked Ravioli

As you all know, I completely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE recipes that are super simple to throw together and that my kids will enjoy. This recipe was both of these things and we all thought it was fabulous! Although I didn't freeze this one, it would be a super easy one to make as a freezer meal...

Baked Ravioli
(recipe found on pinterest via amylynntitus.blogspot.ro)

frozen ravioli
1 jar of marinara sauce
2 cups of mozzarella cheese

Heat oven to 400. Spray bottom and sides of a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray. Spread 3/4 cup of the pasta sauce in baking dish. Arrange half of the frozen ravioli in single layer over sauce; top with half of the remaining pasta sauce and 1 cup of the mozzarella cheese. Repeat layers once, starting with ravioli. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Cover with aluminum foil and bake 30 minutes. Remove foil; bake uncovered 10 to 15 minutes longer or until bubbly and hot in center. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Artichoke and Parmesan Tilapia

We like eating fish in our house and tilapia is usually hanging out in our freezer on a weekly basis... I like the taste of it, but I wanted to have a different recipe to pair it with other then the one that I usually use. I like the taste of artichokes and parmesan, so this seemed like a nice bet! The hubs and I both really enjoyed this recipe and we will definitely be using it again...

Artichoke and Parmesan Tilapia
(recipe found on pinterest via www.laaloosh.com)

1 pound tilapia
6 ounces artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
1/4 cup breadcrumbs
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon oregano
salt and pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 375. Line rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray. Wash tilapia, pat dry and season with salt and pepper. Place on baking sheet. In a bowl, combine remaining ingredients and top tilapia with mixture. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until fish flakes easily.

Beer Dip

This recipe makes a huge batch, which is both good and bad... Good because this dip is so yummy that you want to keep eating and eating it. Bad because this dip is so yummy that you want to keep eating and eating it! :) I made this for our girls weekend and left half of it home for the guys... They didn't end up getting it all eaten, so the gorge fest continued when we got home and saw that there was some left! This is perfect with pretzels and tasted fabulous (in case I had mentioned enough times how good this dip is...)

Beer Dip
recipe found on pinterest via www.ladybehindthecurtain.com)

4 (8 ounces each) packages of cream cheese, softened
2/3 cup beer
2 envelopes ranch salad dressing mix
4 cups shredded cheddar cheese
pretzels

In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, beer and dressing mix until blended. Stir in cheese. Serve with pretzels.

Valentine Cookies

Usually when I bake up a treat, it is all from scratch... I don't use a lot of premade ingredients, but sometimes you can't help but do it - especially when it turns out as cute as these did. I made these Valentine cookies for the paraprofessionals in my kids' classrooms and since I overbought, we made up bags for all the daycare kids as well. I also made sure to save a few for the hubs since he LOVES these wafer cookies! The best part of these cookies? They were so simple to make that the kids were able to help bake their teachers treats! I honestly think that these would be great for any holiday! I just bought some cute Valentine treat bags from the store and sent them on their way... Super fun!

Valentine Cookies
(recipe found on pinterest via craft-o-maniac.com)

wafer cookies (I bought 4 small packages for what I made)
candy melts or melting chocolate
sprinkles

Melt chocolate using double boiler method. Dip half of wafer cookie into the chocolate.

Place on wax paper and cover with sprinkles.

Let stand to harden chcoolate.

Bag 'em up!