Avocado & Bacon Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Ingredients:

Sandwich Bread (our choice: Sourdough)

Butter

White American Cheese Slices

Bacon

Avocado

Directions:

Cook bacon until crispy

Slice Avocado

Spread one side of each bread slice with butter

Place in skillet on medium heat

Place cheese on bread

Then bacon

Next Avocado

Then more cheese

Place bread on top butter side up

Cook sandwich flipping only once until sandwich is golden brown and cheese is melted

Enjoy

with avocado

or without

**Devin chose to opt out on the avocado since he is not a big fan of it but did try a bite of it and loved how the avocado made the sandwich creamy**

Mac & Cheese

Ingredients:

16 oz. Elbow Macaroni, uncooked

8 Tablespoons All-Purpose Flour

4 cups fat free evaporated milk

16 teaspoons margarine

12oz Velveeta

dash salt & pepper

8 Tablespoon egg substitute

cooking spray

16 teaspoon dry bread crumbs

Directions:

Cook macaroni and drain

Combine flour and 16 Tablespoon evaporated milk

Stir until smooth

Combine Flour mix, remaining evaporated milk and butter in a saucepan

Stir well

Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until thickened

Remove from heat

Add cheese salt and pepper

Stir until melted

Add egg

Stir constantly

Combine cooked noodles and cheese mix

Spray casserole dish with cooking spray

Pour noodles into casserole dish

Sprinkle with bread crumbs

Bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes

Remove once crumbs become golden brown

Enjoy

Smores Cookies

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 cup graham cracker crumbs

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 dash of cinnamon

1 cup butter (2 sticks) softened

3/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 eggs

2 cups mini chocolate chips

1 1/2 cup mini marshmallows

2 Hershey bars (chopped/broken)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 F

In medium bowl combine flour, graham cracker, baking soda, salt and dash of cinnamon

In large bowl beat together butter, sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla extract until creamy

Add eggs one at a time

beating well after each addition

Slowly beat in the flour

mix until smooth

Stir in the chocolate chips

Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased cookie sheet

Bake for 8 minutes and remove

Push 3-4 mini marshmallows and a few bars into each cookie

Return to Oven and bake 3-4 minutes until done and cool cookies on wire rack

Enjoy with a nice cold glass of milk

note: seemed like there was a little too much chocolate. Which made them a little too gooey. Next time I will try it with less chocolate chips.

Chicken Tostadas

Ingredients:

Chicken

2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken breast, chopped

1/2 medium onion, chopped

1 clove garlic, chopped

1 teaspoon cumin

1/2 teaspoon dried oregano

1/2 teaspoon dried cilantro

salt and pepper

olive oil

Re-Fried Beans

1 (15 oz.) can refried beans

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

1/4 teaspoon onion powder

1/2 teaspoon cumin

Black Bean Corn Salsa

1 (15 oz.) can black bean (rinsed and drained)

2 cups frozen and defrosted sweet corn

2 large tomatoes, chopped

1/2 medium onion, chopped

2 tablespoon freshly chopped cilantro

salt and pepper

Additional

shredded lettuce

premade tostadas

Mexican blend shredded cheese

queso

sour cream

Directions:

Preheat large skillet

Add chopped chicken, salt, pepper and spices to a large bowl

Mix well

Drizzle preheated pan with olive oil

Add chicken, onions and garlic

Brown chicken on all sides and remove

While chicken is cooking add beans and all spices to a small sauce pan

Heat until warmed

For salsa, add all ingredients to a large bowl

mix well

To assemble tostadas…. spread beans over shell

Top with chicken and onions

Queso

Salsa

Lettuce

Mexican Blend Shredded Cheese

Sour Cream

Enjoy!!