Rocky Road Freeze

{Recipe & pic from} Kraft Foods

This was so delicious. I made it for the hubby on Father's Day, b/c he loves Rocky Road ice cream. I liked it when it was just out of the fridge more than frozen and it tastes just like a yummy rocky road pie.



Rocky Road Freeze
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1 cup cold milk
1 pkg. (3.9 oz.) JELL-O Chocolate Instant Pudding
1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided
3/4 cup JET-PUFFED Miniature Marshmallows
1/3 cup chopped PLANTERS COCKTAIL Peanuts
1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
25 NILLA Wafers, coarsely chopped


1. LINE 9-inch round pan with plastic wrap; set aside. Beat cream cheese in large bowl with mixer until creamy. Gradually beat in milk. Add dry pudding mix; beat until blended.
2. STIR in 2 cups COOL WHIP and all remaining ingredients except wafers.
3. SPOON into pan. Top with wafers; press lightly into cream cheese mixture.
4. FREEZE 4 hours or until firm. Remove dessert 15 min. before serving. Unmold onto plate; discard plastic wrap. Serve with remaining COOL WHIP.

not your mamas rice krispie treats

{recipe & pic from} according to kelly

not your mama's rice krispie treats

ingredients:

2 skor bars (or any chocolate covered toffee candy bars)

2 cups rice krispies

1/2 cup chunky peanut butter

16 regular sized marshmallows (or 133 miniature)

1/4 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

directions:

1. using a rolling pin or mallet crush the candy bar into pieces. (personally i like kinda bigger chunks. if the pieces are too small you don't really taste them. but that's just me!)

2. place peanut butter in a microwave safe bowl & microwave on high until hot (about 45 seconds). add marshmallow & microwave until softened (about 30 seconds).

3. now this next part you want to do fairly quickly: combine the peanut butter marshmallow mixture with the rice krispies. stirring until all the krispies are evenly coated. then, add the skor pieces & chocolate chips, stirring until combined.

4. spray your hands with pam (or coating them with oil would work too), then shape mixtures into rice krispie balls. or, i'm sure you could do the typical "bars" too. but, i wouldn't actually know, because i just followed the recipes & made balls.

Mexican Lasagna

I saw this on a blog and I want to try it ASAP...it looks delicious! {Recipe & pic from}Whatcha got cookin

1 1/2 lbs. ground beef

1 1/2 tsp. cumin

1 T chili powder

1/4 tsp. garlic powder

1/4 tsp. red pepper

1 tsp. salt or to taste

1 tsp. black pepper or to taste

1 16 oz. can diced tomatoes

10 to 12 corn tortillas

2 cups small cottage cheese, drained

1 cup Monterrey Jack cheese with peppers

1 egg

1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese

2 cups shredded lettuce

1/2 cup chopped tomatoes

3 green onions, chopped

1/4 cup sliced black olives

Avocado

Cilantro

Brown ground beef; drain thoroughly. Add cumin, chili powder, garlic powder, red pepper, salt, pepper, and tomatoes; heat through. Pour half the beef mixture in bottom of a 13x9 inch baking dish. Then mix the cottage cheese, Monterey Jack cheese and egg together, put half of the mixture over the meat; then layer with tortillas and cover as completely as possible. Repeat layers. Cover and bake at 350º for 30 minutes. After taking out of oven, spread top of casserole with sour cream. Then make rows of cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, olives, and green onions across the casserole in a diagonal pattern. Yield: 6-8 servings.