Our local DFW modern mommies submit fun and easy recipes monthly!
Recipes by YOU: DFW's Modern Mommies!
EASY VEGGIE PASTA: Courtesy of Modern Mommy Kim Lopez
cut, dice, and roast your fave veggies on a cookie sheet. Set aside.
Put 1 box pasta in a casserole dish (dry), pour your fave sauce over it and fill the jar up halfway w/water.. pour water and mix.
Mix in roasted veggies.
Put in oven (at 400) for 35 minutes (give or take, I never am exact) and sprinkle cheese over for the last 10 minutes, uncovered.
JELLO MUSH: Courtesy of Modern Mommy Keri Holloway
1 pkg jello
2 cups boiling water
2 cups yogurt (any flavor)
2 cans favorite fruit (i.e. pineapple and tropical mix)
Add 2 cups boiling water to the jello and let dissovle, in a 13 x 9 glass dish. add 2 cups yogurt and mix in the fruit. Let sit in the refrigerator over night or until hardened. And there you have it... mush.
TACO SOUP: Courtesy of Modern Mommy Trisha Mihalik
1lb ground beef
1 pkg taco seasoning
1 onion chopped
1 can kernel corn w/ liquid
1 can kidney beans w/ liquid
1 can rotel
1 can chili beans
2 cans stewed tomatoes
Throw it in the crock pot all day – serve with cheese and sour cream!!!
This ROCKS on cold days and gets better as it sits so it is great for nights when you do not know when Daddy will make it home!
MONKEY BREAD: Courtesy of Modern Mommy J. March Baremore
Dough
2 T butter (softened)
2 T butter melted
1 cup warm milk
1/3 cup warm water
¼ cup sugar
1 pk quick rise yeast
3 ¼ cup flour
2 t salt
Coating
1 cup brown sugar
2 t cinnamon
1 stick butter melted
1 cup pecans
Glaze
1 cup powdered sugar
2 T milk
1. Preheat oven to 200. When it reached temperature. Turn off oven. Butter a bundt pan with the 2 T softened butter.
2. In a bowl mix milk, water, melted butter, sugar and yeast. Set aside.
3. In bowl of a mixer with dough hook attachment mix flour and salt. Slowly add milk mixture until it comes together and forms a ball. Remove from bowl and knead for a few minutes. Place in an oiled bowl cover and place in oven for 1 hour until it has doubled in size.
4. Remove dough from bowl and shape into a square. Cut into 4 even pieces. Cut each piece into 16 pieces.
5. Fill a Ziploc type bag with brown sugar and cinnamon. Roll each piece of dough into a ball. Working in groups of 10 place dough balls in butter and then in the bag of sugar. Shake to coat and place in greased bunt pan. Once a layer is in the pan sprinkle with pecans. Repeat until all dough is used. Place back in oven and let rise 1 hour.
6. Bake bread for 30 to 35 min at 350. Let cool 5 min and remove from pan.
7. Mix powdered sugar with milk and drizzle over bread.
BANANA/APPLE JUICE: Courtesy of Modern Mommy Eledy Gomez
Half of a banana, half of an apple, and one cup apple juice, then mix in blender. Makes a great juice and my son loves it
ICE CREAM OREO CAKE (NUT-FREE): Courtesy of Modern Mommy Melanie Williams
What you will need:
1 rectangle carton of vanilla ice cream (frozen well, for slicing)
1 package of Oreo cookies
Chocolate Syrup
13x9 dish
large ziplock for crushing Oreos
Directions:
First, Place Oreo's in ziplock for crushing, Set aside one cup.
Next, Carefully and quickly remove carton from ice cream block
Slice some ice cream and place one bottom layer in your dish.
Then, sprinkle some Oreo's over the ice cream from your bag.
Repeat ice cream layer and Oreo's.
Last, finish off your final layer of ice cream and top it withyour final cup of Oreo's and drizzle with chocolate syrup. Cover and freeze for one or more hours.
This is a treat everyone will enjoy and safe to give to children!
