Monkey Munch (aka Puppy Chow)

Courtesy of Jon and Kate plus 8! And for the record I think Monkey Munch sounds much better than Puppy Chow!

1 box Chex mix (any flavor, I did Rice)
2- 2 1/2 cups Powdered Sugar

12 oz of Chocolate Chips
1 cup Peanut Butter
1/2 cup (1 stick) Butter

Place those three items in microwavable bowl and melt (approx 2 minutes)

In a large bowl to mix everything, put entire box of Chex mix in. When p.butter, chocolate chips and butter are all melted and mixed well, pour over cereal and mix to coat well.

In a large Ziploc bag (or you can use a large paper bag) place 1 1/2 cups of powder sugar, spoon in cereal mix, place another 1/2 cup of sugar on top, seal bag and then mix to coat cereal with powdered sugar, if you need more add another 1/2 cup.

When it is all well coated, dump on wax paper to harden up, enjoy!

*My kids love this show and when they saw the kids help making it the other day they started begging me to make it.

Punch

1 46oz bottle Pineapple Juice
5 smashed bananas
1 Large (12 oz) can of frozen Orange Juice
1 Large can of frozen Lemonade

Boil:
6 cups water
1 cup sugar and add to the above mixture. Mix well and then when cooled you can freeze in portions of Gallon Ziploc bags. When ready to use take out 1 bag from freezer, let sit at room temp for approx 30 minutes and then add with 2 bottles of room temperature Sprite.

Carmel Popcorn

1/4 cup butter/margarine
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 15 oz can of condensed milk
1/2 tsp of vanilla
5 qt of popped PLAIN popcorn

Combine sugar, butter and corn syrup in a sauce pan. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Stir in milk and simmer until mixture comes to a soft ball stage, stir in vanilla and poor over popcorn. You can then form into balls if you want.

Banana Bread

1 cup butter
2 cup sugar
6-7 smashed bananas
4 eggs- well beaten
2 tsp vanilla
5 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup milk + 3 tsp vinegar (combine in a small dish)
Chopped Walnuts (Opt)

Cream butter and sugar together, blend in bananas, eggs, and vanilla. Mix together flour, salt and soda and add to the mixture, alternating with milk. Add chopped nuts if you want. Makes 2 loaves. Bake at 325 for 1 hour 20 minutes or if glass dishes bake 300 for 50-55 minutes.

Buckwheat Pancakes (Jeff's favorite)

1 pkg active dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water
2 cups cold water
2 cups Buckwheat flour
1 cup Gold Medal Flour
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 cup butter-melted
1 Tbs molassas
1 tsp. baking soda, dissolved in a 1/2 cup HOT water

Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add cold water. Blend in flours and salt, stir in. Beat vigorously until smooth. Cover and refridgerate overnight (at least 8 hours +). In morning stir in butter, molassas, and soda dissolved in the HOT water. Let stand at room temp for 30 minutes and bake on your griddle.

7 Layer Bean Dip

Refried Beans
3 avocados- smashed with a small amount of lemon juice

Combine:
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup mayo
1/2 envelope taco seasoning

Cheese
Tomatoes- diced
Green onion- chopped
Sliced Olives

In a 9x13 pan, layer beans, avocados, cream mixture, cheese, tomatoes, green onion, olives. Chill until needed and serve with tortilla chips.

Chicken Rolls

2 packages crescent rolls (8 ct)
6 oz cream cheese- softened
3/4 cup butter- room temp
1 bundle green onion chopped
1 lb. cooked chicken- shredded

Combine cream cheese and butter in a bowl, add green onion and chicken, set aside. On a floured surface take a crescent roll and slightly roll out, add a spoonful or two to the bigger end and then fold roll around it and pinch closed. Place in a greased 9x13 pan, do to all rolls lining up in pan. Top with some melted butter or margarine and crushed croutons if you want. Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes.

There is a sauce for these, but we like it just like this, and I have never used the sauce and don't have the recipe for that.

Olive Garden's Alfredo Sauce

I got this recipe from a copy cat website and it tastes just the same, although the cheeses can be a bit expensive, BUT you can freeze them to make them last, just make sure you freeze them in the amount you need them for this recipe. This is Jeff's favorite dish out and so I made it for our anniversary one year.



1/2 Tbs Garlic Puree
1 cup Butter
1 qt. heavy whipping cream

4oz of whole or 2% milk

1/2 a pound of Parmesan Cheese (fresh if possible)
2 oz of Fontina cheese (found in the specialty cheese area)

1/2 tsp Salt

1 tsp of Pepper




In a saucepan brown Garlic Puree in some of the butter, add rest of butter and melt. Then add the Heavy Cream, milk, both cheeses, and salt and pepper. Stir on Med/High until cheeses melt and sauce starts to thicken (about 10 minutes). Turn heat to low and continue to stir occasionally, sauce will thicken more over the next 10 minutes or so. As it is simmering I like to add some steamed broccoli and cooked shrimp or chicken and then serve over fettuccine.

FHE

The Plan of Salvation

Lesson: This Site. It has some cutouts to print off and cut out, and I have some clear contact paper that I am going to use and a magnet roll so they will all get magnets on them so we can do it on our front door/fridge/or I will pull out a cookie sheet or something.

Activities: For older children a story and using scriptures for younger children a coloring page.

Snack: Since we are short on time we will probably go and get something from Sonic or just do brownies.