Super easy TACO DIP!

I have made taco dip a few times within the past month and everyone is asking me for the recipe.  Its super easy and simple and takes only like 5 minute to assemble!  I don't go to Walmart often out of choice but I do love their Marketside Pice de Galo and guacamole.  The only picture I had is from my daughter's Halloween party at school so it had a spider web design from the cream cheese. 

I use my homemade taco seasoning but everything else is purchased from the store ready to go.

What do you need?
1 large can refried beans
1 container pico de galo
14 oz guacamole
2 tablespoons taco seasoning
1/2 cup shredded mexican cheese (estimate)
1 tablespoon sour cream

Mix together the taco seasoning and refried beans.  Smooth onto bottom of platter.  (I use the thin disposable cake pan).  Then a layer of guacamole.  Then the pico de galo.  Sprinkle entire top with cheese.  Put sour cream in a ziplock bag and cut a whole and squeeze on top of cheese.  Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Krafts Whipped Strawberry Sensation

We have a New York relative coming to our crawfish boil today for Good Friday so I had to do a dessert using fresh Ponchatoula strawberries. I found this in Kraft Food magazine. My changes are in parentheses.

I haven't had any of the fully prepared dessert yet but I tasted it before freezing last night and it was VERY good. Super sweet so if you aren't big on really sweet desserts, you may want to cut the condensed milk in half. If it isn't strawberry season, you could probably use frozen or maybe even raspberries or some other type of fruit.

4 cups fresh strawberries, divided

1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk

1/4 cup lemon juice(I squeezed the juice from one large fresh lemon)

1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided(I used low fat)

8 OREO Cookies, finely chopped (I used 12 and put in food processor on pulse for a few seconds)

1 Tbsp. butter, melted (I used about 1.5 tbsp)

LINE 9x5-inch loaf pan with foil, with ends extending over sides of pan. Mash 2 cups berries in large bowl (I pulsed in food processor). Add condensed milk, lemon juice juice and 2 cups COOL WHIP; mix well. Pour into prepared pan.

MIX chopped cookies and butter (I combined butter in food processor by pulsing a second with oreos); spoon over COOL WHIP mixture. Gently press cookie mixture into COOL WHIP mixture. Cover with ends of foil. Freeze overnight.

INVERT dessert onto plate when ready to serve; remove pan and peel off foil. Frost dessert with remaining COOL WHIP. Slice remaining berries; arrange over dessert. (I then flash freezed mine, took out after about 40 minutes then covered) then put back in freezer until ready to serve. I took out about 20 minutes before serving so the top berries weren't frozen solid.

Dirty Rice

I am just realizing I never put this recipe on here. It is a very easy one pot dish and great for parties. Just transfer to a crock pot on warm after cooking. I don't measure and I probably do something different every time I make it. And no body knows it has brown rice :)

1.5 lb lean ground beef (I use sirloin)
Salt, black pepper, italian seasoning
1 chicken bullion cube
1 cup brown rice

Brown beef in a big pot. If needed, drain then put back in pot. Season with salt, black pepper, and italian seasoning. Add 3 cups water and chicken bullion cube. Add 1 cup dry brown rice. Cover and let simmer about 45 mins. You may need to add more water towards the end if rice absorbs all before finished.

You can add cayenne pepper too if you like spicy.

Check back over the weekend for 2 new dessert recipes I am trying. Both include oreos and whipped cream!

Italian Pasta Bake

This is very quick and easy if you have some marinara sauce already prepared and frozen.

All measurements approximate

16 oz marinara sauce
1.25 lbs ground sirloin
7 oz ritoni
2 cups shredded mozzarella
7 oz ricotta cheese

Preheat oven to 350

Bring a pot of salted water to boil and cook pasta

Brown ground sirloin in pot large enough to hold that plus sauce

Once meat is cooked, add sauce and mix together

Drain pasta and pour into a casserole dish (oven safe). Pour meat/sauce mix on top. Add ricotta and mix together well. Top with moxxarella cheese and bake approximately 20 minutes.

Corn Casserole

No picture, but every time I have ever made this for a group I have had people ask for the recipe. So here it is, super simple! (My husband is actually the only one I know who don't like it LOL)

1 tablespoon melted butter
8 oz. fat free sour cream
15¼ oz corn drained, I use low sodium
15¼ oz cream corn, I use low sodium
1 box Jiffy corn muffin mix (which calls for 1 egg and ¾ cup milk I believe)

Mix all ingredients together in big casserole dish. Bake uncovered at 375 degrees for 40-45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

**To make for party, double everything and bake in aluminum cook n serve for approx. 1 hr 15 mins.