5 minute, 5 ingredient million dollar dip

http://therecipecritic.com/2016/09/5-minute-million-dollar-dip/
this seriously is one of the best things I have ever tasted...I was leary at first...I do not like eating mayo...but OMGosh with all 5 of the ingredients mixed together and let sit and marry together and get all nice and cold...this definitely was a favorite tonight and will be made many more times...

New Year's Eve dinner

I have been sick for a whole week and finally today see a light at the end of the tunnel, I hope...have had a cough for well over a month now and at the first of the month was on steroids and antibiotics and for about a week thought I felt better...then, it hit me full force on Christmas Eve...went to Urgent Care on Christmas...they really thought I should go to the ER as my O2 saturations were low and I was wheezing...instead I waited to see my primary and he was sort of on the same page but he understands me and also seeing how hubby is in the hospital, he said as long as I stayed on bed rest as much as possible and kept oxygen on he was all right with me staying home...he prescribed high dose prednisone and frequent nebulizer treatments...sorry did not mean to go on and on...but the moral of the story is that I am so glad I am finally feeling a little better...

so Sam and I wanted a nice night tonight but not a lot of work...typically what we do is have an appetizer night reminicent of Christmas Eve but we do not replicate...so we came up with an alternate menu...
here is what we did...

we roasted a turkey breast (mostly cause we had one...)
our homemade pasta salad
homemade egg rolls
hot ham and cheese rolls (YUM)
million dollar dip with crackers
asst veggies
Bisquick fried cheese

so yummy...everyones favorite (well there was 2) was the million dollar dip and the ham and cheese rolls...

January 2017 monthly menu post

here we go for 2017...going to try a bunch of new recipes...

cornbread chicken enchilada bake
apple cider pork roast
cabbage, noodles and sausage
sicilian mac and cheese
taco lasagna
potato soup
chicken tortilla soup
chicken, noodle casserole
pull apart pizza bread
huli huli chicken'
chicken lazone
frito casserole
cashew chicken'
chicken fried fingers
salisbury steak
bacony bourbon chicken
slow cooker beef on rice
creamy tomato tortelloni with bacon
layered chicken bake
tator tot casserole
hamburger, rice and gravy
slow cooker lasagna
beef parmesan
swiss steak
korean beef
stuffed shells
chicken parmesan with bacon
chimichangas
seasoned chicken, green beans and potatoes

and of course New Years Day...beef stroganoff

Christmas Day menu

woke up this morning with my heart failure acting up so it was a good thing I had help for dinner...

spiral glazed ham
mashed potatoes
roasted brussel sprouts
fresh green beans
dinner rolls
apple crisp

Christmas Eve buffet

I started this tradition when my own kids were little...in theory, a buffet seems like less work but in reality it is much more work...but, everyone loves our Christmas Eve and so I continue to do it...some of the items are a must every year but on others we change from year to year...

here is what we had:

my own cheddar and sour cream potatoes
swedish meatballs
popcorn chicken
little smokies in bbq sauce
pizza rolls
assorted veggies and dip
velveeta dip with tortilla chips
Tim made scallops wrapped in bacon
potato skins
pumpkin bread
mocha brownies

the leftovers are always nice too

scalloped potatoes and ham

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/scalloped-potatoes-and-ham/

leftover ham from Christmas and this sounded good tonight...I am sick, supposed to be on bed rest with continuous oxygen...but, I a cheating a doing a few things as I am able...besides Sam and Zoie have been staying and she is a big help too..

so we this recipe as a base and kind of did our own thing...we added garlic salt and pepper...the other thing we did not do was add flour to the milk mixture and this still came out very nicely...

yum

3rd day of soup...chicken and wild rice...yum

Tim and I both seem a little better, but still not 100% so I decided to make tonight another soup night...have not made this for awhile now and it seemed perfect for tonight...
I was kind of surprised to find out that Tim and I are not the only ones feeling kind of yucky...there seems to be this virus going around that really when you think about it is not horrible, just bad enough to make you feel sort of yuck...you have mild stomach issues, general aches and pains, but you can still eat, if you want to deal with the nausea...we both thought it was new meds we were both on but I have heard from others that have the same thing with no new medicine issues...it is short lived that is the good thing...

here is how I made my chicken and wild rice soup...

2 cooked chicken breasts chopped, about 1 cups of cooked wild rice, about 1 cup of cooked white rice, tonight I added some shredded carrots...I like my soup to be very easy and uncomplicated...
the sauce I used was a roux out of 8 tablespoons of butter melted with 8 tablespoons of wondra flour, I added about 32 oz of chicken broth and about 2 cups of milk...

make sure you rince the wild rice real well before adding...it turned the soup a little bit of a weird color...

this was very good for tonight...