crock pot sausage dip

This dip is excellent to take to a game night, have at a party, take to a BBQ... It will be all gone. I don't know how else to explain it. My father, while visiting, even insisted I make it for him...so we had it for dinner as a "taco salad"-type meal....not very healthy but VERY delicious.



Crock Pot Sausage Dip

1/2 lb cooked reduced fat ground sausage (browned)
8 oz low fat cream cheese
8 oz fat free sour cream
8 oz can Mexican stewed tomatoes (pureed)
1/2 medium onion (finely chopped)
1 clove garlic
2-3 cups shredded cheddar cheese

*Cook in mini crock-pot: high 2-4 hrs or low 4-6 hrs
*Serve with tortilla chips, on french fries, baked potatoes, etc.

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raspberry trifle

I just got the beautiful new trifle bowl from Pampered Chef and I have made a couple of trifles already. Though I am a chocolate lover... this was rather refreshing and delightful. I found it on allrecipes.com (one of my favorite sites for recipes)...it didn't disappoint. I made it for my book group "Literary Ladies" and it was rather enjoyable.

Raspberry Trifle

ingredients:

1 1/2 cups heavy cream

1/4 cup white sugar

2 (8 oz) pkgs cream cheese, softened

2 teaspoons lemon juice

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1/2 cup white sugar

1 (10.75 ounce) package prepared pound cake

2 (10 ounce) packages frozen raspberries, thawed

2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, for dusting

directions:

*In a medium bowl, beat cream with 1/4 cup sugar until stiff peaks form.

*In another bowl, cream together cream cheese, lemon juice, vanilla and 1/2 cup sugar.

*Fold 2 cups of whipped cream into cream cheese mixture. Reserve remaining whipped cream.

*Slice pound cake into 18 1/2-inch slices.

*Drain raspberries, reserving juice.

*Line the bottom of a 3 quart glass bowl or trifle bowl with one-third of the cake slices.

*Drizzle with some raspberry juice.

*Spread one-fourth of the cream cheese mixture over cake.

*Sift one-fourth of the cocoa over that.

*Sprinkle with one-third of the raspberries.

*Repeat layers twice.

*Top with remaining cream cheese mixture, whipped cream and sifted cocoa.

*Cover and refrigerate 4 hours before serving.

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A Place for Sharing Good Eats

I LOVE finding new recipes, and sharing them with friends and family. Nothing makes me happier (well...other things make me happier) but...I really love finding a new recipe that my family enjoys, that I enjoy making and that is just YUMMY! Most recipes that make it into my monthly rotations are: 1) Easy to Make 2) Don't require too many exotic ingredients 3) Are Yummy & 4) Taste Delicious.

I hope I can help you out with providing some good ideas...it will take some time to get a good amount of recipes on here, but I'll start! If you want to post one...you can email it to me and I'll post it here for you!

Enjoy!

--Sara

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