Cheesy Pull-Apart

I love this recipe because it's good anytime of the year and you can eat it with practically anything- soup, salads, pasta, chilli...the list is endless! You can also adjust the flavors to whatever you'd like, I made pasta so I seasoned it with Oregano and basil, added some chopped olives and tomatoes. Try it next time with jalapenos and a little fresh cilantro, or with just cheese and cracked black pepper! Anyway you try it, you're going to love it!

Ingredients

- 1 can Pillsbury Grand biscuits (junior size)

- 2 TBSP butter

- 1 TBSP milk

- 1 cup shredded cheese (any kind you like)

- salt and pepper to taste

Optional toppings

- Oregano and basil

- 2 TBSP chopped olives

- 2 TBSP diced tomato

Directions

- Preheat oven to 350.

- Lay all ten biscuits flat on a chopping board and quarter them into pieces. Place in a large bowl.

- In a small bowl melt butter, add milk, a little salt and pepper and stir.

- Add melted butter mixture to quartered biscuits and mix with a wooden spoon until all pieces are coated. 

- Place half of the buttered biscuit pieces in a casserole dish and top with 1/2 cup cheese. Repeat with remaining biscuits pieces and cheese. Top with olives, tomatoes and seasoning.

- Bake for 15-20 minutes until cheese is bubbling and the top is golden brown.

Serving size: 4-6

Veggie and Herb cream cheese

I love breakfast foods, and one of my favorite things to make is veggie cream cheese with a bagel. This recipe is so quick, and so delicious! You can store it in your fridge for a couple of weeks too! Its also really good in sandwiches and wraps. Try it out for your next breakfast or brunch!

Ingredients
- 8 oz reduced fat cream cheese
- 1 tbsp chopped cilantro
- 1 tbsp chopped parsley
- 1 tbsp chopped tarragon
- 2 tbsp finely diced carrot
- 2 tbsp finely diced red pepper
- 1 tbsp jalapeno
- pinch of salt and pepper

Directions
- bring cream cheese to room temperature, and mix herbs and chopped veggies and salt and pepper. Mix until well incorporated.
- spread generously on a toasted bagel!

Deep Dish Pizza

Earlier this week, I asked my husband what he wanted for dinner (as I always do) and his response came as a complete surprise to me.  He responded with a, "deep dish pizza" as if I were some sort of a magician that can just whip it up by snapping my fingers.  But, I definitely wanted to make it for him because he never really asks for much (and because I would like to think I'm a good wife).  With that in mind, my mission this week was a find a quick and easy way to make deep dish pizza.  Here's my quick and easy recipe for a homemade deep dish pizza.

Ingredients:
1 box of Auntie Annie's at home baking kit (I found this at Sam's Club)
1 tsp Italian seasoning
1 tsp crushed red pepper
2-3 TBSP flax seed meal
Pizza sauce
Your favorite toppings (I used green & black olives, red bell peppers, & mushrooms)

Directions:
1.  Follow the directions in the kit to make the pizza dough.  But add 1 tsp crushed red pepper, 1 tsp Italian seasoning, 2-3 TBSP flax seed meal to the dry ingredients before mixing it with the wet ingredients.
2.  Spray a 9 inch pizza pan with Pam or another non stick cooking spray.
3.  Take 1/2 of the risen dough, roll it into a ball, & place it in the middle of the cake pan.
4.  Start spreading and stretching the dough so that it covers the entire pan and continue to stretch it so that it goes up the sides of it.
5.  Spread a little pizza sauce on top of the dough.  Also brush it along the sides of it as well.
6.  Place your toppings on top of the sauce, top with some cheese, add more toppings, and finish off with some additional cheese.
7.  In a preheated oven, bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes or until the bottom is brown and the cheese is bubbling.
Enjoy!!!