Peaches & Cream Yogurt Dessert

Someone made this at my cousin's baby blessing and I couldn't stop thinking about it for months afterwards trying to figure out how they did it.  I finally asked and it could not be any easier!

Peaches & Cream Yogurt Dessert

6 fresh peaches, peeled and cut into bite size pieces

Peach Yogurt

2 T. sugar

Fresh whipped cream

1. Peel and cut fresh peaches into bite size pieces
2. Scoop some peach yogurt and top and add enough till the peaches are coated.
3. Add about 2 T. sugar and mix.
4. Top with fresh whipped cream (recipe in link)

Southwest Chicken Filing for Tacos

Easy and delicious filling for tacos to shake things up a bit!

Southwest Chicken Filing for Tacos
3 chicken breasts, cooked and cubed (about 3 cups)
(1) 15 oz. can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 c. cooked rice
1/2-1 c. corn (drained if canned or frozen works too)
2 c. monterey jack cheese, shredded
2 c. mild salsa
1 tsp. chili powder
1/2 tsp. salt
pinch of pepper

1. Warm it all up in a crockpot and serve with tortillas and taco toppings.

Poppy Seed Dressing and Candied Nuts Salad

To make this salad I like to do a combo of romaine lettuce and baby spinach.  Then I like to top it with fresh cut strawberries, raspberries, candied nuts and of course the dressing!

Poppy Seed Dressing

Recipe from: Susan Peterson

2/3 cup apple cider vinegar

1 1/2 cups sugar

2 tsp. dry mustard

1 tsp. salt

1 small onion, quartered

1 1/2 c. canola oil

1 T. poppy seeds

Handful of raspberries (optional)

1. Put vinegar in blender.
2. Add ingredients one at a time.
3. Blend for 10 minutes.
4. Refrigerate after using.

Candied nuts

1/2 cup sugar

1 cup pecans or slivered almonds

1. Put sugar in frying pan over 1 cup of desired nuts.
2. Cook on medium high heat.
3. Stir until sugar is melted. (Make sure to not let the sugar burn!)
4. Remove from stove and pan.
5. Cool on wax paper.
6. Break apart before serving.

Strawberry Jello Salad

This is so addicting you probably shouldn't make it ;-). You can actually make this with any flavor that you can get the same flavor in of yogurt and jello.  So for the big size you could do either strawberry or peach. And you could probably halve this recipe which would open up more flavor options for you.

Strawberry Jello Salad
Recipe from: Joan Norman
2 lb. container of strawberry yogurt
(1) Large box of strawberry jello (I think they are 6 oz.)
16 oz. cool whip
1/2 of a big bag of mini marshmallows

1. Mix together the yogurt and jello powder together in a large bowl until the jello powder is dissolved.
2. Then fold in the cool whip and marshmallows until thoroughly mixed. 

Serve promptly and cold.

Homemade Corn Pops aka Crack

 Trust me you don't want to make these they are too addicting ;)

Candied Corn Pops 

Recipe From: Janie C.

15 oz. bag of corn pops

1 1/4 c. butter

1 1/4 c. sugar

1/4 c. plus 1 T. water

1. Warm package of corn pops in 200F oven on 2 cookie sheets.
2. While they are warming, heat butter, sugar and water over direct heat (medium to medium high if stirring all the time).
3. Let mixture come to a boil and cook for 9 minutes stirring constantly (can lower heat as long as it keeps boiling).
4. Put 1/2 of corn pops in very large bowl and pour 1/2 of butter/sugar mixture over it, mixing well.
5. Add te rest of the corn pops and then the rest of the butter/sugar mixture to coat evenly.  Spread out on waxed paper to dry/cool

Pretty much the best chocolate cake and frosting ever

Ok so I stole this recipe and this picture from my friend Kira's recipe blog haha but it seriously is THE BEST chocolate cake and frosting I have ever had and I don't even like chocolate that much!

"Never-Fail Chocolate Cake"

1 cup vegetable oil

1 cup buttermilk (You can use 1 cup milk plus 1 T. vinegar)

1 cup boiling water

2 eggs

2 cups sugar

2 3/4 cup flour

2 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

1/3 cup cocoa

Directions:

1. Combine ingredients in order mixing well after each addition.
2. Pour in cake pan and bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes
3. Let cake cool for awhile before you frost it.

Frosting

1/4 cup butter

1 1/2 T. cocoa

3 T. milk

2 1/2 cup powdered sugar

1/2 tsp. vanilla

Directions:

1. In a saucepan bring butter, coca and milk to a boil.
2. Add in vanilla and mix.
3. Add in powdered sugar.

*This frosting is like fudge and it cools pretty fast so be sure to spread it immediately after mixing it up.

Honey Butter

I made some of these as Christmas gifts and they were almost too yummy to give away haha! Honey Butter is delicious on warm rolls, scones, cornbread, waffles, toast, ETC.! I got the recipe from this amaze-o website: Our best bites.

Honey Butter

2 sticks butter (slightly softened for 20 min at room temp.)

2/3 cup honey

3/4 c. powdered sugar

1. Just place it all in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer 2-3 minutes on medium high speed.
2. Serve at room temperature
3. (If your butter is too soft you will end up with a gooey mess. So just leave it on the counter for 20 minutes or so before beating it so it's nice and fluffy!)