Cotton Candy Salad

1 Hear my prayer, O LORD; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness! 

2 Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.  - Psalm 143:1-2

1 can Eagle brand

1 can Cherry pie filling

1 can Strawberry pie filing

1 can of dark sweet cherries, drained well and chopped

12 oz. cool whip

2 small cans crushed pineapple, drained well

1 c toasted pecans

Mix canned items well, add pecans, then fold in cool whip.

Chill.

Peanut Butter White Chocolate Swirl Pretzel Almond Bark

22 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

23 "Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them,

24 The LORD bless you and keep you; 

25 the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; 

26 the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. 

27 "So shall they put my name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them." - Numbers 6:22-27

2 c white chocolate melting chips

2 c dark chocolate melting chips

1/4 c peanut butter

2 c pretzel-smoked almond mix, chopped 

Parchment paper, spraying with Pam

Jelly roll pan

Turn oven on just to warm.

Melt the all dark chocolate in microwave safe bowl and set in warm oven.

Melt 1 c of white chips, set in oven.

Melt other cup of white chips and stir in peanut butter until melted into the white chocolate.

Take out the dark chocolate and spread into pan.

Then take 1 1/2 c of the pretzel-nut mixture and pour on top of dark chocolate.

Drizzle the melted white chocolate onto pretzel-almond dark chocolate.

Next drizzle the peanut butter white chocolate, then press the remaining nut mixture into peanut butter white chocolate. 

Take a fork and swirl it.

Refrigerate to set, break into chunks.

Tex Mex Chicken Taco Soup

3 He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 

4 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. 

5 But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. 

6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned-every one-to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 

7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.  - Isaiah 53:3-7

1 t olive oil

1 quart water

2 each Red and yellow tiny bell peppers, chopped

1 Onion, chopped

1 T roasted, Garlic

1 ear fresh Corn

1/2 packet taco seasoning, I make my own) under the seasoning tab this blog

1 T Chicken base seasoning

1 can Black beans, rinsed and drained

1/2 of Rotisserie chicken, pulled

1 c Salsa

3 T Creme Fraiche

Topping

Cheese

Sour cream

Fritos or tostado chips

Add oil to pot and sauté onions, garlic and peppers. 

Season with chicken base seasoning.

Add water, salsa, chicken, beans, corn, taco seasoning and Creme Fraiche.

Simmer 20 minutes.

To serve add the toppings

Brown Sugar Bacon Franks

 

13 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. 

14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. 

15 My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. 

16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.  - Psalm 139:13-16

1 pgk. Ball Park Beef no nitrate Franks, cut each one into 3 

Brown sugar

Bacon slices, cut in half

Toothpicks, to secure bacon

Bake 350 degrees for 40 minutes on middle rack in a parchment lined pan.

Using poultry scissors, cut bacon and franks.

Wrap each frank with 1/2 piece of bacon, secure with toothpick.

Take a pinch of brown sugar and top each one.

Bake.

Watch toward the 30 minute mark, the sugar will burn. 

If you see liquid around the bottoms of the franks, remove the liquid using a paper towel.

Cherry Jalapeño Kerry Gold Dubliner Irish Cheese Ball

And he said to man, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"  - Job 28:28

2 room temp cream cheese

1 T heavy cream

5 T cherry juice

1/2 c powdered sugar

10 pickled jalapeño slices, diced 

10 diced cherries, can dark sweet cherries, reserve juice

1/2 c Dubliner cheese, shredded

Salt, I used smoked Alder Wood salt 

Pepper, a few turns cracked black pepper

2 c Toasted chopped salted pecans

I salt mine with seasoned salt but first I spray with Pam cooking spray.

Chop and set aside.

Take the room temp cream cheese and add the cream, cherry juice, salt, pepper, powdered sugar, diced jalapeño and cherries, and Dubliner cheese. Mix well. Mixture will be loose, have a slight purple color and be sticky. Cool down in fridge for an hour. Take out and roll into balls, then roll in nuts. Seal in plastic wrap. Makes 2 large or 4 medium.