Philly Cheesesteak Pizza

After Madden's baptism party we had some leftover roast beef.  I racked my brain for any way I could incorporate this roast beef into a dinner… something beyond lunch meat and cheese on a bun.  Then I had an idea… a pizza!

 

Using a pillsbury refridgerated pizza dough, I rolled it out and brushed it with canola oil. 

Then I cut the roast beef up into small pieces and scattered on top of dough.  Next I chopped a red onion and a green pepper and scattered that around the roast beef. 

 
Lastly I grated some swiss cheese and sprinkled generously (except the small corner we kept allergy free for Mariah :)

Popped in the oven for 15 minutes at 425*

 

Let me tell you… this was seriously the best pizza I've ever had!  Mike and I ate this up quicker than you could imagine.  We decided that it tastes like a Philly Cheesesteak in pizza form… even if it doesn’t really have all the normal cheesesteak ingredients! 

 

So next time you have some lunch meat to use up… TRY THIS.  Actually, I'm going to buy lunch meat specifically to make this AGAIN! J 

Easiest Peanut Butter Cookies Ever!

If you haven't caught on yet.... I enjoy doing things that are QUICK and EASY! I also enjoy baking with "common" ingredients (i.e. things I can pronounce and find easily in a grocery store).

I came across this Peanut Butter Cookie recipe on Pinterest.

Ingredients:
1 cup peanut butter (smooth or chunky, whichever you prefer!)
1 cup sugar
1 egg

That's IT! 3 ingredients! I couldn't believe it... and I thought the only way to know if this was a joke or not was to try them.

I mixed up the dough in about 2 minutes, plopped on my baking stone (making the pretty crisscross with a fork, because otherwise it's just not a peanut butter cookie!). Baked at 350 for 10-12 minutes and voila! Perfect and yummy peanut butter cookies!

Now if I'm ever caught in a bind and need a last minute dessert you bet I will be going to this recipe.

homemade playdough!

Mariah enjoys waking up before 6am on weekends. So we started our day bright and early. What fun activity could we do??? Then I remembered the homemade playdough recipe I had pinned on pinterest the day before!

I gathered the ingredients (luckily we had everything in our pantry!) and we got started!

The directions say it takes about 10 minutes. Pretty sure we were done with it in about 5 minutes! It was super quick and easy!

We made green playdough in honor of upcoming St. Patrick's Day, of course!

Mariah loves playing with it! We even rolled it flat and cut out butterfly shapes!

Bubble Up Pizza

Another new meal we tried thanks to pinterest! (derived from this recipe!)

1 lb ground beef

1 small onion (or 1/2 large onion)

16 oz tomato sauce

1 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese

2 tubes (7.5 oz each) buttermilk biscuits

pepperoni or other pizza toppings

Brown ground beef and drain. Chop onion and add to beef. Pour in tomato sauce and half of the cheese. Cut biscuits into quarters and stir into pan. Add some of the pizza toppings and pour mixture into 9x13 pan. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes. Add remaining cheese and additional toppings and bake for 10 more minutes until biscuits are cooked through.

Quick & Easy Baked Beef Taquitos!

Mike (my husband) loves mexican food - so I make enchiladas A LOT. We like them fine, but sometimes you just want to try something new. I had all the ingredients to make enchiladas tonight, but thought I would try something different. I did a quick search for "beef taquitos" and found a couple recipes. I gathered some ideas from each of them and came up with my own recipe. They turned out super yummy!

We made some with and without cheese. My 22 month old daughter Mariah could actually eat the ones without cheese! It's always a small victory when we can make ONE meal for dinner that makes everyone happy and is allergy-free (Mariah is allergic to eggs, milk and soy!)

Baked Beef Taquitos

1 lb ground beef

1/2 cup salsa

salt and pepper to taste

mexican blend cheese

10-12 flour tortillas

canola oil

Brown ground beef. Once browned, stir in salsa, add salt and pepper to taste. Place approximately 1/4 cup of beef/salsa in tortilla as well as a couple pinches of cheese and roll tightly. Place rolled taquitos in a foil-lined baking dish and brush with canola oil. Bake at 400 degrees for 12-15 minutes.

Simple as that! They came out slightly crunchy and super tasty! Have some sour cream and extra salsa handy for dipping! :)