mud cream pie

1 container cool whip
1 bag heath bar bits
1 chocolate pie crust
hersheys chocolate syrup

cool whip close to room temperature. mix in most of bag of heath bar bits and set aside rest of bag. pour mixture into pie crust. top with rest of bits and chocolate syrup. cover and put in freezer until ready to serve.

meat & bean burritos

1 pound lean ground beef
1 onion, chopped
4 large garlic cloves, minced
3 tablespoons ground cumin
3 15-ounce cans black beans or pinto beans, rinsed, drained
1 14 1/2-ounce can beef broth
1 4-ounce can diced green chilies
4 green onions

Warm flour tortillas
Grated Monterey Jack cheese
Chopped fresh cilantro
Purchased salsa

Heat heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add beef and cook until brown, breaking up beef with fork, about 6 minutes. Add chopped onion and garlic and cook until onion is transparent, stirring frequently, about 5 minutes. Stir in cumin and cook 1 minute. Add beans, broth and chilies and cook until beans are creamy and thickened, crushing beans with back of spoon, about 15 minutes. Mix in green onions.

Transfer beans to baking dish. Serve with tortillas, cheese, cilantro and salsa, allowing diners to assemble their own burritos at the table.

give credit: epicurious

crock pot apricot pork tacos

1 onion, sliced, layered in bottom of crock pot
1 hormel pork tendorloin (i usually buy peppercorn seasoned)
1/2 jar of apricot preserves smeared over the tenderloin
jarred jalapeño peppers to taste
cumin, salt, pepper - to taste

cook on medium until pork falls apart. finish with chopped or torn cilantro to your liking.

Serve in tortillas with cheese, sour cream, guac, salsa.

foccacia sandwiches

1 loaf of foccacia bread
1 tub of prepared pesto
1 onion, caramelized in 2 tablespoons olive oil and 2 tablespoons of butter over medium low temp for 20-30 minutes, stirring often
deli turkey, thinly sliced (Boar's Head Honey Maple Turkey)
deli ham, thinly sliced (Boar's Head Black Forest Ham)
Provolone Cheese

Slice the loaf of bread in half and dig out some of the bread from the top layer so that the sandwich isn't too thick. Spread pesto on both of the inside surfaces of the sandwich. Distribute the onion on the top half of the sandwich. Place provolone slices on both top and bottom surfaces. Next, layer turkey and ham to the thickness of your liking.

Assemble the top and bottom of sandwich, wrap in foil and heat in oven at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes.

quarter and serve. or wrap individually in foil and refridgerate.

3 beans

depending on the size of the crowd do 1 or 2 cans of the following:

garbanzo beans
black beans
pinto beans w/ jalapeno

drain all beans and pour into pan

add 1 can rotel

heat on stovetop

DONE!