{Eggless} Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies

These cookies are great because they are eggless! So, if you're in a pinch (like I was) and don't have eggs, you can still enjoy delicious cookies! Bonus: you can eat the dough with no worries! ;)

Ingredients:

1 cup butter, room temperature

3/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

8 oz block cream cheese, room temperature

2 tsp vanilla

2 1/4 cup flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

2 cups chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375. Cream together butter and sugars. Add cream cheese and vanilla, mix until combined. In separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add flour mixture to butter and sugars. Mix well. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop by tablespoons onto baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.

Oven Baked Tacos

Ingredients:

Ground beef

Taco Seasoning

1 can refried beans

Salsa (I used 1/2 a jar)

Taco shells

Shredded cheese

Cook ground beef with taco seasoning. Add beans and salsa to skillet with beef. Cook on medium low for a few minutes until well combined. Fill taco shells with mixture and place in casserole dish. Top with shredded cheese. Bake for 8-10 minutes until cheese is melted.

Pesto Ranch Crockpot Chicken

Ingredients

4-6 chicken breasts

1 6 oz jar pesto

1 packet dry ranch dressing mix

1 can chicken broth

Directions

Place chicken in crockpot. Top with pesto. Sprinkle ranch mix over chicken and pesto. Add chicken broth, slightly stirring to mix ranch and pesto together. Cook on high for about 3-4 hours. I like to shred my chicken when it's done. Serve with pasta or rice. Spoon extra sauce on top.

Potato Sausage Crockpot Dinner

 Ingredients

4 medium potatoes, peeled and sliced (or I used a bag of baby Dutch potatoes)

2 medium onions, sliced into rings

1 pound kielbasa or Polish sausage (I used Turkey Sausage)

1 can cheddar cheese soup

1 can cream of celery soup

1 bag frozen peas

Directions

Slice onions, potatoes, and sausage. Spray crockpot with non-stick spray. Layer potatoes, onions, and sausage in crockpot. Cover with cheddar soup and top with cream of celery soup. Cook on high for about 4-5 hours. For the last thirty minutes, add frozen peas to cook.

All finished!

It's very hearty and delicious! Perfect for fall or winter.

WW points plus points is about 10, if made this way.

Skillet Chicken Fajitas

Ingredients

2 chicken breasts

2 or 2 bell peppers (I usually use red and green.)

1 onion

3 tbsp lime juice

1 tsp ground cumin

1 tsp garlic powder

Chili powder, to taste

salt and pepper, to taste

2 tsp olive oil

tortillas

Directions

Marinate chicken with lime juice, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, and salt and pepper. Cook chicken in skillet or on grill. For skillet, add tablespoon butter to medium high heat, cover, and cook about 5-8 minutes on each side until cooked through. In another skillet, add olive oil and chopped bell peppers and chopped onion. Cook until soft. Cut chicken into strips, add to skillet with vegetables. Serve with tortillas and garnishes.

Adapted from here.

Fruit Pizza

 Ingredients

2 rolls refreigereated sugar cookie dough

2 boxes cream cheese

2 7 oz jars marshmallow creme

Fruit (I used blueberries and strawberries)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350. Spray cookie sheet or pizza pan with baking spray. Press dough into pan to form crust. Bake 16-20 minutes until golden brown. Cool completely.

 With mixer, combine marshmallow creme and cream cheese. Spread mixture onto cooled crust. Top with sliced fruit.

Banana Pudding Poke Cake

Ingredients

1 box yellow cake mix (plus ingredients to make)

1 container cool whip

1 large box banana pudding (plus ingredients to make)

Crushed vanilla wafers

Directions

Bake cake according to box directions. Prepare pudding according to directions. When cake is finished, let cool completely. When cool, poke holes in cake with the end of wooden spoon. Pour pudding over cake, spreading into holes. Top with cool whip. Sprinkle with vanilla wafers. Serve chilled.

Stuffed Bell Peppers

 Ingredients

2 lbs ground beef

1 cup minced onion

1 cup bell peppers, diced

3 cloves minced garlic

1/4 cup cilantro, minced

1 small tomato, diced (I used canned.)

8 oz can tomato sauce

1 1/2 tsp cumin

1/4 tsp garlic powder

2 bay leaves

salt and pepper to taste

3 bell peppers

1 cup rice, cooked

cheddar cheese, shredded

Directions

Brown beef in skillet. Add salt and pepper. When no longer pink, add onions, garlic, and bell peppers. Continue to cook for 3-4 minutes. Add mixture to crockpot. Add cilantro, tomatoes, tomato sauce, 1 1/4 cups of water. Cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for about 6-8. Discard bay leaves when finished cooking.

Cut tops of bell peppers and dice. In bowl, combine rice, diced peppers, and crockpot mixture. Stuff bell peppers. Preheat oven to 350. Place peppers in casserole dish, add 1/3 cup water in bottom of dish. Cover and bake for 50 minutes. Remove foil, top with cheese, and bake for additional 5 minutes uncovered.

Recipe adapted from: Skinny.Taste

Lemon Poppyseed Cookies with Lemon Glaze

These cookies are made with a muffin mix and are delicious!

Ingredients

Betty Crocker Lemon Poppyseed muffin mix with glaze

1/2 cup butter, softened

2 eggs

Preheat oven to 375. Combine all ingredients and mix well. Drop tablespoonfuls of mixture on cookie sheet and bake for 10-14 minutes. Cool on rack. When cooled, drizzle glaze over each cookie. 

Enjoy with tea or a glass of milk! :)