Tasty Cheese Ball

Cheese Ball

3 Tablespoons finely chopped peacans

1 package (8 oz.) Neufchatel cream cheese (at room temp)

3 green onions (finely chopped with tops, 1/3 cup)

1 teaspoon Dijon Mustard

1/4 teaspoon hot red pepper sauce

1/4 teaspoon minced garlic

1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese (4 ounces)

1/4 cup minced parsley

1. 
   
   Preheat the oven to 350 F and spread out the pecans in a small pan. Bake, tossing once, for 8 minutes or until toasted.


2. 
   
   In a small bowl, place the cream cheese, onions, mustard, red pepper sauce and garlic. With an electric mixer at moderate speed, beat for 3 minutes or until well blended. Stir in the cheddar cheese.


3. 
   
   Wrap the mixture in plastic wrap, shape into a 4 inch ball, and chill for 15 minutes.


4. 
   
   On wax paper, toss the toasted pecans with parsley. Unwrap the cheese ball and carefully roll it in the parsley mixture, coating it completely.


5. 
   
   Rewarp in plastic wrap and refrigerate until time to serve.


6. 
   
   Place the ball on a serving platter. Serve alongside crackers, pita chips or toasted slices of French Bread.

Lemon Rosemary Chicken

I found this great recipe in a local paper called, "The Clarion." It was sent in by Shirly Dawson. I can't wait to try it.

Lemon Rosemary Chicken

Ingredients:

6 Chicken Breast

Fresh Rosemary (enough to line bottom of pan)

Lemon Pepper

Salt

Olive Oil Spray

Paprika

Lemon

2 Red Bell Peppers

3 Cloves Garlic (chopped)

Directions:

Spray baking dish with olive oil cooking spray. Line with sprigs of fresh rosemary. Spray rosemany. Spray Chicken breast. Sprinkle each chicken breast with lemon pepper, salt and paprika. Squeeze lemon juice over chicken. Add one slice of lemon on each chicken breast. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes uncovered. Saute red peppers and fresh garlic in olive oil. Pour over chicken or serve on the side of chicken.

This dish will be moist, full of flavor and tender. It is also a very pretty dish!

Free Ringtones

While I was cooking some of my desserts earlier for tomorrow's big dinner, I was thinking of how I would love to come across some free ringtones. Actually, I would be needing free Verizon ringtones. What would really be nice is to have a tone that sounds like my daughter when she plays the saxophone. Now that would be really cool. Speaking of my daughter, she could probably use some free t-mobile ringtones. Of course her ringtone would probably be some type of music that I couldn't understand. You know how teenagers are now days. Anyway, I found the neatest place to get these tones. It is called Best In Cell Phones. I bet I could even find something for my parents. They would need some free Sprint ringtones. They would just love something like this. I have no idea what kind they would want, but I know they would be beside themselves. They would be even more thrilled if they could get it for free. In case you're wondering, this great site also has free at&t ringtones. You definitely got to check it out. I know I am going to surprise my entire family with this. They will owe me forever!

Cooking ahead of time!

I am trying to get some of my Thanksgiving cooking out of the way today. I thought if I could only get the desserts made then I would have that much done. Now tomorrow is going to be a different story. I will be working from early morning until time to eat. That's the worse part about holiday eating. You work yourself to the bone and then your too tired to eat. So for all of you mothers and wives out there cooking today and tomorrow, then I feel your pain.

Buying for that someone special

While I was cooking the other day, my niece wanted to help me. She was just adorable and really tried her best at helping bake a cake. I thought to myself how she is always such a good child that I really want to buy her something special this Christmas. I know she loves Mickey Mouse and thought seriously about buying mickey mouse cars. But I'm not sure about that. I also thought about some play cooking products, but I don't know if she would want that or if she rather just help me in the kitchen with the real thing. I continued to research and come up with something I know she would just adore. She loves anything to do with Sleeping Beauty and I ran across this Sleeping Beauty's Princess Room Set. I definitely know she would love that. If you are searching for any MEGA Brand toys for a special someone, then you should check out this site. It will give you all of the details and descriptions of that brand. I found it to be very helpful in deciding what to buy for my niece. Nothing is better than shopping and researching right from the comfort of your own home. At least this way, I can make a better decision about what to buy.

The Easiest Pie Recipe EVER!

My mom gave me this recipe and said I could use it to make any flavor of Pie I wanted. It is so simple and quick to make.

Check it out...it's pretty neat!

1 graham cracker crust
1-4oz. cream cheese
1 can condensed milk
1/4 c. lemon juice (you might not want to add the lemon juice if you were making chocolate pie...maybe just add more cream cheese or pie filling instead.)

Mix the above ingredients and then add:

1/2 box instant pie filling (she has used instant pie filling in the flavors of lemon, chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, and coconut)

Mix again and pour into crust then add cool whip on top. You could also put some fruit or nuts on top if you wanted too.

This is great, not to mention quick and easy!!!

Web Hosting

I have been considering trying a new webhosting for my blog here at Kim's Kountry Kitchen. The one I have now seems to not be working half the time and that can be very frustrating. The problem is, I don't really know where to begin choosing one. I started searching and ran across Web Hosting Geeks. So, I thought I would try using their site to help me make a decision. They have independent reviews of the best web hosting providers. They also list cheap professional web hosting services for under $10 a month. Now, that I can handle. All webhosting plans include at least one free domain name registration and 30 day money back guarantee. I don't really need a new domain, or at least not for this site, but it is definitely something to keep in mind when I start a new blog. There are so many to choose from that I am almost sure I will have a hard time making up my mind. Anyway, I just thought I would let all my readers know what I found in case you might be looking for a new web host yourself. Maybe the next time you visit my site it will be hosted from some other company. You just never know.

Lasagna Vanished

I was so mad that I decided to sit down and write....I thought, what blog do I write on? So, I figured since it was pertaining to food, I would choose this one. I had this great looking lasagna all fixed up and sitting on the counter ready to go in the oven. I leave the room for 5 minutes and come back to my dog eating it! Now I have to start over again from scratch. I was wanting Lasagna so bad, but now I am thinking about a frozen pizza instead....lol