CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER ENCLAIR CAKE

1Box Chocolate Graham Crackers 

2(31/4oz.) Boxes Vanilla Instant Pudding
1 Cup Peanut Butter
31/2 Cups Milk
1(8oz.) Container Cool Whip, thawed
1 Can Chocolate Frosting

Spray the bottom of a 9x13 pan with cooking spray. Line the bottom of the pan with whole graham crackers. In bowl of an electric mixer, mix pudding with milk and peanut butter; beat at medium speed for 2 minutes. Fold in whipped topping. Pour half the pudding mixture over graham crackers. Place another layer of whole graham crackers on top of pudding layer. Pour over remaining half of pudding mixture and cover with another layer of graham crackers.
Heat the container of prepared frosting, uncovered in the microwave for 1 minute. Pour over the top of the cake. Refrigerate for at least 12 hours before serving.

ME AND MY DIET

Here I am putting all these good ole fattening recipes on here and trying to be on a diet. lol.  Our health dept. is having a diet work study that they had acoss the water and was a sucess. They chose our area to do this study in the U.S.A. It is a 10 month program. So we have some time to lose some weight. It is a slow thing to do. I know how hard the Biggest Loser's work to get that fat off. It is harder than anyone thinks. But if you just lose 2 lbs.. a week it is better that putting on weight. I was not a heavy eater just don't watch the fat count or the chocolate. lol. That is my problem. I was never one to sit down and eat two big cheeseburgers or a whole pizza or a 2 liter of soda. I just loved chocolate and could make each meal on it. I also love chips and cheese dips. That is another problem I have. But I don't go overboard on these but just eat two much of them in one week.
 My sister-in-law and daughter and me got chose to be in this group. I hope we don't let them down.
 It is not hard to diet at all if you can just stay away from all those resturants and all that pizza which is my favorite food.
I have learned a lot about dieting from this. I now know that you can not starve and lose weight. That has always been my problem when trying to diet. I still cannot drink all of the water that they want us to drink. I  have a long way to go to get this weight off.
 When you are a southern cook you don't really look how much of this and that is in a recipe. But when you get older and you start having issues with your health then you know it is time to change your life style.
 I have been feeling so much better by just laying off of all that chocolate. To me that is as bad as coming down off drugs. I will be putting on diet recipes and tips on here so maybe someone else can lose some weight also.
 Be sure and check out the diet tips.
We learn a lot of new things and a lot of simple tricks to do with diet food. Most of all to lose weight is the fat count but there are around 4 different types of fat. Carbs. should be limited to 15 grams a day and when you love sweets even tho it may be diet that is not much to eat at all. So just check out my blog to see how we are all doing and for new diet tips and recipes. They are listed on the left hand side. When the blog opens up it will not have all of them. You may have to go to the month to see what I have put on. It just list maybe 3 recipes when it opens but always go to the left bottom side and it will show what has been put on for the month.

STEFEN'S ALB. ICE CREAM SQUARES

This is so good. You could use another type of ice cream on this recipe. You could use vanilla or any type of ice cream if you like.

21/2 Cups Vanilla Wafers, crushed and divided
4(1oz.) Squares Unsweetened Chocolate
11/2 Cups Butter or Marg.
3 Cups Sifted Powdered Sugar
1 Cup Chopped Pecans, toasted
1/4 Cup Water
2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
1/2 Gallon(square container) Butter Pecan Ice Cream
Cocolate Shavings
Choc. Dipped Pecan Halves
Chocolate Hershey Bar (large) for dipping pecans in

Spread 1 cup vanilla wafer crumbs in bottom of a 13 x 9 baking dish. I would use glass for this. Don't like to use aluim. and let it sit in freezer overnight. Set this aside. Combine 4 oz. unsweetened chocolate and butter in a saucepan. Cook over low heat until chocolate melts. Remove from heat. Add powdered sugar, chopped pecans and water and vanilla. Stir until blended. Stir in remaining 11/2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs. Spread mixture over crumbs in dish and freeze for 3 hours. If you can, cut the container of the ice cream open. You need to have the type that is square. Then slice it into 1/2 inch slices. Arrange over the choc. layer. Carefully spread top of ice cream when done until it is smooth on top. Cover and freeze until firm. Garnish with chocolate hershey bar. Then dip the pecan pieces in some melt chocolate or another hershey bar and arrange on top of the ice cream layer. Could also use cool whip on top.

HAWAIIAN COCONUT BREAD

1 (12oZ.) Bag Frozen Dinner Rolls, thawed
1(10oz.) Can Coconut Milk
3 Tablespoons Sweetened Condensed Milk

3/4 Cup White Sugar, to taste

Coat a 9x13 inch baking dish with cooking spray. Coat your hands with cooking spray or shortening, and roll the dough balls in your hands so that they have a light coating. Place in the prepared dish. Set aside in a warm place to rise until doubled, up to 2 hours.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a small bowl, stir together the coconut milk, sweetened condensed milk and sugar. Pour this mixture over the top of the rolls as evenly as you can.
Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown. Let cool for a few minutes before separating and serving.

LOADED POTATO CASSEROLE

2(16oz.) Containers Sour Cream
2 Cups Cheddar Cheese, shredded
2(3oz.) Bags Real Bacon BIts
2 Packs Ranch Dip Mix
1 Large (28-30oz.) Bag Frozen Hash Brown Potatoes, shredded

Combine first 4 ingredients, mix in hash browns. Spread into a 9x13 pan. Bake at 400 for 45-60 minutes. You can find the bags of real bacon at Walmart where the dressings are. They should be on down from them and I get the Great Value Brand. If you open them make sure you put them in the ref. as they will mold.

MISSISSIPPI SIN DIP

1 (16oz.) Container Sour Cream
8 Oz. Cream Cheese, Softened
2 Cups Cheddar Cheese
1/2 Cup Chopped Ham
1 Green Onion, chopped
1/4 Teaspoon Hot Sauce
1 Teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
Salt
Pepper
French Bread Loaf
In a mixing bowl, combine all ingredients, except French bread; stirring until well blended. Put in a sprayed 8 x8 pan. Bake on 350 for 1 hour. Serve with the sliced french bread or potato chips or crackers.

SAUSAGE CHEESE MUFFINS

1Lb. Hot Ground Pork Sausage
1 Teaspoon Onion Powder
3 Cups All-purpose Baking Mix
1(10.75oz.) Can Condensed Fiesta Nacho Cheese Soup
2 Cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese
3/4 Cups Buttermilk or water or milk

Cook sausage and onion in a large skillet over medium to med-high heat, stirring until it crumbles and no longer pink. Drain and cool.
Preheat oven to 375. Combine sausage, baking mix, and shredded cheese in a large bowl. Make a well in the center of the mixture. Stir together the soup and water; add to sausage mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Spoon until lightly greased mini muffin tins, filling to tops of cups. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until lightly browned.