TROPICAL PINEAPPLE BREAD

3/4 Cup Butter or Marg., softened
1(8oz.) Box Cream Cheese, softened
2 Cups Sugar
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
2 Eggs
3 Bananas, mashed
1(8oz.) Can Crushed Pineapple, drained
1 Cup Coconut
1/2 Cup Maraschino Cherries, drained and quartered
3 Cups Plain Flour or can use self-rising and leave out baking powder and salt
1/2 Teaspoon Baking Powder
2/3 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 Teaspoon Salt 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray two loaf pans. Mix together butter and cream cheese, add sugar, vanilla and eggs (one at a time). In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add to wet ingredients a little bit at a time until well incorprated. Add banana, coconut and pineapple to mix. Spoon batter into bread pans. While spooning the batter in add cherries (do not add them in while mixing batter it will turn your batter pink). Bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean.

STUFFED PORTABELLA MUSHROOMS

4-6 Medium Portabella Mushrooms 
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
1 Tablespoon Balsamic Vinegar
1 Cup Cooked, Shredded Chicken, chopped into small pieces
3 Medium Plum Tomatoes, seeded and chopped  
2 Tablespoons Fresh Basil, chopped
2 Cloves Garlic, minced
3/4 Cup Shredded Italian Blend Cheese 
2 Tablespoons Panko Bread Crumbs
Salt and Pepper to taste   


Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Remove stems from mushrooms. Combine oil and vinegar and brush onto the outside of the mushroom caps. Place gill side up on a baking sheet. Chop tomatoes, basil, garlic and chicken, place in a medium size bowl. Add cheese, bread crumbs, salt and pepper and mix until combined. Divide mixture between the prepared mushrooms. Bake for 16-18 minutes until mushrooms are tender and stuffing is heated through.

NEW KINDLE BOOK (A HEART DIVIDED)

I have not read this book yet but my daughter is reading it and she says that it is real good. It was off of the free list on amazon.


BOOK: A HEART DIVIDED
BY: KATHLEEN MORGAN

NEW KINDLE FIRE GAME (FLING)

This game was free for the kindle fire. It is about small balls with eyes that watch your moves and they open and close like they are watching you as you play.lol. Sort of scary. But it is a good game. You have to get all the balls off but one and believe me I have to back up all the time because you think you make the right move but then when it comes down to the last one it won't work. Is this for a grandma like me, I know I am smarter that a blinking balll. lol. or am I. Time will tell.

VEGGIE PIZZA APPETIZERS

2 Packs (8oz.) each Crescent Dinner Rolls
1 (8oz.) Pack Cream Cheese or Tub
1/2 Cup Miracle Whip Dressing
1 Teaspoon Dill Weed
1/2 Cup Onion Powder
1 Cup Each, Sugar Snap Peas and Quartered Cherry Tomatoes
1 Cup Each, Chopped Yellow Pepper, Radishes and Shredded Carrots
2 Green Onions, chopped

Heat oven to 350.Unroll each pack of rolls into 2 rectangles. Press into bottom and up sides of a 15 by 10 in. pan making sure to press seams together good. Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until golden brown Mix cream cheese, seasoning and dressing together until well blended. Spread on crust and top with remaining ings. Ref. for 2 hours.

GRILLED TUNA MELT

1 (3oz.)Can White Tuna in Water, drained
1 Tablespoon Mayo or Miracle Whip
1 Teaspoon Chopped Green Onions
2 Slices Whole Grain Bread
1 Cheese Slice
2 Tablespoons Butter or Blue Bonnet marg.

Mix the tuna and onion and mayo together. Put on the bread. Then add the cheese slice. Add butter to pan.Cook in nonstick skillet 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown on each side.

REUBEN SPREAD

4oz. (1/2 of 8oz. package) Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 Cup Thousand Island Dressing
1/4 Lb. Sliced, Deli Corned Beef, around 1 cup
3/4 Cup Drained Sauerkraut
1Pack(8oz.) Big Slice Swiss Cheese Slices, chopped
Triscuit Rye Crackers

Preheat oven to 350. Mix cream cheese and dressing in medium bowl. Stir in all remaining ings. except the crackers. Spread on the bottom of a sprayed 8-in pie plate or shallow dish. Bake for 20 minutes or until heated through. Serve warm with the crackers.