Frip Pie

To some people, this may look a little weird, but it is DELISH!! When Brandon lived in Gowrie, IA, he and some friends of ours introduced me to a local restaurant's wonderful creation called a Frip Pie. I was leery at first, but it is super good, easy to make, and I have leftovers for another meal :) 

1- Start with a base of kettle cooked potato chips in a layer on your plate (or fry your own potatoes in a skillet... I like the chips better though)

2- Put some pulled pork with BBQ sauce on top of the chips

3- Add baked beans on top of the pork

4- Top with a helping of coleslaw (for my recipe, click HERE)

There you have it!! If heaven were a tailgate-worthy/messy/BBQ/delicious comfort food... it would be this. Enjoy!

Quick and different lunch

Today for lunch I was going to brown some sausage and combine it with tomato sauce and make a goulash/pasta bake... but as I was in the middle of cooking I decided to go a different route.

Instead, I took crescent roll dough and laid it out, put cheddar cheese and spinach on it. Then I added my cooked sausage, and put more crescent roll dough on top to make a little "pocket".
I baked it in the oven at 350 for about 10 minutes, and it turned out great!

I served it with a side spinach salad with carrot, cucumber, homemade croutons, chickpeas and Italian dressing. Yumm!

Easy-Peasy Cherry Cobbler

This is probably one of the easiest desserts you can make... and it is pretty yummy too!

Ingredients:
1 can cherry pie filling (or whatever kind of pie filling you want to use)
1 stick butter or margerine
1 box cake mix (white or yellow)

Optional ingredients for topping:
1 stick butter
a couple handfuls brown sugar
about 2 cups uncooked oatmeal
cinnamon to taste

Directions:
1. Grease either a 9x13 pan (for thinner cobbler) or an 8x8 pan (for thicker cobbler)
2. Evenly spread pie filling in bottom of pan

3. Pour dry cake mix over top of pie filling

4. Melt 1 stick butter and drizzle over cake mix

5. This is the optional part. You can either bake "as is", or put an oatmeal topping on it. If you go with the topping route, mix another stick of melter butter along with some oatmeal and brown sugar (cinnamon too if you like). I just dump and stir until I get the right consistency. Then pour it evenly over top of the cobbler.

6. Bake at 350 degrees for about 50 minutes, or until it looks done. Cool slightly and enjoy with a dollop of whipped cream :)