Hello there, My name is Rolla and I am very glad you’ve stopped by to read my cooking blog. It looks like nowadays not many people have time and/or mood to cook food at home. And I think, even less of them are actually enjoying the process of making home food, they probably think: making food is hard or boring. So I really hope you will find recipes posted here useful, tasty and fun to prepare, and you will actually enjoy cooking them.

PINA COLADA RUM CAKE















INGREDIENTS:

1 box Duncan Hines Classic Golden Butter Cake mix (preferred mix) or Classic Yellow
1/4 C (4 oz.-1 stick)  unsalted butter, softened
3 large eggs
8-oz. can crushed pineapple in juice, drained (reserve juice to make 1/4 cup)
1/4 C reserved juice of crushed pineapple
1/4 C Malibu Rum (or any light rum)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Spray Pam for baking into a bundt pan.  Using an electric mixer, combine cake mix, butter, eggs, 1/4 C reserved juice and 1/4 C Rum, beat at low speed to combine.  Beat at medium speed for two minutes.  Fold in drained crushed pineapple.  Pour batter in prepared pan  Bake 33-36 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.  While cake is baking, prepare glaze.

How to make it

GLAZE:

1/2 C cream of coconut (Coco Lopez)
1/2 C Malibu rum
1/4 C confectioner’s sugar
Shake cream of coconut can well before measuring.  Add cream of coconut to small saucepan and heat just until bubbles form.  Remove from heat and stir in rum.  Set aside.  When cake is done baking, set on rack.  Use a thin bamboo skewer to poke holes in cake.  Pour half of glaze over warm cake, letting it soak in.

When cake is cool, turn onto serving plate.  Whisk together remaining glaze with confectioner’s sugar until smooth and drizzle over top of cake.

(makes 1 bundt cake)


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Sweet Garlic Chicken~ In the Crock-Pot

















Ingredients

4-6 chicken breasts
1 cup packed brown sugar
2/3 cup vinegar (I used apple cider vinegar)
1/4 cup lemon-lime soda (diet or regular)
2-3 Tablespoons minced garlic
2 Tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
2 Tablespoons corn starch
2 Tablespoons water
Red pepper flakes (optional)

Directions
Spray slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray. Place chicken (frozen, thawed or fresh) inside slow cooker. Mix together brown sugar, vinegar, soda, garlic, soy sauce, and pepper together. Pour over chicken. Cook on low for 6-8 hours or high for 4 hours.

Take chicken pieces out of slow cooker (mine basically fell apart) and pour remaining sauce into saucepan. Place saucepan over high heat. Mix together corn starch and water, pour into 



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Beer Cheese Dip















Ingredients:
4-8 oz. packages cream cheese, softened (I used 1/3 less fat and it was still delicious)
2/3 cup beer (I used Yuengling)
2 envelopes Hidden Valley Original Ranch packets
4 cups shredded cheddar cheese

To Dip:
Pretzels
Crackers
Chips

Directions:
In a large bowl, beat together the cream cheese, beer, and ranch packets until smooth and creamy in appearance.

After that, stir in the cheese.  I turned the hand held mixer to a lower speed and combined it that way.


You could serve the dip right away, but its best if you cover the bowl and refrigerate for at least 1-2 hours.  That way the flavors have time to combine.  You could also make this dip a day or so ahead of time.



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Mama’s Shepard’s Pie



















1 lb of ground beef
2 cups of mixed veggies
1 cup of chopped onion
1 jar of beef gravy
1 single package of instant mash potatoes
1/2 package of cream cheese and 1/2 cup of shredded cheese 

 Mama Grow’s Gullah Seasoning

How to make it

Preheat oven at 350 degrees.

Cook beef and onions sprinkle with Gullah seasoning, drain the fat, add mixed veggies and beef gravy, mix together and set aside.
Make instant potatoes as directed, add cream cheese and 1/2 cup of shredded cheese and blend together.
In a baking dish add ground beef mixture then top with mash potatoes and remaining shredded cheese.
Bake uncovered for 20 minutes.

This didn’t take long at all and everyone is happy! Dinner is now served.



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