Best frosting ever

For Easter I made a recipe that I saw on tv this week. I used an angel food cake but I am sure it would be super good on any white or yellow cake.

Key Lime Frosting

1 can (14 oz) sweet and condensed milk
1/3 cup fresh lime juice
2 tsp lime zest
1 container of Cool Whip (I used the light stuff and it was still so good)

Mix the milk, lime juice, and zest together and then add the container of Cool Whip.

I am going to try this recipe but I am going to just lemon juice and zest on put them on lemon cupcakes...doesn't that sound so good!

My Favorite Cookie Recipe

This is my absolute favorite recipe ever. It actually started as a chocolate chip cookie recipe that I found online and then my neighbor and I got talking and we decided to change it a little.

2 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup butter (you can put a little less in if you would like)
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla

1 package of ANY flavor instant pudding
chocolate chips, crasins, nuts, or whatever goes with the pudding you choose

Cream together butter and the sugars. Mix in the INSTANT pudding mix. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix in flour and baking soda. Add whatever mix in you chose (chocolate chips, crasins, etc)

Bake for 10-11 minutes at 350 degrees.

The classic recipe is made with vanilla instant pudding and chocolate chips. Some of my favorite combinations are banana pudding/chocolate chips, white chocolate pudding/chocolates chips AND dried cherries, and thanks to my friend Jenny butterscotch and butterscotch chips. WOW!

Meatloaf -OH MY!

So this recipe isn't mine, it comes from the greatest website ever, allrecipes.com. I made it tonight and I am not usually a fan of meatloaf but this meatloaf creates its own sauce when it is done!

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup ketchup
1 1/2 lbs ground beef
3/4 cup milk
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground pepper
1 small onion, finely chopped
1/4 tsp ginger (DON"T FORGET THIS INGREDIENT)
3/4 cup crushed saltine cracker crumbs

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a 9 by 5 loaf pan (lightly greased) press the brown sugar in the bottom of the pan. On top of that place the ketchup. Then in a mixing bowl combine the rest of the ingredients and press into loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour.

I am never making meatloaf like I used to! Plus, the saltine crackers instead of bread crumbs in genius! Happy eating...

Celery Meatballs with Veggie Pasta

Celery Meatballs
1 lb hamburger
1 egg
1/2 can of cream of celery soup
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
italian seasoning
garlic powder

Mix together egg, cream of celery soup, bread crumbs, and seasoning. Crumble in hamburger. Mix in chopped onion. Form into meatballs and bake at 350 for 30-35 mintues.

Pasta Sauce
1 can italian seasoned chopped tomatoes
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1/2 can of cream of celery soup
1/2 cup of milk
cut up vegetables (I used green peppers and spinach)

Combine all the pasta sauce ingredients in a saucepan until hot. Serve with meatballs over pasta. If you boil the pasta in chicken broth (or any kind of broth) it makes it taste better.

Spinach Chicken

I had some leftover spinach in the fridge last night, so I cooked it up and made this...

SPINACH CHICKEN

3 cups spinach
1 can cream of chicken soup (10.5 oz)
1 cup milk
1 tsp garlic powder
4 chicken breasts
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 tbsp italian seasoning

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix together parmesan cheese, garlic powder, and italian seasoning together. Coat chicken breasts with the mixture. Place chicken breasts in a baking dish.

In a saucepan cook the spinach and then drain the water. Add to the cooked spinach the cream of chicken soup, milk, and the remainder of the parmesan mixture. Heat until the sauce is slightly warm. Poor over chicken and bake for 1 hour.

Serve chicken over rice or pasta.