Recipe for Chex Mix

What I usually use is the following or just improvise with what’s in the house!!!!

I use: 1 box Crispix cereal (when I can find it) (otherwise ½ box rice and ½ box corn Chex)

½ bag pretzel sticks

½ bag Fritos corn chips (either regular or chili cheese)

½ box Honey Nut Cherrios

1 pkg Goldfish crackers (or some other form of cheese crackers)

1 can potato sticks

1 sm. can peanuts



Melt 1 and ½ sticks margarine in large roasting pan

Add 3 T. Worchestershire sauce



Mix: 2 tsp. Season Salt

1 tsp. Garlic Powder

1 tsp. Lemon Pepper

1 – 2 tsp. Chili Powder

1 tsp. Dry Mustard



Add this to margarine mix and stir. Then add cereal mixture and stir well to coat all cereal mixture with margarine mix. Bake for 1 hour at 250 deg., stirring every 15 minutes.

Baked Ziti with Chicken in Queso Sauce

2 c. shredded chicken (cooked)
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 can mild Ro-Tel
2" Velveeta cheese
2 c. shredded cheese
1 box Ziti noodles (cooked as directed on box)

Cook chicken & shred. Cook Ziti as directed on box & drain. Melt the Velveeta cheese in the microwave. Mix cans of soup, Ro-Tel & melted Velveeta cheese together. Stir all ingredients together & pour into 9X13 baking dish. Bake @ 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until bubbling. After serving portions onto plates top with a sprinkling of shredded cheese.

To freeze for later use:
Mix shredded chicken, cooked Ziti, soup, Rotel & melted Velveeta & put in freezer safe container (I like to use gallon size freezer bags by Ziploc). Place in freezer. On baking day, thaw completely & pour into baking dish. Bake as directed & serve.

Quick Pizza Rolls

1 lb ground beef
1/4 c chopped onion
1 8 oz. can tomato sauce
1 6 oz can tomato paste
1/4 c water
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. Italian seasoning
1/2 tsp. salt
6 french rolls
3/4 c shredded cheese
3/4 c shredded mozzarella cheese

Cook beef & onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add tomato sauce & paste, water, garlic, sugar, Italian seasoning & salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered for 10 minutes or until heated through.

Cut 1/4" off the top of each roll; set aside. Carefully hollow out bottom of roll, leaving 1/4" shell (discard removed bread or save for another use). Fill each roll with 1/2 c meat mixture. Sprinkle with cheeses. Replace bread tops.

Place needed # of sandwiches on a baking sheet. Bake @ 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until heated through. Individually wrap remaining unbaked sandwiches tightly in foil; freeze for up to 3 months.

To use frozen sandwiches: Thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Place foil-wrapped sandwiches on baking sheet. Bake @ 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until heated through.