Southwestern Cheesy Corn Dip

This is a very easy, delicious dip. My mom gave me the recipe several years ago. It was from a magazine, but I'm not sure which one. The original recipe did have cilantro in it, but my husband hates cilantro, so I leave it out.

Southwestern Cheesy Corn Dip

Ingredients

1 lb. Velveeta cheese, cut up into cubes

1 can Mexicorn (corn seasoned with peppers) drained

1 medium red onion, chopped

3 small jalepenos, seeded and chopped

½ cup sour cream

Directions

Mix Velveeta cubes and corn in microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 5 min. Stir in remaining ingredients until well blended, and serve with tortilla chips.

Baked Mexican Chicken

This is a very simple, but tasty and healthy recipe.

It tasted great with Spanish rice, and probably would be good with some refried beans on the side as well.

Baked Mexican Chicken

Ingredients

4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves

½ cup taco seasoning

1 cup salsa

Vegetable oil

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Roll each chicken breast in taco seasoning until fully coated. In skillet in oil, cook coated chicken breasts until lightly browned on each side. Place in a greased 9 x 13 baking dish. Top each chicken breast with ¼ cup of salsa. Bake for 30 minutes.

Serve with Spanish rice. 

I used this Betty Crocker Spanish rice recipe. http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/easy-spanish-rice/7eb8a35c-2e2f-4977-b194-e1ebf3002025

Easy Red Velvet White Chocolate Cookies

I know it's been awhile. It's not that I haven't been cooking and baking, I've just been making things I already posted.
So, this week I found a recipe for cream cheese cake mix cookies. The featured cookies I think used a white or yellow mix with chocolate chips. But, the recipe stated any type of cake mix could work and could be paired up with different types of chips, candy, nuts, etc. So, the wheels started turning in my head immediately. I came up with all sorts of combinations that I wanted to try, beginning with this one. I have always adored red velvet, so I tried this one first, and was not disappointed.

Easy Red Velvet White Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients

- 1 box  red velvet cake mix - 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature - 1/4 c butter, room temperature

- 1 large egg

- 1 tsp vanilla

- 1 bag white chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cream together butter and cream cheese. Add egg and vanilla, and mix until well blended. Beat in cake mix a little at a time until it's all blended. Stir in white chocolate chips. Drop into rounded tablespoons on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes, until edges are brown.