Cheesy Rotel Dip

• 1 lb. Velveeta (1/2 a box); cubed
• 1 can Rotel diced tomatoes
• 1/2 lb. Jimmy Dean Sausage
• 1/4 C. milk

Brown sausage, drain off grease. Meanwhile in a microwave safe dish, melt cheese with milk in microwave, stirring every minute. When completely melted add in the sausage and can of tomatoes with juice. Mix well. Keep warm in crockpot. Serve with tortilla chips.

This is yummy yummy to your tummy, but not a low fat recipe. :)

Twice-Baked Potato Casserole

• 8 large potatoes; peeled, chopped, and boiled
• 1 (16 oz) container sour cream
• 1 stick butter
• 1 pkg. bacon bits
• 3 scallions, sliced thin (use green & white parts)
• 2 cups shredded Colby-Jack cheese (or more if you like)
• salt & pepper to taste

Peel, chop, and boil potatoes until fork tender, drain. Mash with sour cream, butter, and salt & pepper. Stir in bacon bits and scallions.

Transfer into greased glass 9 x 13 baking dish. Top with shredded cheese. Bake @ 350 for 20 minutes until warmed through cheese is bubbly.

Monkey Bread

• 1 pkg. frozen yeast dinner rolls
• 1 pkg. cook & serve butterscotch pudding mix (not instant)
• 1 stick of butter; melted
• 1/2 C. sugar
• 2 tesp. cinnamon
• 1 C. chopped pecans

In a bowl combine pudding mix, sugar, and cinnamon. Place half the pecans, then half of frozen rolls in a well greased bunt pan. Sprinkle half the dry mixture over the rolls. Add other half of nuts, then rolls, then dry ingredients. Lastly, pour melted butter over all.

Cover with plastic wrap sprayed with cooking spray, and let rise over night in the oven or on the counter.

Bake 350°F for 45 min to 1 hour. You will probably need to place a cookie sheet on the rack below to catch drips.

COOL NO LONGER THAN 5 MINUTES. Turn pan over on serving dish and enjoy.

Gooey, warm, sweet, and perfect for Christmas breakfast. (Our family likes a feast... can you tell?)

Christmas Citrus Salad

• 5 lbs. Naval oranges
• 5 lbs. Ruby Red grapefruit
• 3 large cans mandarin oranges
• 1 C. sugar
• Salt to taste

Over a large bowl, peel and segment oranges and grapefruit, removing all pith and membranes. (This process takes a long time!) Prepare fruit over the bowl so you can catch all the juice - that's what makes it good. Add canned oranges and their juice. Add sugar and salt to taste. (You will probably need a lot more salt than you think.) Mix well.

Place in a large plastic container with a lid. Refrigerate at least overnight, longer if possible.

This is such a yummy family tradition. Because it takes so long to make, we only have it on Christmas morning along with our Christmas Breakfast Casserole. But it's well worth the effort!

Christmas Breakfast Casserole

Makes: 9 x 13 pan (which serves 8 or 12 depending on how hungry you are!)

• 10 slices of bread; diced up
• 1 pound package Jimmy Dean sausage; browned & drained
• 2 C. potatoes; peeled, diced and cooked until half-way softened (can be added to sausage to cook)
• 1/2 medium onion; diced
• 1/2 medium green bell pepper; diced
• 2 C. milk
• 8 eggs
• 1 T Worcestershire
• 1 tesp. dry mustard
• 3 C. shredded cheese (colby-jack or cheddar)

Dice up bread and place in bottom of glass 9x13 pan.

Brown the sausage. Peel and cut up potatoes, add to sausage to soften up a bit. Drain off grease.

In a large bowl beat eggs, whisk in milk, Worcestershire, dry mustard. Dice up onion and green pepper. Add veggies, potatoes, and sausage to egg mixture.

Pour over top of bread. Top with shredded cheese.

Better if refrigerated overnight before baking.

Bake covered in foil for 1 hour @ 350 degrees. Uncover for the last 20 minutes.

This is a close variation of the dish we always have for breakfast on Christmas morning. I'm not usually a big fan of egg, but this one is very good with all the other ingredients.

We like to have this with our favorite Christmas Citrus Salad.