Honey Bacon Club Sandwich

Ok guys. We have got to talk about this spread. Addicting. Plus bacon and turkey and ham? Avocado? I'm ALL over this sandwich. This sauce pretty much puts it over the top and I'm NOT losing this recipe. This was stolen from Chelsea's Messy Apron. Love her. Love her site. Do not love how it's always crashing due to ads though so I'm posting it here.

Ingredients:
Sandwiches
8 slices bread
12 slices center-cut bacon
4-8 pieces romaine lettuce
6 slices Muenster cheese
2 ripe tomatoes, sliced
1 large and ripe avocado, thinly sliced
8-12 slices deli smoked turkey
8-12 slices deli honey ham

Honey Mustard Spread
3/4 cup real mayo, full-fat recommended
1 tablespoon yellow mustard
3 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons honey BBQ sauce
1 and 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice, freshly squeezed
Salt and Pepper

Instructions:
Start with the sauce: whisk all the ingredients together. Add a pinch of salt and pepper, taste, and adjust any of the ingredients to personal preference. Place in the fridge to chill while you prepare the sandwiches.

Cook the bacon to desired preference. Remove to a paper-towel lined plate and dab off the excess grease. Toast the bread.

Set out 4 plates. Set 2 pieces of toasted bread on each plate and spread the sauce on both sides. Layer the ingredients however you'd like using the cooked bacon (3 per sandwich), lettuce, cheese, sliced tomatoes, sliced avocado, 2-3 pieces of turkey, and 2-3 pieces of ham depending on their sliced thickness and desired quantity.

Top the sandwich with the remaining piece of bread and enjoy immediately. Use the remaining sauce to dip the sandwich in as desired.

Mine isn't as fancy but you get the gist. Chris told me I needed to start a sandwich shop ASAP :)

Cowboy Caviar Chip Dip

So I've been on the hunt for good dip recipes lately and this one takes the cake! Perfect side dish for any Mexican dish you make and also perfect for parties :) I stole this recipe from Six Sisters' Stuff because their mobile website kept crashing and I am NOT losing this recipe. So here it is :)

INGREDIENTS:
3 tomatoes, diced
1 (15 oz) can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 (14 oz) can corn, drained
1/2 medium onion, diced (I used a purple onion)
2 avocados, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
2 tablespoons diced jalapenos (some like it hot but I tend to omit these because I'm a pansy)
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
3/4 cup Italian dressing
1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped

DIRECTIONS:
Mix together tomatoes, black beans, corn, onion, avocado, green pepper, and jalapenos in a large bowl.

Sprinkle garlic powder on top, then stir in dressing and cilantro.

Serve with tortilla chips (I suggest using the "scoop" chips- you are going to want to get a lot of this with every bite!).

Me trying to learn artsy fartsy food photography . . . pathetic eh? I'll keep at it though.

Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole

I love this recipe! Thanks so much, Girl Who Ate Everything :)

Ingredients:

5 cups chicken breasts , cooked and cubed (or shredded)
1 cup sour cream
2 (14.5 ounce) cans condensed cream of chicken soup
2 cups crushed Ritz crackers (about 1 1/2 rolls of crackers)
1/2 cup melted butter
1 Tablespoon poppy seeds

Additional Ingredients to Make It Fancy:
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon celery salt
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 T lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon pepper
(optional) 3 cups cooked rice

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Boil raw chicken breasts with salt and pepper until done. I like to boil it with half an onion cut into large chunks to give it more flavor. Let chicken cool slightly and cut into one inch cubes. Place cubed chicken in a 9X13 casserole dish. *Note: Some people layer some cooked rice on the very bottom underneath the chicken so that it's a meal in one.

Stir together the condensed soup and sour cream. If you wish to add the additional flavorings stir in the Worcestershire, celery salt, garlic, lemon juice, and pepper to the soup and sour cream mixture. Pour over the chicken.

In a separate bowl, stir together the crushed crackers and melted butter. Sprinkle over the chicken and sauce. Sprinkle the poppy seeds on top.

Bake for 20-30 minutes in the preheated oven, until the top of the casserole is browned and the sauce is bubbly. Serve plain or over rice. We like to eat it with steamed broccoli and we mix it all together.

Stolen pic but this is what it looks like :)

Six Sisters' Stuff: Ham and Swiss Poppy Seed Sandwich Sliders

So I am NOT losing this recipe. These are sooooo good! Thank you, Six Sisters Stuff :) 
Their mobile site isn't working for me so I'm posting it here.

INGREDIENTS:
24 King's Hawaiian Rolls
1/2 cup butter
1/2 yellow onion, minced
1 1/2 Tablespoons dijon mustard
1 1/2 Tablespoons poppy seeds
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
8 slices swiss cheese (cut into fourths)
28 slices deli ham

DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
Slice rolls in half, keeping tops and bottoms together.
Melt butter and whisk in onion, mustard, poppy seeds and Worcestershire sauce.
Brush the mixture evenly on both the top and bottom half of the rolls.
On the bottom half of each roll, top the mustard mixture a small slice of swiss cheese and two slices of ham.
Cover with foil and bake about 15-20 minutes, or until cheese is melted.

Remove from oven, separate rolls and serve.

Definitely not my pic but this is what they look like :)

Hawaiian Haystacks

This recipe is from Nikki at Chef in Training. Unfortunately, her mobile site crashes frequently and I'm not about to lose this recipe so . . . I'm posting it here.

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups chopped rotisserie chicken
2 cups sour cream
2 cans of cream of chicken soup
½ cup milk
4 cups cooked rice

TOPPINGS
shredded cheese
chow mien noodles
pineapple chunks
green onions
raisins or craisins
tomatoes
coconut
cashews

DIRECTIONS:
In sauce pan add chicken, sour cream, cream of chicken soup and milk.

Heat and stir in saucepan over medium heat until mixture is heated evenly throughout.

Serve over rice.

Top it with all your favorite toppings.

This is her pic :)

Spaghetti

Came across this spaghetti recipe we really like :)

INGREDIENTS:
1.5 lbs ground beef
1 large onion
3 cloves garlic
2 bay leaves
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
1 large green bell pepper, diced
1/2 teaspoon salt, to taste
1 teaspoon sugar
1 cup water
1 can (28 oz) diced tomatoes
1 can (28 oz) tomato sauce
1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
1/4 cup fresh basil, chopped

Meat Seasoning:
2 t sage
2 t fennel seed
1 t thyme
1 t black pepper
1/8 t allspice

DIRECTIONS:
1. Combine seasoning and ground beef until well mixed. Brown meat, onion, and garlic over medium heat making sure to break up the meat very well (drain any fat if necessary).

2. Add remaining ingredients (except parsley and basil) and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered 1 hour or until desired consistency.

3. Stir in parsley and basil.

4. Remove bay leaves and serve over hot pasta.

Lil' Luna's Chicken Tetrazzini

Stole this recipe from Lil' Luna. Her mobile website keeps crashing and again and I am NOT losing this recipe so here it is!

INGREDIENTS:
16 oz linguini, cooked
½ cup butter, softened
4 chicken breasts, cooked, diced
2 cans cream of chicken soup
2 cups sour cream
1 tsp kosher salt
½ tsp ground pepper
½ cup chicken broth
2 TB parmesan cheese
2 cup shredded mozzarella

DIRECTIONS:
Cook noodles according to box instructions. Set aside.

In a medium bowl, combine ½ cup butter, cooked chicken, soup, sour cream, salt, pepper and chicken broth. Mix well and then add in cooked noodles.

Spray a 9x13 pan and pour in noodle mixture. Sprinkle cheeses on top.

Bake covered with foil for 45 minutes at 300. Remove foil and bake for an additional 15 minutes

Again this pic is stolen from Lil Luna but it looks just like this.