Don’t really post as much here sorry ! There are quite a few recipes on my Pinterest , including an “ I tried” section. Hope to catch you there . Also post of the Facebook page more so than here. https://www.facebook.com/recipecollective

And just for good measure, here IS a recipe I made recently.  VERY good& hubby approved! 👍👍👍 I didn’t have full fat yogurt but I did have it in sour cream so I did half sour cream half yogurt. I also had 1lb of precooked beef and 1lb sausage ; dumped all 2 lbs in ☺️.  Added some fresh chopped basil and oregano that I grow. 🤗 I still added in a dose of dried Italian seasoning too. It all worked ! This may seem like labor intensive but it’s really not bad. Very delicious!!! 

#recipecollecting #imadethis

https://www.afamilyfeast.com/italian-beef-and-sausage-pie/

 I learned about this a few years back. If you’re not already doing this- TRY IT! 

https://youtu.be/AagmKYG6U-s

Pizza Casseroel

Shared by some friend who make it often. Haven't tried it yet, but made a note of some changes/shortcuts I may take...

1lb ground beef
1 cup onion chopped
1 (2oz) can sliced black olives,drained
1 (15oz) can pizza sauce
1/4 lb pepperoni coarsely chopped
1/2 tsp dried Italian seasoning
1 (4oz) can sliced mushrooms, drained
6 oz mozzarella cheese,thinly sliced

Biscuit Topping.
 1 cup milk
1 tbs oil
2 eggs
1 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup Parmesan

DIRECTIONS:
preheat oven to 400 degrees and prepare baking dish
(1.75 qt oval baking dish works nicely)
Over medium heat, combine the ground beef, onion, and garlic in a large skillet until beef is browned
add mushrooms, olives, pepperoni and tomato sauce and heat through
pour mixture into prepared baking dish.
sprinkle with mozzarella cheese
Top randomly with biscuit pieces
bake 15-18 minutes until biscuit are browned and casserole is bubbly..

NOTES:  May try whipping up some Bisquick and dropping lumps of it on top with the Parmesan cheese mixed in . I'm not sure if "prepared" dish means non stick spray?- I will probably do that.. also would most likely drain the grease from the beef before adding in the mushrooms..etc.

Soft- Apple cookies

Dough:
10 tbs butter
1/2 cup yogurt
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup starch
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tea spoon baking powder
3 1/2 cups flour

Filling
5 apples
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
1/2 cup ground almonds

Filling:  Grate the apples, and cook them in a pot with the sugar. Add the cinnamon and almonds and let cool.

Dough: Add all ingredients one at a time, blend in the flour and baking powder after sifting, and then knead until it forms soft dough.

Shape dough into 1 inch pieces and using a knife draw a line starting from the middle of the dough. Place 1 tsp filling on the dough at one end.  roll the dough into a moon shaped cut and put onto baking sheets. Bake in the preheated oven at 180ºC  ( 356ºF )  and remove before the top is brown. Cool completely and dust with powdered sugar.

Cheese and Cracker bites

Spicy Cheese & Cracker Bites
Taken from a Rachael Ray Magazine..and then just did my own thing with it.

In a bowl, mix 4 oz. softened goat cheese,
2 oz. softened cream cheese
and 2 tbsp. grated Parmesan.
Stir in 1⁄4 cup crushed *Triscuit crackers
**  and 3 tbsp. seeded, minced jalapeño.

Chill mixture until firm, about 30 minutes. Roll into 1⁄2 -inch balls; coat with 1⁄2 cup crushed crackers and 1⁄4 cup chopped parsley. Makes 30.

- See more at: http://www.rachaelraymag.com/blogs/rachael-ray/2015/04/14/great-snack-ideas/

*  I used Herb Triscuits- they were very tasty!
* * I do NOT like spicy so I used fresh red pepper chopped fine and mixed that in. It worked VERY well
Got rave reviews  :)

Snowball Cookies

Snowball Cookies
Yield: 2 1/2 dozen
Recipe Source: Cooking Classy
http://www.cookingclassy.com/2012/12/snowball-cookies/


Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup powdered sugar
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 Tbsp cornstarch
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup finely chopped Pecans (I just used Pecan cookie chips so I didn't have to do any chopping, just poured them in right from the bag).
1 1/2 - 2 cups powdered sugar, for coating


Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix butter on medium speed until creamy, about 20 seconds. Blend in 2/3 cup powdered sugar and salt. Mix in vanilla. Sprinkle cornstarch over mixture (just so it doesn't blend into one area) then with mixer set on low speed slowly add in flour and mix just until combine. Stir in Pecans. Scoop dough out 1 Tbsp at a time and roll into a ball, then place balls on Silpat or parchment paper lined baking sheets and bake in preheated oven for 16 - 18 minutes, until bottom edges are lightly golden (these are a cookie that I think are best when they aren't moist in the center so I'd say don't under bake them. These actually are a cookie that are meant to be dry. Dry but a melt in your mouth kind of dry). Remove from oven and allow to cool several minutes then while cookies are still warm, pour 2 cups powdered sugar into a bowl and roll cookies in powdered sugar. Transfer to a wire rack to cool then once cookies are cool, roll in powdered sugar once more, this time to generously coat (I pressed it into the powdered sugar to give it a thick coating. Store cookies in an airtight container.


NOTE: Wrap them around a candied cherry or cut in half, indent with thumb fill with jam, reseal and bake 

Cranberry cilantro lime salsa

Cranberry lime salsa
http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2011/11/recipe-for-trinas-low-sugar-fresh.html
Ingredients:
1 bag (12 oz.) fresh cranberries
3/4 cup Splenda, Stevia In the Raw Granulated, or sugar (use Splenda or Stevia for South Beach Diet)
1 bunch green onions, sliced (about 3/4 cup sliced green onion)
1 bunch fresh cilantro, chopped (about 3/4 cup chopped cilantro, or use more to taste)
2 fresh jalapenos, seeds removed and chopped  
(use more if you like it spicy; could also use a few tsp. of Green Tabasco Sauce)
1 T olive oil
1 T fresh lime juice (I used my fresh-frozen lime juice)

Instructions:
Chop the green onions and cilantro.  Then WEAR RUBBER GLOVES for chopping the jalapenos, being careful not to touch your face or eyes or let the juice squirt up.  (I don't put jalapeno seeds into the disposal either, because the fumes when they are grinding can irritate your eyes.  If you're worried about handling the jalapenos, I've had good luck making this with Green Tabasco Sauce.)

Put the cranberries into a food processor or blender and pulse until they are partly chopped.  Add sweetener of your choice and pulse a few times more to combine.  Add sliced green onions, chopped cilantro, chopped jalapenos (or Green Tabasco Sauce), olive oil, and lime juice and pulse until all ingredients are chopped and the mixture is well combined.  (If you're not sure about using 2 jalapenos, add one and taste the mixture before you add the other, but I'm kind of a lightweight on spicy things and this was just right for me.)

Put mixture into a glass or plastic container with a tight-fitting lid and chill for several hours or overnight.

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ANOTHER VERSION

From  http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/cranberry_salsa/

Cranberry Salsa Recipe
Prep time: 15 minutes
Yield: Just over one cup of salsa

Roughly chopped ingredients to place in a food processor. If you don't have a food processor, grate the ginger, and finely chop or mince the cranberries, apple, chile, green onions, and cilantro.

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups of fresh or frozen cranberries
1/2 an apple, peeled, cored, roughly chopped
1/2 jalapeño, seeds removed, roughly chopped (less or more to taste, depending on how hot the chile is and how hot you would like your salsa to be)
2 green onions (scallions), chopped, including light green parts (about 1/4 cup)
4 Tbsp sugar
2 Tbsp chopped fresh cilantro
1 Tbsp peeled chopped ginger
1 Tbsp lime or lemon juice
Dash of salt

Instructions
1 Place the cranberries, apple, chile, green onions, sugar, cilantro, ginger, lime juice and salt (all of the ingredients) in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse several times until everything is finely chopped and well blended.

2 Let salsa sit at least 15 minutes for sugar to soften the chopped cranberries. Store chilled in an airtight container until ready to serve. 
This makes a great side to pork, chicken, turkey, or steak. You can also place a dollop over a cracker spread with cream cheese for an appetizer.


*** My notes: I didn't like the first recipe alone- so I continued on ,combing the two by adding the apple. For the ginger , I actually used candied ginger. It worked well. I would suggest some red onion as well, maybe 1/4 cup. Next time I may even add some red pepper.