show us your life - desserts

okay, i'm really excited about this week's show us your life. this girl loves her desserts! here are a couple of recipes that i love. this is seriously the best banana pudding ever, and the cool whip cookies are one of the easiest, most delicious cookies to maek. if i think about it, i'll post a few more later when i get home.

best banana pudding ever

this recipe makes 12 servings

ingredients

• 2 bags Pepperidge Farm Chessmen cookies
• 6 to 8 bananas, sliced
• 2 cups milk
• 1 (5-ounce) box instant French vanilla pudding
• 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 (12-ounce) container frozen whipped topping thawed, or equal amount sweetened whipped cream

directions

line the bottom of a 13 by 9 by 2-inch dish with 1 bag of cookies and layer bananas on top.
in a bowl, combine the milk and pudding mix and blend well using a handheld electric mixer. using another bowl, combine the cream cheese and condensed milk together and mix until smooth. fold the whipped topping into the cream cheese mixture. add the cream cheese mixture to the pudding mixture and stir until well blended. pour the mixture over the cookies and bananas and cover with the remaining cookies. (michele’s comment: i crumbled the remaining cookies before spreading on top.) refrigerate until ready to serve.

enjoy!

cool whip cookies

this recipe makes about 3 dozen cookies (more or less depending on size)

ingredients:

• 1 pillsbury plus cake mix (any flavor)
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup cool whip
• powdered sugar
  

mix all, then using a spoon, drop dough the size of a walnut into a bowl of powdered sugar; roll and cover well with powdered sugar. put on cookie sheet. bake at 350 degrees about 15 minutes.

these cookies are so yummy! my favorites are the red velvet(these look really pretty) and chocolate.

show us your life - dinner recipes

i'm joining in on the show us your life - dinner recipes from kelly's korner. this is a super easy chili recipe, and we have it for dinner quite often in the cooler months. it's also delicious reheated.

easy chili

1 can of pinto beans
1 can of ranch style beans
1 can of kidney beans
1 can of diced tomatoes (rotel is good if you're able to find it)
1 can of corn
1 chopped onion
1 lb ground beef (or turkey)

brown the meat and chopped onions together. add to pot of beans, diced tomatoes and corn. let simmer for about 30 minutes and serve with sour cream and/or shredded cheese. enjoy!

if you have more time and want to get a little fancier, this chili is great with green and yellow peppers.

updated to add:

i'm reading a lot of the recipes posted today, and so many of the ones that sound so delicious to me call for boiled chicken. i have no clue how to do this. can anyone share an easy alternative or tell this poor girl how to do boiled chicken? i'd greatly appreciate it!