Monkey Bread has now officially reached all-time high levels of awesome!  That’s right~  you’re witnessing the birth of a tastier, gooey-er, cheessier, monkey bread of all succulent and savory monkey breads!  This is more like an entire loaf of Monkey Bread, I mean..no one ever said that all monkey bread needs to look like a Bundt cake..right??  RIGHT..lol!  🙂

Fluffy and buttery puffs of beautiful billowing biscuits are fill to the brim with melty Mozzarella, just waiting for eager fingers to stretch and pull it a part!

Each bite will melt blissfully in your mouth and have you reaching for your next piece before you’re even close to being done with the first one!

Have a true friend close by or you WILL eat the entire pan yourself …not that I’m speaking from personal experience or anything~  I’m not..really, I’m NOT!  🙂

What you’ll need:

one container of pillsbury Grands Flaky Layers Biscuits (8 count)

3/4 lb. of fresh Mozzarella..the soft, but dry kind..NOT packed in water!

1/2 cup butter..melted

A bread loaf pan..sprayed with non-stick spray

Directions:

Cut your Mozzarella into (approx.) 1″ cubes

Cut each biscuit in half and roll them into a ball.  Roll each ball out so it’s even, and large enough to wrap around your cheese cube…

Place a cheese cube into the center of the dough and wrap it up nice and tight, making sure to seal it up VERY well…

Dip each stuffed dough ball into the butter, coating evenly…

Place each buttered ball into the loaf pan, you don’t have to be neat with this, it will bake up into it’s own personality…lol

Bake it at 400 degrees for approx. 20 minutes, covering foil at the halfway point to prevent the top from burning before the center is fully cooked.

Let it cool…

Now you can flip it out onto a serving platter, if you’d like…OR just start pulling straight from the pan..  🙂

Serve it up with some warm Marinara for dipping…

You may have a crowd starting to form around you..stay calm, and grab some for you..lol

Get your hands in there..go on!  ~Enjoy!  🙂

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Even if you don’t make this full dish, you have GOT to try this simple breading…on Mushrooms, or anything else you like..it’s THAT GOOD!  And SO simple!! BUT, by all means, feel free to add whatever Meat you like!!  🙂

What you’ll need:

8-10 Fresh Mushrooms, cleaned with the stems removed

2-3 cups of your favorite Tomato Sauce..or Marinara

1 cups of shredded Mozzarella

1/2 cup grated Parmesan

The Batter:

2 cups Panko bread crumbs (I do not recommend substituting regular bread crumbs)

1-1/2 cups water

1 cup flour

1/2 cup cornstarch

3/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Vegetable oil or canola oil – enough so that you have about 2 inches of oil in your pot.

Directions:

Use a clean dish towel to wipe the mushrooms clean, remove stems and discard In a bowl.

Mix together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, salt, garlic powder, and black pepper. Add in water, about 1 1/2 cups, to create the batter…

Dip each mushroom in the batter, allowing excess to drip off…

Coat each mushroom in Panko bread crumbs…

Heat about 2 inches of oil in a large stock pot to about 350 degrees. Carefully add mushrooms to the hot oil using tongs. Allow the mushrooms to cook for about 2-4 minutes, or until they are golden brown and crispy…

Carefully remove mushrooms from the oil to a paper towel lined plate. Pour the Sauce into your baking pan…

Add the Fried Mushrooms to the Sauce, spaced evenly…

Top them with the Cheeses…

Now bake it at 350 degrees for approx. 12 minutes or so, just to heat it through and melt the Cheese…

Let them cool a bit, the Mushrooms really hold in that heat!

Serve them up…

They’re just too good not to share…

Grab a plate…

For YOU!  ~Enjoy! 🙂

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Dirty socks on the floor, endless hours of Dexter, and sports on TV..in between the constant flipping of the channels!  Falling into the toilet at 2am, because the seat was left up!  What do all of these things have in common?  YEP>>a long-term relationship..mmhmmm!  Luckily us girls are able to find, obsess and embrace the redeeming qualities that erase all of the above “annoyances” from our realities..LOL!  One of those redeeming qualities is the Sainted ‘Family Recipe’!

We may have inherited a giant 14 year old man-child, but most of the time he brings with him some incredible kitchen creations, that have been lovingly passed down through generations of other women who knew how to embrace redeeming qualities also..haha!  😉

Recipes like the Hot Diego!  No one can tell me where the name came from..although we have tons of fun speculating about Grammy’s past when we try to figure it out. 😉  All we know for sure is that these are one of the easiest, yet tastiest meals ever.

A thick, crusty slice of bread makes the perfect bed for a warm, spicy beef & sausage patty, soaked in hot Marinara Sauce and dripping with gooey Provolone cheese!!  Talk about tons of food pleasure for your effort buck!  This is one of those old fashioned “feed an Army on almost pennies” recipes…and everyone loves it!  Definitely give these ‘Hot Diegos’ a try, they will become one of your family’s redeeming qualities favorite meals too! 🙂

What you’ll need:

1 Part Spicy Sausage/1 part Ground Beef, OR one or the other is fine too!

(I always use the leanest beef possible)

A loaf of Crusty French Bread

Olive Oil

Sliced Provolone Cheese

Marinara Sauce..your fave!

Directions:

Slice the bread about 1-1.5″ thick and drizzle both sides with some Olive Oil

On a hot grill OR indoor grill pan sear both sides of the bread, giving it those fabulous and tasty grill marks!   ..set them aside

Mix together the meats and form them into patties..as thick as you like them

Grill them up until they’re fully cooked

Time to assemble the goodness!

Place 2 Provolone slices onto the grilled bread and set them onto the warm grill to get nice & melty!

Top them with the hot patties, spoon on some HOT Marinara Sauce and then top them with even more cheese!  The warmth from the Marinara will slowly melt the cheese on top!

Grab a napkin and dig in!!

Make sure to save this recipe..especially if you have a son!  😉  Enjoy!

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