Pillsbury Biscuits Pulled Pork Pockets

We love biscuits in my house but I have no desire nor talent at making them from scratch. However, I go through a couple cans of Pillsbury’s, either biscuits or crescent rolls, a week. Anna would eat a whole can herself if we let her.

Creative Cooking

With a little imagination and research, I have come up with many recipes that involve this amazing product and others like it. Usually, I take a recipe I find and adjust them using my imagination to include ingredients and leftovers that is available. Sometimes, the results of these creative cooking sessions fail big time but on occasion, they are a hit.

A few weeks ago, I found a recipe for Crescent Pizza Pockets at Pillsbury.com a few weeks ago. Yesterday, I didn’t have crescent rolls, cheese, or pepperoni. I did have some left over barbeque pork roast that I had cooked and frozen last week. I, also, had a can of “flaky layer” biscuits.

Barbeque Pulled Pork Pockets

Items Needed

• can of Pillsbury biscuits
• Filling - barbeque pulled pork(may work well with ham and cheese, sloppy joe mix, or other barbequed meats) Only limited to imagination.
• Pam Cooking Spray

Steps

1. Preheat oven or toaster oven to 375°F. Spray pan with cooking spray.
2. Roll out biscuits into a circle. Place a tablespoon of filling in center and press ends together. Place the pockets an inch apart.
3. Bake 10 to 12 minutes until golden brown. Serve warm.

The Results

Brittany, a huge Hot Pocket fan, loved it. Anna wasn’t here to try it but she probably wouldn’t be interested. She has an issue with foods touching. I liked it, somewhat. Next time, I hope to have a can of crescent rolls. I rolled out the biscuits as flat as I could but felt that there was too much biscuit and not enough meat in the pocket.

Other Ideas for Pillsbury Biscuits

I have utilized biscuits for many other recipes. Also, I have found some that I would love to try.

• Doughnut Holes – I cut the biscuits in fourths and fry them in deep fryer. Serve warm with powdered sugar.
• The Pillsbury site has many recipes - http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes

Love Chocolate Cake Day

Yummy!!! Love Chocolate Cake Day!

I don't have a large family. However, I love to cook and try new recipes. In order to save our waistlines and food budget. It is necessary to cut down the recipes I find online. For example, the Crockpot Hot Fudge Cake I found this morning on Food.com. I use a 2 qt. Crock Pot. Made just enough that we each got just a small bit. I believe next time I am using the bigger recipe. However, I don't feel too guilty with the diet.

Crock Pot Chocolate Cake for small crock pot

1\3 cup Bisquick

1\3 cup sugar

1 tbsp + 4 1\4 tsp baking cocoa

2 tbsp + 2 tsp milk

1/4 tsp vanilla

1\3 cup + 3 tbsp + 1/2 tsp hot tap water

Mix Bisquick, 2 tbsp + 2 tsp sugar, 3 tsp. Cocoa, milk and vanilla. Pour into greased crock pot.

Mix 2 tbsp + 2 tsp sugar, 1 tbsp + 1 1\4 tsp baking cocoa, and hot water. Pour over batter in crock pot.

Cook on high 2 - 2 1\2 hours.

Pure Heaven!!!

For the original recipe: http://www.food.com/recipe/crockpot-hot-fudge-cake-451466

Quirky Grandma’s Ideas for Tomatoes.

While I don’t have a garden, there are times that we get a lot of tomatoes from others. I hate to waste so I make sure we use them all. Cutting them up for chili and pasta sauce are great uses but sometimes I get tired of red sauce. Of course, they are great in salads and even just by themselves. Tomato sandwiches are a great standby.

I have discovered another great idea, as well. As I don’t too much care for sandwiches, not a big bread eater. I make tuna stuffed tomatoes. I just take the insides of the tomato out and save for my sauces. Then spoon in my tuna salad. It is a fairly healthy lunch. And very good. Even Ron likes it and he says he hates tuna salad.

Anna won’t eat it, she eats most everything but for some reason does not like anything with tuna fish in it. Maybe, the texture is just so different to her.