Light on the cooking this week!

We are taking a little road trip this weekend to visit family in Green Bay, and also have a family bday to celebrate, so there are only 2 nights for dinner this week.  Tonight have White Chicken Chili in the crockpot, and I already made porcupine meatballs for the daycare kids' lunch, and froze the second batch to have another night.

I do plan to make a new recipe for Mocha Brownies to bring with to Green Bay as a treat!  So there won;t be many recipes this week.  The White Chicken Chili is not mine to give away, but I will post the Porcupine Balls and the Mocha Brownies, and below is the Ham and Cheese Braid from last week that never made it onto the blog!

I hope everyone has a great week, if you cook anything interesting, let me know!


Ham and Cheese Brunch Braid

Ingredients:
8 eggs and one egg white
1/4 cup milk
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1/2 cup green onions, sliced
1 cup diced ham
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
salt and pepper, to taste
2 packages of crescent rolls (one 2 Pillsbury creation sheets)

Directions:
PREHEAT OVEN TO 350 DEGREES
1. Scramble eggs, milk and cream cheese together; cook until set, but not firm
2. Add green onions, ham and red pepper
3. Lay out crescent rolls on a slightly greased baking sheet (press the seams together to make one solid surface let the edges hang over the pan a little bit.   On the Long sides, Cut one inch slits in the dough about 1/3 of the way in on each side.
4. Pile the egg, ham, onion and pepper mixture on top of the dough, in the area that does not have slits in it.
5. Top the eggs with the cheese.
6. Start with one side and bring one of the pieces over the edge mixture.  Then alternate sides, overlapping slightly to form a faux braid until the whole egg mixture is covered.
7. Slightly beat the egg white and brush over the braid.
8. Cook in preheated oven for 30 minutes or until golden brown.  Slice and serve!

I have made this many times and it never fails to be everyone's favorite!  Great for a holiday morning, or family brunch...or just a regular old Sunday!  The braiding sounds complicated when you try to explain it, but once you try it, you will see this is so easy and everything thinks it looks like you put serious work into it.

Just made it up at the cabin this weekend and forgot to take a picture, I will try to track one down, but definitely give this one a try, you will not be disappointed!