Berries are coming into season and we are eating a lot of them. I subscribe to the Kraft Foods Newsletter and these 2 recipes came up today. One of them will be made for dinner tonight but I don't know which one yet, they both look delicious!


Angel Lush Cupcakes
prep time 15 min
total time 1 hr 30 min
makes 30 servings
What You Need
1 pkg. (16 oz.) angel food cake mix
1 pkg. (3.4 oz.) Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding
2 cans (8 oz. each) Crushed Pineapple in Juice, undrained
1 cup thawed Whipped Topping
2 cups assorted fresh berries (blueberries, raspberries and sliced strawberries)

HEAT oven to 375ºF.

PREPARE cake batter as directed on package; pour into 30 paper-lined muffin cups, filling each cup 2/3 full. Bake 12 to 15 min. or until tops are golden brown and cracks feel dry. (Note: If baking in batches, refrigerate remaining batter in bowl until ready to pour into lined muffin cups and bake.) Cool cupcakes in pans 10 min.; remove to wire racks. Cool completely.

MIX dry pudding mix and pineapple in medium bowl. Gently stir in COOL WHIP; spread onto cupcakes.

TOP with berries.

If you can't bake all the cupcakes at once, store remaining batter in refrigerator between batches and bake up as quickly as possible so cupcakes are light and fluffy.

Substitute 15 fresh strawberries, halved, for the 2 cups assorted fresh berries.

Store in refrigerator

orrrrr....Individual Strawberry Cups

What You Need
1-1/4 cups Graham Cracker Crumbs
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, softened
1 cup boiling water
1 pkg. (3 oz.) Strawberry Flavor Gelatin
2 cups ice cubes
24 fresh strawberries, divided
2 cups thawed Whipped Topping
1/3 cup strawberry jam

HEAT oven to 350°F.

MIX crumbs and butter; press 2 Tbsp. onto bottom and up side of each of 12 muffin cups sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 5 min.; cool.

MEANWHILE, add boiling water to gelatin mix in medium bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Add ice; stir 3 to 5 min. or until slightly thickened. Remove any unmelted ice. Crush 12 berries. Add to gelatin with COOL WHIP; whisk until well blended. Spoon into crusts. Refrigerate 3 hours or until firm.

SLICE remaining berries. Remove strawberry cups from muffin pan; top with berries. Microwave jam in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 30 sec. or just until melted; stir. Brush over berries. Refrigerate 20 min.

Variation
Prepare using Strawberry Flavor Sugar Free Gelatin and COOL WHIP LITE Whipped Topping.

How to Remove Strawberry Cups from Pan
Gently run small sharp knife around edges of desserts to loosen from pan. Then, use tip of knife to carefully lift desserts from pan, being careful to not cut into sides of desserts.

OK, there is is, you decide!! Oh and if berries are not your dessert of choice the newsletter also has a recipe for creamy lemon squares and a candy crunch pudding pie! Oh my!

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A friend of mine made this little goodie and brought it to work for breakfast a couple of weeks ago. I thought it would make a great, quick Easter breakfast and boy howdy it sure does. My boys are inhaling it as I type. It is quick and easy and starts with good old Pillsbury Crescent rolls.

You need:
a tube of Crescent rolls
4 eggs
about a pound of cooked breakfast meat (ham chopped small, sausage or bacon, crumbled)
grated cheese of your choice
a tablespoon of milk

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees

Spray or grease a 9X13 baking dish. Unroll your crescent rolls and lay them in the bottom of the dish, flattening it enough to fill the bottom and close the seams.

Add your cooked meat on top of the crescent rolls.

Scramble the eggs with the milk and pour them on top of the meat. Tilt the dish a bit as needed to make the eggs even.

Top with your favorite shredded or grated cheese. I didn't add an amount because frankly I rarely measure things like that.

Bake for 15 minutes, remove from the oven and let sit for about 5 minutes.

As Rachael Ray would say, Yum-o!

I would show you a picture but well, most of it is gone now. I made it with breakfast sausage and sharp cheddar this morning but I may make it again tomorrow with leftover ham and I have yet to figure out what cheese I would lke. I think it would be equally good with just your favorite veggies too. I have asparagus and mushrooms here and a yummy 4 Italian cheese blend that is calling me. Ok, I am going to grab me a piece before it disappears! Enjoy!