Taco ring

My family likes taco's but we don't always want to deal with crumbly shells. This is a favorite way to eat a taco meal at our house!

Taco Ring
3/4 pound hamburg, browned and drained
1 pkg taco seasoning
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
2 tablespoons water
2 pkg crescent rolls

Stir seasoning, water and cheese into browned hamburg. Unroll crescents and arrange in a circle on a round baking stone with the ends pointing out. (You can use a large cookie sheet, but it will cook quicker than on a stone)
Scoop meat onto wide part of each crescent triangle. Bring outside points in and tuck under dough at center.
Bake for 20 - 25 minutes at 375 degrees until lightly browned. Slice and serve wedges with lettuce, tomato, onion, cheese and sour cream.

*This one rates a 9

Grandpa Salad

This is a favorite salad in our house. I got the "recipe" from my daughter who got it from her husbands family. It's a salad that her hubby's grandpa always brought to family gatherings, which is why it has the name it does. I've made it to bring to potlucks and we've had it at home and it's always a hit. There is no actual recipe, so you can make as much or as little as you like. Sometimes I make a small version and bring it to work as my lunch.

Grandpa Salad

lettuce; variety of your choice, torn into bite size pieces

hard boiled eggs; sliced (I use 6 or 7 for a large bowl of salad)

bacon; cooked and broken into small pieces

cherry tomatoes

cheese, cut into small cubes (I use the Kraft crumbles variety)

mayonnaise (I use Kraft, reduced fat with olive oil)

Place lettuce into serving bowl. Stir in eggs, bacon, tomatoes and cheese. This may be done ahead of time. Immediately before serving stir mayonnaise into salad. Use just enough to coat the other ingredients.

It sounds funny to use mayonnaise but it really tastes good. My husband and one of the girls at work don't like mayonnaise but they like this salad!

* this gets a score of 10