Fried Chicken and Cheesesteaks

Ingredients: 2 blocks of cream cheese, softened about 1/2 cup mayo about 1/4 cup sour cream large splash of lemon juice splash of worcestershire sauce 1 T prepared horseradish 1 T prepared mustard (dijon or stoneground preferred) 1/2 cup grated parmesan or romano, plus a few tablespoons more for sprinkling 1 can (16 oz) crab meat - claw meat is fine Mix the ingredients above, then spread in a casserole dish.    Sprinkle w/ cheese, then bake at 350 until hot and bubbly - about 40 minutes.    (nothing raw, so you're just heating/melting - so oven temperature is flexible if you're also heating something else)

These are SOOOO good, and they make your house smell like a Cinnabon while they are baking. (Cinnabon is, I'm quite certain, a registered trademark. I am not claiming these are the Cinnabon recipe. But two different people told me they were better) In the bread machine, run these ingredients on the dough setting (the second time I made these, I actually set the dough cycle to run right before going to bed, and didn't die because there was milk in the recipe. On the other hand, we keep our house in the mid 50's overnight during the winter nights, so take that into consideration if you try it in the African heat): 1 cup warm milk 2 eggs, room temperature 1/3 cup butter, melted 4 1/2 cups bread flour 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup sugar 1 packed (2 1/2 tsp) yeast When finished, punch dough down and transfer to board: Very lightly flour, and roll/stretch out, then brush w/ 1/4 cup butter, melted (or spread if you thought ahead enough to have some very spreadable): Combine 1 cup brown ...

Last night's dinner (this is a rather inprecise recipe, but I don't think the exact quanitities will matter much): ~ 1.5 pounds boneless chicken breasts ~ 12 oz fresh spinach ~ one slightly mushy green pepper, bad bits removed (if you only have a fresh one, I suppose it will do) ~ 1.5 cups chopped artichoke (frozen, fresh or from a jar) ~ one large onion, chopped ~ garlic - fresh minced, from a jar, or frozen minced cubes from Trader Joes ~ 8oz. block cream cheese ~ a few tablespoons of pesto, homemade or from a jar ~ olive oil ~ salt & pepper ~ romano, parmesan or a similar flavorful hard cheese Sautee spinach in a bit of olive oil until fully wilted - turn a few times while cooking: Set aside the surprisingly small quantity of spinach which results. In the same pan, sautee the onion, and when that is almost cooked (translucent) add the chopped pepper and garlic. Once the vegetables are soft, turn the heat down to medium, and add the cream cheese. WATCH THIS CAREFULLY, sti...