General Conference "Food" Recipes!

I've had several people ask me what we eat for our General Conference "Food" Extravaganza so I've included a few pictures and recipes below...

"Raining" Pretzels and M&M's

Once the main meal has settled and we're ready for a snack we have the kids pick a word at the beginning of a talk and every time the speaker says that word it "rains" either pretzels (and we're not talking just any pretzels, Kev makes a special trip to Cabela's for their AMAZING pretzels) or Peanut M&M's.

Kev throws the pretzels and I throw the M&M's.

(If you are picturing a wild food fight it's really quite controlled, for the most part.)

Hashbrown Quiche

24 oz Frozen Hashbrowns--plain patties (I've also used shredded and they work great too)
1/3 cup Melted Butter

*Lay hashbrowns in greased glass pan, brush on melted butter and bake @ 425 for 20 minutes.

*Then layer the following

1 cup Mont Jack Cheese

1 cup Cheddar Cheese
(I've also used Mex blend and it works great too)

1/4 cup Pepper Jack Cheese

1 cup diced Ham

*Mix the following and pour over casserole

1/2 cup milk

2 eggs

1/4 tsp seasoning salt

pepper

(I like my casserole with more milk and egg so I add an egg and an additional 1/4 cup milk)

*Bake 30-40 minutes @ 350

Serve with Fresh Fruit and Sweet Rolls or Muffins
(I double this recipe for my family since they all LOVE it and eat a bunch)

Candy French Toast

Little Disclaimer! --I used texas toast (2 slices deep) in the above picture but I usually use french bread, we like it MUCH better!

*Mix the following and spread on the bottom of a 9x13 pan

1/2 cup Melted Butter

1 1/2 cup Packed Brown Sugar

2 tsp Cinnamon

1 tsp vanilla

*Cut 1 loaf of french bread into 9 slices and squish into pan on top of above mixture.

*Beat together the following

8 Eggs

2 Cups Milk

1/8 tsp salt

*Pour over the french bread

*Refrigerate over night then cook @350 for 45-60 minutes

The toast is amazing all by itself but if you are like a few of my kids and love syrup you can add some syrup too.
We also love to have this on Sunday mornings with bacon or sausage.

(Little tip--DO NOT put candles into the candy french toast while it's still hot. We had this for Jackson's birthday breakfast a few months ago and it became candy french WAX toast)

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During the Saturday afternoon session we have croissant sandwiches (a family favorite) with all the fixin's.

During the Sunday afternoon session we usually have a few snacks since we have a big Sunday dinner later that night.

Mozzarella sticks and a veggie tray is what we had this past conference.

A big thanks to my sister Natalie and my BFF Shelley for these recipes...they are and forever will be family favorites!