A few weeks ago, we had a potluck here at work. I made one of my favorite go-to snacks, green chile pinwheels. It was also the last week of school, so I made an extra batch of pinwheels and sent them with my husband, Mark, to school. (Mark teaches seventh-grade math.) At the end of the day, he brought home the empty plate and two requests for the recipe. The pinwheels are simple to make. That’s probably why they’re among my favorites, and I was thrilled to share the recipe. As I was writing, I wondered about you and your favorite go-to snacks and potluck dishes. Care to share?

Green Chile Pinwheels
8 oz. softened cream cheese
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1/2 cup chopped green chiles (or good New Mexican salsa!)
4 flour tortillas

Mix the cream cheese, garlic salt, and chiles. Divide the cream cheese mixture into fourths and spread each fourth onto a flour tortilla. Roll up each tortilla. Cover the rolled tortillas with plastic wrap, and stick them in the refrigerator until just before time to serve. Then cut the rolled tortillas into one-inch slices and enjoy.

Congratulations to Kathy Dobbs, director of Kathy’s Family Daycare in Simi Valley, CA. She is the winner of a copy of The Big Book of Monthly Ideas (Pre-K) in our weekly blog drawing.

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  1. 12 Jul 2009 at 6:18 pm # 56.  Monica

    We love these fun and good to eat ice cream balls in the summer. A great make ahead dessert.
    Vanilla ice cream softened
    Cinnamon Crunch Cereal crunched up
    Package of Chocolate chips
    1 cup of chopped pecans
    Mix this together. Form ice cream into softball size balls roll in the cereal mixture and freeze. When ready to serve drizzle with chocolate syrup, carmel ice cream topping, cool whip and a cherry! Yum-O

  2. 11 Jul 2009 at 9:41 pm # 55.  Shannon

    What a great addition to the mailbox website. I love new recipes and am always looking for new ones the are easy, quick, and you can do with the kids.

  3. 11 Jul 2009 at 9:04 pm # 54.  Mary Rowe

    Open and 8 0z block of cream cheese. Open a jar of pepper jelly. Pour pepper jelly over cream cheese block. Serve with crackers. I don’t even like hot or spicy things but I love this simple dish. If you want to do more of a dessert idea. Open the block of cream cheese. Top with carmel sauce, chopped nuts, and broken pieces of a Snicker’s Bar. Serve with Graham Cracker Stix.

  4. 11 Jul 2009 at 6:29 pm # 53.  Stephanie Finnell

    BBQ Joes
    1/2 cup BBQ sauce
    1/4 cup ketchup
    1 lb. Hamburger
    shredded cheese for topping
    Hot dog buns

    Cook your burger, drain. Place skillet back on stove & stir in BBQ & ketchup. Warm well & dish into hot dog buns when ready to serve. Top with shredded cheese.

    We have better luck serving these with hot dog buns than hamburger, but you could use either one.

  5. 11 Jul 2009 at 6:05 pm # 52.  Cheryl McClendon

    Quick & Easy Fall & Winter Favorite for teachers’ lounge: Taco Soup
    Brown & drain 1 lb. hamburger meat. Sprinkle and stir pkg of taco seasoning. Move meat and the following to a crock pot and it will be ready for lunchtime. 1 chopped onion; 1 can Ranch Style beans; 1 can Rotel; 1 can of Mexi corn. I usually take sour cream and shredded cheese to top off. Creat with chips, crackers, or cornbread.

  6. 11 Jul 2009 at 4:13 pm # 51.  Ruth

    I’ve made this recipe for years, only I use a package of frozen spinach, drained and squeezed dry, instead of chiles. Even spinach “haters” gobble these down!

  7. 11 Jul 2009 at 11:29 am # 50.  Janine Morrison

    Jello Cake

    1 box of cake mix (any flavor you like)
    1 box of Jello (any flavor that goes with the cake)
    2 tubs of cool whip

    Follow directions for the cake. Bake and let cool.
    Use fork to poke holes all over cake. Mix Jello according to directions. Pour hot Jello mix all over cake. Put cake in fridge. Frost with cool whip when cooled.

    Suggestions: Yellow cake/orange jello
    Yellow cake/lemon jello
    Chocolate cake/raspberry or cherry jello

  8. 11 Jul 2009 at 9:54 am # 49.  Christy

    These recipes sound great.Here is a recipe I found to use with my science lessons.It is to make your own swamp. You use a bownie for soil,pudding for mud,graham cracker crumbs for sand, coconut colored green for grass, blue sprinkles for water, gummi bears for animals, and lollipops for trees.

  9. 11 Jul 2009 at 8:58 am # 48.  Gina

    Sorry I don’t have a recipe to share but this recipe exchange is wonderfu!I am always looking for new ideas.

    I am teaching at a summer program and always run out of craft and snack ideas. Now I can combine craft and snack time by using many of these ideas and let students “help” me by making their own snack.

  10. 11 Jul 2009 at 1:15 am # 47.  Sherry

    I love to collect tried and true recipes! The pinwheels will be a hit at our monthly birthday bashes we have to celebrate each staff members birthday. I am going to try the tortilla soup, also. I have had many friends say they like the one that Houston’s in Memphis serves. Maybe I can rival that!

  11. 10 Jul 2009 at 9:47 pm # 46.  Katie

    I like adding little things to make mixes extra special– adding chocolate & peanut butter chips to the best brownie mix makes them taste extra-special. It seems the favorite kid snack at school is graham crackers and cream cheese– it’s one of my favorites now too! Above all, I like to share different fruits and veggies with my preschoolers– they loved kiwi and snap peas, but not so much the apricots. Either way they are trying something new!

  12. 10 Jul 2009 at 9:39 pm # 45.  Christen

    I just love all of these ideas! It is so hard with food allergies now that I really wish I could use more food in the classroom.

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