Project 365: Day 82: Broccoli Cheese Soup

Well, you know that I am pretty much in love with my crockpot. It's slowly becoming my Sunday night dinner tradition in fact. Today was no different.

It's getting really cold, really fast here so this was a great dinner tonight!

Ingredients:

3 cups milk

2 Tbsp. Butter

2 cans cream of chicken soup (undiluted)

1 lb velveeta, cut into cubes

1 bag Steam Fresh Broccoli

Cook broccoli according to package instructions. While broccoli is cooking,

combine milk, butter, velveeta and soup into the crockpot. Chop

up the steamed broccoli and add to the crockpot. Stir together.

Cook on high for 3 hours.

It was delicious served with hot ham and cheese sandwiches!

Project 365: Day 72: Recipe: Spinach chicken alfredo

New meal I tried out last week!

This was super easy, and the kids approved. Plus we had a ton of leftovers, which is always a good thing!

1 can of cooked chicken

1 jar of alfredo sauce

1/2 block of thawed spinach

1 box of penne pasta noodles

Moz. cheese (1 cup)

Boil noodles and chicken together until soft. Combine spinach, alfredo, chicken and pasta into a casserole dish.

Cover with mozarella cheese. Bake for 15 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Fun Fall(ish) wreath!

Well, it's kind of Fall-ish.

I felt like I really needed a new wreath to hang on my door for fall, so this is the baby I put together last night.

I used a foam wreath form from Dollar Tree. I think it's actually for floral arrangements to put around candles that sit on a table, but it got the job done.

I picked up a roll of tan tulle from walmart for less than $3 and cut it into strips. There are 25 feet in a roll and my pieces were approx. 1 foot each. After I cut all of the pieces I tied them around the foam.

I made rosettes using instructions from this site:

http://junepfaffdaley.blogspot.com/2009/09/sweet-sweater-rosettes.html

They were sooo easy to make! I used a glass to make my circles and then just cut spirals. I glued the flowers using my trusty hot glue gun.

So cheap, so easy, so fun!

Recipe: Pizza Pockets

My friend Brandie gave me this idea and I was so excited to run with it!

Ingredients:

1 pkg of dry biscuit mix

Pepperoni

Mozzarella Cheese

Pizza Sauce

Prepare biscuit dough as directed on package.

Separate the dough into three (or four, however many you are making) balls.

Shape each ball into a flat circle. Mine were about 5 inches wide.

Spread Pizza Sauce on each circle.

Sprinkle Moz. Cheese on one half of each circle.

Fold the circles over, pinch the edges to close and bake in the oven at 425 degrees for 10- 12 minutes.

DELICIOUS!

Rae informed me that next time I need to make a double batch so she can have two.

I'm thinking I want to make breakfast sandwiches next?

Recipes: Bacon wrapped pork chops and asparagus

I had a major dinnertime score last night. Bacon Wrapped Porkchops, asparagus, and shells n cheese!

For the chops:

4 porkchops

8 slices of bacon

seasoning

oil

butter

I trimmed the bones and the fat off of the porkchops and wrapped bacon around the edges, securing with toothpicks. I sprinkled with Season Salt and garlic salt on each side.

Preheat oven to 425.

Heat up oil and a tablespoon of butter in a skillet. Brown porkchops on each side. Remove from heat and put chops in a greased pan.

Bake for 20-25 minutes until chops are cooked throughly and bacon is crispy.

The aspargus is super easy also!

Break the ends off of the asparagus and wash the stems.

Place in a pan with with enough water to cover the asparagus completely. Add 2 tablespoons of butter.

Heat to boiling, cover and steam for 5 minutes.

Remove lid and remove from stove. Place in the oven and cook for twenty minutes. (425 degrees)

The kids LOVED it all!

Stuffed Bacon Cheeseburgers

Even though I don't have a grill... or a backyard I still wanted to make sure we had something "Labor Day-ish" for dinner. These cheeseburgers were voted by my household the best burgers ever.

1 lb beef
cheese singles
bacon bits (the real bacon kind)
1/4 tbs. garlic salt
1 tbs. Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tbs. season salt

Mix the beef with seasonings and Worcestershire sauce. Form into eight thin hamburger patties. Top 4 patties with 1/4 of a slice of cheese and some bacon bits.

Place the other four patties on top of the patties with bacon and cheese. Pinch the edges to seal the two together.

Grill.

Top with more cheese if you would like (I did... yummy!)

Enjoy!

Book 2: The Women of Tenacity by Shanna Hatfield

Well, I sat down and read another freebie Kindle book from Amazon tonight and I fell in love!

This was another short read. It's about three women that are friends and just talking about their day while they are eating dinner.

Ok, that sounds boring huh? Well, It's really not. It has a great story line, all the characters were so lovable and I am now dying to read some more by Shanna Hatfield.

Soon, very soon! I suggest you go check it out NOW! :)