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Parmesan Chicken #Recipe

January 27, 2012 By 2 Comments
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This turned out to be a pretty good version of Parmesan Chicken. I made it and served it with leftover angel hair pasta. The kids gobbled this one up. Of course they wanted more pasta but I didn’t have any more since it was leftovers.

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Parmesan Chicken Recipe

Rating: 4

Ingredients

  • 1/2 c seasoned bread crumbs
  • 1/2 c Parmesan cheese divided
  • 1 1/2 t oregano divided
  • 1/2 t basil
  • 1/2 t salt
  • 1/4 t pepper
  • 1 egg
  • 1 T water
  • 4 chicken breast halves
  • 2 T butter
  • 2 C spaghetti sauce
  • 1/2 t garlic salt
  • 1 c shredded mozzarella
  • 4 c cooked pasta

Instructions

  1. In a bowl, combine the bread crumbs, 1/4 cup of Parmesan cheese, 1 teaspoon of oregano, basil, salt and pepper.
  2. In another bowl, combine egg and water.
  3. Dip chicken in egg then coat in crumbs.
  4. In a skillet, cook chicken in butter on both sides until juices run clear.
  5. Meanwhile, combine spaghetti sauce, garlic salt and remaining oregano in saucepan; heat through. Spoon over chicken, sprinkle with mozzarella and Parmesan.
  6. Serve with pasta.
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Quick Pizza Crescent Rolls #Recipe

January 26, 2012 By 4 Comments
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pepperoni, sausage, pizza, Pillsbury, crescent, croissant I found something similar to this while on Pinterest and they used shredded mozzarella cheese.  I decided to try it with a half of a string cheese instead. You can fill your crescent rolls with any kind of pizza filling you like. I did some with just pepperoni, some with just sausage, and some with a mixture of both. I’m sure my husband would have liked mushrooms, green peppers, and onions in his. (If I would have tried to pull that over on the kids, you would have thought I was trying to poison them!)

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Quick Pizza Crescent Rolls Recipe

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Yield: 8

Ingredients

  • 1 can of crescent rolls
  • 24 slices of pepperoni (or any other pizza toppings you may like)
  • 4 whole string cheese
  • 1 jar of Pizza Sauce

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 375°F. Separate dough into 8 triangles; pat out each triangle slightly. Cut each piece of string cheese in half.
  2. Place 3 slices pepperoni, slightly overlapping, on center of each triangle. Top each with about 1 tablespoon cheese.
  3. Roll up, starting at widest side of triangle and rolling to opposite point. Place rolls, point side down, on ungreased cookie sheet.
  4. Bake at 375°F. for 10 to 14 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet.
  5. Serve warm crescents with warm pizza sauce for dipping.
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Slow Cooker Apple Crisp #Recipe

January 25, 2012 By 5 Comments
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My husband’s work is having a slow cooker chili cook-off this Friday and he signed up to bring a dessert. Keeping with the slow cooker theme, I decided to try to make a pie in the slow cooker. I threw a few different recipes together to make this. You can definitely make it with raw apples that cook all day but he’s only going to have a few hours to have this come together on Friday so I’m using pie filling. I was sent some Lucky Leaf pie filling for a recipe coming up (they sent me extras) so I’m using the premium apple pie filling for this recipe.

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Slow Cooker Apple Crisp Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 can Pie Filling
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 2 T butter, softened
  • 3/4 c sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 t vanilla
  • 1/2 c Bisquick
  • 1 c Bisquick
  • 1/3 c brown sugar
  • 3 T cold butter

Instructions

  1. Spray your slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray.
  2. Empty pie filling into slow cooker.
  3. Combine milk, soft butter, eggs, sugar, vanilla, and 1/2 cup Bisquick. Spoon over apples.
  4. Combine 1 cup Bisquick and brown sugar. With pastry cutter, cut cold butter in and combine til crumbly. Sprinkle over top of apple mixture. Cover.
  5. Cook on high for 3-4 hours, until done.
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Slow Cooker Ranch Chicken #Recipe

January 24, 2012 By 5 Comments
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I’m in a local mom’s group and one of my best friends, Di, posted this recipe a long time ago. I finally got around to trying it yesterday. It was a meal that started out with complaining but ended with clean plates! The kids kept saying “I don’t like that.” Once they tried it, though, they enjoyed it and cleaned their plates!

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Slow Cooker Ranch Chicken Recipe

Ingredients

  • 4-5 boneless chicken breasts, poke holes with fork
  • 1/2 bag Real Bacon Bits
  • 1 t garlic powder
  • 1 pkg Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing Mix (I used Simply Organic Ranch Dip)
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 can Cream of Chicken Soup

Instructions

  1. Spray your slow cooker with cooking spray.
  2. Poke holes in chicken and place in slow cooker.
  3. Combine remaining ingredients in a separate bowl and pour over chicken.
  4. Cook on high for 3-4 hours, until done.
  5. Serve over rice, mashed potatoes or noodles.
  6. You can also sprinkle with paprika or hot pepper to add some color and spice.
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Blog for Diamond Candles?

January 23, 2012 By 2 Comments
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Weekly Agenda #Review and #Giveaway

January 23, 2012 By 17 Comments
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organized, Get Buttoned UpWhat were your goals this new year? We’re 23 days in now, can you believe it?! One of my goals was to get organized. I have received a new planner called the Weekly.Agenda from Get Buttoned up to review. I absolutely love this planner because it’s a great size. I have had many planners in the past that are just too oversized and bulky which makes it hard to carry them around. This planner fits perfectly into my purse and doesn’t take up so much room that I can’t fit other items.

The planner has a pocket on the inside of each cover that you can slide stamps, receipts, etc into for safe keeping. I love the little notes at the top of each week to help you prioritize your Organization, Me Time, Home and Events. For example, this week it says:

Do something for someone else today, just because. When you share your time with others, it’s amazing how your world expands. Plus, you will brighten their day in the process.

Haha, I was just reading the key features and didn’t even realize the corners were perforated to easily find the week you’re in. I’ve been using the little ribbons to show which week I’m on. There’s also a Notes section and shopping list/errand list in the back. The lists have perforated pages as well so you can easily tear them out.  It’s really helped me to keep track of my posts due, reviews and giveaways to get done and pick winners, as well as following up with PR reps and my every day duties such as getting kids to and from activities.

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Menu Plan Monday Jan 23-29

January 23, 2012 By 5 Comments
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chicken, crockpotLast week I did so-so on my menu plan. I did ok the first two days and then I’m not sure what happened. I made the Beef Stroganoff and Stuffed Meatballs. I didn’t get around to either of the breakfast items I wanted to try. I was talking to my friend Kim this weekend at Kenmore and she really inspired me to switch out my food and ingredients to better for you ingredients such as all natural or organic. I’m going to start shopping more at Trader Joes I think. It’s going to be a slow process, because I have a lot of regular flour and sugar and such to go through. I’m not even going to attempt to go 100%, but if I can make some better choices I think it’ll help us overall.

What do you have on your menu plan this week?

Monday-Ranch Chicken

Tuesday- Pepperoni and Cheese Croissants

Wednesday- Crockpot Potato Soup

Thursday- Black Bean Quesadillas

Friday- Broccoli Cheddar Soup

Saturday-

Breakfast: Sausage Gravy Bowls

Lunch: Stuffed Bread

Dinner:  Taco Pizza

Sunday-

Breakfast: Bacon Cheese Muffins

Lunch: Taco Bell

Dinner: Crockpot Whole Chicken

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Apple Cream Cheese Bread #Recipe

January 21, 2012 By 5 Comments
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I have no idea where I got this recipe. It’s in my notebook of recipes I’ve hand copied down. If it’s yours, please let me know and I’ll give you credit! If you have two hours to get this made and cooled, it’s a yummy Saturday morning breakfast. I planned it for last Saturday but didn’t have enough time to get it made because I went grocery shopping first thing and spent way too much time at the store. I ended up still making it on Saturday and we had it for breakfast Sunday morning with some fruit. A nice quick meal (once it’s made) for days when you have to be out the door quickly.

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Apple Cream Cheese Bread Recipe

Ingredients

    Filling:
  • 8 oz Cream Cheese
  • 1/4 c sugar
  • 1 egg
    • Bread
  • 2- boxes Jiffy Apple Cinnamon Bread Mix
  • 3/4 c water
  • 2 T vegetable oil
  • 1 egg
  • cinnamon sugar blend

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 350. Grease loaf pan. In small bowl, combine all filling ingredients and beat at medium speed until smooth, about one minute. Set aside.
  2. In large bowl, combine all bread ingredients and stir 50-75 strokes with spoon until mix is moistened. Pour half of batter into greased pan; pour filling over batter and spread to cover. Pour remaining bread batter over filling. To marble, pull knife through batter in wide curves; turn pan and repeat. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar mix.
  3. Bake at 350 for 65-75 minutes until toothpick in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes and remove from pan. Cool one hour or until completely cooled before slicing. Wrap tightly and store in refrigerator.
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Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs #Recipe

January 20, 2012 By 3 Comments
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This is another one of those Pinterest finds. Sign up for Pinterest if you haven’t! I find the most fun stuff to try out! I found this recipe from Picky-Palate. Her pictures are awesome and it made me want to run out and get the ingredients right away for these meatballs! I ordered some of the ingredients online from our local grocer, Caputos, and they messed up two key ingredients. Instead of getting mozzarella balls I got one large ball so I had to cut it into pieces and instead of bringing me fresh Parmesan cheese they brought me grated which I already had a ton of. She said her recipe made 10 meatballs. Mine actually made 15 (it’s probably because my pieces of cheese were smaller than her balls of cheese.) The kids LOVED this meal and each had 2-3 servings. My kids are crazy for spaghetti and meatballs, though.

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Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs Recipe

Rating: 4

Ingredients

  • 2 T extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 pound lean ground beef
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 c finely chopped white onion
  • 1/2 c Panko bread crumbs
  • 1/2 c fresh shredded parmesan cheese (I used 1/4 c grated)
  • 1/4 c milk
  • 2 T minced garlic
  • 1 T Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 T yellow mustard
  • 1 t hot sauce, like Tabasco (left this out because I didn't think the kids would like hot)
  • 1/2 t kosher salt
  • 1/4 t freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/4 t garlic salt
  • Ten 1-inch Mozzarella balls (I used 1 large ball, cut into 12 pieces)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and grease 9×13-inch baking dish with oil.
  2. Place beef, egg, onion, bread crumbs, Parmesan, milk, garlic, Worcestershire, mustard, hot sauce, salt, pepper and garlic salt into a large mixing bowl, stirring until just combined. Take 1/4 cup beef mixture and press into center with your thumb to make room for cheese ball. Place cheese in middle then with hands enclose the cheese with the beef, making sure the cheese is completely covered. Place meatballs into prepared baking dish and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until cooked through.
  3. Serve over top your favorite pasta or inside a warm roll for delicious meatball sandwich. (I totally missed her meatball sandwich idea, that would have been awesome!)
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Baked Mac and Cheese #Recipe

January 19, 2012 By 1 Comment
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I got this recipe from the Carb Lovers Diet Cook Book, which I’m reviewing. I haven’t made any more recipes from the book yet. I wasn’t very fond of this recipe, to be honest. It kind of turned out dry and for some reason the red pepper didn’t mix throughout the whole recipe leaving spots a little too hot and others with no heat at all. I thought it was kind of flavorless as well. I thought it was way too much work for the way it turned out. I hope to have better luck with the other recipes in this book. If you make this recipe, I’d love to hear if you have better luck! Here’s the recipe:

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Baked Mac and Cheese Recipe

Rating: 1

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour, 5 minutes

Yield: 6 servings

Serving Size: 1 cup

Calories per serving: 433

Fat per serving: 12.1 g

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 c low-fat milk (1%)
  • 4 T flour
  • 1/8 t ground or freshly grated nutmeg
  • 3 oz reduced-fat cheddar cheese, grated
  • 2 oz smoked Gouda cheese, grated
  • 2 oz reduced-fat Gruyere or Swiss cheese, grated (I used swiss)
  • 1/4 t cayenne pepper
  • 1/4 t pepper
  • 6 c cooked elbow macaroni
  • 1 c unseasoned bread crumbs
  • 2 T freshly grated Parmesan cheese
  • 2 t chopped thyme
  • 2 t chopped parsley
  • 1 t olive oil or butter
  • 1/4 t salt
  • 1/4 t pepper

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400.
  2. Whisk together milk and flour in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat, add nutmeg, and cook, stirring until thickened, about 10 minutes.
  3. Add cheddar, Gouda, Gruyere, cayenne, and pepper; whisk until melted, 1 minute. Add macaroni and stir to combine.
  4. Toss bread crumbs, Parmesan, thyme, parsley, oil, salt, and pepper in a small bowl.
  5. Place six individual crocks, ramekins, or ovenproof bowls on a rimmed baking sheet. Spoon 1 cup macaroni mixture into each ramekin and sprinkle with 1/6 cup bread-crumb topping.
  6. Bake until topping is browned and cheese is bubbling, 30-35 minutes. Serve hot.
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