Showing posts with label recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recipes. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

WHADDA WE EATIN' WEDNESDAY - Recipe for "Creamy Dreamy Crock Pot Chicken and Noodles"!

Hi there friends!!!!

How's your week going???   Mine is good...it's having its ups and downs.

The ups?   This morning I got up to wake up the kids, only to find my son already awake, lying on the floor reading his Bible!   We didn't even tell him he had to...he just decided to do it on his own!  That was awesome!  He said he enjoyed reading this morning about the story of Jonah!

The downs?  I found out this week that I have rosacea!  UGH!  I had a feeling it was something like that, but to now have it confirmed...not my favorite thing to hear!  It means I'm gonna need to make some changes to keep it at bay...I've already had a few flare ups, and I guess it can get worse with age.  Not happy about that!  =(

More ups?  Tonight, I made a really yummy, and very easy dish, that I'm gonna share with you on this week's...

WHADDA WE EATIN' WEDNESDAY!!!!

I was taking the kids to a playdate today so I knew we wouldn't get home until dinner time.  I had to make something fast and easy and this recipe from Pinterest (I'm actually not sure who to credit it to, the pin goes to some weird site that doesn't actually post the recipe but all the instructions were on the pin itself) looked interesting and worth trying.

Since it didn't have a name on Pinterest, I thought I'd name it..."CREAMY DREAMY CHICKEN AND NOODLES". 

I'd also like to call it...a perfect weeknight dinner for busy families!!!  =)

Sooo easy!   I only got 1 picture, due to time constraints, but believe me when I say...I rarely can find a dish that BOTH of my children like....so when I find it, I feel the need to SHARE!  lol  My hubby and I also really liked this as well.

Here's how you make it!

Ingredients:
4-5 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (or 7-8 boneless skinless tenderloins, which is what I used.)
1 can of cream of chicken soup
1 can of cheddar cheese soup
1 stick of butter, sliced
4 cups of chicken broth (I used water with 4 bullion cubes dissolved in them, which gave the dish a saltier flavor than broth would)
1 bag of egg noodles (or a box of your favorite pasta)
Seasoning (I used 3 tbsp dried minced onion, 2 tsp garlic powder, and 2 tsp onion powder, and then threw about 1 tsp parsley at the end)
1/4 cup grated parmesean cheese (optional)

Throw everything in the crock pot except the egg noodles.  Cook on low for 7-8 hours or on high for 4 hours.  Then dump the noodles in and cook for another hour on low or another 1/2 hour on high.  

I cooked everything on high. 

Here's what it looked like when it was all made and in the crock pot!

This was enough to feed a fairly hungry family of four and still have leftovers for another night for all of us!   I love that because I've started freezing meals for easy prep another night!  

The sauce may be a little runny at the end, but it does thicken with a little time.  If you'd like to thicken it a bit more, I added some grated parmesean to it and stirred it in. It did thicken even more as we ate it.

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UPDATE - I froze this and reheated this for lunch the following day to see how it tasted...and it was great!   Love this recipe even more now!!!  =)
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This is a very versatile recipe too....you could add peas or corn or broccoli or tomatoes OR mushrooms...you get the idea...haha...and I bet it would be very yummy too!

Thanks so much for joining me for another

WHADDA WE EATIN' WEDNESDAY!!! 

Have a great day!

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Thursday, March 7, 2013

Welcome to the Very First "FESTIVE FRIDAY FIESTA" Link Party!!!

Hi Everyone!

I'm so excited to finally be able to introduce the
VERY FIRST...

FESTIVE FRIDAY FIESTA!!! 

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Ole!!!   =D

Yes, it's true, after many weeks of saying how much I wanted to host a link party.....I've FINALLY figured out how to get a link party going.  YAY! 

This will be replacing my FIVE FABULOUS FINDS posts each week....instead, I want to see YOUR Fabulous stuff!

Feel free to link up Crafts, DIY, Tablescapes, Recipes, Fashion, Makeovers, Befores and Afters, Home Tours, Tips...anything that's family friendly and created by you!

This weekly Fiesta is open from 8pm Eastern Time on Thursdays to 12pm Eastern Time on Sundays!

Next Friday I will Feature the three most viewed links as well as a few of my personal faves/features!

I can't wait to see everyone's great ideas, recipes, crafts, tablescapes, tips, etc!

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I'm looking forward to seeing your FABULOSO posts and projects!  

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend! 


Wednesday, March 6, 2013

WHADDA WE EATIN' WEDNESDAY #7 - Delcious Crock Pot "As Good as Honey-Baked" Ham

Hey all!

I hope you're having a great week!   Ours has been eventful, with an emergency trip to the dentist because my son's tooth cap was coming off.  We were long overdue for a dentist visit anyway so I took both the kids.  Fortunately, the cap was coming off because the tooth was coming out, so that was a relief.   I also found out that my son will likely need braces and both kids are about to have multiple visits from the tooth fairy very soon!

Well, it's Wednesday...and that means it's time for another
WHADDA WE EATIN' WEDNESDAY!!!

I'm very excited to share with you a new recipe I found for a DELICIOUS CROCK POT HAM!

I found this recipe on Pinterest, while looking for an easy Crock Pot Ham recipe for my "Green Eggs and HAM" for our Doctor Seuss Themed Tablescape celebrating Dr. Seuss's Birthday!

Let me tell you, this ham was so good!  I might even go so far as to say it was as good as the "Honey Baked Hams" from the "Honey Baked Ham" Store!  

A bold claim?  Yes indeed...however, I'm willing to make it because my whole family agreed (except for my non-ham-eating daughter)  that this was an amazing ham.  Even my gourmet cook father and his girlfriend loved it!   We all kept going back for more!

It was also so easy....of course...because I'm definitely all about easy!  I'm totally going to make this again for Easter Dinner!  We have lots of company coming and this was just too easy and too delicious not to make again!!!

Here's the recipe.  Unfortunately, I did not get a picture of the full ham coming out of the crock pot...but I'll use the pinterest picture for that. 

Here's what you'll need....



 
1.  A ham that will fit in your crock pot (pre-cooked, preferably spiral sliced, but if you can't find that, just pre-cooked works) 

2.  4 cups of Brown Sugar

3.  1 can of chunk pineapple with the juice 
(I used one can, but i might use 2 next time, because the pineapples infused with the brown sugar and ham juices were just SO delicious, I wanted more!)
 
That's it!  3 ingredients!  So Easy!


First, you line the crock pot with about 2 1/2 cups of your brown sugar.


Then you open the ham and let all the juices run into the crock pot...then place the ham in there.

Then you open the can(s) of pineapple and just dump them onto the ham.

Then sprinkle about 1/2 cup of the brown sugar over top of the ham!

Let it cook on low for 7-8 hours.   About halfway through, I turned my ham over and sprinked another 1/2 cup of brown sugar over the other side. 

Once finished, make sure to drizzle some of that delicious brown sugar pineapple sauce all over the ham slices!



This makes a delicous ham that my family really loved...  I am so glad I tried it this way...No fuss...just deliciousness! 



Here's the presentation of the "Green Eggs and Ham" 

And may I say again...those pineapple chunks with that brown sugar glaze...ooooh myyyyy!  So delicious!

Hope you enjoy this recipe!  Let me know if you try it!

Also, don't forget, tomorrow (Thursday) night at 8pm ET I will be opening the link for the very first FESTIVE FRIDAY FIESTA Link Party!  I'd love to see your creations! 

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a wonderful day!

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