Chicken Stir Fry

I started making this after I had chicken fried rice at Pei Wei. It's so good, so simple, and probably best of all this version is very healthy! Shocking I know!

Ingredients:
4 cups cooked rice
1 red bell pepper (diced)
1 1/2 cups of cooked diced chicken
1 head of broccoli (chopped)
1/2 bag of shredded cabbage and carrots
soy sauce
sesame oil
garlic powder

Optional:
onion-I have been really squeamish over onions lately so I left this out.
egg-just crack an egg into the mix about halfway through cooking, I just forgot about this one!
mushrooms
baby corn
water chestnuts
fresh garlic (just didn't feel like chopping tonight!)

Directions:
I do a combo of half olive oil, half sesame oil because the sesame oil has a really strong flavor. Use about a Tablespoon of each and heat your pan over medium high heat. Throw in your broccoli, red pepper and if you want to add any of the other options, now is the time to throw it in.

Let that cook for about 5 minutes, then throw in your cabbage mix. The cabbage will start to brown and get really soft after a few minutes. Toss in your chicken and this is where I sprinkled a little bit of the garlic powder in. Let that go for another couple of minutes, shake a couple of dashes of soy sauce in and stir. I honestly don't know how much soy sauce I added. Taste as you go!

When your mix looks like this...


Stir in your rice, add soy sauce to taste and your done!!!

Enjoy!!!

Brownie Pillow Cookies

These are SO good and SO easy!!!

Ingredients:

box of brownie mix-bake as normal, in an 8x8 pan.
tube of chocolate chip cookie mix.

Bake and cool your brownies, then cut them into 1 inch squares. Preheat your oven to 350. Take 1/2 cup of cookie dough, make an indentation in the middle and smoosh a brownie square in the middle. Form the cookie dough around the brownie to form a ball. Mine only made 6 cookies, but they are huge! Bake for 13 minutes, or until they start to brown up around the edges.

Enjoy!!!

Croque Monsieur

I made these for dinner tonight and oh my word, these are seriously delicious. I used gruyere because we had some in the fridge, but you could use any type of swiss.

Ingredients:

sliced Italian style bread
shredded gruyere
sliced ham
honey mustard
butter
eggs

Directions:
Assemble your sandwich: put a dab of honey mustard on each piece of bread, layer the ham and the cheese.

melt a couple of tablespoons of butter in a saute pan and get it to where it's starting to bubble up a little. Crack an egg in the pan and then put your sandwich down on top of the egg. Flip after two minutes and then remove when cheese is melted.

Enjoy!!!

Amazing slow cooker chicken

This might not look too spectacular, but trust me this was some of the best chicken and sauce we have had! And it's super easy to make and only takes four ingredients! Can't beat that!

Ingredients:
4 chicken breasts (I used frozen)
1 block of cream cheese
1/2 stick butter
1 pkg. Italian dressing seasoning mix

Toss all of that in a slow cooker and put it on low for four-five hours. We served it over rice, because it makes the most amazing sauce.

Enjoy!

Taters Precious!

These potatoes are a spin off of Pioneer Woman's fluffy new potatoes. I just changed it up a bit.

Ingredients:

10 red potatoes
3/4 tub of cream cheese
1/2 cup sour cream
1 stick of butter
salt
pepper
1/3 cup mozzarella

Directions:
Boil or bake your potatoes till they are almost cooked. I did both, I boiled them for about 15 minutes (mine were HUGE) and then baked them in the oven for 10 minutes. I then sliced them in half and scooped out most of the filling. You have to be careful here, because you want to leave a little bit of potato in the skin so it can hold the mashed potato mixture.
I melted the butter and cream cheese together, and then added the sour cream and salt and pepper. I mashed the insides of the potatoes with about half, maybe a little more of the butter and cream cheese mix.
Put the potato mixture back into the skins and then I spooned a little more of the cream cheese/butter/sour cream mix onto the potatoes. Then I topped it with a little mozzarella.
Bake at 400 for 20 minutes, or until the cheese is a little golden.

I got several comments saying these were the best potatoes EVER!!!

Enjoy!

Slow Cooker Chicken that doesn't have a name...yet

Ingredients:

3 boneless skinless chicken breasts (I put mine in frozen.)
1 can of golden mushroom soup
1 pkg. of Italian dressing mix
1 green bell pepper
1/4 cup chicken stock
1/4 cup heavy cream

Directions:

Put the chicken in your slow cooker. Put the soup through chicken stock over the chicken. Cook on low for 4-5 hours. You have to watch it because the chicken can easily overcook! When it's done, stir in the heavy cream. Serve over rice!

Enjoy!

Taco Ring

This is so good! It's also very easy to make which makes it VERY good!

Ingredients:

1 lb. ground beef
1 pkg. taco seasoning
1 can diced green chiles
3/4 cup shredded cheddar
1/2 cup sour cream
1 can crescent rolls

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

2. Brown your meat with the green chiles. Stir in the taco seasoning.

3. Drain the grease and then stir in your cheese and sour cream.

4. Unroll crescent rolls and separate. Arrange triangles in a circle on a greased baking sheet with wide ends overlapping in center and points toward the outside. There should be about a 5 inch diameter in the center.
Scoop meat mixture evenly onto widest ends of dough at center of ring. Bring points in and over and tuck underneath the wide end.

5. Sprinkle a little more cheese on top.

6. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until golden brown.

Enjoy!!!