Revamping leftover Creamed Chicken.

I had leftovers from the Cream Chicken that I needed to revamp for a "new" dinner. Its Ok if we do straight leftovers for lunch, but My kids hate leftovers for dinner. So I had to make it a new meal!  Checked my pantry and found a few things that I thought would do the trick and knock on wood would also taste good. It turned our Delicious! **pat on back** :p   
~Recipe~ (so to speak)
Creamed chicken leftovers
Bow tie Pasta
tomato
can of tomato soup (undiluted)
Parmesan cheese

Heat oven to 350.
boil water for the pasta cook until about 2 minutes away from being "done" strain the pasta and place back in empty pot.  Add in the creamed chicken, tomato, tomato soup and stir until it is all beautifully mixed together. Pour into a casserole dish, sprinkle with Parmesan Cheese (you can also stir parmesan cheese into the whole thing or any cheese you like and have on hand) and bake until desired browness, doneness.  I didnt know what time my lover was getting home, so it stayed in the oven for over an hour and was still perfect (I love the noodles on the top that get crunchy from the baking, so good!) Eat and Enjoy!

**I also had a couple pork chops in my fridge that I had made with an Apple/sugar mixture. I cut up the pork chops and boiled them with the pasta to get the glaze to come off as much as possible and I added that to my casserole too. if you have other meats or vegis in your fridge that also need to get used, Add them!**

Creamed Chicken.

So last night I tried a new recipe that I had in a Cooking Light Cookbook it was DELICIOUS! And sooooooo easy to make. I had to find a recipe that called for Heavy Whipping Cream since I had a 1/2 carton that needed to get used ASAP.  I do not have a picture of it but wanted to share the recipe :D

~Creamed Chicken~
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
1 1/2 cups milk  **you can do all heavy cream, all milk, or heavy cream with water the more cream/milk the richer/creamier the mixture will be**
1 teaspoon butter (I misread and actually used a tablespoon and it was great)
1 pound cut up chicken breast (cooked)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper (and any other seasoning you like to use)
1 cup frozen (thawed) or canned peas

Lightly spoon flour in a dry measuring cup and level with a knife. Combine flour and 1/2 cream in a large saucepan over medium heat stir with a whisk. Cook for 4 minutes or until thick. (it will thicken as it sits after being removed from heat too so do not be surprised by this) Stir in peas, butter, and chicken cook two minutes remove from heat stir in lemon juice. Voila delicious easy chicken dinner!

I served it with roasted potatos it was great.
Dice potatoes toss in olive oil and seasoning bake at 425 for about 30 minutes or until tender :D

Oh so easy Home Made waffles!

Every so often I run out of Pancake/waffle mix. (yes I like shortcuts now and then!) I wanted to make waffles but had to find a recipe that used ingredients I had on hand. I took a couple recipes I had and kind of "combined" them to make my own recipe using what was in my kitchen. They turned out DELICIOUS! The midgets scarfed them down and wanted more!

~Recipe~
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons baking powder
4 tablespoons sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup warm milk (heat on stove for a minute, but you do not want it hot because then it will cook the eggs)
1/2 cup melted butter
3 teaspoons vanilla

Allow waffle iron to heat while preparing the Waffle mixture.
Combine all dry ingredients until mixed well. Add wet ingredients to the dry mixture and mix on medium until well combined (but still a little lumpy) Cook & Enjoy!!!!!
Want to know a great trick to make this easier and faster? Use a Blender!!! They have cute little spouts on them that make them easier to pour and you only dirty one dish! I used a blender and it was PERFECT! :D

**Note**
Make extra waffles and put them in Freezer bags, freeze and Voila you have breakfast any given day, they are so much better then the frozen store bought waffles and reheat just as nicely either in the toaster or the microwave :D

Oatmeal Muffins!!!

These might just be the perfect way to wake up (well if you have Coffee with them!) They are so easy to make and so delicious. You can do what I did and make them at night, let them cool, and put them in Ziploc bags so they stay moist til morning. They are even more perfect if you have silicone cupcake "wrappers" which I have used. They are great just stick em' in the dishwasher when you are done and they can be used over and over and over again!

~Recipe~
Streusel topping
1/3 cup oatmeal (quick or old fashioned but uncooked)
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons butter (you can also use margarine if you prefer. Personally I like butter better for any baked "treat")

Muffins
1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 cup oatmeal (quick or old fashioned but uncooked)
1/2 granulated sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 cup milk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla

Heat oven to 400. line 12 muffin cups with paper or spray with nonstick spray (or silicone cupcake holders placed on a cookie sheet)
for streusal, combine oats, flour, and brown sugar in a small bowl. Mix well with two knives or a pastry blender (or like me you can just use your hands) until mixture is crumbly.
for muffins, combine flour, oats, granulated sugar, and baking powder in large bowl mix well. Combine milk, oil, egg, and Vanilla in small bowl. Mix Well. Add to dry ingredients all at once. Stir just until dry ingredients are moistened (do not overmix or you will have tough muffins)  Fill muffin cups almost full. Sprinkle with Streusal lightly pat it down.
Bake 18-20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool muffins on wire rack. Serve them warm or seal em' up and enjoy them in the morning.  This recipe makes 12 muffins, can be doubled to make 24 :D They are soooooooooo Delicious.
 **Note** You can add cinnamon to the streusal, vanilla or anything else you think will make it even more delicious!
ENJOY!!!!!!!

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Welcome to my Blog! Not sure if I will ever share with anyone the fact that this blog exists but I am going to have a go at it and start one anyways. I am a Mom of 2 Gorgeous Girls (yes of course they are Gorgeous I am 100% utterly Biased) I have a dog, a Man, a couple of cats and also quite a lot of fishies.  We recently moved into a Beautiful home in the "country" It is about an hour from the people I love most in this world. Not too bad of a drive but when you have kids everything is a loooonnnnggggg drive. I wish I could say "I wish we never moved" but the truth is I love our home, I love our private driveway, I love our huge yard I just love it and I KNOW We made the best decision for our family. Also have to mention my kitchen is like 3 times the size of the one I previously had (we were in an apartment) I LOVE to bake it is a stress reliever for me. Anyone who has kids knows the little midgets can cause stress LOL.  I love to make cupcakes, cookies, brownies, cakes you name it I will make it. Now I have room to make these goodies! It is wonderful. I am sure I will post photos of some of the treats I make. I promise If I post a pic I will post a recipe to go with it. I also cook quite a bit.  I love to try new recipes, change up old ones and occassionally just make one up.  With a family of 4 I try to keep meals moola friendly but tasty, healthy and fun to eat and make. When you are in charge of so many meals a day, week, month etc they have to be fun to make and eat! I will also post pictures of that and of course the recipes. I will also share some of my day to day stories, experiences, frustrations, stressers, wonderful moments and hard moments.  I think this will be fun. If you are reading this please be nice. I am not perfect, do not want to be perfect, never will be perfect.

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