I'm a tad bit behind in posting went and had a visit with my daughter we had a great time.  I got to watch a friend of her boyfriend tag his garage wall we had wings on St. Paddy's Day :)  made pizza and she made a casserole out of the leftover pizza toppings and pasta.  I didn't get a picture of the casserole it was yummy by the way I did however, get a picture of the pizza's. 

You know how sometimes you talk up a product and then want to show them how well it works and how good it tastes???  I did this with the new pizza dough I had found.  Well we went to two different stores for that frozen treat and did not find it at either store so, we settled for a box dough.  It was good just like pizza dough should taste.  We made a chicken, mushroom Alfredo pizza, a pepperoni with olives and just a plain ole cheese pizza.  I think the brand was Betty Crocker found in the pizza isle.




                                                                March 19, 2013

I came home from my daughter's today and since it is a two hour drive wasn't for sure what I would fix for dinner.  I had some of the shredded chicken that I try to keep in my freezer and I thought that would defrost the fastest.  So, as soon as I got home took it out of the freezer and I also, thought soup would be good it had been a cold couple of days.  I found a chicken tortilla soup from www.bakedbyrachel.com .  It is made for the slow cooker but, I did it on the stove top.
 

                                              Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup

1 pound chicken breasts, trimmed
15 oz. can sweet whole kernel corn, drained
15 oz. can diced tomatoes, drained
5 c.  chicken stock
3/4 c. green bell pepper, chopped
1 Serrano pepper, minced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 tsp. chili powder
1 1/2 tsp. salt, divided
1 tsp. ground black pepper, divided
   Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
    Tortilla chips

To your slow cooker add first 9 ingredients plus 1 tsp. salt and 3/4 tsp. ground black pepper.  Cook on high for 4 hours or low 9 hours.
Prior to serving remove chicken and shred.  Season chicken with 1/2 tsp. salt and 1/4 tsp. pepper.  Return to the slow cooker.  Stir gently.
If serving immediately, divide among bowls.  Top with a generous helping of cheese and tortilla chips.  Soup maybe stored in fridge for several days.  If freezing, label containers with soup name and date.

My note:  I substituted the green pepper for an onion and since I was doing this on the stove top I sauteed the onion and the Serrano pepper until soft then added the rest of the ingredients.  I also, added a can of black beans, drained and rinsed.  I brought the soup to a boil and then, let it simmer for 30 minutes.  It was quite tasty can't wait to try it in the crock pot.  Enjoy!!!

                                                         March 20, 2013

I have become slightly obessed with the poke cakes so here is another one :)

This one is a strawberry shortcake poke cake and the ingredients are:
1 box Duncan Hines white moist cake, plus the ingredients listed on the box
2 bags frozen strawberries, thawed
1 box strawberry jello
cool whip

Make the cake according to directions on the box.  Let cool then poke holes with the end of a wooden spoon.
Meanwhile make the jello using 2 c. boiling water stir to combine.  In a blender puree one bag of the strawberries.  Using 2 c. of the pureed strawberries as the 2 c. cold water.  Let jello set up slightly.
Top the cake with the jello mixture.  Cut up the other bag of strawberries in slices and place on top of the jello.  Frost with the cool whip and put back in the fridge to set up.  Enjoy!!!!