Stoganoff with hamburger

This is one of my favorite meals. I made this for my husbands birthday and I must say it was delicious! It is one of my mom's recipies. When I got married she gave me a huge 3 ring binder full of family recipies and things she's gathered and learned to make over the years. Luckily I have inherited my mothers love for cooking! Enjoy this meal! (warning this ruiend my husband for all other Hamburger Stroganoff)

4tbls butter

1/2 cup onion chopped

2lbs hamburger

2 cups sliced mushrooms

1/2 tsp paprika

6tbls lemon juice(fresh is the best)

2 can plus 6 tbls beef broth (or add 6tbls water)

2 tsp salt or to taste

10 oz pasta cooked (Bowtie, penne, or pasta of choice)

2 cups sour cream

In large fry pan melt butter then add onions, saute until tender.

Add beef cook until beef is browned.

 Add mushrooms, paprika lemon juice, broth and salt.

Stir and let mix simmer about 12 minutes.

Sitr in the pasta let simmer another 12 minutes. 

Stir in the sour cream. Heat but do not let boil.

And there is my mommas stoganoff! It is delicious!!

Enjoy =)

Chicken Enchiladas

So this meal is a request from my husband. I made it when we were first married and it took me a year to make it again and it was a success he loved it! In our recipie we didn't add olives, the hubs does not like them.I thought since I made it for him it's only fair I take them out.

Most of the meals I make should feed a family of 4. My husband and I end up with lots of leftovers for lunches.

4 chicken breasts, cooked and chopped into pieces

2 cans cream of chicken soup

1(4oz) can diced green chilies

1(3oz) can olives (sliced or chopped)

1 pt sour cream

2 cups shreddred monterey jack cheese 

2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

1 pkg flour tortillas

9X13 pan

Mix soup, chilies, olives, sour cream, and Monterey Jack cheese. Desperate four cups of mixture and mix with the chopped chicken. Fill the tortillas with chicken mixture. Pour remaining soup mixture on top ad top with grated cheddar cheese. Bake 350° for 40 minutes.

Note to self boil chicken instead..

I don't know if it was just because i'm pregnant that the smell of the chicken disgusted me and after that the chicken tasted awful to me.. I do not know!

My husband liked the enchiladas but i'd rather it have been boiled and shredded!



Chocolate shake

I have had many craving while being pregnant and for a couple weeks I wanted a chocolate shake every night  after going to my in laws. My fatehr in law made a chocolate shake and a week later it's all I could think about haha. So I figrured why not save some money and make my own.

I looked in my fridge/freezer/cupboards to see what ingrediants I might have to make one.

I had chocolate syrup and milk. I LOVE thick shakes so i needed ice cream.

What you need:

Vanilla ice cream

Milk 

Chocolate syrup

Add 3 cups of vanilla ice cream to a blender 1 Cup milk and 1/2 cup chocolate syrup and mix.
(if you like less chocolate you can add 1/3, or if you like more add 3/4, for a thicker shake add more ice cream Or less milk.)Let blender run until mixed.
There it is, my pregnancy craving made cheaper!

Crock pot Hawiian BBQ Chicken

 What you need:

-4 Chicken breasts (or 5 Chicken Thighs, I used what I had in the freezer)

-Target brand Sweet Pineapple

-1 20oz can of pineapple

Put everything in the crockpot for either 2 1/2 hours on high (checking every 45 minutes to see if it's done)

or 5-6 hours on low



Idea for this lovely meal is from

Six Sisters Stuff.

Creamy Chicken With Rice

This dinner was alright.

In the future I will be making some tweaks so here are the tweaks i'd make so you can enjoy it more then my husband and I did.

- 1 onion finely chopped(original recipe has it in large pieces)

- 4-5 chicken breasts( I used 5 thighs)

-2/3rds of a bag of frozen corn

- 1 can cream of chicken soup

- 1 bag of shredded chedder cheese

- 1 box of yellow rice

So I love the taste of seasonings and this recipe needs something, If you know what it is please do tell!

I didn't take a final picture but for the next time I make it I will put that up!

U S A boxes

So my idea started with wanting little blocks of wood but I couldn't find any at home depot.

So the default was go to Hobby Lobby and see what they have.

I saw some little cardboard boxes and had a battle with myself if I wanted to spend 2 bucks on each box....

As you see my saving savvy side didn't win.

What you need:

- 3 boxes/pieces of wood/or whatever you would like to use =)

- red white and blue paint (make sure it's all acrylic or metallic, I have 2 acrylic and 1 metallic.. it worked out alright but just make sure!)

- Letter stencils (or if you're awesome at free handing go for it!)

- Painting utensils 

I tried to spray paint the "U" on and I gave up very quickly when only one small piece of my "U" made it out alive.. It looked like somthing had died on the front of the box with red every where.

Becuase of the Metallic paint i decided to create a messy look on the boxes.

It turned out well.

TA-DA!

I love celebrating the 4th of July a month early! haha

(I just say I put it up for memorial day which is just as important!!)

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America Wreath

Well my mom saw my wreath and asked for one but since we both live in the same house I thought we should make her one of her own!

So we went to Hobby Lobby and she picked out a bunch of fun sparkly materials(which she loves) and I brought them all home and put them in groups and started putting them on the wreath.

There it is!

It suits my mom's personality, all sparkly and bright.

I believe I will be making another wreath for my sister for her Bunco night so another will be up in the next couple weeks!

Thanks for reading!

Creamy Chicken Pasta

This is a recipe I tried from pinterest a while ago.
It has good flavor to it and a little spice from the green chilie tomatoes.

These are all ingrediants I had in my cupboard already so I whipped it up quick for a late dinner.

Need:
8 ounces pasta of choice(the regular recipe says angel hair but it doesn't matter)
2 cups chopped grilled chicken(or canned for quick and easy)
1 (10 3/4 oz) can cream of mushroom soup
1(10 3/4 oz) can cream of chicken soup
1 can (10 oz) of Diced tomatoes with green chilies undrained
8 ounces sour cream
Sprinkle mexican blend cheese on top.

Preheat Oven to 350

Boil Pasta as package directs and drain. Mix all ingrediants except the cheese together.

Add ingrediants to cooked pasta and put in 9x13 pan.

Cover with foil

Bake for 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly.

Then take out of the oven and sprinkle cheese ontop and return to oven until melted

I didn't have Mexican Blend so I just used this cheese.

I was very lazy and very hungry that night so I mixed it in the pan I was baking it in..

Not the greatest picture haha but it tastes delicious!!

I've made this 3 times and one of the times I made it, it did not have enough noodles

so make sure if your do more creamy to do more noodles!!

Or it will taste like a creamy spicy mess.

 

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Love Is Spoken Here

This idea came from one of the lovely ladies in my LDS(Morman) Ward.

I thought it looked cute and I love anything crafty so here it is...

If you choose to make this you will Need:

-2 Blocks

-Paint of your choice

-sticky letters(it started out with using letters from a cricket, but the letters were too sloppy)

-Spray paint color of your choice

I love the Antique look.

Red White & Blue wreath

I've been in a celebrate America mood so I saw the burlap type stuff at Hobby Lobby and bought some.

It was quick and easy to make.

What you need for this wreath:

-2 1/2 of the red white and blue material.

(if you like it more spread out then you will be safe with just two. Or possibly use a smaller hanger)

- 1 Metal Hanger bent into a circle.

How I got the ruffles was by folding it over and bunching it onto the hanger one piece at a time.

Or you could try bunching it all together before hand and put it on all at the same time.

But I liked one at a time so that I could see and control what it looks like at the end.

And there you go.

Thanks for reading!

Any comments or questions give me a holler.