Creamy Chicken and Asparagus

I love Asparagus, I finally got my son to try it after he gave one of those looks of "Ew mother"..The repeating comment of "Just try one bite, you'll like it"..He tried it and

Now he eats it every time I make it. I'm not much of a pasta eater, But I love Chicken in just about anything. Here's a Fantastic looking Recipe from Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom

 

 

 

Stuffed Zuchini

I love being able to go from one interesting link on a blog to finding another link to an awesome Recipe. The joy's of blogging huh?...

I haven't spent much time in the craft room, Remodeling the bathroom and entertaining a 16 yr old and his friends this summer keeps me busy. Throw in his Girlfriend, a Home Business and getting ready to go back to work in 2 weeks, we have a busy house. I'm always looking for things that I can make that doesn't consist of Junk food that the kids can snack on. I got lucky my sons friends are more health eaters then junk eaters.

So this looks very tasty!..

You Can check out the Recipe by going to Kayotic Kitchen

 



Wow, Coke Float Cupcakes

Have you seen these before?..I just happened to stumble across these when I was visiting Made in A Day . She has this on her blog and you can check out the Recipe from The TipToe Fairy .

How awesome and tasty do these look!..

 

 

I'm not much of the sweet eater, but my boys certainly are..

I'll have to try it out..

 

 

Colored Sugar

First- Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!..My husband has to work :( but we are spending the day making a great dinner and some desserts for him for when he gets home !

But for now I have another July 4th idea for all you wonderful people..(Off of my Pinterest board)

 

Colored Sugar-

 

We do this at school with the kids.So easy!..

 

Its Just Sugar and food coloring

So when you mix this above ...You can get this Below!..

Another great idea for 4th of July!..

 

How awesome is that!..

For the White- I would use either white Bark OR

you could use the Filling from the Pastry Puff Recipe..

YumE!

 



Patriotic Puff pastry Yum!

Sometimes you come across a Recipe that you don't want to wait to make!..That's exactly what happened when I came across this one!..I'm not a huge "sweet' eater, But after trying this sweet treat, I'd make it again and again...The Recipe came from RecipeGirl.
Click HERE for the Original Recipe 

However, the Recipe itself is kinda lengthy, So I'm going to shorten it up for you and add the pictures.

 

Patriotic Puff Pastry

 

 

 

Don't They Look Yummy!

 

Ok, now that are stomach's are growling! On to the Recipe!

Prep Time: 30 min

Cook Time: 20 min

Ingredients:

PASTRY BASE:
1 pkg. (17.3 ounces) Pepperidge Farm® Puff Pastry Sheets, thawed
12 tablespoons raspberry and/or blueberry preserves
chunky, sparkling white sugar (optional)
1 tablespoon powdered sugar
FILLING:
6 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
2/3 cup heavy whipping cream (liquid cream)
TOPPING:
12 fresh raspberries
36 fresh blueberries
or Strawberries (I  did Strawberries and Blueberries)

***Puff Pastry Sheets are sold in the Freezer Section***
(I added that because I searched two stores for it and then realized that it was in the Freezer section!)
Preheat Oven to 400 degrees, Line one Baking sheet with Parchment paper

1. Lay the 1st pastry out and cut into 3 strips, (it says to cut them into 9 or 12 squares, I cut mine into 9, they were a bigger size that way) put them on baking sheet.
Do the same with the second pastry layer and then using any shape cookie cutter (I used a circle)
cut out the middle. Lay these aside.

2. Take a Spoonful of Strawberry preserves (or whatever kind you like)and put in the middle of the square. (I spread it out almost to the edges) Lay the Cut out square on top.Using a Fork press down the edges all the way around. (you'll have little fork marks all around)

**Optional- I sprinkled mine with Raw Sugar before baking**
3. Bake at 400 degrees or Until golden brown
4. Prepare the Filling above while you wait for them to bake. Using a mixer, mix the filling till its thick like frosting.
5. Once done baking, take out and let cool for about 10 minutes . Add Filling into the cut out portion on top. (If you don't have a piping bag, use a ziploc baggie,just cut a corner off and it works the same way)

6. Garnish on top with Blueberries, strawberries, raspberries- whatever you like! Be creative!
Refrigerate for about 10 minutes..They were REALLY good the next day cold and each time I went into the Refrigerator, one seemed to be missing..lol My Boys loved them!
That's it! Enjoy!

 

**Pictures originally from Recipe Girl**

Italian Sausage Penne Pasta

Another Wonderful Link that I have added is RECIPES!...

I LOVE to cook for my boys and make different things that everyone would enjoy. I'm no chef, but I do pretty good in the kitchen!..

This is a Recipe I would love to share..I found this a long time ago and over time I have added my own stuff , rearranged some items (healthier the better!) and my Boys love this.

Here are the Ingredients and Directions:

 

Ingredients :

Italian Sausage links

Hunts Traditional Spagetti sauce

1 bar of Philadelphia Cream Cheese

1 Red and 1 Green bell pepper Diced

I box of Penne Pasta
 

 

 

Directions:

1. Boil Pasta in saucepan

2. In a Big saucepan cook the Italian Sausage, once cooked through add diced Bell Peppers.

Mix and Let the bell peppers cook for a few minutes on low heat with the sausage.

2. Add Spagetti sauce to Sausage/bell peppers.

3. Cover and let simmer for about 10 minutes

4. Add Cream Cheese to the Italian sausage stirring until cream cheese is completely melted

5. Drain Pasta then add to Italian sausage

6. Mix and Serve

( I can feed 5 on this Recipe )

Cost? Less than $10.

How's that for a Budget friendly dinner!