Sweet and Tangy Chicken

4 boneless skinless Chicken Breast
3/4 cup Sour Cream
2 tbsp Honey
1/4- 1/3 cup Dejon Mustard
1/4 cup Milk
Salt and Pepper

Place chicken in slow cooker.
Mix the sour cream, honey, dijon mustard,milk, salt and pepper together.
Pour over chicken.
Cook on low 5-6 hours.

Serve over rice.

Red, White and Blue Cookies

1 log of Sugar Cookie Dough
Red Food coloring
Blue Food coloring


Take the cookie dough and divide it into 3rds.
To one 1/3 add 15-20 drops of blue food coloring and mix well.
To another 1/3 add 20-25 drops of red food coloring and mix well.
You now have your red, white and blue cookie dough.



Now you are going to take the colored cookie dough and take bits of it and stack it up and form it into a log.



Wrap the log in plastic wrap.



Now put the wrapped cookie dough into the refrigerator. Leave cookie dough in refrigerator 45-60 minutes.

Take cookies out of plastic wrap and slice and put on cookie sheet.



Bake at 350* for 11-14 minutes.

HAPPY 4th OF JULY!!!

Winners of the 4th of July Giveaway

Thank you to everyone who entered!!

The winner of the towel set is Margaret. Congratulations Margaret and thank you for entering.

The winner of the tablecloth is Courtney. Congratulations Courtney and thank you for entering. Courtney entered a recipe for a Fruity Peacock. I will post Courtney's recipe later this week.

White Bread

1 cup warm Water
2 tbsp Butter, softened
1 tsp Salt
3 1/4 cup Flour
1 egg, room temperature
1/4 cup Honey
3 tsp yeast


Put ingredients into bread machine in the order listed above. Set machine for the dough cycle. When cycle is done remove dough from the machine. Cut dough into two loaves and place into two greased bread pans. Heat oven to 350*. Let the dough rise for about 20-30 minutes.

Bake for 25-30 minutes.

Rainy Day

We have had very interesting weather since 7pm last night. Interesting in the fact that we spent time in our downstairs bathroom due to tornado warnings. Of course I ran out of bread. And of course we needed bread for dinner tonight. We had BLTs.

So, I pulled out my bread machine put it on the counter and then stood there looking at it. You see, I have yet to find a white bread recipe for the bread machine that I like. After staring at the machine for a second, I looked outside to see if the weather was really that bad. It was, so I sat down, turned on my laptop and started looking for a recipe. Then I went to my cookbooks and looked in them. I took a little bit from different recipes and made my own recipe.

I put the ingredients in the machine and turned it to the dough cycle. I don't like the square loves that the machine makes so I make the dough in the machine then bake it in the oven. The dough cycle finished and I cut the dough in half and put each half into a bread pan. I let it rise and then popped them into the oven for about a half hour. Between the sound of the rain and the smell of fresh bread baking my home felt very homey and comforting.

By the time the loaves had cooled it was time to make dinner. I sliced the bread and made the BLTs and served my family dinner. They LOVED the bread and so did I. Here is the recipe for the bread

4th of July Giveaway!!!

I am very excited to have my first giveaway!!! I am giving away a set of Pampered Chef Patriotic Kitchen Towels and a Pampered Chef Patriotic Table Cloth.

To enter, leave a comment here on this blog, or on my Facebook page, with your favorite 4th of July recipe tradition and a little bit about why it is your favorite. You may enter on both sites and double your chances to win. Not only will you automatically be entered to win one prize, but my favorite recipe will also receive a prize and your recipe will be posted on the blog! Leave your comment by noon (EST) Saturday, June 25th.

The first giveaway that you can win, just by entering, is a set of Pampered Chef Patriotic Towels ( the winner will be chosen randomly)


For the second giveaway I will choose my favorite recipe. Your recipe will be posted on the blog and you will receive a beautiful Pampered Chef Patriotic Tablecloth.

Product Review: Oscar Mayer Carving Board Turkey

I discovered this product a couple months ago. I love it! There are countless ways to use this product. You can make a turkey sandwich. Or you can chop it up and make turkey salad. You can put it in casseroles. I like to heat it up and pair it with stuffing and corn and make a hot lunch for my kids.

Homemade Pizza

I have gotten so tired of ordering pizza or buying the frozen pizza so I tried my hand at making homemade pizza tonight. I used this recipe. I did change one thing. Instead of using sugar, I used honey. The pizza came out great!

Cowboy Cookies

Here is a classic recipe for you...

1 cup Butter, softened
1/2 cup Sugar
1 1/2 cups Brown Sugar
2 Eggs
2 cups Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Vanilla
2 cups Rolled Oats, uncooked
1 cup Flaked Coconut
6 oz Chocolate Chips
6 oz Butterscotch Chips

Cream butter and sugars.
Add eggs and beat well.
Mix in remaining ingredients.
Drop by spoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet and bake at 350* for about 15 minutes.

Oatmeal Blueberry Muffins

1 Egg
1 cup Buttermilk*
1/2 cup Brown Sugar, firmly packed
1/3 cup Butter, softened
1 cup quick-cooking Oats
1 cup Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
1 cup Blueberries**

Beat egg in a medium mixing bowl.
Stir in buttermilk, brown sugar and butter and beat well. Mix in oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt until batter becomes lumpy.
Fold in blueberries.
Fill muffin cups 2/3 full.
Bake in a 400* oven 20-25 minutes or until light brown. Immediately remove from pan.

* Here is a substitute for buttermilk:
Take a 1 cup measuring cup and put 1 tbsp lemon juice in it.
Add regular milk to the lemon juice until it measures 1 cup.
Stir together and let stand for 3 minutes.

** You can use any kind of fresh or frozen berry.


I used mixed berries for these.

Creamy Tortellini

5 cups Cheese Tortellini, cooked according to package directions.
2 boneless skinless Chicken Breasts, cooked and cut into bite size pieces

Sauce:
1/2 cup Butter
1 clove Garlic, minced
1 - 1 1/2 tbsp Italian Seasoning
1 cup Heavy Cream
3 tbsp Flour + 1 cup cold Water
1-2 Tomatoes
1 cup shredded Parmesan Cheese

Saute garlic in butter with Italian seasoning.
Add cream. Cook 4 minutes over medium heat.
Whisk in flour mixture, bring to a simmer, until starts to thicken.
Turn to med-low heat and add tomatoes, cook 5 minutes.
Take off heat and mix in cheese.
Toss tortellini and chicken in sauce.

Candy Bar Apple Salad

1 1/2 cups Milk
1 pkg. (3.4oz) instant Vanilla Pudding mix
1 (8oz.)carton frozen Whipped Topping, thawed
4 large Apples, chopped
4 Snickers candy bars,cut into 1/2 inch pieces

In a large bowl, whisk milk and pudding mix for 2 minutes. Let stand for 2 minutes or until soft-set. Fold in whipped topping. Fold in apples and candy bars. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Why I Started This Blog

When I was first married I felt the need to make very fancy meals. I would watch cooking shows and then try and make the meals. You know the kind of meals that require you to go to several stores just to hunt down one ingredient that you will only use for the one dish. The kind of meals that take three days to make. Yes, I exagerate a bit but some of those meals feel like they take three days to make.

After I had my children I did not have the time or energy to go "hunting" anymore. I also did not have time to spend hours on end in the kitchen to make one meal. I knew there had to be other moms out there that felt the same way. So here ya go. Meals that don't take three days to make and you don't have to go "hunting" to find the ingredients.

Peanut Butter Muffins

1 3/4 cup Flour
1 tbsp. Baking Soda
3/4 cup Milk
1/2 cup Peanut Butter
1/2 cup Honey
1/3 cup Oil
1 Egg
1/4 cup chopped Peanuts
1/2 cup Chocolate Chips

In a bowl combine flour and baking soda.
In a separate bowl, beat together the milk, peanut butter, honey, oil and egg until smooth.
Slowly add the flour mixture until all mixed together.
Fold in the peanuts and chocolate chips.
Fill muffin cups 2/3 full.
Bake in a 400* oven for 15 minutes