4th of July Wreath

I know this is way late but you could make it and use it next year. I got all my stuff at the dollar store except the wire wreath.

What you'll need:

• Wire wreath
• Red, white, and blue garland
• Sign or something to put on it
• hot glue gun

What to do:

Start by wrapping the garland around the wire wreath. Once you got one section done glue pieces of the garland to the wreath. This took some time. I would take a piece and put glue on the wreath and place on wreath. Take the other string of garland and wrap the other half. Glue. Take another string and wrap it the second time. Glue places that are loose and fluff up. Add sign or anything else you want. Fluff up again.

Tada a 4th of July wreath. 

Chicken pot pie filling

I just made this and it is so amazing!!! I love it. I made a bunch and froze it for a freezer meal. There were a lot of things I changed with this recipe. Again I got this from pinterest and changed it up my way. I put them in pot pie cups by putting biscuits in a cupcake tin like the ones I did on the chicken pot pie cups post. This filling is so much better but it takes longer to cook than the other one. So I didn't have the full 3 cups of stock so I put a can in and 2 chicken bullion cubes in. I just poured milk in till it was less thick, I didn't exactly measure it. Also I boiled the chicken and put the carrots and S&P in with the chicken. Its so much easier to cut when you boil it and you get more flavor. I put some of the broth from the chicken boiling:)

What you'll need:

• Handful of carrots
• 1 tsp thyme
• 1 c frozen vegetable mix
• 1 c flour
• 1 c butter (2 sticks)
• 1 1/4 c milk ( or just pour it in)
• 6 small Chicken tenderloins cooked and cut up
• Half of onion chopped
• 1/3 c or less of broth from boiling chicken

What to do:
 In a pot put chicken and carrots in and boil till carrots are tender and chicken is cooked. While chicken is cooking put biscuits in muffin tin. Remove chicken and carrots and cut up, set aside. In a large skillet, sauté onion in butter until tender. Stir in flour, salt, thyme, and pepper until blended.  Gradually stir in broth and milk.  Bring to a boil.  Cook and stir for a couple minutes or until thickened.  Add the chicken, peas, corn,  and carrots.  Remove from heat.

Place spoonfuls in biscuits till full. 

Cook at 375 degrees till biscuits are a light brown. 

Odd things you can BBQ

You probably already know these but there are some people that don't. So here are some things that you didn't know you could grill.

Potatoes:
I just poked a bunch of holes in the potato. Placed it on tin foil and put oil on it and wrapped it up. Poked more holes in it and just set it on the BBQ. It cooked way faster than oven and it came out really good than microwaving it. Also you could stick cheese and other things in the tin foil with it.

Potato wedges:
My husband showed this to me. He cut the potatoes in wedges. Smothered them in oil and seasoning (garlic salt, seasoned salt, S&P, little chili powder). Placed them right on the grill and cooked. When done he set tin foil on the grill and placed the wedges on it and smothered them in cheese and let the cheese melt in the grill. They were so good and crispy.

Corn:
My sis showed me this. You don't shuck them you leave it all on and put oil on them and put them on the grill and grill till cooked. They actually turned out really good:).

Asparagus:
Oil and season them. Put on grill and cook. MMMMMMM!!!

Grilled cheese:
Its a grilled grilled cheese haha. Make a grilled cheese like normal but put it on the grill. Or some tin foil if it works best.

Onions and peppers:
Grilled onions and peppers are amazing on any sandwich. Just slice them up and put them in a safe bowl and place on grill and cook. I used a tin bowl to put them in. I like to put garlic butter on them too to cook with. I did this a lot when I worked at Maverik when I would do BBQ. I would put it on hamburgers for the customers. It was a hit.

Pizza:
My sis in law did this and it was the best ever. She made the dough and stretched it out and put it right on the grill. Than once it was almost done she would put her cheese, sauce and toppings on it. Sooo delicious.

Quesadilla:
Place tortilla on grill add cheese, chicken, and green sauce and another tortilla and cook:) Also you can season the chicken and cook on the grill to put it on the quesadilla.


If I think of anymore ill post:) or if anyone has any ideas let me know. Ill post and credit you.

Chicken Alfredo Lasanga

A lot of people have been asking me for this recipe. Well here ya go:) Thanks pinterest for the recipe.

So I didn't have artichokes or sun dried tomatoes. I used spinach (fresh from our garden of course), and for the tomatoes I used regular petite cut canned tomatoes and put Italian seasoning, garlic salt, paprika, and a dash of chili powder for the knock off of sun dried. Also I would use 1 pkg of cream cheese, there was too much of it. I also put a ton of extra cheese on mine, the Italian mix is so delicious on this. 

What you'll need:

• 2 c shredded chicken. (I boiled mine for more flavor and tenderness)
• 1 can (14 oz) artichoke hearts, drained and chopped. (or spinach ;))
• 1 pkg shredded mozzarella cheese (I used the Italian mix) divided
• 1/2 c grated Parmesan cheese
• 1/2 c chopped drained oil packed sun dried tomatoes ( or canned tomatoes with seasoning)
• 2 Pkg (8 oz each) cream cheese, softened ( or use 1)
• 1 c milk
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 c tightly packed basil, chopped, divided (I didn't have this so I didnt use it)
• 12 lasagna noodles, cooked

What to do:
Heat oven to 350
Combine chicken, artichokes (or spinich), 1 c mozzarella, parmesan and tomatoes. Beat cream cheese, milk and garlic powder with mixer until well blended; stir in 2 tbsp basil. Mix half with the chicken mixture. 
Spread half the remaining cream cheese mixture onto bottom of 13x9 baking dish. Cover with 3 noodles and 1/3 of the chicken mixture. Repeat layers of noodles and chicken mixture twice. Top with remaining noodles, cream cheese mixture and mozzarella; cover. 
Bake 25 min or till cheese is all the way melted.

Swedish Meatballs

Mmmmm one of my husbands favorite dishes.
I was thinkin who needs the Scandinavian Festival Swedish meatballs when you can make your own. I didn't want to wait a whole year to have the deliciousness so I made them myself. Also thanks to pinterest for the main recipe.
So I kinda changed it up a little. I didn't have ground pork so I just used beef. I didn't have nutmeg either. It turned out great. Also I'm that kinda person that if its a simple ingredient like panko (japanese crumbs, you can find them in the Asian isle) or spices I just guess.

What you'll need:

• 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 pound ground pork
• 1/2 cup Panko
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

For the gravy:

• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 4 cups beef broth
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves

What to do:

Put olive oil in pan with onions and cook on low. Place defrosted beef in large bowl. Add panko, egg yolks, nutmeg, all spice, and S&P. Roll into meatballs, I just eye it. Put meatballs cooked onions and oil and cook till meat is not pink. Place cooked meatballs on paper towel. 

For the gravy:

melt butter in skillet. Whisk in butter till light brown. Gradually whisk in beef broth and cook, keep whisking till thick. Stir in sour cream and add S&P for taste. 

I will usually taste test before I put in meatballs. When I did I needed more beef broth or sour cream. 

Keep whisking till it mixes well and thickens up.

Place meatballs in sauce and cover with sauce.