Fresh Peach Cobbler

I love this recipe. It is in my first cook book that I received as a gift when I got married. It is a Betty Crocker recipe.

1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 cups sliced peaches (6 medium)
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons firm butter or margarine
1/2 cup milk
2 tablespoons sugar, if desired
Sweetened Whipped Cream

1. Heat oven to 400*

2. In 2-quart saucepan, mix 1/2 cup sugar, the cornstarch and cinnamon. Stir in peaches and lemon juice. Cook over medium-high heat 4 to 5 minutes, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir 1 minute. Pour into ungreased 2-quart casserole; keep peach mixture hot in oven.

3. In medium bowl, mix flour, 1 tablespoon sugar, the baking powder and salt. Cut in butter using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until mixture looks like fine crumbs. (I used a processor, it worked for me) Stir in milk. Drop dough by 6 spoonfuls onto hot peach mixture. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons sugar over dough.

4. Bake 25-30 minutes or until topping is golden brown. Serve warm with Sweetened Whipped Cream.

Chicken Broccoli Braid

So I did not know this until today but this is a Pampered Chef recipe. It is sooo good though.

Preheat oven to 375

3 boneless chicken breasts (Shredded)

1 cup broccoli

1/2 cup red bell pepper chopped

1 garlic clove (minced)

1 cup grated cheese

1/2 cup mayonnaise (I've noticed if it still looks a little dry then I add a little bit more)

2 tsp. dill mix (this is pampered chef but you can just use dill weed, garlic powder, and onion
powder instead)

1/4 tsp. salt

2 packages of crescent rolls

2 Tbsp. slivered almonds (optional its for the top)

Mix all of the ingredients together. Roll out the Crescent roll dough like a big rectangle then put the mixture in the center (horizontally) leaving an inch to two inches of space on both sides. Then cut into two inch strips (vertically) on both sides of the dough to combine and make a pritty knot on top. Put it in the oven and cook 25-28 minutes or until golden brown. Call me if you have any questions.

Chili

Yes this is one of my favorite recipes you know why? IT IS SOOOOOO EASY! Anyways you cook in a crockpot so that is the first thing you must know about this recipe. So here is the list of things that you put in the crockpot.

1 Tbsp Chili Powder
1 Tsp Ground Cumin
1 lb. of already cooked ground beef
2 Cans of Chili Ready Tomatoes (You can find this at Walmart) or you can use some type of cut up tomatoes or something
2 Cans of light red kidney beans
1 Can of tomato soup (I use this to thin everything out so use as much as you want)
Sometimes I like to put a hint of taco seasoning (McCormick style oh yeah)

Let it cook all day and now you have chili SO EASY

Trevor and I like to put cheese and sour cream on top and we eat it with tortilla chips but you can have it with any type of crackers or just plain its so delicious and cheap!

Navajo Tacos

Yes they are the most amazing things that you will ever devour. I will send you pictures! So it is homade pinto beans cooked in a crockpot over 6 hours and the last hour you put brown sugar, ketchup, and McKormicks (I think thats how you spell it) taco seasoning. Then you cook ground beef and you mix that all together in the crockpot! So amazing! Then you make Shelley's famous dough (look at the rolls recipe) and make rolls out of them let them rise then roll it out put two slits and fry them up! TO DIE FOR!

Bbq Briscuit

So this is one of the easiest recipes I have. All you do is cook ground beef then add bbq sauce and as much honey as you want. Then you buy pillsbury biscuits and cook those seperately. You serve the meat on top and have a yummy salad for the side dish and there you have it. SO EASY!

Salsa Chicken

So I decided to not take a picture of this meal because it doesn't look too appealing when I take a picture. Don't be deceived this is really good. All you do is put a few things of chicken breasts in a crock pot and add salsa until everything is all covered. Then you just let it sit about 6 hours. After its cooked shred the chicken and you are ready to have burritos, tacos, enchiladas, etc. It is so yummy.

Pasta Toss (Mom's recipe)

16 oz. rotini or penne pasta

4 boneless chicken breasts, cut into bite size pieces

4 tbsp. olive oil

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 ¼ tsp. salt

1 ¼ tsp. garlic powder

1 ¼ tsp. dried basil

1 ¼ tsp. dried oregano

1 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes

½ cup grated Parmesan cheese

Cook pasta according to directions on package. Sauté chicken, garlic and spices in olive oil. Add sun-dried tomatoes. Cook for 2 minutes. Add pasta and toss to combine. Add cheese.

March of Dimes

Hey everyone don't forget about the March of Dimes that I am doing. If you want to walk with me and join my team let me know and I can get you set up. And no worries it will not take all of your time. I really want to do something good for the women around the world that have struggled to pay for the care of their children. I could not imagine how it would be like if something like that happened to Tayson. I am 100% for this cause and I would really appreciate all of your support. Love you all. If you can please check out my web page to learn more about it that would be so great. You can click on the widget that is on the right side column.

Chicken Tacos

Well this is a really easy recipe. All I do is cut up some chicken cook it and use the McCormicks taco seasoning. After that we just put lettuce, cheese, tomatoes (not me I don't like tomatoes), sour cream, and salsa. It is SO good and it is easy to make. I get a big thing of the Taco Seasoning at Costco. That is the place to be.

Bbq Chicken and Rice

This is the easiest recipe! All I did was cook some chicken added bbq sauce and honey and then put it over rice! It is really yummo!

Scrub for your skin

So I found this recipe for your skin and it supposed to work really well! I am going to try it.

1/2 c. brown sugar

1/2 c. oil <- I used grapeseed oil, but you can use any seed oil, even olive oil

1.5ml fragrance oil <- optional

That's it. Mix it up in a small bowl.

Sausage Primavera (lite)

This is my mother-in-laws recipe! YUMMY

1/2 pound spaghetti, uncooked

3 Tbsp. olive oil

1 lb. lite sausage

1 small red bell pepper (optional)

1 small onion cut in wedges (optional)

2 cups of Broccoli (optional)

1 clove garlic (minced)

2 tsp chicken bouillon

1 tsp basil leaves, dried

1 tsp salt

dash of pepper

Mustard Sauce Chicken Salad

First I cook the chicken and mustard sauce separately. After the chicken is cooked I mix the sauce and the chicken in the pan and cover for 5 min. Then it is ready to go. You could really put it with any type of lettuce. I used iceberg lettuce and then I put fat free croutons and cranberries on top. Don't be fooled the mustard sauce is very sweet tasting. This is a great healthy meal!
Mustard Sauce
¼ cup butter
2 Tbsp. flour - heaping
½ cup mustard
½ cup vinegar
1 ½ cup sugar
1 cup chicken broth

-Melt butter and then add the flour to make a rough
-Stir in remaining ingredients 
-Cook for 10 minutes stirring constantly.

I also eat this sauce with Ham on Thanksgiving.

Mixing Meals

So I had left over crescent rolls and meat from the sloppy joes. A thought came to my mind, what if I combined the two? They taste fabulous!

Sloppy Joes

1 lb. hamburger
1/2 cup ketchup
1 cup tomato juice
1 tsp. dry mustard
1 tsp. vinegar
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. Worcestershire
1 onion, chopped
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp. chili powder
Brown meat. Mix remaining ingredients. Simmer 1 hour. 8 servings 5 points plus

Chicken Rolls (Grandma's recipe?)

2 cups chicken
1-3 oz. cream cheese
3 Tbsp. melted butter
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
2 Tbsp. milk
Crescent rolls
Italian bread crumbs

Cook chicken and shred

Preheat oven 350 degrees

Mix ingredients and roll into Crescent rolls

Dip in butter and bread crumbs

Bake for 15 min

Serve with Gravy : heat 1 can of cream of chicken soup in a pot and add chicken broth until desired consistency.

March of Dimes

Many of you have received an email about the March of Dimes that I am participating in. I have never done something like this before and I thought it would be something fun for me to do. On May 16 I will be walking (with Tayson) for three miles! I am trying to raise a donation as well to help babies around the world. If you would like to Donate great! If you are unable to then come walk with me it will be fun. There are a lot of ways you can help. You can send out this message to all of your friends or you can get one of these cute widgets (as seen on the right) to help promote this wonderful cause. I love you all thank you so much on supporting me. Please visit this website to see what it is all about. You can also make a donation through this website. http://www.marchforbabies.org/personal_page.asp?w=31027247&u=CRILEY8002&bt=2

Rolls

1 Tbsp yeast
1/3 cup sugar
2 cup hot water
1/3 cup oil
1 tsp salt
4-5 cup flour

Preheat oven 350* Combine yeast sugar and hot water and let sit for 5-10 min. Add the salt and oil. Add in the flour one cup at a time. Knead the dough. Let it double in size. Push the dough back down roll into balls and let it rise double it's size. Cook for 10-20 minutes.

It Has Been A While

Yes I know what you are thinking! Does she cook anymore? I still do but I have yet to do something that I have not made already. Last night I made the easiest thing alive! My husband loves it. This is what you do.

Cook Pasta! (Any kind you want to eat)
1 tsp oil
1 Tbsp butter
Generous with the Garlic Salt and Onion Powder (season to taste)

That is it! Simple yummy and fast. We also like to put Parmesan cheese on the top to give it a little zing.