Mommy plus Five

Blake made some yummy dinner for he and Casey tonight.  Casey found the recipe, and Blake put it all together.  I was quite proud of them.

Ingredients....

Pepperoni Slices
Buttermilk Biscuits
Mozerella Cheese.
 Ready to eat pasta sauce.  Unless you can get mom to make some fresh.  :)
Separate the biscuits into two pieces.

Lay down layer one.  Top with pepperoni, cheese and sauce.

Top with remaining biscuit dough.
 Pizza Biscuits.
 Served up with an easy salad.
 Quick, easy and kid approved!  :)
Good job boys!


Peace.

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Chicken ~N~ Biscuits

For dinner tonight, I needed to make something soft that Casey could eat.  His mouth is a little tender with his new braces, so I thought a good chicken noodle soup would do?  Casey thought that would be too blah.

I boiled up some chicken breast until it was falling off the bone.  That equals...put it on low and forget it about it for an hour or two.  That gives you time to figure out what you are going to make for dinner.  :)

Remove the chicken from the broth and set aside.  Toss some chopped carrots and potatoes, peas and green beans into the broth and keep simmering.  I like to add celery too, but I did not have any on hand.

Keep simmering so that the veggies cook through.  This give you a little more time to figure out what you are going to make for dinner.

Add some oil to a skillet and saute some garlic and onion.  Toss in the shredded chicken and add salt, pepper, and whatever other spices you like.  I like to add a pinch of curry and nutmeg.

Saute for a few minutes, than add some fresh spinach.  Stir until cooked through.

Layer the chicken mix on the bottom of a baking pan.


Make a rue in the frying pan with some butter and flour, then deglaze with some milk and make a nice creamy gravy.  (You add a can of cream of chicken soup if you have some.)

Pour your cooked vegetables over the chicken in the baking dish.  Pour the gravy over the top.  Then plop some simple Bisquick drop biscuits as the final layer.
(Simple Bisquick Drop biscuits is simply mixing Bisquick with milk)

Plop, plop ploppity plop.
Place in a 350° oven, bake until the biscuits are brown.
 Serve it up, and enjoy.
Delicious comfort food!


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I actually made this yesterday, but forgot to post it.

Our Thanksgiving turkey has officially exited stage left, with the last of the left-overs being transformed into delicious Enchiladas Verdes...turkey style!

I sauteed the left-over turkey in a pan with some green onion, garlic and fresh spinach.
Soften the corn tortillas by quickly dipping them in heated oil.  You can substitute flour tortillas, but I am not a fan of enchiladas made with flour tortillas.

Spoon the turkey spinach goodness on to the tortilla with some Colby Cheddar cheese.

Roll and stack in a baking dish.

Top with your favorite Salsa Verde and additional shredded cheese.

Bake in a 350° oven until heated through.

Serve up with some sour cream.  You can also add fresh avocado and tomato...and don't forget the jalapeño.
Preparation and cooking time was less than 45 minutes start to finish.  So easy!

I have to tell you, this dish was so good!  I liked it so much that I think I might go straight to the enchiladas next Thanksgiving.  :)

Enjoy!

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Keep it simple, that is my motto when it comes to cooking.  




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I have not added food to my blog in a while, so I figured it would be a fun addition to my lazy Saturday.

For this family, comfort food includes breakfast for dinner.  Since I had already made a huge batch of flour tortilla dough, and Blake has been begging for Hot Pockets (yuck!), I decided to make my own version.

I would give you my recipe for flour tortillas, but it is top secret family information! No, not really, you can find a good recipe HERE.  The only thing I do differently is substitute butter for shortening.  *GASP* I know, heart attack waiting to happen, but what can I say?  I love butter!

Start by browning some pork sausage in a pan.  Once nice and brown, drain off excess grease.
Stir in some eggs and scramble.  Once the eggs are cooked, take off the heat, add some shredded Colby Cheddar and set aside.
 Get your work area ready.
 Roll out tortilla, add cheese, egg, sausage filling, and some diced tomato and jalapeño.
Fold over your tortilla and seal any way you like.

Forking is the easiest way, however I prefer to roll the edges like my Nana taught me.  :)  To fork, simply use a fork along the edges, pressing down to seal the dough.
Place your pockets in an oiled hot skillet and fry "slowly" until crispy golden brown.
Place on a paper towel to cool.

Serve up with fresh avocado, diced tomato, jalapeño and sour cream.
A million times better than a store bought Hot Pockets any day of the week.

For desert I made some blueberry/peach cobbler.  Yummmmy!



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I was in the kitchen preparing dinner, and had a dinner guest.

 Garrett gently put him back into the garden, on one of the lilies.
 He seemed to prefer the lilies to Italian cuisine.

 Nature is an amazing thing.

 And for dinner....I made some fresh Parmesan ravioli's with Italian sausage, and a spinach, tomato salad.
It was delicious!  :)

After dinner I talked Blake into taking a ride with me.  "Just a short one mom!"  I could have kept going all night, but Blake said no.  :(  We did have a nice 3 plus mile ride though.  It was raining in the valley, and the sunset was stunning!







Thanks for the ride son.  <3

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Love,