So on Monday I decided to try a new recipe that I found on Pinterest. The original recipe came from HERE. The only thing I changed in the recipe was how I cooked it. Cooking things on high for only 3-4 hours in a crock pot really isn't an option for me, so I turned it on low at about 7:30ish a.m. I took the first bowl and ate out of it at about 3:30 and it stayed on till 5:00ish when everyone was done eating. I thought this tasted really good however I felt the kale seemed a little overcooked. The potato's and sausage seemed perfect, so if I were to make this again and it was an option, I'd probably throw the kale in about 1/2 way through instead of at the beginning. Either way, I'm sure I'll make this again! It's not quit as great as Olive Garden's soup (but maybe that's because I didn't have the yummy bread sticks to go with it), but it's definitely good enough to make again!
On that note, last night for dinner I made a Chili Dog Casserole. I originally found the recipe on Pinterest, which originated from THIS blog. Ingredients: 2-15oz cans of chili (I used one "normal" can of chili with beans and one can of spicy without beans), hot dogs (yes, I buy the $.79 ones at Woodmans cause I'm cheap, lol), tortillas, and cheese (I used a mix of Colby & cheddar). Okay, I know this definitely is not the most healthy thing I've ever made but on a lazy Sunday night it was just what I needed. With having the one can of spicy chili in there it gave the whole thing a nice little kick without being overbearing, so the kids could still eat it. Justin ended up coming over for dinner and I still have enough for 2 lunches (well 1 now since I ate one today). This recipe will be put in the "make again" category!
So a couple of weeks ago for work we had a pot luck. I made some of my Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins but for Scott I decided to try a new recipe, so I went to allrecipes.com and found THIS recipe for Egg and Cheese Puffs. I followed the recipe exactly and they were a big hit. The recipe actually made several more than it stated it would so there where plenty of leftovers. I actually popped a small bagful in the freezer for later. Word of advise, use the metal liners for them. A bunch of people in the comments section said that without putting a liner they stuck really bad, so I used regular liners....and they still stuck really bad. A co-worker said to try the metal ones, so I'll do that next time I make these. 
Working my way through my favorite cookbook, on page 59 of Taste of Home: Simple & Delicious is the recipe called Blackened Fish Salad. Ingredients: cajun blackened grilled fish fillets, deli pasta, baby spinach, and parmesan cheese. We used THIS pasta salad (my all time favorite!!!) and we actually forgot to put the parmesan cheese onto it (didn't realize until a couple of days later when we were having spaghetti and Scott went to use it and it hadn't been opened yet, oops!). I really enjoyed this recipe but unfortunately no one else in the house did. Scott isn't a big fan of the fish, and the kids devoured the pasta part of it they barley touched the rest of it. I hope I can convince them to make this again, but I might not be able too. 
So recently a co-worker gave me a recipe for Peanut Butter Chewy Brownies. She got it out of a magazine that she gets. On the bottom of my sheet it has the website for Penzeys but I could not find this particular recipe on there. Ingredients: peanut butter, butter, sugar, brown sugar, egg, vanilla extract, flour, baking powder, salt, and chocolate chips. I love peanut butter and I love chocolate so I assumed I would love these. They were pretty good but I almost think they had to much chocolate. I think if I make these again I would probably cut the amount of chocolate in half. But other than wanting to make that one change, they were pretty tasty!
So recently I once again turned to my cookbook - Taste of Home : Simple & Delicious, on page 44 is a Black Bean Taco Salad. I saw this recipe and immediately thought of Scott (he LOVES taco's). Ingredients: ground beef, lettuce, tomato, black beans, Catalina salad dressing, and nacho cheese chips. I do not like nacho cheese (Doritos) chips, so instead I just used some plain tortilla chips I had that I eat with my salsa. I'm not sure if it's because I used different chips but I did NOT enjoy this recipe. Maybe it was the dressing? I'm not sure. Scott used regular Doritos and he seemed to enjoy it, so maybe that was my problem? Either way, I don't think I'll be making this again anytime soon.
So awhile back I turned to a cookbook I've had for awhile (the picture is not the exact one I have, I couldn't seem to find it online - I purchased it from my cousin for $5 as one of those school fundraisers so it's really little but has a variety of recipes in it). I made Barbecue Beef & Potatoes - more for Scott than me as this is more of a "him" meal. Ingredients: potatoes, ground beef, green bell pepper & BBQ sauce. I'll say it was okay I guess. Nothing specially and I really do not like green peppers. It's not something I would make if I got to choose but if Scott really wants it again I'll make it for him. 
So a few weeks ago, I turned once again to my favorite cookbook - Taste Of Home - and turned to page 16 and made Taco Puffs. Scott LOVES tacos so to change things up a bit I figured I would try out this recipe. Ingredients: ground beef, onion (I didn't use any), taco seasoning, large biscuits & cheddar cheese. They turned out really tasty but not as pretty as the picture shows them to be. I think next time I would try and make it in a large bake pan and just make it more like bars instead of puffs. Either way, it was worth making them, and we will be making them again -yumm!
ed zucchini made up the brownies and there was frosting on top which consisted of chocolate chips and peanut butter. I never actually got to try the brownies but considering that most of them were gone in a short amount of time I'm assuming they were pretty tasty. I will definitely consider making these again in the future.
ese, southwestern chicken strips & lettuce leaves. I couldn't find regular spinach tortillas at the grocery store but I did find some garlic spinach, so that is what we used and for the Salsa we used THIS. These were SO GOOD. OMG. I want to make them again already! Next time though I wont try and eat 2 of them because I was super full! 
ile ago I tried a new recipe, a Strawberry Apple Pie. Its ingredients include: granny smith apples, strawberries, lemon juice, sugar, flour for the pie, then the crust stopped with sugar & ground cinnamon. I made the pie to take over to Aunt Missy's and according to Scott it was wonderful - so I'm going to say this recipe is a keeper. I got the recipe from page 224 of my favorite cook book - Taste of Home.
however I did take a couple of bites as I was heading out the door and it tasted wonderful! Friday nights are our "unhealthy" dinner nights. Either pizza (home made), burgers (turkey), and fries (baked, not fried usually) or something else that satisfies our salty, greasy needs once a week. This will definitely be made again at some point!
tually finished up the chicken in the oven. It still produced the yummy crunchy outside but by putting it in the oven I was able to finish cooking the chicken without loosing all of the mixture in the flipping process (I'm a big flipper - I flip very often, lol). Overall this had a really yummy taste and I would definitely make this again!
it). This recipe made enough for us to have it for dinner twice, which is always good as some nights it is hard for us to have time to make a new meal. We will definitely be making this again!