Food Blog

Well in completely unrelated to stamping news, I am loving Emeals as a quick way to plan delicious dinners.  Last night I made Greek Chicken wraps with homemade carrot and raisin slaw.  It was wonderful!  I made a few modifications to the recipe.

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Here’s how I did it:

Ingredients:

  • 2 bonesless, skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 green bell pepper
  • 1 onion
  • greek dressing
  • feta cheese crumbles
  • flour tortillas

Carrot & Raisin Salad

  • 3 carrots
  • 2 snack boxes of carrots
  • 1/4 cup mayo
  • dash of sugar

 

I cooked two boneless, skinless chicked breasts (I used frozen because it was cheaper in bulk at Costco) in a frying pan.

Dice 1 onion and 1 green bell pepper.   When chicken in almost fully cooked, slice chicken into strips and throw it back into the pan with the diced veggies.   Cook with the top covered until the veggies are tender and translucent, stirring occasionally.  Place chicken and veggies into a flour tortilla, add greek dressing and feta cheese crumbles and roll it up. (heat the wrap in the micro for 12 seconds with a damp paper towel over it, before adding the food, to keep it from tearing).  Drop the wrap back into the pan and crisp on each side.

Carrot & Raisin Slaw:

Well, I accidentally bought whole carrots instead of shredded, so I chopped them up into slices and then into fourths.  I added two small snack boxes of raisins, yes- the kind you give our kids.  Add a large spoonful (or 1/4 cup if you like measurements) to the carrots and raisins.  Add a sprinkle of sugar and mix.   Chill in the fridge while the wraps are cooking.

Happy cooking!

MDS Monday: Digital Recipe Binder

I can’t cook.  Okay, well I can cook, but not without a recipe. I am adding new recipes to my collection every day. I like to try new recipes and love to make my favorites over and over again.  I pull out my recipe binder and look at the measurements (even when I’ve made it a hundred times).

Putting my recipes into a binder was the best idea yet.  I have clear sleeves in the binder and as I find recipes I like, I print them out or rip them out of the magazine and add them to my binder.  I keep it in the kitchen on our little corner desk, along with cookbooks.

I wanted some of my favorites to be easily accessible and to look nicer than the food stained, crumpled recipes currently in my binder. (I still can’t figure out how the recipes get dirty when they are in plastic sleeves, but it happens).

Enough talking, long story short, I used the recipe book in My Digital Studio to make my recipes look appealing, refreshed and delicious   I added pictures, ingredients, directions and printed them out. I added them to the binder.  Perfection. Enjoy looking and feel free to use the recipes, I used my favorites.

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I think it turned out fabulous. I am very happy with it and it only took 30 minutes to create.  If you have not yet downloaded My Digital Studio, download the FREE 30 day trial. You will fall in love.

Happy creating.

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It’s already June 6th. I cannot believe we are half way through the year! It has been busy, but FUN!

Make sure you get your FREE My Digital Studio desktop wallpaper download (click the picture above). I love how sunny and bright it is.

As always, you can download a free 30 Day Trial of MDS (here).

On a totally unrelated note, I tried to make Chicken Pot Pie Cupcakes Tin minis– the filling was tasty, but the dough was a fail.  The biscuits cooked on the outside and most of the way through, but the middle was gooey and I was afraid we would get ill from eating the raw biscuit dough, so in the trash they went. Maybe using pie crust in the cupcake pan would have been a better idea.

Happy crafting & cooking!

Chicken Alfredo- Dinner!

Last week my wonderful friend, Bridgit, taught me this easy recipe for Chicken Alfredo.  So, this week I tried it out on my own and it was delicious.  Here’s the recipe and a step by step tutorial. It’s pinterest worthy, I promise. Enjoy!!

 

Chicken Alfredo
about a pound of chicken tenders (I used frozen) 
lemon pepper seasoning
a box of penne pasta
1 red bell pepper (I used 2 because I love peppers)
crushed red pepper to taste
EVOO
 
Sauce
1 stick of butter
8oz cream cheese
2 tsp garlic powder
2 cups milk (use less for it to be thicker)
about 2 cups of shredded Parmesan cheese
black pepper to taste
cayenne pepper to taste
Directions:
Get your ingredients together. 
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Melt butter over medium in saucepan.
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Add cream cheese and garlic powder and stir until smooth.
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Add milk a little at a time, whisking to smooth out the lumps.
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Stir in Parmesan cheese (my fav part!). Add cayenne pepper and black pepper to taste. I liked the sauce to look a little pink, its spicier that way.
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Heat up water to a boil for pasta. Add pasta to water and cook as directed.
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Cut up the bell pepper into 1/2 inch thick strips.  Heat EVOO in frying pan & add bell pepper strips and crushed red pepper.  Cook until they are soft and parts of the strips are blackened.  Once done, place in sauce.
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Cook chicken tenders in same frying pan as bell pepper. Add some fresh EVOO. Place tenders in the pan and sprinkle with lemon pepper seasoning.  Cook as directed if frozen or approx 3 mins on each side if thawed chicken.  Check to see if the tenders are cooked thoroughly.  Chop up in to bite size pieces. 
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The sauce is done, the pasta is done, the chicken is done.  Throw it in a bowl, add some sauce and enjoy the deliciousness!! 
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Boss helped me cook this one:
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I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.  It is now a regular in our household.  And the sauce refrigerates well for great lunch leftovers.