3 cheese chicken "alfredo" bake

I am infamous for putting in wrong ingredients when I cook (or miss the ingredients completely)

One time (which my brothers will NEVER let me live down) was when I made beef strogonaff for them.  It calls for 1 cup of sour cream.  I was thinking of something white and I put in 1 cup of crisco.  It was a big pile of greasy grease.  And there are other stories.

This recipe was really good.  As we were eating I thought "this is not very creamy at all?"  Then after we were finished I saw the jar of alfedo sauce that was supposed to be added.  Still sealed and in the pantry.  So, with the alfredo it would only make it better I have a feeling.  It was still good without because it was so cheesy!

http://www.plainchicken.com/2010/11/three-cheese-chicken-alfredo-bake.html

Man Pleasing Chicken

I think my man was pleased :)  We love grilling so we put this on the grill instead of the oven to bake. 
Side of rice and baked asparagus.  Made me feel so healthy. 

http://www.wittyinthecity.com/2011/08/man-pleasing-chicken/

Southwestern eggrolls with avacado dipping sauce

I have been wanting to make these for a long time.  My husband was a little nervous about these being baked and not fried, but he loved them!  I loved them.  My brother that had dinner with us loved them.  Everyone loved them except the kid, but she hates everything.  The recipe once again makes a ton.  I halfed the eggrolls and we still had left overs.  And the sauce made a ton!!  Since the sauce is a bit fattening we didnt eat all that much and threw away a lot.  I made this for a main dish with a side of rice.  Next time we need appetizers I am definately making these eggrolls.

http://www.chef-in-training.com/2011/12/southwestern-egg-rolls-with-avocado.html

Cordon Blue Pasts aka Firehouse!

This recipe tasted just like the pasta at Firehouse.  My husband gets this everytime we eat out here.
It was rich and cheesy and an A+!

http://amysnewkitchen.blogspot.com/2010/03/chicken-cordon-bleu-pasta.html

Baked Potatoe Soup

'Tis the season for soup and I am really enjoying it.  This recipe is for the crock pot.  However, we have a super awesome pressure cooker that will cook the same thing in about 10 minutes.  So we tried this soup in our pressure cooker.  It turned out great.  We also added some corn... corn chowder is my favorite.  Other than the corn the soup really did taste like a baked potatoe!

http://www.365daysofcrockpot.com/search/label/Soups

French Onion Soup

There is a nice restaurant that we sometimes go to.  They have the best french onion soup.  This recipe tasted just like the restaurants.  It was yummy.  Other than our house smelling like onions and our eyes stinging for a few hours, this soup turned out really well.

http://www.365daysofcrockpot.com/search/label/Soups

Country Club Chicken

YUM.  THE. END. 

http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/country-club-chicken

Balsamic Basil Mayo on Caprese Grilled Cheese

A big fancy name for a super easy meal.  This is definately a busy day dinner. 

Our favorite thing to eat in the summer are what we call "good tomatoes."  Sliced fresh garden tomatoes, topped with mozerella cheese, balsamic vinegar, basil and italian dressing.  Broil until cheese is melted and golden brown.  We will eat just like this, or broil on top of thick french bread.  This recipe is just like these good tomotoes, just grilled.  So of course it was yummy to us.

http://www.sweettreatsmore.com/2012/01/caprese-grilled.html

Cordon Bleu

Since I have started to cook more new recipes I have found myself becoming a little more easy going about it, and I have learned to improvise.  We still had a tiny bit of ham left over from our Sunday dinner so I threw this recipe together; Crock Pot Chicken Cordon Blue.  I didnt have swiss cheese on hand, so I used mozerella cheese that we did have.  Since we only had a little bit of ham, the servings were small.  So I cooked up some rice to pour this over, and it turned into a hearty meal. It all worked out well.

http://www.chef-in-training.com/2012/02/slow-cooker-chicken-cordon-bleu.html

Pizzie PIe

I made homeade pizza last night.  I made 1/2 the pizza; pepporoni, pepper, ham and olives for my husband, and the other 1/2 shredded ham and pineapple for me and the kid.  (we had a huge ham for Sunday dinner so I used that left over meat) Ended up pretty dang good.

http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2011/10/homemade-pan-pizza-crust-pizza-night.html

S'mores in the winter

One of our favorite summertime enjoyments is roasting marshmallows over Grandma's fire pit and making a big, choclatey, gooey, messy s'more.  Oh....I miss summer.  Anyway, these little treats were easy to make and taste like real s'mores.  This recipe has you make them in a mini-muffin tin, which I dont have.  So i doubled the batch and made them in a regular 12 spot muffin tin.
(don't use as much butter as the recipe calls for.)

http://texascottage.blogspot.com/2011/08/smore-cups.html

Chinese

A few things:

-  We really enjoy chinese food!
-  This was pretty time consuming.  Both my husband and I worked on this together and it still took time.  And made a mess.  We did the beef, egg rolls and rice.
-  The recipe for the beef says that PF Changs will serve the beef without the excess sauce but that you should put the excess sauce over the rice.  Do NOT do that.  The sauce is so salty.  We put it over our rice and I could not finish it due to the saltiness.  You should discard the excess sauce and only serve the beef with what sauce comes on it.  (or put the sauce to the side to dip your eggrolls in)
- The eggrolls were yummy.  This one recipe made 14 rolls.  I dont know what we are going to do with that many!
-  Next time we do chinese, I will stick to my moms Sweet -n- Sour chicken recipe....and make the eggrolls as well.

http://www.favfamilyrecipes.com/2008/01/mongolian-beef.html

 http://www.plannerperfectmeals.com/2011/03/amazing-egg-rolls.html

Chili's Queso

Copycat recipes are great!  You can enjoy your favorite foods without eating out and forking out 10 times the cost.  I made this for a movie night with my husband.  Very good.  One recipe makes a huge batch.

http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2012/01/chilis-copycat-skillet-queso-recipe.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FyJOAYq+%28Six+Sisters%27+Stuff%29

Mmm Mmm Good

There is something about having a bowl of warm hearty soup on a cold rainy day.  This meal fit perfectly with the weather outside.  This creamy chicken and rice soup was made in a crockpot.  Thursdays are my busiest day and the crockpot is the only way to get a hot meal on the table. 
PS. this soup was delicious!!

http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/2011/09/comfort-foods.html

Pot Roast Nachos

These would have been a good Super Bowl snack, or an appetizer, but we had them for a whole meal.  We made a roast for Sunday dinner (our own recipe, not the roast recipe found below) and of course we had a lot of left over meat.  So I made these the next day.  My husband loved them and has already asked fo them again! They were just the right spiciness and we will definately be having these nachos again!

http://www.plainchicken.com/2011/06/pot-roast-nachos.html

Lemon ~n~ raspberries

Sunday dinner dessert.... Yummy.  I will make this again because it was easy and good.  Next time though, I want to use blueberries instead of raspberries.  I like them better!  Cherries would also be great.

http://thimbleanna.com/recipes/rasppie.html

Andes cupcakes

Oh yes....  These bad boys are awesome!  Mint is my favorite flavor and chocolate is my husbands favorite treat.  These cupcakes gave us both.
*A few notes:  These took a few hours to make and my kitchen ended up a mess.  Second- I know these contradict my previous post on my getting in shape goal.  But I could not pass this recipe up.  They ended up awesome.

http://www.yourcupofcake.com/2011/05/andes-mint-cupcakes.html

Olive Garden at home

Everytime I eat at Olive Garde I order the fetuchini alfredo. I don't even remember the last time I got something different.  This tasted pretty close to the actual sauce.  Plain and simple in taste but that is how I like this sauce.  It was easy to make, too!  Best part is....it did not cost $12.00 a person.

http://www.olivegarden.com/Connections-to-Italy/Recipes/Sauces/Alfredo-Sauce/

Sunday dinner

I was so excited to try this recipe.  I am not a huge fan of ground beef, so a lasagna with chicken and alfredo instead of meat and tomatoe sauce sounded great.  The flavor ended up yummy but there was one huge problem.  The butter in the alfredo sauce turned to grease.  Like the whole bottom of the casserole dish was grease.  And the alfredo sauce disappeared :(
I dont know if it was because I made it a day in adavance and put it in the fridge, or I cooked it too long.... or what.  But the grease was so off putting, I will not make this again until I figure out what happened. If that had not happened, it would have been great.
But HEY... i tried it and now I know.

What's for dinner?

Last night I made this recipe.  It was super easy.  I would give it a 8 out of 10. 

http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2009/09/crispy-southwest-chicken-wraps.html

It was almost exactly like this recipe below that I made last month. This one we loved.  It was a 10!! So next time we are in the mood for some southwestern chicken....I am making this one below.  For some reason, it was yummier!

http://foodgawker.com/popular/favorites/page/5/