Enchilada Sauce
Often times I want to make enchiladas and I do not have enchilada sauce in my pantry. I tried once before to make my own sauce but did NOT like the results. I thought we should give it a try. We were making Tyler Florence's enchiladas (spoiler alert!) and thought it was the perfect time. In the comments of his recipe someone posted an enchilada sauce recipe. I used that as a base and changed it to our liking.
The ingredients are easy. Everything was measured out and put in the same bowl.
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Chicken and White Bean Chili
After roasting two whole chickens and peeling the yummy meat off of it we had to figure out what to make with it all. I knew that wasn't going to be a hard task. We came across Chicken and White Bean Chili from Good Housekeeping. I made a few adaptations to fit our lifestyle. When we have busy days, soccer is what is keeping us busy right now, I need a slow cooker meal to start in the morning and forget about. Whenever we get home dinner is ready to go! Usually at that time my ...
Roast Sticky Chicken-Rotisserie Style
It seems a lot of the recipes we have in reserve to try require shredded chicken. I thought we could try to make our own from a whole chicken. I was hoping if we roasted two chickens the time and effort would be worth it and we would have enough shredded chicken for multiple meals. We found Roast Sticky Chicken-Rotisserie Style. It had great reviews and everything I have made from allrecipes with great reviews has been great. I was confident this one would be just as wonderful.
We started ...
Off On Vacation
The Little Chefs are off track so we have been doing some traveling. We have had a rough few months and have needed to take a break and just have fun away from home! Denver was last week which was a work and play trip. We are on our way home from Southern California today which was a play trip. I'm hoping to stop by the M&M; store in Vegas today. I told the Little Chefs about it weeks ago when we were planning the details, but then plans were drastically changed. I'm still hoping we can ...
To Die For Blueberry Muffins
We saw some fresh blueberries and wanted to do something with them. We looked through one of our favorite recipes books and found To Die For Blueberry Muffins. Little Chef A and Little Chef D were working together this time on this recipe. Little Chef A measured out the flour, salt and baking powder. I helped her measure out 1/3 cup vegetable oil in a 1 cup measuring cup. She then cracked an egg to add to it and then filled the measuring cup the rest of the way with milk. It was an ...
Caprese Tartlets
When Little Chef A first made Crostini Alla Romana it was successful except the bread was too thick. Caprese Tartlets by Melissa D' Arabian have pretty much the same ingredients. Tarlets are small and that is what my Little Chefs love to eat; anything small.
Little Chef A used one of our favorite tools, a pizza wheel, to cut off the crust. She then used a rolling pin and rolled it as flat as she could. The now squashed bread was passed to Little Chef D who brushed both sides with olive ...
Hammond’s Candy Factory
We have been on vacation in Denver, CO for the past few days. Hamond's Candy Factory is one of the places we visited. We were able to go on a 30 minute tour to see how the candy is made. The Little Chef's eyes were opened and they were very excited to see anything they could. All the candy here is made by hand. They were making candy trees the afternoon we visited. We were able to watch part of the process. The man in the orange made the candy from 3 basic ingredients. He is responsible for ...
Homemade Frozen PB&J Sandwiches
Pre-made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are very convenient. We were at Costco a while ago and Little Chef Dad wanted to buy some from the freezer section. I understand they are great to take for a last minute outing or drive through the canyon, but I have a hard time paying that much for something I can make at home for MUCH less.
We have used these molds before for Chicken Pot Pie Turnovers. This time we made our own pre-made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. It was very ...
Perfect Omelet
Earlier this summer our family went on vacation...more like a family reunion hop. We were bouncing from one to the other not spending the entire time with either family. For some strange reason two reunions on different sides of the family were scheduled for the exact same days. Super inconvenient for us, but we worked it out as best we could while attending both.
In our travels we stayed at a hotel that served breakfast. This was not just the limited choices of cold cereal and muffins ...
Zucchini Carpachio
With the abundant zucchini being produced in the gardens we searched for a different zucchini recipe. We found Zucchini Carpachio which intrigued us because it was very quick,easy and required minimal ingredients! Requiring the zucchini to marinate for a while before serving was a bonus! One less last minute part of the meal to make!
The first step was to make the marinade. One half of a lemon was squeezed - still a hard task for Little Chefs. They were able to measure out the olive oil, ...
Incredible Punch
Incredible Punch lives up to its name. It is very tasty! We all raved about this recipe and loved every sip! The key to this punch is to make it the night before serving. Most of the ingredients are mixed together then put in a container (we used an ice cream tub) to freeze overnight.
We found it best to break up the big piece of punch with a knife before putting it in a punch bowl and adding the ginger ale and raspberry soda. When everyone is serving their own they will be able to get ...
Chicken Parmigiana
I always like tried and true recipes. One of my favorite places to find recipes is allrecipes.com. I love to read the reviews and make some adaptations to the recipes. Chicken Parmigiana was one of those recipes. It was my turn to choose the recipe and I knew Little Chef C would be able to execute it easily. It is very simple. Only dipping the chicken in egg then breadcrumbs, pouring sauce over everything, mounding cheese on top. She didn't think it was that much fun because she didn't get ...
