cinnomon cupcakes with cream cheese icing

yuuuuum! So good. The frosting was to die for. Cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, cinnomon, and vanilla!mix and enjoy!

Home made chicken Soup

Well I kinda decided to wing it on this one. I put two chicken breasts in a crock pot, added one carton of chicken broth, 2 tablespoons sea salt, 3 teaspoons rosemary, 3 teaspoons, thyme, 1 large carrot chopped, 1/2 stalk of celery chopped and half a bag of egg noodles. I let them cook so 8 hours on low. It was yummy, but imagine my surprise when I came home to find no noodles in the soup. They had melted and turned into a chicken pot pie kinda dish! It was good even without the noodles!

Corn bread muffins and crock pot chicken

This was delish! I took two partially thawed chicken breasts, half a cup of water and one packet of enchilada seasoning and put them in a crock pot on low for 6 hours. Best, most tender chicken I have ever had. I wrapped them in tortillas, Added enchilada sauce and cheese baked at 400 for 25 min. Man was it good. I also made corn bread muffins. I added corn meal, flour, eggs, milk, salt, sugar, and butter. They were not my grandma's, but they were good!

on Vaca

Hopefully you have not been sad about my lack of posts lately. I have been cooking, but I have been taking it easy on posting. I made a chocolate cake from scratch with a chocolate butter cream icing while in St. Louis visiting my parents, and a yummy chili last night to ward off the cold. Tomorrow I am going to try Chicken made in the crock pot.MMMM.

Day 20 Blondies and Sausage Stew

Well I have never made a stew before, or Blondie's so decided to give them a try. The stew was super easy. Add 1 can bean and bacon soup, 1/2 can diced tomatoes, 1 cup water, 1/2 cup chopped celery, 1/2 cup chopped carrots, 1 peeled and cubed potato, 1/2 tsp chili powder and 6 oz fully cooked sausage. Stir together and simmer 30 min. Very Good!
For the Blondie's I mixed 1 cup brown sugar with 1/3 cup butter over med head until smooth. Add one egg, 1/2 tsp vanilla, 1 cup all purpose flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1/8 tsp baking soda. Put in an 8x8 greased baking dish. Sprinkle with white choc chips. Cook 25-30 min. Also a YUM!

Day 18-19- baby enchillata stuffed shells, baby back ribs, and german chocolate cake

So yesterday we had jumbo shells stuffed with enchilada stuffing. Very yummy, but there was enough filling for twice the shells. You take 15 jumbo shells and boil them, stuff them with refried beans, and top them with turkey meat cooked in enchilada sauce. bake with cheese. Tonight I cooked baby back ribs with potatoes and baked beans. The ribs were once again too much for two people, but I couldn't find any smaller. You take a rack of ribs and cut into smaller sizes, bake for 60 min at 350...then coat in barbecue sauce for another 30 min. Finally I make a German chocolate cake that came out great! Start with 2 sticks of softened butter and add 2 cups of sugar. Cream together until light and fluffy. Add 4 egg yolks(save whites) one at a time and mix between adding. Combine 2.5 cups flour with 1 tsp baking soda, and half tsp salt. Add to mixture one cup at a time. Add 1 cup buttermilk. Add 1 tsp vanilla. Beat egg whites on high seating until it forms hard peaks. Fold into mixture. Put in 3 greased 9in round cake pans. Bake for 30 min. Meanwhile, take 1 stick butter, 1 cup evaporated milk, 1 cup sugar and 3 egg yolks and combine over med heat in a skillet. Cook until golden brown. remove from heat. Add 4 oz pecans,2 oz walnuts and 1tsp vanilla. Let sit until it thickens. Finally heat 1 oz semi-sweet chocolate with half tsp shortening until blended. pour over sides.YUM!

Day 18- black and bleu salad...minus the bleu

Yesterday I made Black and bleu salad...minus the bleu. This was about the easiest thing I have made yet. A little strip steak with romain lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, cheese, and croutons. Quite tasty! Tonight...mexican stuffed shells!