Happy Friday and greetings from the beach! We are taking a little beach Vacation for my mom’s birthday! It will be nice having the whole family together.

Today I am sharing 5 of my favorite Pinterest Recipes!

5. Julia Child’s Chicken– This is probably my favorite chicken recipe ever and we probably eat it once a month! 

4. Spaghetti Squash Bake– This is such a yummy light summer dinner and an absolute fave in our house! 

3. Chicken Shnitzel– Easily Christopher’s favorite chicken recipe! 

2. S’mores Krispy Treats– Anytime I bring these to any event they are gone in seconds! YUM! 

1. Oreo Dip– This is like lick the plate clean good…you wont be sorry you tried it!

Hope you enjoy these and that everyone has a great weekend!
<3 Kelly

If you read my post about our crazy weekend, than you know that I made 2 sauces to top our Gnocchi for a Mother’s Day dinner for Christopher’s sweet Mom! I thought I would share the recipe for the Bolognese sauce because it is fairly simple even for a week night!

• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 medium yellow onion chopped
• 2 garlic cloves peeled and chopped
• 1 celery stock coarsely chopped
• 1 carrot coarsely chopped
• 1 lb ground beef/ground turkey
• 1 (28 oz) Can crushed tomoatoes
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley
• 8 fresh basil leaves chopped
• salt and pepper to taste
• top with shredded Parmesan or Romano cheese 

Steps:
In a large skillet heat the olive oil over medium heat,  Saute onion and garlic until soft and translucent, Add carrots and celery and cover for 5 minutes, lifting lid every minute to stir. Add the ground meat and raise to high heat to fully brown meat while breaking it up. Once meat is fully browned add tomatoes, parsley and basil and stir over medium heat for a couple minutes.  To finish add salt and pepper to taste.  Top with cheese and enjoy!  

<3 Kelly

Ingredients:
1 Package of Orzo pasta
1 Package frozen chopped spinach
2 Cups Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup of milk or cream
1 ts garlic powder
1/2 ts salt
1 small lemon

Directions:
Cook orzo according to package while defrosting spinach. Drain orzo.  Add cheese immediately while still warm and stir. Add in all other ingredients finishing with the lemon. Squeeze lemon juice over pasta and stir. Top with extra Parmesan if desired.

I served this with a Cesar salad and some bread and it was delicious! Hope you enjoy!
<3 Kelly

Every once in a while I get a recipe that is just so delicious that I HAVE to share it! Last night’s Crock Pot Chicken Chili is that recipe! It is so simple and it was one of the tastiest recipes I have tried recently! 

Ingredients:
3 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
1 Package of frozen corn
1 yellow onion chopped
1 Can of black beans
1 Can of kidney beans
1 small can of tomato sauce
1 can of Rotel tomatoes (I use the HOT)
1 small can of diced green chilis
1 packet of taco seasoning
(Topping choices: Tortilla, cheese, avocado or french fried onions)

Place chicken in crock pot and pour over half of the taco seasoning. Then dump the remaining ingredients over the chicken topping with the rest of the taco seasoning and stir,

Cook on high in crock pot for 5 1/2 hours. At 5 hours shred the chicken and stir, then replace lid for remaining 30 minutes! Enjoy! (Like I said we used the Hot rote, tomatoes, so you might want to add some salt and pepper to taste)

I am always looking for a good easy recipe to try, if you have any, send them my way!
<3 Kelly

(Disclaimer to family and friends reading this: You will get your cookies in due time, but this batch I made for play group! There is plenty of dough left! Patience!)

Excuse my disclaimer! These cookies are just that good! As soon as someone hears that I have made some, a mob of people (cough…Dad…cough) are salivating and offering up the shirt on their backs just for a taste!!! For the Friends Fans out there…it’s like Monica and the candy!

I wasn’t kidding!!

Sorry I have been a bit MIA. I have been a little sick lately!

The good news is, that due to sickness and the (FINALLY) chilly weather here in Big D, I have 2 yummy Fall soup recipes to share with you!

Cream of Mushroom Soup
Ingredients:
2 cups fresh mushrooms – cleaned and chopped finely
1 tbsp olive oi
2 Cloves of garlic finely chopped
1 tbsp butter
1/2 tbsp thyme 
2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 cup chicken or vegetable stock 
Salt to taste
1 pint Heavy Cream
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
Fresh parsley garnish

Directions:
1. Heat olive oil in bottom of soup pan. Add butter and lightly sauté garlic on medium heat. 
2. Add in mushrooms, thyme, and Worcestershire sauce. Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, or until the moisture from the mushrooms disappears. 
3. Add in chicken broth. Stir occasionally until broth boils, then reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
4 Season with salt and pepper to taste
5. Finally, add heavy cream, and bring to a simmer. Turn heat off.

Tortilla Soup

Ingredients:
2 cups of diced cooked chicken
8 cups of chicken broth (I like to use the bouillon cubes/follow directions on bottle….but any broth will do)
1 can of tomato sauce (also adding 1 sm. can of tomato paste thickens it up.)
1 medium sized white or yellow onion, chopped
4 roma tomato, diced
1 bunch of cilantro, chopped
2 cloves of garlic, minced
3 Jalapeno Peppers Chopped
Garnish with:
fried flour tortilla strips (just fry tortilla in frying pan until golden)
shredded cheddar cheese
Fresh avocado slices
Can Serve over rice