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9.27.2007
Tetrazzini
Chicken Tetrazzini (the easy version)
1 8oz pkg spaghetti noodles
1 can cream of chicken soup (or you can use mushroom)
2 c coked chicken, diced (although I only use one chicken breast worth and it's fine)
1/2 c milk
1/4 c grated Parmesan cheese
1 4oz can sliced mushrooms (optional)
Cook Spaghetti, drain and place in a buttered 2 quart casserole dish. Mix soup and milk. Add diced chicken and drained mushrooms. Stir chicken mixture in with spaghetti in casserole dish. Sprinkle cheese on top.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 min.
Yummmm :)
9.26.2007
Remembering Family Jokes
9.25.2007
PRESERVING FAMILY MEMORIES
so i think as contributors to this blog, we could do something like this together by sharing some of the unique and great places that we go as a family or as moms and kids. we can all include the great places we go all the time like como zoo, but there may be places that we've never been before or never heard of that we might want to include in our scrapbook. i love this idea and i know that Will and i will love looking at it in the future and i can tell him "remember when we used to go to the library everyday because we were poor and we couldn't go anywhere else...hahaha" just kidding.... but on a more serious note, these are precious days we spend as college students and we need to remember the wonderful, fun, hard, and sometimes very hard times, in a positive way such as this!
i couldn't find a link for this project on-line, please if you are interested in more info and ideas and pictures to see how they put it together, let me know and I'll make copies for you!
PS - sorry for the lengthy post!
9.24.2007
Our Favorite Things
Our favorite:
1. place to go out for dinner- 2 very family friendly places here in MN are Bonfire and the St. Clair Broiler. Bonfire is already loud so you don't feel bad if your kids are making noise. And if they order the kids pizza they get to go back and help make it. This is a big hit with Parker. St Clair Broiler has good food and doesn't cost too much. They also have a family friendly environment. Definitely order a chocolate milkshake!
2. fast food- Our fav is Little Caesars. Not exactly the closest place to us but worth the $5 yummy pizza. And they have a pretty good 2 pizza special on the weekends.
3. place to shop for groceries- we've found that the cheapest and easiest place to buy groceries... and everything else... is Super Target! And now if you go to one that has the updated carts you can find the gigantic "2-kid-carts" on the grocery side of the store. These are great because we can put both our kids in the seats and still have the original cart seat for the baby carrier and then we have a whole cart for groceries!4. place to shop for clothes- KOHLS! Oh how i love Kohls! Their original prices are horrible but they always have sales and they're usually awesome sales. And if you browse the clearance racks you can find some really good deals!
5. books- My kids love Sandra Boynton! But even more then that lately they have been really into these "How Do Dinosaurs ___?" books by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague. What cute books, we read all of them several times a day and right now you can get them at Kohls for only $5!
6. mommy-desperately-needs-a-break movie- Curious George! Fun, cute, and one of those movies that both of my kids will watch all the way through! Even I don't mind watching it over and over again!
7. car ride accessories- The Doodle Pro. We have a big one of these that my kids always fight over so we bought 2 little ones for the car and they work really well.
8. church bribes- color by number coloring books or activity books work really well for Parker. Also the quiet game where you give the person who was the "quietest" a prize after church (works better for older kids). We have no idea how to make Mayli be good during church... any suggestions?
9. child scripture stories- The "Who's Your Hero?" books by David Bowman. So cute and funny. Makes the stories fun for the little ones. Just try and get your hands on the board book versions because our paperback copy has already been ripped a few times!
10. going-to-bed-good bribe- we have 2 little chairs next to the kids beds and if they have a night where they both go to bed without crying or whining for something then we put a treat on their chair for them to find the next morning. We get our supply of treats from the dollar spot at Target... another great feature of Target!
11. FHE source- the church now has a great FHE section online where you can access lessons and get age appropriate activities to go along with them.
12. stain removal method- Shout pads go with me everywhere. And when I'm at home Spray-n-Wash and my Clorox pen are my best friends! I almost prefer my kids wear white because I know I can get those stains out.
13. things to do when you're stuck at home- Crayola's Color Wonder products are great fun for kids and are mess free. Parker does well with markers but Mayli gets ink all over. With color wonder she can color or paint wherever she wants and it doesn't matter.
14. potty rewards- of course every child is different so what works for one might not work for another. But the most successful for us have been: computer games (links on the sidebar), sticker charts, candy, and walking around the apartment banging pans together and yelling "(Child's name) went peepee in the potty HOORAY"!!
15. things to watch after the kids go to bed- Heroes, LOST, House, 24, So You Think You Can Dance, and Supernatural (Brian's fav). If you haven't checked out these shows you should! And if you know of any good girly shows let me know! Since Gilmore Girls was cancelled I definitely need a new girl show to watch!
9.23.2007
Broccoli
Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo
6 oz. cooked fettuccine
1 c. fresh or frozen broccoli flowerets
2 T butter
1 lbs. chicken breast, cubed
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 c. milk
1/2 c. grated parmesan cheese (I just use the dried stuff and it's fine)
1/4 tsp. pepper
1. Cook pasta and add broccoli for last 4 minutes. Drain.
2. Melt butter and cook chicken until brown.
3. Add soup, milk, cheese, and pepper. Cook through and toss with the pasta and broccoli.
Top 5 easy (and cheesy) things we did recently
4. Pull a chair up to the kitchen sink and let the kiddos help with the (plastic!) dishes...beware water will get everywhere!
3. Send your child an email from a sesame street character...or help them send one to dad (he's sure to send one back) and check your email together.
2. Blow bubbles while they are taking their bath.
1. Turn the music up and dance around the house with them (and on their bed!)
9.21.2007
Chicken Bundles
Chicken Bundles
Ingredients:
6-8 oz cream cheese
4T butter (soften this and the cheese in microwave)
1/8 tsp pepper
1-2 T minced onions
2 C cooked chicken
2 cans of 8 crescent rolls (16 total)
1 can mushrooms (optional)
Mix cheese, butter, seasonings, mushrooms and chicken together. Lay down a crescent roll and flatten a little more with your fingers. Place rounded tablespoon potions of mixture in fat part of dough and roll up and seal edges. Place on cookie sheet and bake.
Temp- 375 degrees
Bake Time- 13-17 min (until rolls are golden brown)
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9.20.2007
Dessert Index
- Bachelor Fudge
- Best Pumpkin Pie Ever
- Black Cherry Oatmeal Crunch Squares
- Brownies and Peppermint Ice Cream
- Buckeyes
- BYU Mint Brownies
- Cake Pops
- Candy Bar Cake
- Candy Cane Kisses
- Cherry Delight
- Choco Peanut Butter Cake
- Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies
- Chocolate Covered Strawberries
- Chocolate Ganache Cake
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge
- Chocolate Pudding Cake
- Chocolate Pudding Halloween Treat
- Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
- Chocolate Scotcheroos
- Cinnamon Apple Streusel Bars
- Cinnasweet Pumpkin Seeds
- Cookies, Cookies, Cookies!
- Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies
- Earthquake Cake
- Fudgy Bonbons
- Fun Cupcakes
- Fun Turkeys
- Graham Gems
- Jam Thumbprints
- Jell-O Knox Blocks (Jigglers)
- Lemon Bars
- Lusciously Lemon Cake
- Melt Aways
- Mini Cheesecakes
- Nilla Apple Crisp
- No Bake Cookies
- Oatmeal Krispie Cookies
- Oreo Pie
- Peanut Butter and Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
- Peanut Butter Bars
- Peanut Butter Candies
- Poppy Seed Cake
- Praline Pumpkin Dessert
- Pumpkin Butter
- Pumpkin Crunch
- Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cakes
- Pumpkin Roll
- Puppy Chow
- Seasoned Nuts
- Shortbread Cookies
- Sin
- Sour Cream Drop Cookies
- Strawberries in Snow
- Strawberry/Raspberry Cream Cupcakes
- Sugar Cookies
- Texas Sheet Cake
- Toffee
- Triple Layer Banana Cream Pie Bars
- Turtle Cheesecake
- Turtles
- White Chocolate Cheesecake (No-Bake)
Main Dish Index
- 1 Dish Chicken Supper
- Amazing Apricot Chicken
- Apricot Jalapeno Glazed Chicken
- Baked Spaghetti
- BBQ Chicken Pizza
- BBQ Cups
- BBQ Ribs
- Beef Stroganoff
- Big-Batch Vegetable Soup
- Black Bean Tortilla Casserole
- Broiled Salmon
- Chalupas
- Cheesy Mummy Dogs
- Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo
- Chicken and Cabbage
- Chicken and Dumplings
- Chicken Bundles
- Chicken Danielle
- Chicken Enchilada Casserole
- Chicken Enchiladas
- Chicken Marinade
- Chicken over Rice (with bacon)
- Chicken Salad
- Chicken Salad Sandwiches
- Chicken Satay Noodles
- Chicken Strawberry Wild Rice Salad
- Chicken Supreme
- Chicken Taco Soup
- Chicken Tortilla Soup
- Chicken Tostadas
- Clam Chowder
- Country Scalloped Potatoes and Ham
- Cream of Broccoli Soup
- Cream Cheese Chicken
- Creamy Broccoli Soup
- Creamy Italian Chicken
- Crock Pot Chicken with Beans and Cream Chs
- Crock Pot Ribs
- Crock Pot Salsa Chicken
- Crock Pot Stew
- Easy Burritos
- Easy Chicken Cordon Bleu
- Easy Homemade Macaroni and Cheese
- Easy Manacotti
- Easy Spaghetti
- Enchilada Casserole
- Fajitas
- French Onion Soup
- Frito Soup
- Green Chili Stew
- Grilled Salmon with Veggies
- Ham Tortilla Roll Ups
- Hamburgers
- Harvest Chowder
- Hawaiian Haystacks
- Herbed Chicken Fettuccine
- Hot Roast Beef Sandwich Loaf
- Kara's Sister's Sandwiches
- Lisey's Alfredo
- Mango Chicken Kebabs
- Martha's Lasagna
- Olive Garden Pasta
- Oriental Chicken Salad
- Oriental Steak Broil
- Pasta and Meatball Soup
- Potato Soup
- Princess Pasta
- Quick and Easy
- Roast
- Salsa Chicken
- Scorpion Chili
- Sesame and Ginger Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- Shredded Chicken Enchiladads
- Shredded French Dip
- Simply Lasagna
- Sloppy Toms
- Speedy Chicken Stirfry
- Swiss Cheese and Sun Dried Tomato Chicken
- Swiss Chicken
- Tertrazzini
- Tortellini Soup
- Tortilla Casserole
- Vegetable Soup with Vermicelli
- Won Tons
- Zuppa Toscana Soup
Cookies/Bars Index
- Black Cherry Oatmeal Crunch Squares
- Buckeyes
- Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies
- Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
- Cookies Cookies Cookies
- Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies
- Fudgy Bonbons
- Fun Turkeys
- Graham Gems
- Jam Thumbprints
- Lemon Bars
- Melt Aways
- No Bake Cookies
- Oatmeal Krispie Cookies
- Peanut Butter Bars
- Peanut Butter Candies
- Peanut Butter and Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
- Shortbread Cookies
- Sour Cream Drop Cookies
- Sugar Cookies
- Triple Layer Banana Cream Pie Bars
Pasta Index
- Baked Spaghetti
- Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo
- Chicken, Garlic, and Sundried Tomato Pasta
- Chicken Satay Noodles
- Easy Homemade Macaroni and Cheese
- Easy Manacotti
- Easy Spaghetti
- Herbed Chicken Fettuccine
- Lisey's Alfredo
- Mac n' Cheese Spin Off
- Martha's Lasagna
- Olive Garden Pasta
- Orzo Pasta Salad
- Pasta and Meatball Soup
- Pasta Salad
- Princess Pasta
- Simply Lasagna
- Speedy Chicken Stirfry
- Szechuan Chicken Noodle Toss
- Tetrazzini
- Tomato and Spinach Pasta Toss
- Tomato Soup
- Tortellini Soup
Chicken Index
- 1 Dish Chicken Supper
- Amazing Apricot Chicken
- Apricot Jalapeno Glazed Chicken
- BBQ Chicken Pizza
- Chicken Artichoke Casserole
- Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo
- Chicken and Cabbage
- Chicken and Dumplings
- Chicken Bundles
- Chicken Danielle
- Chicken Enchiladas
- Chicken Enchilada Casserole
- Chicken Marinade
- Chicken, Garlic, and Sundried Tomato Pasta
- Chicken over Rice (with bacon)
- Chicken in Salad
- Chicken Salad
- Chicken Salad Sandwiches
- Chicken Satay Noodles
- Chicken Strawberry Wild Rice Salad
- Chicken Supreme
- Chicken Taco Soup
- Chicken Tortilla Soup
- Chicken Tostadas
- Cream Cheese Chicken
- Creamy Italian Chicken
- Crock Pot Chicken with Black Beans and Cream Chs
- Easy Chicken Cordon Bleu
- Enchilada Casserole
- Hawaiian Haystacks
- Herbed Chicken Fettuccine
- Honey Chicken
- Mango Chicken Kebabs
- Oriental Chicken Salad
- Salsa Chicken
- Salsa Chicken (crock pot)
- Sesame and Ginger Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- Shredded Chicken Enchiladas
- Speedy Chicken Stirfry
- Sweet and Sour Chicken
- Swiss Cheese and Sun Dried Tomato Chicken
- Swiss Chicken
- Szechuan Chicken Noodle Toss
- Tetrazzini
- Tortilla Casserole
Salads and Soups Index
- Asian Noodle Salad
- Chicken and Cabbage
- Chicken Salad
- Chicken Strawberry Wild Rice Salad
- Cool Whip Jello
- Everything Salad
- Frog Eye Salad
- Frog Eye Salad 2
- Fruit Salad
- Grandma's Orange Salad
- Oriental Chicken Salad
- Orzo Pasta Salad
- Pasta Salad
- Pink Fluff
- Poppy Seed Salad
- Raspberry Jello Salad
- Snicker Apple Salad
- Strawberry Salad
- Strawberry Spinach Salad
- Baked Potato Soup
- Big-Batch Vegetable Soup
- Butternut Squash Soup
- Chicken and Dumplings
- Chicken Taco Soup
- Chicken Tortilla Soup
- Clam Chowder
- Cream of Broccoli Soup
- Creamy Broccoli Soup
- Crock Pot Stew
- French Onion Soup
- Frito Soup
- Green Chili Stew
- Harvest Chowder
- Pasta and Meatball Soup
- Potato Soup
- Scorpion Chili
- Taco Soup
- Tomato Noodle Soup
- Tomato Soup
- Tortellini Soup
- Vegetable Soup with Vermicelli
- Zuppa Toscana Soup
9.19.2007
Sides Index
- Bacon Wrapped Prunes
- Black Beans
- Cafe Rio Dressing
- Cafe Rio Rice
- Canned Peaches
- Cheesy Roasted Red Pepper Dip
- Cool Whip Jello
- Cottage Cheese
- Easy Mashed Potatoes
- Fresh Corn and Wild Rice
- Glazed Carrots
- Grandma's Orange Salad
- Green Beans
- Homemade BBQ Sauce
- Homemade Granola
- Homemade Salsa
- Homemade Tortilla Strips
- Jalapeno Jelly
- Marvelous Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes
- Mexican Rice
- Orange Glazed Carrots
- Peanut Butter Sushi
- Perfect Mashed Potatoes
- Pink Fluff
- Potato Bundles
- Potatoes
- Raspberry Jello Salad
- Roasted Asparagus
- Roasted Potatoes
- Sausage Cranberry Stuffing
- Seasoned Nuts
- Sinfully Rich Sweet Potatoes
- Spinach Dip
- Tortilla Roll-ups
- Won Tons
Breakfast Index
- Apple Cider Syrup
- Awesome-est Blueberry Muffins
- Baked Oatmeal
- Blender Wheat Pancakes
- Breakfast Casserole
- Brown Sugar Muffins
- Buttermilk Pancakes
- Buttermilk Syrup
- Cheese Sausage Strata
- Crepes
- German Pancakes
- German Pancakes and Buttermilk Syrup
- Gingerbread Pancakes
- Overnight French Toast
- Pecan Rolls
- Puffy Apple Pancakes
- Pumpkin Muffins
- Pumpkin Waffles
- Quiche
- Raspberry Stuffed French Toast
- Tuffies
- Whole Wheat Pancakes or Waffles
Bread Index
- Awesome-est Blueberry Muffins
- Banana Nut Bread/Muffins
- Bread Bowls
- Brown Sugar Muffins
- Buttery Herb Pull-Aparts
- Cream and Honey Filled Crossiants
- Heathere's Banana Bread
- Italian Bread
- Lemon Blueberry Bread
- Lemon Poppy Seed Bread
- Pecan Rolls
- Pumpkin Muffins
- Raspberry Stuffed French Toast
- Six Week Bran Muffins
- Sweet Corn Bread
- Tuffies
- Yummy Garlic Bread
- Zucchini Bread
Beef/Pork/Other Index
- Baked Spaghetti
- BBQ Cups
- BBQ Ribs
- Beef Stroganoff
- Black Bean Tortilla Casserole
- Broiled Salmon
- Chalupa
- Country Scalloped Potatoes and Ham
- Crock Pot Ribs
- Crock Pot Stew
- Easy Burritos
- Enchilada Casserole
- Fajitas
- Green Chili Stew
- Grilled Salmon and Veggies
- Ham Fried Rice
- Ham Tortilla Roll Ups
- Hamburgers
- Hot Roast Beef Sandwich Loaf
- Kara's Sister's Sandwiches
- Oriental Steak Broil
- Pasta and Meatball Soup
- Potato Soup
- Princess Pasta
- Roast
- Scorpion Chili
- Shredded French Dip
- Simply Lasagna
- Sloppy Toms
- Steak Bites
- Taqueria Tacos
- Tomato and Spinach Pasta Toss (with Sausage)
- Tortellini Soup
- Won Tons
- Zuppa Toscana Soup
Crock Pot Index
- 1 Dish Chicken Supper
- Apple Butter
- Chalupa
- Cherry Delight
- Country Scalloped Potatoes and Ham
- Cream Cheese Chicken
- Creamy Italian Chicken
- Crock Pot Chicken with Beans and Cream Chs
- Crock Pot Ribs
- Crock Pot Stew
- Salsa Chicken
- Shredded French Dip
- Roast
- Yummy Chicken (for tostadas, taco salad, or fajitas)