What's For Dinner Wednesday.....7

I'm going to be honest. This is a lazy Wednesday. I made Christmas dinner and it ended up just being Me, Pants, Goose and Bear, so we have lots of leftovers! It was a toss up between just heating up leftovers or breakfast with the ham. In the end, Goose had scrambled eggs and ham and toast, I had buffalo dip, and Pants had a bit of everything, haha.

That being said, here is the buffalo dip recipe. This is my go to dish for parties etc. People love it!

Buffalo Dip:

1 8oz package of cream cheese
1 large can of chicken, drained
1 bag of shredded cheddar cheese
Hot sauce

Mix softened cream cheese and drained chicken together. Add hot sauce to taste. (I like mine a light orange color) spread in a baking dish and top with shredded cheddar. Bake at 350 until the cheddar is melted and the dip is warm. Stir and serve with crackers, tortilla chips, vegetables etc.

So it wasn't really dinner as much as it was a free for all with leftovers (we had a veggie tray and crackers, along with ham, stuffing etc) but it was easy and yummy and filled our bellies, so it worked!

I hope everybody had a happy holiday!

What's for Dinner Wednesday.......6

It's Wednesday, What's for dinner?

We are having my favorite soup, a copycat version of the Olive Garden's Zuppa Toscana..it is SO good!

Ingredients

• 1 pound Italian sausage
• Pinch of Red Pepper flakes (optional, but I strongly suggest!)
• 2 large russet baking potatoes sliced in half and then in 1/4 inch slices
• 1 large chopped onion
• 1/2 can Oscar Meyer Real Bacon Bits (these are less fatty than real bacon)
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 cups chopped kale or Swiss chard
• 2 14.5 ounce cans chicken broth
• 1 quart water
• 1 cup heavy cream

Instructions

Cook sausage in a 300-degree oven for approximately 1/2 hour; drain on paper towels and cut into slices.
Place onions, potatoes, chicken broth, water, and garlic (and red pepper flakes) in a pot and cook on medium heat until potatoes are done. Add sausage, bacon, salt, and pepper to taste and simmer for another 10 minutes. Turn to low heat; add kale, cream, and water (optional). Heat thoroughly and serve.


YUM! Let me know what you think!

Babies Don't Keep..

Christmas is just around the corner...HOW DID THIS HAPPEN????!!?!?! Last year at this time, I was pregnant and had Hypermesis Gravidarum and didn't know how I was going to survive the week, let alone until March! Here we are, and my sweet little Bear will be 9 months old in just a few days. It's insane! I am fortunate to stay home, and yet, I still don't feel like I have enough time with my girls before they grow up...

Anybody who knows me, knows that this poem is my favorite, and on a weekly basis I say "Babies don't keep!" It is so so true,  they don't, and it's sad to see them grow so quickly, but it is exciting to see the people they are turning into. I used to worry about Goose starting Kindergarten, and here we are the year is flying by! She will be on Christmas break! Enjoy the poem, it hangs on my fridge :)

Mother, O' Mother, come shake out your cloth,

Empty the dustpan, poison the moth.

Hang out the washing, make up the bed,

Sew on a button and butter the bread.

Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?

She's up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.

Oh, I've grown as shiftless as Little Boy Blue,

Lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo.

Dishes are waiting and bills are past due,

Pat-a-cake, darling, and peek - peekaboo.

The shopping's not done and there's nothing for stew,

And out in the yard there's a hullabaloo.

But I'm playing Kanga and this is my Roo.

Look! Aren't her eyes the most wonderful hue?

Lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo.

The cleaning and scrubbing can wait till tomorrow,

But children grow up, as I've learned to my sorrow.

So quiet down cobwebs; Dust go to sleep!

I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep.

~ Ruth Hulbert Hamilton

What's for Dinner Wednesday....CrockPot Lasagna

It's Wednesday! What's for dinner? This week's recipe is for a super easy and really yummy lasagna...in the crock pot! Can you tell I love my crock pot? I love lasagna, so this makes me a very happy girl! My sweet little Bear had her first taste of lasagna and she approved as well! ♥

Here is the recipe:

Crock Pot Lasagna

· 1 lb hamburger (browned in pan)
· 1 can/jar spaghetti sauce
· 15 oz ricotta cheese
· 1 pack shredded mozzarella cheese
· 1 C. shredded parmesan cheese
· Cup of water
· 1 egg
· Lasagna noodles
· 2 Tsp parsley (flakes)

Add sauce and water to browned hamburger

Mix ricotta cheese, egg, ¾ of mozzarella cheese, parsley & 2 Tbs of parmesan in bowl

Put 1 cup of sauce mix in bottom of crock pot

Add 1 layer of noodles (break to fit)

Add ½ cheese mix

Add 2 cups of sauce mix

Add 1 layer of noodles

Add other ½ of cheese mix

Add rest of the sauce

Cook on Low for 3 to 4 hours. (You may want to check it, my mom made this recipe and it was ready in 2 hours.)

Top with rest of the cheese. Enjoy!

(could add sausage and/or pepperoni)

 Not quite finished! Hard to wait for!

What's for Dinner Wednesday....Sausage Rolls

It's Wednesday...what's for dinner? We are cheating in my house tonight. We are doing "brinner" (breakfast for dinner). Quick,easy and yummy sausage rolls.

Ingredients:

2 packages of crescent rolls

1 package of ground sausage ( I like maple)

Open the crescent rolls and unroll the dough and press together the seams so it is a flat sheet of dough (While shopping at BJ's the other day, I noticed they sold seamless crescent dough!)

Once you have a sheet of dough, put half of the sausage on the dough and spread it all the way to the edges. roll it up, and then slice it into "rolls". Repeat with the other package of crescents and the other half of the sausage. Cook for 15-25 mins (depends on size, you will be able to tell when they are done) at 350 degrees.

To make it better, we had homemade hot chocolate and watched the movie Elf. I was a happy girl! ♥

Bonus:

Hot Chocolate (one serving):

2-3 tablespoons of sugar

2 teaspoons of cocoa powder

dash of salt

Mix together. Fill a mug with milk (unless you have a cocomotion, more on this later) heat it up, and then add a little vanilla extract. Mix the dry ingredients into the milk and enjoy!