Stuffed Pizza Biscuits

It's Wednesday...what's for dinner? In our house, since Pants isn't home the girls decided on pizza biscuits. Technically, Goose and I are having pizza biscuits, C may eat one, but she is having scrambled eggs and a biscuit with strawberry jam. These are quick, easy, and yummy! (Made the same as my stuffed breakfast biscuits) they make a good snack food, or you can cheat and have them for supper like we did!

 You'll need:

• 2 cans of biscuits
• Mozzarella (I used string cheese!)
• Pepperoni
• Any other "toppings" (or in this case, stuffings) you want
• 1 egg beaten
• Garlic powder and Italian Seasoning

Take one biscuit at a time, flatten it, and fill with cheese and pepperoni. Fold the biscuit around it, and set it seam side down in a baking dish. Try to leave a small space between biscuits. Continue until all the biscuits are filled. Brush the tops with the beaten egg and then sprinkle with garlic powder and italian seasoning. Bake according to directions on can (mine was bake at 350 for 15-17 mins, but they took about 20.)

Serve with pizza sauce and enjoy!

As always, I'd love to know your thoughts, here or on Facebook!  Hope you enjoy!

Cream Cheese Chicken Taquitos

Time for me to put in my oPINion again!

 I recently pinned a recipe for slow cooker cream cheese taquitos. (See it here!) I was skeptical since it seemed so simple, especially because some recipes seem a little bland to me, but I enjoyed it. They are perfect snack food, and both girls liked them too. I have already thought of a bunch of different ways to "kick it up a notch". I made the chicken the night before when I made chicken for dinner, and when it was done I put it in the fridge to use the next day, and it was very tasty! We dipped them in a salsa and a queso blanco dip. Yum!

I hope that you will give these a try and let me know what you thought either in a comment or on Facebook!

*UPDATE: I've made these a couple more times and we prefer the sharp cheddar cheese.*

Ingredients:

• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• salt + pepper
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• ⅓ cup water
• ½ cup shredded colby or Mexican blend cheese (Next time I will use sharp cheddar)
• 12 6 inch corn or flour tortillas (we used flour)
• optional: cilantro, salsa, sour cream, or other toppings as desired (we like salsa or queso dip!)

How to:

Add chicken, chili powder, garlic powder, cumin, salt and pepper to taste, cream cheese, and water to crock pot. Cover and cook on low 8 hours or on high 4 hours.
minutes before serving, remove chicken from crock pot, shred with two forks, and return to slow cooker. Give it a stir. Let it cook about 15 minutes longer.

Preheat oven to 400. Place about ¼ cup of the chicken mixture onto the middle of each tortilla. Top with 1-2 tablespoons shredded cheese. Roll tightly and place in a single layer on a greased baking sheet. Bake 10 minutes, until tortillas are slightly browned and shredded cheese is melted. Serve with desired toppings and sauces.

East Coast Cup of Tea

Whew! I am trying to blog on a regular schedule, but I've been one busy mumma! In the midst of all the things going on in my little world, I've started a new project in hopes to earn a little extra income. If you follow me on Facebook, you may have already been introduced to my new page East Coast Cup of Tea. I am doing mostly "rustic" signs, but also plan on including some digital files to print or framed prints, as well as some other items.

It was all inspired by Pants, Pallets, and Pinterest.

 I love all the DIY projects on Pinterest...and I'm not alone, so one day, I mentioned to Pants that I'd love to have a few pallets. He told me he could get them for me when he got a chance and I left it at that...a month or so went by, and then one day I was sitting on my living room floor coloring with Goose and GirlBaby when I heard a truck pull up...

Imagine my surprise when I  looked out the front window to find a flat bed tractor trailer with a TON of pallets. They were friends of Pants, and I tried explaining that I just wanted a few pallets to try a couple projects with....their response was amused laughter and to unload the pallets around back where he had asked them to put them. All 100 of them. ONE HUNDRED pallets!

Both of my girls watched amazed, with big eyes, and I called Pants and told him there were approximately a million pallets and they were in huge stacks in the back yard. He laughed, but I don't think he thought there were THAT many.

Pants came home from work, and I could tell he was surprised too, and when he went to count there were 100. We've shared, we've burned some, and there are still quite a few, so in an attempt to clear out the pallets (and hopefully earn a little extra money!) I've started creating some signs etc. So far, so good because I'm really enjoying it! Wish me luck!