Ok...too much junk!

Happy Friday!  I do realize I have been posting a lot of junk food lately.  Probably too much.  What you should know is that I don't necessarily keep everything I make.  I like to give away the brownies, cookies, or pie as treats to family and friends.  If I don't get rid of it that way I bring whatever it is into work.  When you work in a big company there is always someone who wants to gobble up what you bring!  No matter what it is!

Well the other night we decided to have a nice dinner of chicken, rice, and green beans.  I decided I wanted to try something like shake n bake and found this recipe from TastyKitchen.com.

Homemade Shake N Bake.
Ingredients:

• 2 cups Flour
• 2 Tablespoons Salt
• 1 Tablespoon Celery Salt
• 1 Tablespoon Pepper
• 2 Tablespoons Dry Mustard
• 4 Tablespoons Paprika
• 2 Tablespoons Garlic Powder
• 1 teaspoon Ginger
• ½ teaspoons Thyme
• ½ teaspoons Sweet Basil
• ½ teaspoons Oregano

I did half of everything since this makes so much.  Blend or mix well then place in zip lock bag.  Line 13x9 baking dish with foil.  Cut fat off chicken, rinse, and shake and place in baking dish.  I baked the chicken at 400 degrees for 25 minutes.

There will be lots of "shake n bake" left over.  The recipe said you can freeze it and use it whenever.  So...that is what we are doing.

White Chocolate Chocolate Cookies

This is the backwards chocolate chip cookie. 

I think I have turned my husband into a cookie monster.  He likes having cookies in the cookie jar and our cookie jar has been empty lately.  So, I decided to fill the cookie jar!  He asked me "what kind are you making?"  I said probably chocolate chip cookies well I made the reverse of chocolate chip cookies.  I found the recipe on allrecipes.com.  This is one of my favorite sites for recipes.

Here is the recipe White Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/4 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 cups white chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Cream butter and sugars until creamy and then add eggs.  In a separate bowl mix cocoa, flour, and baking soda.  Slowly add flour mixture to butter mixture and then fold in white chocolate chips.  Bake for 8-10 minutes. 

They were very yummy!  I love white chocolate! ♥

Oriental Stir Fry

One of my favorite cook books is 5 Ingredients or Less Cookbook.  I found the Easy Oriental Stir Fry recipe I tried it right away.  This has become a favorite of my husband's and my son! 

Ingredients:
1 1/4 lb Hamburger (I used ground pork or turkey usually)
1 16 oz package of stir fry vegetables
2 packages of oriental ramen noodle
3 TBLS green onion
1/2 tsp ginger

Brown the meat in a frying pan (I added minced onion, little bit of salt, and pepper).  Once the meat is browned put aside in a bowl.  In same frying pan add 2 cups of water, stir fry vegetables, broken up ramen noodles, and the ramen seasoning.  Bring to a boil and reduce heat and cover for 3 minutes.  Add meat, green onion, and ginger into the pan and serve. 

Very simple and easy...I love this recipe and it makes for a easy night afterward with not many dishes!

Ice Cream Sundae Brownies

Happy Friday!  Woohoo the weekend is almost here!  Last night we went over to my husband's cousin's place for dinner.  I brought desert.

I found these delectable brownies from PickyPalate's blog.  The recipe was so easy and oh so delicious!  I gave most of the brownies away in fear I would eat them all.  Here is the recipe she posted Ice Cream Sundae Brownies.

Ingredients:
1 family size box of brownie mix
2 eggs
1/2 cup canola oil
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
1/2 cup of favorite ice cream (we used Ben & Jerry's Peanut Butter Cup)
1/4 cup hot fudge chilled

Preheat oven to 350 degree.  Mix with electric mixer brownie mix, eggs, and canola oil until thick.  Add chocolate chips, ice cream, and fudge continue to mix.  Batter will be thick.  Line 13x9 baking dish with foil that has been sprayed with cooking spray.  Pour batter into dish and bake 40-50 minutes.  Let brownies completely cool before cutting them!

Lukas helped make them! He got to lick the spoon once we were done...or "taste the spoon" as he called it.

Kid Sized Pizzas

Last week Lukas was sick and didn't feel well at all.  He had a double ear infection along with some teething.  My husband and I decided to keep him home a couple of days.  We usually take turns when it comes to taking time off with him.  Well the day I was home with him we had mini kid sized pizzas!

Pizza is one of Lukas's favorites so before I remembered to take a picture he had already gobbled up half the mini pizza!  He ate two of these and I am amazed at how much he can eat sometimes.  The recipe called for sausage, but I didn't put any meat in them.  Lukas eats cheese pizza the best...super easy and satisfying for my toddler!!!  That white stuff on the plate is ranch dressing.  He dips his pizza in ranch dressing like his mommy.

Recipe orignally from Taste of Home
Ingredients:
6 English Muffins (I used whole wheat hamburger buns.)
2 cups or more of pizza sauce (I used left over spaghetti sauce from the fridge.)
1 or more cups of mozzarella cheese
sprinkle with garlic salt and itailian seasoning
(add any of your favorite toppings)  ♥

Spread sauce on muffins and top with cheese.  Sprinkle with seasoning.
Bake at 350 for 15 minutes or until cheese melts.  I usually bake until cheese starts to melt and then broil on high for 1 or 2 minutes.

It was actually pretty tasty and Lukas approved!

French Silk Pie

My very most favorite pie is French Silk Pie!  I found this recipe on Dinner's For a Year and Beyond's blog and I had to make it.  The pie crust recipe is from Pionner Woman Cook's cookbook.

French Silk recipe here at this link French Silk Yumminess!  My little man loved it, and my husband was pretty impressed too!  This was my very first pie crust I made from scratch and the french silk part was actually really easy.  So great!!!

The Perfect Sugar Cookie

Last week I made The Perfect Sugar Cookie from Dinners for A Year and Beyond's blog.  This cookie is great!  My little guy and I made these and they were very easy.  I did put my dough in the fridge for a couple days until I had time to make it, but they turned out so great even that way!

We did the fall/halloween themed sugar cookies (above), a snickerdoodle sugar cookie (below), and a sugar cookie dipped in chocolate almond bark (way down below).  The snickerdoodle sugar cookie was rolled in sugar and cinnamon and well the chocolate almond bark cookie was well...you guessed it dipped in chocolate.

The flirty snickerdoodle sugar cookie. ;)

The chocolate almond bark cookie surrounded by my little guy's cars.

Ummm...I love cookies!  In moderation that is! ♥