Buffalo Chicken Macaroni and Cheese...

Buffalo Chicken 

Macaroni and Cheese

This is a crock pot meal and one of our new favorite meals!

What you need...

List One

3 chicken breasts (I chopped mine up into smaller pieces)

Salt (to taste)

Pepper (to taste)

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp onion powder

1 cup of Sweet Baby Ray's Buffalo Wing Sauce 

1 cup of Ranch dressing

1 packet of Hidden Valley ranch mix

List Two

8 oz of shredded cheddar cheese

8 oz of shredded mozzarella cheese

1/2 cup of milk

1- 16 oz box of pasta (I used rotini but any pasta is fine)

In a crock pot add all of the ingredients in List one and stir them to combine. Turn crockpot on high and cook for three hours.

Right before the chicken is done (about 15 minutes before), Boil the pasta until it's tender, and drain it. 

Add the pasta and all of the ingredients in list two to the crockpot and stir well to combine. Unplug the crock pot and let it set until all of the cheese has melted and milk has been absorbed. 

Serve with garlic bread. This is a simple one put meal and my kids LOVE it! Enjoy! 

The Crazy Hair Tour...

We were so excited to be able to be a part of the 

True Girl Crazy Hair Tour!

We had a great time!

Lucy wanted to be a part of the fun too!

Meet Lucy...

We adopted a new baby!

Our sweet girl

Lucy

Before...

when we first met Lucy at PC animal control.

After...

Our hearts have been absolutely shattered since we lost our Ruby dog. The kids have cried and cried ...we all have. Even our little dog max stopped eating and was just depressed. Ruby was such a joy and brought so much love and fun into every day. We decided in Ruby's honor that we would adopt another shelter dog since Ruby was a shelter dog. 

Meet Miss Lucy!

 She is also a boxer mix like Ruby (that was not planned). We visited multiple shelters and Lucy just stuck out. She was so sad looking and I had to pretty much baby talk her to even get her to come to me. We visited her a few times before we decided that she was the perfect one. She went from the saddest looking dog ever to the dog that you see above. She is so happy to be home! She was sick the first few days and needed antibiotics but she is feeling so much better now and bringing the happy back into our home. No, she will never be Ruby but I think that she might just be second best or just as perfect. I'm serious. She is so similar to Ruby that it is crazy. She is very loving, playful, and full of happy energy. However, she is still young around 1-1.5 so she still has some puppy behaviors in her and needing training but we are fine with that. We love our Lucy girl already! Plus, she is a big time mama's girl. 

I wish people would stop breeding and start adopting from shelters. These babies need a chance too and they are absolutely the best dogs...at least mine have been. 

Welcome home Lucy girl!!!!

We are so happy to have you!

Our Ruby...

We lost our precious Ruby.

Our hearts are absolutely broken.

She was the smartest and best dog 

that I've ever known.

She came to us at a time 

when our family was hurting.

She brought a lot of comfort and love

to all of us during that time and 

through the short 5 years that we had her.

Our sweet baby Ruby...

Spinach Chicken Soup Recipe...

A new recipe I found on facebook and wanted to try.

Spinach Chicken Soup

Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken thighs, diced
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 4 cups chicken broth (low sodium)
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup spinach, chopped
- 1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions:
1. In a large pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the diced chicken thighs and season with garlic powder, onion powder, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Cook until the chicken is browned and cooked through, about 5-7 minutes.
2. Pour in the chicken broth and bring to a simmer. Let it cook for about 10 minutes to allow the flavors to meld.
3. Stir in the heavy cream, chopped spinach, and sun-dried tomatoes. Simmer for an additional 5 minutes.
4. Add the grated Parmesan cheese and stir until melted and well combined. Adjust seasoning if necessary.

Meal Ideas...

Chili

White chicken chili

Crack chicken chili

Chili cheese fries

Chinese pepper steak

Tacos

Taco soup

Frito pie

Egg rolls

Burritos- chili cheese

Chicken quesadillas

Lasagna (regular or mexican)

Mexican lasagna

Spaghetti

Hot dogs or chili dogs

Hamburgers

Meat loaf

Potato soup

Chicken n rice

Grilled cheese with soup

Breakfast for dinner

Sloppy joes

Nachos- beef or chicken

Stir fry and rice

Shrimp bowl

KFC bowl ( popcorn chicken, corn, cream potatoes and topped with brown gravy)

BBQ sandwich

Italian chicken

BBQ chicken

Roast

Cube steak n gravy

Salmon bake with red potatoes and corn

Fajitas

Pork chops

Beans n cornbread

Stuffed bell peppers

Buffalo chicken dip/ wrap

Turkey or chicken in Dressing

Baked ham

Sliders 

Hot wings

Baked potato bar

chalupas

Rotisserie chicken

Chicken n dumplings

Sea food boil (crab legs, corn, and potatoes)

Vegetable Soup and cornbread

Beef stew and cornbread

Philly cheese steak sandwich

Mini chicken sandwiches- (Tyson southern style chicken on Texas roadhouse mini rolls or Hawaiian bread with chick fil a sauce)

Pizza bread (Three cheese toast with pizza sauce, cheese, and pepperoni)

Spinach Chicken Soup (recipe on my blog)

Fajita Chicken Casserole  (In my recipes)

Birthday wish...

We use calendars to count down everything for Blaze. If we don't, he will ask me every day (multiple times a day) about any upcoming event. Anna got us this fridge calendar and each month I write the month, add numbers, and any events. Blaze will add check marks to count down the days. Well, this is his birthday month and if you look close you will see what "HE" wrote that he wants to do on his birthday and may I add he wrote this all by himself. Can you guess where he wants to go??? I'm so proud of him! He amazes me every day! Yes, Blazer we can go to Chuck E. Cheese .

Our Dog is the best...

Ruby Jean sure does love her kids!

She is by far the best dog EVER!

She even SMILES :) 

Hanging out with my lil buddy...

Just hanging out with my little buddy Matthew while his parents are out for the evening. I discovered that he really likes my music. We have listened to the song Looking Up by Sidewalk Prophets over and over for the last hour. Every time that it stops playing he says, "music". I love this kid! I love hearing him use his voice too. 

Happy Birthday Kaylan...

I want to wish a BIG Happy Birthday to my sweet Kaylan!!! 12 years old? How can that possibly be true? Where has the time gone? I have loved watching you grow from that sweet bashful baby girl to the all around amazing young lady that you are now. You are so precious to me and I hope that your day is filled with all of the things that you love so much. I love you baby girl with all of my heart. You might be 12 but you will always be my baby girl. ~meme