Chicken Strogonoff
INGREDIENTS:
- 4 or 5 frozen chicken breasts
- 1 can cream of mushroom soup
- 1 package of cream cheese
- 1 container of sour cream (16 ounces)
- Egg Noodles
- Salt and pepper to taste
Spray slow-cooker with non-stick cooking spray. Add frozen chicken breasts and top with cream of mushroom soup. Cut cream cheese into cubes and add to chicken. Add salt and pepper to your family’s taste preference. Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
I stirred it a few times during the day just to mix up all of the ingredients. At first it didn't look like the cream cheese was melting -- it looked clumpy! But it eventually thinned out and the clumps disappeared.
About half an hour before we were ready to eat I cooked the egg noodles. While the noodles are cooking add the sour cream to the chicken and mix things up good! I cut up the chicken into chunks. Drain the noodles and then add them into the mixture. Let the noodles stay in for about 5 minutes (or less) and then serve!!
**** During the last half hour I also added canned green beans into the crock pot --- was trying to hide veggies from my son but, it didn't work! Corn would have been pretty good in there too.
**** Next time we make this I would add some chopped onions and maybe even some garlic. The meal turned out good, but it just needed some more flavor!! It was a little on the bland side.
Original Recipe is from:
http://coersfamily.com/2013/03/26/chicken-strogonoff-in-the-crock-pot/
This was such an easy dinner -- perfect for a Monday night!!
Everyone loved it and it was cool because you could kind of add anything you wanted to the top of your rolled up taco! We have changed the recipe around a few times so pick and choose how you would like to prepare your easy taco meal.
INGREDIENTS:
* 2 cans Pillsbury refigerated crescent dinner rolls (the original kind)
* 1 lb of lean ground beef (I used the 90/10% but you can use what you have)
* 3/4 cup Old El Paso Thick and Chunky Salsa (I used Chi Chi's salsa because it was on sale and I had a coupon)
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2 tablespoons of Old El Paso taco seasoning mix (I used the kroger brand MILD)
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1 cup shredded Cheddar Cheese (I didn't really meausre this at all)
DIRECTIONS:
* Heat oven to 375°F
* Unroll the dough into rectangles on a baking sheet (I put aluminum foil on baking sheet for eash clean up - just be careful that the foil doesn't stick!)
* In skillet, cook beef over medium heat 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until thoroughly cooked; drain. Stir in salsa and taco seasoning; simmer for 5 minutes. Spoon mixture on half of the crescnet roll rectangle. Sprinkle desired amount of cheese on top of meat mixture. Fold the rectangle over to make a kind of taco pocket!
* Bake 14 to 17 minutes or until crust is deep golden brown and cheese is melted. Serve with your favorite taco toppings.
***The second time I made these I added black beans and corn to the meat mixture. Personally, I would keep the black beans and then maybe serve the corn on the side.
Another time we made them we had corn on the side and "Ranch Style Beans" (located in the bean section at your grocery store).
Original recipe is for EASY CRESCENT TACO BAKE (I accidently didn't read the directions and just made it my own recipe)
http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/easy-crescent-taco-bake/9c2bd5f7-63f7-4a6c-afa3-56baeedbc35a?p=1
We have been so busy these past few weeks!! Not only have we been busy but the 2nd pregnancy has kept me feeling exhausted!
Trying to keep up with things has been difficult. Running after a toodler, trying to get a house ready to put on the market, and honestly just trying to stay awake has been tough.
I'm ready for this winter to be over so that we can head outside and get some fresh air. I even think my son has had enough of this snow and cold. He needs to get outside and release some energy!!
Hope to get back into the blogging as the weeks go on... Plan on spending the rest of my lunch break posting some recipes that we have tried over the past few weeks/months. What can I say, even as busy as I am, I always have time to pin things on pinterest!!
It has been such a busy time for our family!
In November we were surprised by the fact that I was pregnant with Baby # 2! The weekend started off a little slow. It was Veteran's Weekend and we had Monday off from work in observance. Typically, our Saturday morning is filled with an activity of either music or soccer class. This time it was music and I just didn't feel like going. It was an odd feeling because I love getting together with our music friends and getting out of the house for an activity. That particular Saturday I just didn't want to do anything. I wasn't sick or coming down with anything, I just wanted to sit on the couch with my blanket and do absolutely nothing. It was quite the lazy weekend.
Monday rolls around and since I had the day off I decided I better make up that music class, so I kept my son home from day care so that we could spend some time together. I was so happy because my son decided it was also a great day to sleep in! So as I roll over on my stomach to reach my phone, I am alarmed about the pain in my boobs!! It hurt so bad I quickly rolled back onto my back. I thought it was just a fluke so I rolled back onto my stomach. Nope, it was definitely pain. A ridiculous amount of pain.
I kept repeating in my head, "This can't be, no way could it be. Nah, there is just no way!!" Well, took the test, 3 tests and they all came back the same PREGNANT. You would think my first reaction would be of excitement and joy!??! Considering a year ago, I was the one who wanted the second child!! Yeah, that was definitely not the case. I went into complete denial mode. Denial, denial, denial. Then after a half hour of denial I went to disbelief. Then, I went right back to denial. Then it happened. I just completely lost it and spent the next 2 hours sobbing. Very thankful that my close friend who lives just 10 houses down brought her son over so our kids to play together and we could talk things out.
Definitely felt better after our talk (of course I always feel better after we talk). Continued the day, in complete disbelief. We went to music class (where the teacher complimented me and said I was glowing -- and I'm thinking to myself, I have been crying for 2 hours - and I'm glowing??), took my son to lunch at his favorite restaurant, and came home to get some household things taken care of on my day off. Was still in complete disbelief.
Probably didn't start realizing what was really going on until the all day morning sickness kicked in. Even at my first initial ultra sound appointments -- I just couldn't belief it. Not to say that I wasn't completely excited to take the pictures home and show my husband but, I was just still in so much disbelief.
We come to terms with different things in our life at different times! Even when you know how fortunate you are and how it is a blessing, sometimes it just takes some time to grasp things and let them absorb into reality. Of course I knew that this was something to be happy and excited about, the changes just were a lot to handle at first. Now, if we could just find out the sex of this baby, we will be able to jump into another type of excitement.
