Change of Plans

Some of you may have heard that this will no longer be considered a virtual enrichment group. We have been asked to not have any "church" websites and/or blogs. I would love to contiue this, but will only do so if you want me too. Please leave a comment to let me know if you will still follow me while I continue to offer good deals, yummy meals and more. If I do not have a very big response, I will discontinue this blog.

Tasty Tuesday

After a terrible Sunday afternoon of me feeling nauseous, and only having soup and sandwiches for dinner, I have decided that I need to do more crockpot recipes-especially on Sunday. Who wants to use their oven during the summer? I sure don't. So here is a tried and true crockpot dinner that hopefully your whole family loves. If you would like more slowcooker recipe ideas, go here.

Updated Chicken Cordon Bleu

Serves 8

8 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 tsp salt
1/8 tsp white pepper (I just used black pepper)
1 tsp dried thyme leaves
8 thin slices boiled ham
2 onions, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 (16 oz) bag baby carrots
1 (16 oz) jar Alfredo sauce
1 (10 oz) can cream of chicken soup
2 cups shredded Swiss cheese

1. Sprinkle chicken breasts with salt, pepper, and thyme. Wrap a slice of ham around each breast and secure with toothpicks.
2. Place onion, garlic, and carrots in a 5 to 6 quart slow cooker. Top with wrapped chicken breasts. I decided to cook my veggies in my steamer and serve them on the side instead.
3. In medium bowl, combine remaining ingredients. Pour into slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until chicken is thoroughly cooked. Serve chicken and carrots with sauce.
I served my chicken on top of brown rice with the sauce on the top.

And just so you know, I am NOT pregnant. It's just that when I take my multi-vitamin, it makes me nauseous and dizzy. So, don't go starting any rumors now.

Frugal Friday

Do you use dryer sheets? If so, then conserve them. When you buy a box of dryer sheets cut each sheet in half. Then check each sheet as it comes out of the dryer to see if you can reuse it a second time. this way you will get double or triple the bang for your buck.

For tips like this and many more go here.

P.S. remember that today is free chocolate friday. Just go to http://realchocolate.com to register for your free coupon. (I got my first coupon in the mail this week, I have two more on the way).

Tasty Tuesday

In honor of Summer, Camping and Father's Day, I have decided to give you our Dutch Oven Peach Cobbler Recipe.

Using 16-22 coals and a 3 (top) to 1 (bottom) ratio. Heat up your dutch oven then add 1 can peach pie filling, 1 box yellow cake mix, 1 can Sprite. Heat for 20-25 minutes and enjoy with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Other variations: Cherry pie filling, chocolate cake mix, coke; cherry pie filling, cherry cake mix, and coke; Apple pie filling, Spice cake mix and rootbeer (we've tried this one with yummy results); Cranberries, butter cake mix, cream soda; fruit cocktail, white cake mix, 7-up; blueberries, white cake mix, cream soda. The possibilities are endless.

Experiment and enjoy!!

Service Fiesta

Can you say Ole? Last night was fun, we had our quarterly activity and it was a service fiesta. We had three different service projects going on, but first, we ate some yummy dinner!
Pic #1: Our yummy taco salads, pic#2 assembling lasagnas to freeze. We will be giving these those in our ward that need service (due to babies, surgery, illness, etc.) pic#3 & 4 assembling coloring page packets for Jordan Valley Hospital (they are more for the siblings of the patients, because they tend to get bored while their parents are visiting). pic#4 sewing school bags for the Humanitarian Center. We had a lot of fun. If you couldn't make it this time, we hope to see you next time.

Tasty Tuesday

What a fun and yummy treat idea for that dad in your life? Try this Happy Meal out. Just go here for all the step by step instructions. I will definitely be baking this for all those wonderful dads in my life!!

Free Day @ This is the Place State Park

Today only (until 5pm) you can get in free at This is the Place State Park. They are having games, activities and you also get a free ice cream cone. This is a savings of $8 per adult and $5 per child. So, if you need to get the kids out of the house and you are willing to brave the rainy weather, head on up there for a fun afternoon.