Dyenelle's Pumpkin Spice Cookies

These were super good, and really easy. I love all things Pumpkin!!

1 Box of Spice Cake Mix
1 Bag of Cinnamon Chips
1 Can of Pumpkin (small can)

Mix it all up, and then scoop onto a cookie sheet, cook at 350 for 8-12 minutes. Just watch them, they are a cakey cookie so they don't/shouldn't be too brown on the bottom.

Caprese Chicken with Avacado

Corbyn liked the chicken, l liked all of it, and Todd put up with it. The others never eat, so they don't count. 

Ingredients

• 2 (10 - 11 oz each) boneless skinless chicken breasts, butterflied and halved
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp onion powder
• 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• 6 oz fresh mozzarella, cut into 8 slices
• 4 avocado slices (from a firm but ripe large avocado)
• 2 medium vine ripened tomatoes, sliced
• 3 Tbsp balsamic glaze
• 1/3 cup chopped basil ribbons

Directions

• In a bowl mix together garlic powder, onion powder, Italian seasoning, 1/2 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper. Sprinkle mixture evenly over both sides of each chicken cutlet. Heat olive oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken (cover pan with a splatter screen if you have one) and cook until golden brown on bottom, about 4 - 6 minutes. Rotate and cook opposite side until chicken has nearly cooked though, reducing burner temperature just slightly if needed, about 4 - 5 minutes (it should be nearly 160 in center on an instant read thermometer) then add two slices of mozzarella to the top each cutlet, followed by one avocado slice, and 1 - 2 tomato slices. Cover pan with lid, return to heat and allow to cook 1 - 2 minutes longer until cheese has melted and chicken registers 165 in center.
• Sprinkle chicken with pepper, drizzle with balsamic glaze and sprinkle with fresh basil. Serve warm.

Orange 'monkey' Bread

When I was pregnant with Corbyn and basically ever since, I have loved all things orange. This is done like 'monkey bread' but it's orange!! I think Kason liked it, but the rest of them prefer the monkey bread... I prefer these!

Mixture 1

3TBsp OJ
3 TBsp Sugar

Mixture 2

Zest from Orange
Sugar

A homemade dough (I usually leave a bit out after I make bread)
or
Pillsbury or whatever brand Biscuits cut into thirds or fourths


Set up your assembly line, plop biscuit pieces into Mixture 1 and then Mixture 2 then put two-four pieces into each place in a muffin tin.

Cook as per your bread/biscuits instructions.

ENJOY some Orangey Goodness!!

Kaleen's Pumpkin Cookies

I love all things pumpkin, and these are total yum! I even baked up the dough as doughnuts too! Super yum!

2 cup sugar

2 cup butter 

-thoroughly cream together 

1 16oz pumpkin (about 2 cups) 

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla 

Add next and beat well

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp allspice

(Do a heaping tsp/1/2 tsp of all your spices)

4 cups flour

Add all dry ingredients and mix again

*optional*

2 cup raisins 

1 cup nuts 

Scoop doing into rounded teaspoon onto greased pan and bake @350 for 12-15 mins. Until tooth pick comes clean. It's suppose to be soft like a cake so don't over bake

Icing ****

1/2 butter

1 cup brown sugar

1/4 milk

Bring to a boil and cook for 1 minute and let cook slightly. Add 1 tsp vanilla and keep adding small amounts of icing sugar while whisking to the right consistency.  Pour loonie size of icing onto slightly warm cookie

*** Notes: I tried these with chocolate chips and I didn't like them as much as I liked them with just nuts or plain! I made my own cream cheese icing  and they were delish!

Cream Cheese Icing

1 8oz Cream Cheese

2-3 Tbsp Butter

Powder Sugar Add until you like the consistency and taste. 

Milk added by the tsp to get the consistency you like if it's a bit thick.

Brittany Mitchell's Santa Fe Chicken & Rice Cooker Lime Cilantro Rice

This stuff is really good! Todd loves it and could eat it every day. 

Santa Fe Chicken
1 1/2 lbs Chicken Breast
14.4 oz Can Diced Tomatoes with Mild Green Chilies
15 oz Can Black Beans
8 oz Frozen Corn ( I just added a can of corn, drained)
1/4 C Chopped Fresh Cilantro
15 oz. Can Chicken Broth (I just did a bullion cube and 2 C of water)
3 Scallions Chopped ( I did green onions)
1 tsp Garlic Powder
1 tsp Onion Powder
1 tsp Cumin
1 tsp Cayenne Pepper ( to taste )
1 tsp salt

Combine everything into the crock pot, add chicken last. Cook on low for 10 hours or high for 6 hours. Half hour before serving remove chicken and shred. Return chicken to slow cooker and stir in. Adjust salt and seasoning. Serve over lime cilantro rice or in a tortilla. Top with cheese, sour cream, or guacamole.

Lime Cilantro Rice

(in the rice cooker)

2 Cups Rice

2 1/5 Cups of Water with a bullion cube OR

Chicken Broth

1 tsp butter

2 Cloves of garlic

1 tsp Freshly Squeezed Lime Juice

1 TBSP Lime Juice

2 tsp Sugar

3 TBSP Fresh Cilantro

3 Tomatillos (Optional)

1/4 Onion (Optional)

Place first six ingredients in rice cooker, set and WALK AWAY, wahoo! While rice is cooking combine last four ingredients. When rice is finished, fluff rice with sugary lime juice goodness. 

IF USING TOMATILLOS and ONIONS
Preheat oven broiler and husk tomatillos and cut in half. Place onion and tomatillos in oven and char. remove from oven and place in food processor and blend up. Set aside to mix with Lime Juice mixture.

Home Made Ice Cream

I bought an old fashion ice cream maker... and with this recipe I wasn't disappointed at all! So very good!

Ingredients

1. 1&1/4 cup sugar
2. 1 12-oz. can evaporated milk
3. 1 14-oz. can sweetened condensed milk
4. 1 pint heavy whipping cream
5. 2 tsp pure vanilla
6. dash salt (about 1/8 tsp)
7. 2% or whole milk (to fill line)
8. ice and rock salt

Instructions

1. Mix sugar and evaporated milk in mixing bowl until sugar appears dissolved, then add all ingredients except fresh milk.
2. Mix with wire whisk until incorporated.
3. Pour some of your milk into the mixture and stir.
4. Pour into freezer canister.
5. Add fresh whole or 2% milk to fill line. Whisk to incorporate.
6. **Don't forget to insert the dasher before freezing!**
7. Follow these directions to freeze...
8. You will need about 12-15 lbs of ice and a box of rock salt.
9. **Start your freezer before adding ice and salt!**
10. Pour a layer of ice into the bucket followed by about 1/3 cup of salt. Repeat layering until the bucket is full, ending with salt. As ice melts, add more ice and salt. It should take about 1/2 box to make one freezer of ice cream. Most electric ice cream makers will stop turning when the ice cream is ready, at which time you want to switch off or unplug.

Annie Bodily's Honey-Lime Chicken Enchiladas

Honey-Lime Chicken Enchiladas

6 Tbs honey
5 Tbs lime juice (or 1 large lime)
1/2 Tbs chili powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder
2 1/2 c cooked, shredded chicken
3 c. montery jack cheese/or cheddar--2 c in the mixture, and 1 c. for the top.
16 oz. green enchilada sauce
1 c. heavy whipping cream
about 9 flour tortillas

Mix the honey, lime juice, chili powder, and garlic powder in a small bowl.  Place the chicken in a medium bowl and marinate with the sauce at least a half hour.

Stir in 2 c. of cheese to the chicken mixture.

Pour 1/2 c. enchilada sauce on the bottom of a 9x13 pan.

Fill tortillas with about 1/2 c. chicken mixture and roll up.  Place in pan.

Mix remaining enchilada sauce with whipping cream.  Pour over enchiladas.  Sprinkle with 1 cup cheese on top.

Bake at 350 for 30 min. uncovered until brown and crispy

***Annie made hers with small corn tortillas. The way that she kept them from breaking was to get your hand wet, rub it over both sides of the tortilla then pop it in the microwave for 10-20 seconds until it becomes malleable. These are really good!