~chicken and stuffing one pot meal~

Hello readers.

Have you given up on any new posts from me?

I've had so much to do around the house and

with the family that my blogs have taken a 

backseat to everything else. 

-Out of town for 5 days two weeks ago.

-Washer broke (which means the house went to hell).

-Valentine's Day (which was a total bust).

-Shopping for a new washer/dryer and installing them.

-Husband out of town last weekend for 3 days.

-Kids with colds.

-Mom got the cold.

Uggghhhh.

See-I wasn't kidding. 

It wouldn't be a lie if I said in the past 3 weeks

I have only cooked dinner 3 times. 

My poor family.

They've been forced to eat lots of quick, processed

foods and stuff from Wendy's dollar menu. 

Unfortunately, things won't be getting back to "normal"

in our household until next week. 

It's my turn to get-away for 3 days!

TO SAY I'M EXCITED IS A BIT OF 

AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

Anyway.....

last night I managed to throw something together 

for my family. This is one of my go-to meals when

I don't have a ton of time. It's one of my favorite

COMFORT FOOD meals. With this blasted cold

virus hitting all of us, we really needed some

comfort food last night. 

I call it my chicken stuffing one pot meal.

 It's always a hit.....this is what you'll need:

 Chicken breasts.

Shredded cheese.

Cream of chicken soup.

Stuffing mix.

I know, I know-it's pretty much all processed food.

Obviously we all know that fresh is better but

hey.....some days if we don't do QUICK MEALS-

we don't have time for anything at all. 

This is also one of my go-to meals when I 

need to take a meal to another family.

First off, go ahead and cook up your chicken breasts

or breast tenders (I had both) in a little bit of olive oil.

Go ahead and season it however you prefer.

Next you want to prepare your stuffing as

indicated on the box. I cooked mine in the 

microwave while my chicken was cooking

and then transferred it into my casserole dish.

(in this case-my pan also goes in the oven so I 

took the chicken out and then put the stuffing 

right into the pan with the drippings.)

Now go ahead and put your cooked chicken breasts 

on top of the stuffing.

Now spoon the cream of chicken soup over the top of

this and sprinkle with shredded cheese.

Bake this in the oven at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes.

Serve it with steamed veggies or a fresh lettuce salad.

This is truly a 30 minute meal!

The only bad thing about it for me is.....

I ALWAYS END UP EATING TOO MUCH OF IT.

It's that good!

In fact, I'm going to go warm up the left-overs 

right now...comfort food is the best.

 

 

~cute valentine nail art~

If my fingernails were longer than 

the stubs that they are right now

I would totally do this:

 It looks really easy to do.

Click on the picture to be directed to 

the tutorial and her blog

"......love Maegan".

I think I might try on my little nubs anyway.

Stay tuned for pics.

~handmade Valentine's~

 Let me share with you the Valentines we made for this year.

First off, my son's for his class at school.

I saw this idea on Pinterest and downloaded the 

free printable. You can get to it by clicking

on my "Pinspiration" tab up top and looking

at the Valentines post.

 We made a whole legion of super heroes.

I had him sign the underside of the cape.

I am so pleased with how they turned out. 

For his teachers we made this:

 For our family we made these Valentine's....

which ended up being my favorite that I've EVER made.

I blurred out our names but you get the point.

Inside they say this:

I made a few different designs:

I still have to make my sweetheart's Valentine.

I have NO IDEA at this point what I'm going 

to do for his. I'd better get on it eh?

~holiday bunting~

My neighbor gave me the cutest

holiday bunting for my birthday.

I have to share it with you.

She used pages in a book and embellished them

with different things for each holiday. 

 Valentine's Day

 Halloween.

 4th of July.

 St. Patrick's Day.

 Aren't they adorable?

I love them!

What a great gift idea.

It's safe to say I'm going to be making a few

sets of these for people I know.

Let me add this project to the list

of reasons why I need to get a Cricut machine.

 

~last chance to enter giveaway~

The deadline for my zipper bracelet

giveaway ends tonight at midnight! 

If you haven't entered yet click

the link over there -------->

to be directed to the giveaway.

Remember.....there will be 2 WINNERS!

It could be you!

~Pinspiration-thoughts~

 I have a board on Pinterest for 

thoughts I like. I'm sure it's not surprising when I 

tell you that there are a ton out there to read.

 Here is a sampling of some of my favorites.

We have the serious, inspirational and deep thoughts:

Then we have the funny and sarcastic thoughts:

 Do any of these ring true to you?

~toddler bedding~

There's nothing like the wonderful sense

of accomplishment and the load of stress off 

your shoulders upon completion of a big project.

Remember the toddler bedding I've been 

working on? Well-I finished it and delivered

it to my friend earlier this week.

I was nervous about it because the fabric

that we picked to bind the comforter with 

ended up being a NIGHTMARE to work with.

 It was deliciously soft and snuggly but

once I started sewing it......

it STRETCHED and moved all over the place.

I had to re-pin and adjust so many times

and it still ended up crooked.

I got to the point where I realized is all 

I could do was my best considering the 

problems I was having and 

accept the fact that it wasn't going to turn out perfect.

So....here's how it turned out:

 The colors and prints turned out so cute together.

My friend loved it and her little guy went

CRAZYNUTS over it! He really loves it and

that's what counts :)

I also made a spare sheet out of some yellow material
and a stripe pillowcase.

Sheets for cribs and toddler beds are so easy to make.
I used this tutorial at MADE.
I've made a lot of them and they can be done 
in under an hour. It's a great way to spice up
your nursery. As far as the comforter goes,
I attempted to do it self-binding style.
It took much longer than it should have
because of the problems I had with the material.
This was definitely a learning experience to 
NOT use material like that again for something 
that needs to be structured. 

Next up, a tutorial of a knock off pattern
for my favorite stretch pants/leggings. 
Easier than you think.