Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Cooking {Spicy Chicken Lasagna Roll-Ups}

I didn't post a recipe last week because we had quite the cooking disaster here at 319!  I was in the process of making enchiladas that my friend Carrie gave me the recipe for.  I had put them all together and they were cooking in the oven.  I had to feed Kason, so I asked Duane to take them out and start the rice and beans.  He did as I asked (such a good husband!:)) and then went outside to finish mowing the grass.  Once I finished feeding Kason I started to walk into the kitchen when I heard a loud popping noise and the sound of glass shattering.  I walked into the kitchen and saw that the glass cooking dish with the enchiladas had exploded!  There was glass everywhere and the enchiladas were burning like crazy!  I ran outside to get Duane and he realized he had turned on the wrong burner on the stove and then set the baking dish on that burner.  Oops!  I wanted to take a picture of the mess but I was so shaken up that I totally forgot!  I'm going to attempt the enchiladas again this week..hopefully! :)

Tonight I made this...

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Now the recipe picture looked a lot prettier than mine turned out, but let me tell you, they tasted delicious!  I think it's one of my favorite things I've made to date.  They were tasty, but I'll warn you, they were messy to make!  I had not anticipated that but soon learned that there would be a lot of clean up with this recipe!  I won't list all the exact measurements for all the ingredients, but you can find them here

Here's what you need...

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{Along with chicken!}

The first thing I did was put the chicken into boiling water.  I added some crushed red pepper and italian seasoning.  I did this so that I could shred the chicken.  I boiled the chicken for about a half an hour.

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When the chicken had about 15 minutes left, I boiled some water and threw in the lasagna noodles.

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As the noodles and chicken we cooking, I mixed the rest of the ingredients into a bowl.  I think I messed this part of the recipe up a little bit, but it still worked out!  Just warning you..if you look at the recipe on the website, it might be a little different! :)

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I then shredded the chicken and added it, along with the cheese and eggs, to the sauce mixture.

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Once I had the sauce mixture all in the bowl, I got the noodles and laid them on a baking sheet.  I put the mixture in the noodles, rolled them up, and put them in the baking dish.  This was the messy part!!  (I put some of the sauce mixture on the bottom of the baking dish and then laid the roll-ups on top.)

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Once they were all in the dish I covered the top of them with the remaining sauce mixture and mozzarella cheese.  I popped them in the over (preheated to 375 degrees).

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It baked for about 25 minutes and then was ready to eat!

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It was a carb loaded dinner..but it was gooood! :)

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Happy Tuesday! :)

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Little Peanut :)

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Peanut!
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{And he is a little peanut considering he is 6 weeks old tomorrow and his 0-3 month clothes are still HUGE!  I just couldn't resist putting him in this cute onsie..even if it is rather large! :)}

Hope your Tuesday was great! :)

Monday, April 25, 2011

Easter 2011

We had a great Easter!  It was so fun to have Kason be a part of our Easter traditions this year.  On Saturday night we died Easter eggs with Kason.  Ok, maybe he was asleep, but he was still there!  I'm sure this will be much more exciting for him in the following years!  Ha!

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On Sunday morning,  Kason had an Easter basket from the Easter bunny and I'm sure he was so excited..ha!

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  We started off the morning by going to church.  I try to remember the sacrifice Jesus made for me on a daily basis, but Easter is always a humbling reminder.  This Easter was no different as I was overcome with emotion when thinking about the sacrifice that was made.  Church was great and Kason of course slept right through it! 

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{Mommy and Kason before church}

After church we headed to Duane's parents' house to celebrate Easter with his family.  Last year there was only one grandkid and this year there were 3!  So crazy the difference a year can make!

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{Kason with his Easter basket from Mimi and Poppa}

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{Our family on Easter!}

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{LOVE this picture of my boys!}

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{We attempted to get a picture of Poppa with all the grandkids.  This is the best I got!  Ha!}

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{My sweet baby on Easter}

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{Duane and Haylea}

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{Worn out!}

After that we headed to my parents' house for more food and family!  Some of my mom's family hadn't met Kason yet, so it was fun to introduce them!

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{Kason'e THIRD Easter basket of the day..this kid is spoiled!}

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{Introducing my cousin Rachel to Kason}

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{Sisters on Easter with Kase}

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{Great Aunt Lynn and Tim holding Kason!}

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{Aunt Stace and Kason}

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{Aunt Jill loving on Kase}

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[Grammy and Kason}

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{My first Easter!}

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{Yes, I do love my mama!}

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter!

Happy Monday! :)

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

New Friends!

Our internet has been down for two days and Kason has been having some major tummy issues.  Life has been a little hectic but I wanted to get a quick blog post in.  I have about 5 things I want to blog about..but for now, this short post will have to do! :)

Kason has gained lots of new friends since his arrival!  Last night, he got to meet two of his newest friends!  Steve and Lauren are some of our good friends and Steve's dad and step-mom just welcomed identical twin boys into their family.  The twins are 11 days old and weigh just over 5 pounds.  My sweet baby is 5 weeks old and weighs about 9 lbs. so he looked HUGE next to the twins!  It was so funny to see them laying side by side.  I can't wait until these little guys are about 2 years old.  I'm sure they will be running around causing chaos wherever they go! :)

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{Can't believe how big Kason looks!  And to think he's small for his age!}

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{Uncle Steve holding all 3 babies!}

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{Kason's face is saying.."mom, please stop with the pictures!}

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{"Auntie L" with sweet Kason}

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{My cute baby!}

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{Steve and Isaiah cuddling the twins}

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{We had a toast to some of our other friends that will be welcoming a baby in late October!}

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Kason loves meeting his new friends!  I'm excited to take him to meet another friend next week.

Happy Wednesday! :)