Tried & True Tuesday ~ Easy Crock-Pot Tomato Chicken Curry

Here is another easy recipe for the crock-pot...

it's a twist on the Chicken Curry Post in January.

Easy Crock-Pot Tomato Chicken Curry

with plain yogurt & sweet mango chutney

{Super Duper Delish}

 

Crock-Pot Tomato Chicken Curry:

Printable Recipe 

Ingredients

3 lbs chicken thighs or breasts (skinless, boneless ~ *large breasts cut in thirds) 

1 14 oz Can Diced Tomatoes, undrained 

1 10 oz Ro*Tel® Original Diced Tomatoes & Green Chilies, undrained

2 Tablespoons Curry Power

Plain Yogurt (optional)

Sweet Mango Chutney/Mild (optional) - I use Patak's brand

Rice (basmati, brown, white) - cooked according to package

Directions

Lightly spray crock-pot with non-stick cooking spray.  Place rinsed chicken breast on bottom of cooker. In a medium size bowl, mix the diced tomatoes, Ro*Tel® and curry together.  Next, pour tomato and curry mixture over chicken, cover and cook on high for 4-5 hours until chicken is ready.  Serve over cooked rice with a dollop of plain yogurt and sweet mango chutney.  SO GOOD!

Be sure to add a dollop of plain yogurt and sweet mango chutney - 

great combination of flavors!

Cheers!

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Make Your Own Foaming Hand Soap ~ Easy as 1-2-3!

Today I was getting ready to refill my foaming hand soap...I decided to grab my cell phone, snap a few photo and show you how to easily make your own. 

DISCLAIMER - I am a compulsive hand washer.  I easily go through one bottle of hand soap a week in my kitchen ~ EASILY.  I love Bath & Body Works.  I love their foaming hand soaps. The problem for me, I go through my kitchen hand soap too fast and I hate when I run out. One day I decided to see if I could make my own using their empty foaming container with some liquid dish soap... IT WORKED PERFECT!  Now I never run out of hand soap. YAY!  Oh, and I can wash my dishes too! 

Here's How To Make Your Own Foaming Hand Soap:

Making your own foaming hand soap is so simple.  All you need is an empty foaming soap dispenser (I use Bath & Body Works), and a bottle of Liquid Dish Soap or Liquid Hand Soap ~ you can use any scent ~ I love lemon for the kitchen.  Next, add 1 inch (or a little more if you like) of liquid dish soap to your container.  Fill the remainder with water, shake and it's ready to go!  

{Grab an empty foaming dispenser & liquid dish or hand soap}

{fill dispenser with 1 inch of liquid soap}

{fill remainder with water}

{ replace cap, shake and done!}

I NEVER RUN OUT!

I can wash my hands and dishes!

Saves me time & money!

Happy Dance!

I've used the same dispenser for almost a year.

When it gets grubby, I'll just grab a new one. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Cheers!

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March Madness!

Spring has sprung early this year...really early.  I've had my heat off for a couple of weeks now, with the windows wide open...until today.  Our beautiful Cleveland Flowering Pear Tree is in full bloom, in all its STINKY glory.  Our front windows will remain closed until the flowers fall off.  

Don't let the good looks fool ya, these beautiful flowers smell like something died. Seriously, it smells like something is decomposing.  Our first spring in Ohio, I searched all around the front of our house in the flower beds looking for a dead animal, only to discover the stomach turning smell was coming from the pretty white flowers!  

Even though it smells like death, it sure is beautiful!   

Just a couple of weeks ago it looked like this...

Today...

We had another record breaking day with blue skies and temps reaching 83!  

{Our average high for the month of March is 45 degrees F}  

Hope everyone is off to a wonderful Spring!

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheers!

Tried & True Tuesday ~ Naan Greek Pizza

This pizza will have you yelling, 

"OPA!"  

Spinach, Feta, Mozzarella, Olive Oil, Garlic, 

Tomatoes, Kalamata Olives...so good!

 

Naan Greek Pizza Recipe:

Ingredients

2 Pieces of Traditional Naan 

8 Cups of Fresh Spinach (approx 3 large handfuls) - once cooked, divided equally

8 oz Mozzarella - divided equally

1/4 Cup Crumbled Feta - divided equally 

3 Plum Tomatoes Sliced

Kalamata Olives 

2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil

2 Teaspoons Garlic, minced

Few dashes of Greek Seasoning (I used Penzeys Greek)

Directions 

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.  Lightly spray cookie sheet with non-stick cooking spray. Place Naan on cookie sheet (or pizza stone) and brush tops with 1 Tablespoon of Olive Oil, divided equally among the 2 pieces.  In a sauce pan, on medium heat, add 1 Tablespoon of olive oil and the 2 teaspoons of minced garlic, pour spinach on top and cook for 3 to 5 minutes, constantly turning the spinach.  Remove from heat and evenly top pizzas with spinach.  Next, add 4 oz of mozzarella cheese to each pizza.  Top with sliced plum tomatoes.  Sprinkle pizzas with feta cheese and Kalamata olives.  Lightly sprinkle with Greek seasoning.  Bake for 10-12 minutes on middle rack of oven.  Remove,  slice & enjoy! 

I'll be sharing my Greek Pizza at these great parties:

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheers!

Hard-Boiled Eggs and Egg Salad Recipe

It's another "pinch me" week of weather in the forecast for Northeast Ohio!


It's the middle of MARCH, people!!!

Enough about the beautiful weather, here is today's share...

Yesterday I was in the mood for egg salad.  What I wasn't in the mood for was messing up the eggs for the umpteenth time!  I always seem to mess up hard-boiled eggs. I searched the internet for the best way to make them and decided to try Martha's method. End result...THEY TURNED OUT PERFECT!  Thank you, Martha!

Here some tips on how to make perfect hard-boiled eggs:

Use eggs that are not too fresh.  Fresh new eggs are harder to peel.

Eggs need to be at room temperature.  Place eggs in a sauce pan and cover with one inch of cool water.  SLOWLY bring your eggs to boil on medium heat.  Once the water starts to boil, remove from heat and cover.  Let eggs stand tightly covered for *12 minutes.  After 12 minutes, remove eggs from water, place in colander and rinse with cool water until completely cooled.  Peel and enjoy! 

More tips:

-Similar tips called for covering medium size eggs for *12, *large eggs for 15 minutes, and extra large eggs for 18 minutes.

-According to Realsimple.com Unpeeled hard-boiled eggs can be kept in the fridge for

 up to one week.  They stay fresher longer with the protective shell.

-Peeled eggs need to be consumed the same day.  

Here are some simple and yummy egg salad recipes:

{Classic Egg Salad on wheat topped with tomato and spinach}

Classic Egg Salad

6 hard-boiled eggs

3 Tablespoons of Mayo (reduced fat or reg)

1 Tablespoon of Mustard

Salt & Pepper to taste (approx 1/4 teaspoon of each)

Extra yumminess:

1 Tablespoon of relish or sweet dill pickle chopped - optional

1/2 cup of chopped celery - optional

olives

Toppings:

Lettuce/Spinach

Tomato

Onion

Directions

Chop eggs, add remaining ingredients, fold into eggs.  Make a sandwich, wrap or serve over a bed of lettuce.  Enjoy.

Egg Salad with Avocado  

Go here for the yummy recipe: Food.com

Curried Egg Salad

Go here for the yummy recipe: instructables.com

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheers!

BBQ Chicken Pizza

YAY for leftovers!  

I don't say YAY & leftovers together often, but this time...YAY!!!

This early allergy season has really kicked my butt this week!  I'm glad I made so much of the Crock-Pot Pulled Chicken on Monday.  I had enough leftovers to make a salad for lunch and a large pizza for dinner!

Here is the BBQ Chicken Pizza Recipe:

Ingredients

1 Pizza Crust - Any kind will do, Naan, French Bread, Rhodes (baked and ready to go) 

Cooked BBQ Chicken - Pulled/chopped, enough to cover the pizza with desired amount

BBQ Sauce - Use your favorite brand or homemade

Pineapple - Use desired amount for topping  *optional

Bacon - Use desired amount for topping *optional

Directions:
For this pizza I used a frozen loaf of Rhodes bread dough.  I thawed the dough the fast way according to the directions on the bag and pre-baked the crust in a 13"x9" baking dish.  Once the dough/pizza crust was done, I topped it with Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce.  Next, I topped the pizza with bbq chicken, then lots of mozzarella cheese. I baked it at 400 degrees F for 15 mins.  So Simple!  So Good!


I didn't have pineapple or bacon, which would have made this yummy pizza even better!


Next time I make the Crock-Pot Pulled Chicken, I'll be sure to make extra again...it makes the best leftovers!

I'll be sharing my BBQ Chicken Pizza Recipe at these great parties:

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheers!

  

Tried & True Tuesday ~ Crock-Pot Pulled Chicken Sandwiches

I've been under the weather the last few days with those annoying springtime allergies. 

It's hard to complain with weather like this...

Because I haven't been feeling great, I wanted to make something easy for dinner last night. I've been wanting to try Chasing Tomatoes ~ Crockpot Pulled Chicken Sandwiches.  I've had the recipe for a while and finally made it...the chicken is so GOOD!  Even better, I have enough chicken leftover to whip-up something easy for dinner tonight.  I could make a pulled BBQ Chicken Pizza, a salad or wrap.  There are lots of options!

(I used a side of bbq sauce/drippings leftover in the crock-pot for dipping) 

(Instead of thighs I used chicken breast & I used Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce)

Head over to Chasing Tomatoes for this easy, yummy recipe!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Easy Cake Mix Mini Muffins made with Pumpkin

My family loved the Triple Chocolate Pumpkin Mini Muffins so much,  

I decided to try pumpkin with a white cake mix...  
They are so good!  

{You can't taste the pumpkin}

All you need are a few ingredients!

These muffins are filled with some good stuff!

{Pumpkin Label}

Ingredients

1 Box of White or Yellow Cake Mix

1 15 oz can of 100 % Pure Pumpkin  

Mini or Regular Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, Pecans, Raw Sugar (Optional)

Directions

For my mini muffins, I did the following:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.  Lightly spray mini muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray. Pour cake mix in a large bowl and add a little bit of pumpkin at a time and mix.  Once all the pumpkin is blended with the dry cake mix, use an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes.  Next, spoon mixture into mini muffins 3/4 full.  Sprinkle tops with a few chocolate chips, pecans or raw sugar.  Place muffins in oven on middle rack, bake for 15 mins or until toothpick comes clean.  Makes approximately 30 mini muffins.

So Simple.  So Good.  

I'll be sharing my recipe at these great parties:

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great week!

Only 3 Ingredients ~ Triple Chocolate Pumpkin Mini Muffins

I am so excited to share this SIMPLE yummy recipe! 

Triple Chocolate Pumpkin Mini Muffins

After seeing... 

 Blueberry Angel Food Cake Dessert {Fluff Berry Cake} recipe share 
over at The Frugal Girls, I thought about all the different ingredients you could use with cake mix.  I thought, why not pumpkin.  I LOVE pumpkin!  I also happened to have a can in my pantry leftover from the holidays.   After a quick Google search, there were several recipes out there with these two ingredients...so my idea wasn't so novel!   

These muffins did not disappoint!

Super moist, spongy and yummy!
A lot healthier too!
So easy!

If you're looking for a strong pumpkin taste, you won't get it here.  I actually can't taste the pumpkin, which was a little disappointing. If you don't care for pumpkin, like my husband, try this recipe, you might find you love them, he sure does!  My girls thought they were awesome too! 

The big bonus for me, it's a great egg-free treat for my little one with an egg allergy. 

All you need are...

&

...and you get this!

Ingredients

1 Box of Betty Crocker Triple Chocolate cake mix OR any Devil's Food/Chocolate Cake Mix

1 15 oz can of 100 % Pure Pumpkin  

Mini or Regular Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips for topping

Directions

For my mini muffins, I did the following:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.  Lightly spray mini muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray. Pour cake mix in a large bowl and add a little bit of pumpkin at a time and mix.  Once all the pumpkin is blended with the dry cake mix, use an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes.  Next, spoon mixture into mini muffins 3/4 full.  Sprinkle tops with a few chocolate chips, place in oven on middle rack, bake for 15 mins or until toothpick comes clean.  Makes approximately 30 mini muffins.  Enjoy!

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48 Hours of living in OHIO....

Monday's high ~ 28° F

Forecast for today,  high around 68°

Yes, Ohio is very fickle!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Crock-Pot Sweet and Sour Chicken

Kristin over at Grateful Belly shared a great recipe last week ~ 

Easy Crock Pot Sweet and Sour Chicken.

I made this last night - it tastes as good as it looks!  

Thanks for sharing the recipe, Kristin!

Head over to Grateful Belly for this super easy YUMMY recipe!

Next up...

Coffee + Sweetened Condensed Milk = DELICIOUS

My friend made this for me during a visit to Michigan...

Oh boy is it good!

All you need is strong coffee and 2-3 TBLS of sweetened condensed milk.  

That's it!

Serve hot or cold.

YUM!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Off to School...

After flushing an ice cube down the toilet and sleeping with a spoon under the pillow...

it was off to school this morning, no snow day.  

What a beautiful morning.

Have a wonderful Monday!