Homemade QUICK Kolaches!

I have to share a quick recipe when I discover one. Recently, I had these frozen sausage balls in the freezer and I pulled them out, threw them in the microwave for 1.5 min to thaw and semi cook, and then I laid them out on the triangles for quick kolaches. My whole family loved them! Especially the kids! It is so quick and easy and good! See below...

Ingredients:

1 pack of crescent rolls 

1 pack of sausage balls

1) Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

2) Spray your pan with non-stick spray so the bread won't stick

3) Lay out your raw dough triangles 

4) Heat your frozen sausage balls in microwave for about 1.5 minutes (2 sausage balls per triangle)

5) Mush the sausage balls on the wide bottom of the triangle (2+ per)

6) Roll and wrap up, tuck all ends closed like a kolache

7) Bake one side for 7 minutes

8) Flip over and bake 8 minutes the other side (total of 15 minutes)

9) If you find you want to cook a little longer you can pop back in a few more minutes if you want bread more golden brown. 

ENJOY!

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THE BEST JAMBALAYA EVERRRRR!

So I made this recipe recently and tried a new way of doing it. When I tell you I received so many compliments and request for seconds, I decided I have to share it!


So here we go....this is GREAT for football season and holidays! It makes plenty for everyone too AND it doesn't break the bank!

Ingredients:

2 cup chopped green bellpepper

2 chopped onion

1 cup chopped or minced Garlic

1.5 cup chopped celery

Buy a package of sausage, slice in thin 1/2-1 inch thick slices set aside

2 packs of wild rice

2 packs of jambalaya mix

2 cans of chicken broth

1 cooked rotisserie chicken

1 pack of sausage (I use Manda)

Sautee all of the vegetables and the sausage in a skillet on low heat with olive oil

Take a whole cooked rotisserie chicken, pull off all the chicken and set aside you will add this in later. 

After the vegetables have gotten somewhat soft, about 5-7 minutes in likely, then add 2 cans of chicken broth. Let broth, sausage and veggies simmer for 10 minutes. Then add in your chicken and season the broth with a little onion salt and Tonys.

Now you will add in the rice and cook according to the directions. 

Add water amount that the 2 bags of rice calls for into your pot, once it is all brought to a boil add in rice, mix everything well, and simmer 30 minutes.

2 bags of wild rice

2 boxes of Jambalaya mix rice

I begin with sautee bellpepper, onion, garlic, celery

Add in meat and 2 cups of chicken broth

- sausage

- baked chicken or rotissirie and use the chicken broth (box chicken broth option)

onion salt & Tonys

Add water amount, once brought to a boil add in rice below and simmer 30 minutes

2 bags of wild rice

2 boxes of jambalaya mix rice

THIS IS AMAZING!!! Ad it gets better as it sits with the flavors of the vegetables. The key is fresh veggies, broth, and adding in the wild rice mix.

A great way to make (chicken, duck, or flank steak) spaghetti!

So if you want to make duck, beef or chicken spaghetti in a way that you will leave people LOVING IT AND WANTING MORE...here is the trick!

I had some leftover duck frozen recently so I decided to make a duck spaghetti. I knew that my mom and sister wouldn't eat it if I told them so I basically tricked them and it worked!

You can apply this same recipe with beef flank steak or chicken just grind up well and fine!


RECIPE:

• Take 4 filets and cover them with olive oil, pepper, garlic powder and Worchestercire. Turn the oven to 400 degrees.

• Pop in the oven for 10 minutes on each side. (chicken may take a little longer)
• Take it out and let it cool completely
• Once they are cool chop into small pieces
• Place in a food processor and grind up well and fine

Spaghetti Sauce:

In a crock pot stir in...

• A large can of stewed tomatoes (or you can use fresh tomatoes and cook them down)
• 1 jar of Ragu
• Sautee these veggies together in a skillet until soft and then add: 1/2 cup of onions, 1/2 cup celery, 2 tablespoons minced garlic, and 1/2 cup of bell pepper.
• Duck, chicken or flank steak
• 3/4 cup of water or broth
• Optional but I like to add some seasonings and also fresh basil!

You will simmer this on low for 6-8 hours to make sure the flavor simmers well together! Serve over spaghetti squash or pasta!

a FABULOUS EASY BAKED CHICKEN recipe!

So I made this last night and it was so easy and Liz and Ryan seriously were like this is amazing! So I had to share because it was a quick dish!!!

So i baste the whole chicken (insides removed) in olive oil 

Chicken Seasoning - covered in montreal chicken seasoning (this seasoning is the key), celery salt, garlic powder, minced garlic rubbed on top, and then I stuffed the inside with fresh parsley and minced garlic. 

I squeezed a lemon over it. 

I then browned chicken on broil for 10 min then turned down to 425 degrees and took it out.

VEGGIES: 

I cut two sweet potatoes up about 1 inch thick round slices 

I chopped long slices of 1 bell pepper and 1 yellow onion and then i took veggies and potatoes in ziploc and added fresh chopped parsley, sprinkled 1 tablespoon of cumin and 1 tablespoon of pepper, 1 tablespoon of olive oil and shook it all up well. 

I sprinkled the veggies around the chicken.

i did about 1/8 cup water in bottom of pan so the broth would also flavored the veggies

I put all back in the oven at 425 for 1.5 hours

KALE YEAH SALAD

One of my favorite salads to make of all time is this one! Why? Because when you have about 10 things to do before you walk out the door in the morning and have a hubby and kid to take care of as well, it makes life so much simpler to have your lunch made the night before!

I find that by the time I get home and I am hungry, I have a healthy light salad already prepared like it is just waiting on me or something! This is so good, and honestly last for about 3-4 days once prepared. The greens are tough, so they won't get soggy!!!! I added a few other ways to change it up too at the bottom!


INGREDIENTS:

1 cup shredded raw brussels sprouts
1 cup shredded kale
1 cup of chopped arugula
1 cup chopped roma tomatoes
½ cup chopped cucumbers
½ cup chopped purple onions
½ cup chopped yellow and red bell peppers
½ cup chopped raw zucchini
½ cup chickpeas
¼ cup topped with feta or goat cheese crumbles


Dressing:
1 part white balsamic vinegar
2 parts olive oil
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
Blend in food processor with 1 tablespoon of chopped green onions and teaspoon of fresh or minced garlic

This refrigerates well and won't get soggy because of tough greens!

Pour dressing over and shake in Tupperware then serve.

Other ways to change it up:
* Add grilled chicken or chopped egg for a protein
* OR add strawberries, mandarins and cashews

It's so EASSSYYYY like Sunday Mornin' #traderjoes

This is another recipe so easy I must share! I love trying out different meats at Trader Joe's. For the most part, 99.9% have been great!

I got this roast the other day when I knew I had plans that evening and I wanted to fix dinner for Ryan and my dad who would be babysitting that night! So I grabbed two baked potatoes and this Cabernet Pot Roast! I was taking my chances because I had a feeling it would be great!

Now what else is better than an already prepared marinated beef? One that cooks well in the crock pot! So...I threw this in the crock pot with about 1/2 cup of beef broth on the bottom, and I turned it on high for 4 hours. When I came back it was extremely tender and almost perfect. It was about medium.

I turned the crock pot from high to warm, took out the roast, sliced it up and placed the slices back in the gravy, which actually cooked it from pink to about a medium-well (so don't place the meat back in if you don't want it to cook anymore).

The bake potatoes were so easy to prepare ahead of time too and leave wrapped in foil!

This is a perfect dish to make for dad when mom can't be home to make dinner! The guys were pleasantly surprised and happy!

* If you don't have a Trader Joe's you can use a regular pot roast and season it. Be sure to add in the beef broth for the au jus for the potatoes!

Easy Bake Chicken!

I would think this is an easy recipe that most people already know how to do but considering I just learned how to bake one I am going to assume some others may not either. So here is it! It is a great rotisserie flavored BAKED chicken. It is great to eat on for a couple days and even use it for dinner, a salad for lunch or even to chop up and make chicken salad for the kiddos!

Buy yourself a whole chicken, preferably an organic one!

1. Clean it well!!!!
2. Cover it in olive oil, garlic powder, and Tony's seasonings.
3. Turn your oven to 400+ degrees for a high broil!
4. Broil it for about 5 minutes on both side, it will be nice and brown if not let it go a little longer!
5. Then turn your oven down between 350 and 375 degrees and bake it for about an hour and a half!
6. AND YOUR CHICKEN SHOULD BE DONE!