Thursday, November 18, 2010
Chicken Pot Pie
So this is a easy recipe for Chicken Pot Pie, it so yummy and is not all that bad for you compared to frozen store bought chicken pot pies. You can salt to taste and I do use a salted butter. But you can adjust.
-2 1/2 cups of cooked chicken or turkey (good for left over turkey)
I usually might buy a whole cooked chicken on night and a couple of nights later use the rest of the chicken for pot pie.
-1 10oz package of frozen veggies, I just use corn and peas if I have fresh carrots I will add some. I might use a mixture of two cups of veggies.
-1/3 cup of butter
1/3 cup of flour
1/3 cup of onion, I skip it because no one besides me likes onion in my family.
(taste fine with out.)
-salt and pepper to taste
-1 3/4 cups of chicken broth
-2/3c of milk
-Pie crust, I buy the already done ones that are frozen.
Rinse and thaw veggies
Heat Butter until melted, stir in flour, onion, salt and pepper
Cook and stir until bubbly, then remove from heat.
Stir in broth and milk off heat.
Then heat tell a boil for 1 minute stir in chicken and veggies.
-Now this makes a lot you could almost do two pies.
-Heat oven to 425, pour in mixture cook until golden brown, about 35 mins.
My girls love this all three of them!!! Michael and I do too. We can eat a whole pie now we will soon have to start making two pies for dinner. This is a great meal to take to a family.
-2 1/2 cups of cooked chicken or turkey (good for left over turkey)
I usually might buy a whole cooked chicken on night and a couple of nights later use the rest of the chicken for pot pie.
-1 10oz package of frozen veggies, I just use corn and peas if I have fresh carrots I will add some. I might use a mixture of two cups of veggies.
-1/3 cup of butter
1/3 cup of flour
1/3 cup of onion, I skip it because no one besides me likes onion in my family.
(taste fine with out.)
-salt and pepper to taste
-1 3/4 cups of chicken broth
-2/3c of milk
-Pie crust, I buy the already done ones that are frozen.
Rinse and thaw veggies
Heat Butter until melted, stir in flour, onion, salt and pepper
Cook and stir until bubbly, then remove from heat.
Stir in broth and milk off heat.
Then heat tell a boil for 1 minute stir in chicken and veggies.
-Now this makes a lot you could almost do two pies.
-Heat oven to 425, pour in mixture cook until golden brown, about 35 mins.
My girls love this all three of them!!! Michael and I do too. We can eat a whole pie now we will soon have to start making two pies for dinner. This is a great meal to take to a family.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
thankful for ... Nov. 17
So here it is Emily drew Jesus on the cross at school. Is that PC? Well probably not but pretty amazing. Emily has a love for God. I say her middle name is Faith and she has a strong Faith. She is my bible thumper. SO I am thankful for Emily's art skills.
And for her LOVE of Jesus.
Just keep eating, eating.
So today I share Michael and I's dieting tips, people always ask why we are skinny. So here it is...our kids eat all of our food. Honestly that is it. The girls are always eating. As of 8:48 this morning as I type this let me tell you what the girls have had for breakfast.
- eggs
-Canadian bacon two each
-apple sauce bags 1 each
-Emily had a cup of yogurt and a "red apple sauce" also
-Chloe ate part of Michael's egg sandwich, a cookie Michael is still home, and hand fulls of tortilla chips
- Ashley ate a granola bar, cookie, and lots and lots of tortilla chips.
- ohh and every morning as Michael makes his lunch he gives the girls turkey lunch meat to eat and 2 pringles each.
I know everyone hears me say Ashley does not eat. Ashley does not like to sit and eat a meal. She did eat some of her dinner last night. But is usually hungry for breakfast because she did not eat dinner.
And when Emily gets off the bus from school she will eat, eat, and eat. It is crazy how much this kids eats after school. She eats lunch early at school 10:45-11:15 but she also gets a snack. She will not stop eat when she gets home tell dinner and ballet and then I am sure she will want more food when we get home again.
At least most of what they eat is "healthy" my kids eat candy and cookies. But they love veggies and fruit too.
In fact I am off to drop Ashley at "pre-school" and then to Target and Kroger to buy more food!!!! I will have to get a job when they are all in school to afford the cost of feeding three growing girls.
- eggs
-Canadian bacon two each
-apple sauce bags 1 each
-Emily had a cup of yogurt and a "red apple sauce" also
-Chloe ate part of Michael's egg sandwich, a cookie Michael is still home, and hand fulls of tortilla chips
- Ashley ate a granola bar, cookie, and lots and lots of tortilla chips.
- ohh and every morning as Michael makes his lunch he gives the girls turkey lunch meat to eat and 2 pringles each.
I know everyone hears me say Ashley does not eat. Ashley does not like to sit and eat a meal. She did eat some of her dinner last night. But is usually hungry for breakfast because she did not eat dinner.
And when Emily gets off the bus from school she will eat, eat, and eat. It is crazy how much this kids eats after school. She eats lunch early at school 10:45-11:15 but she also gets a snack. She will not stop eat when she gets home tell dinner and ballet and then I am sure she will want more food when we get home again.
At least most of what they eat is "healthy" my kids eat candy and cookies. But they love veggies and fruit too.
In fact I am off to drop Ashley at "pre-school" and then to Target and Kroger to buy more food!!!! I will have to get a job when they are all in school to afford the cost of feeding three growing girls.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Thankful for ... Nov. 16
I am thankful for the small stuff. The small things that make the girls and I happy. Ballet for Ashley, new ballet slippers. Chloe has been having lots of fun with a old coach purse of mine. Emily, pickles make Emily happy, olives too. Emily is hungry when she gets home from school. But small things make all the difference. We had a nice play date this afternoon, it helped pass the afternoon away. The small things that don't cost a lot and are easy to please everyone.
Trying so hard.
Saving money or trying not to spend so much money. With Christmas around the corner and with my children just flat out wild, we have cut out eating out. Well let me clarify we still do the occasional McDonald's trip, Taco Express breakfast burrito. So what I am really saying is we don't sit in restaurants anymore and make our selves miserable and others too. I have been cooking every night, making lunch and breakfast. Most weekends Michael makes the breakfast. Last weekend we got Logan's to go and only because we had a gift card.
This past weekend Michael and I by ourselves went to Taco Express for breakfast and Costco for lunch. That is spending the big money. It was less then $20 for both meals. So this has taken a lot of strength from me, to cook every night. To think of things to EAT every night. Tonight is Chicken Pot Pie, it is so good and easy to make. Such a mummy thing to eat on a cold wet night. Wednesday night will be a spaghetti with white sauce, I still need a veggie. Monday night was burritos with turkey meat.
But one of the big reasons for not going out to eat anymore are the kids. They are rude and wild and don't eat half the food I pay for most times. Chloe screams with JOY a lot and she does not care that we are eating in a public place. So if I do break down and have to eat out we now go to loud places that are cheap too. Togo is becoming a good friend of mine, pizza delivery is always a good fall back.
So it has been working out for us so far. I can control better what the kids eat, cheaper in the long run and I am not stressed out in public trying to hurry up and eat. I can be stressed out at home for free, well at least much less.
This past weekend Michael and I by ourselves went to Taco Express for breakfast and Costco for lunch. That is spending the big money. It was less then $20 for both meals. So this has taken a lot of strength from me, to cook every night. To think of things to EAT every night. Tonight is Chicken Pot Pie, it is so good and easy to make. Such a mummy thing to eat on a cold wet night. Wednesday night will be a spaghetti with white sauce, I still need a veggie. Monday night was burritos with turkey meat.
But one of the big reasons for not going out to eat anymore are the kids. They are rude and wild and don't eat half the food I pay for most times. Chloe screams with JOY a lot and she does not care that we are eating in a public place. So if I do break down and have to eat out we now go to loud places that are cheap too. Togo is becoming a good friend of mine, pizza delivery is always a good fall back.
So it has been working out for us so far. I can control better what the kids eat, cheaper in the long run and I am not stressed out in public trying to hurry up and eat. I can be stressed out at home for free, well at least much less.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Thankful for ... Nov 15
I am thankful that Ashley had a great first day of pre-school. She calls it "pre-school" if you just call it "school" she will correct you. I am so happy she loves it. In fact she was crying when I came to pick her up because I don't think she wanted to leave!! It was a nice first day, I got a lot of business stuff done.
I am also thankful that Michael is working so hard so that Ashley can go to school and we can have nice Christmas. Nothing over the top but we don't have to stress.
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