22 Days Til Christmas

Taco's
Cook meat, rinse and drain. add seasoning. Cool and freeze.
If freezer room is plenty - shells (hard or soft) can be frozen.
If not just remember to have some on hand.

I've Been Tagged

I like this tagging - no telling of deep dark secrets -

The rule is to post the 4th picture of the 4th folder in your Pictures Album and tell a little about the picture.
By luck it is a picture I took . I have many many many folder with images other than pictures.
Okay - I'll admit this deep dark secret - I love to save images on my puter. Stampin' Up! stuff , hair styles, photo inspirations. You name it , I am an image junkie!
This picture was taken up Provo Canyon. I remember the exact turn in the road where I shot it.
During Autumn, Provo Canyon is a wonderland for photographers. The favorite time? - Conference weekend.
I tag my sister!

23 Days 'till Christmas - Chicken Chilada's

I've previously posted this recipe. To make a freezer meal: Cook cut up chicken - cool and put in freezer ziplock. Mix soup, milk, sour cream and green chilies, ( if using only half a can of green chilies, freeze the remainder in an additional bag for use in another recipe - or................. make TWO chilada recipes.) Put in freezer bag and label. Tear flour tortillas and bag. Measure and bag the shredded cheese. Assemble all in an XL freezer bag and label. Put a happy smile on your face when December comes and meal time is easy!!!

24 Days Till Christmas - Chicken Fajita's

By the time I get dinner fixed and another meal in the freezer I am too tired to take a picture. Trust me - it's yummy!


Fajitas like Chili's®

Serves: 4
For the freezer: Prepare the raw chicken in the marinade and seal in ziplock.
Cut onions and peppers. Seal in another ziplock.
Prepare additional flavoring and ziplock.
Count # of tortilla's and put in another ziplock.
Put all the bags in a X large ziplock and label. Freeze.

Marinade:
1/4 cup lime juice
2 Tbls. olive oil OR vegetable oil
4 cloves garlic - crushed
2 tsp. soy sauce - divided
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. liquid smoke
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
1/4 tsp. black pepper

1 lb. boned, skinned chicken breasts OR skirt steak

2 Tbls. water
1/2 tsp. lime juice
1 dash salt
1 dash black pepper

1 lrg. Spanish onion - sliced thin
1/2 med. green bell pepper - seeded, sliced thin
1/2 med. red bell pepper - seeded, sliced thin
1/2 med. yellow bell pepper - seeded, sliced thin

-Combine 1/4 cup lime juice, 2 Tbls. oil, garlic, 2 tsp. soy sauce, 1 tsp. salt, liquid smoke, cayenne pepper, and 1/4 tsp. black pepper in a sealable plastic ziplock bag, add chicken/steak to container, cover, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or overnight (preferred).

-Combine water, 1 tsp. soy sauce, 1/2 tsp. lime juice, and a dash of salt and pepper; set aside.

-Grill meat over a medium-high flame for 4-5 minutes per side, or until cooked through.

-Cut meat into thin strips; set aside and keep warm.
( I actually cut my meat into strips and cook in a skillet sprayed with Pam.)

-In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook onion and peppers in 1 Tbls. oil until brown; remove from heat; pour reserved liquid mixture over onions and peppers.
-Toss together meat, onions, and peppers.

Notes: Serve with warm tortillas, pico de gallo, cheese, sour cream, and guacamole.

25 Days 'Til Christmas

I've decided to try and be better prepared for Christmas. I've come up with a cooking plan called the "25 Days 'Til Christmas" plan. (Hence the name of my post.)

I am going to make freezer meals and hopefully by the beginning of December I will have 25 meals waiting for me. The cool part of the plan (no pun intended), is that I will just double meals that I make in the next couple of months. Brilliant you say? I hope so.

Freezer meals will last 3-6 months in the freezer.

Meal # 25

Chicken Stroganoff

12 chicken tenderloins - boiled in salted water and cut into thirds
(Frozen tenderloins will boil in approx. 15-20 minutes. Do not overcook or they will be tough.)

Saute in small amount EVOO and butter:
1/4 large onion - finely chopped
4 mushrooms - finely chopped
Lightly season with salt and pepper

2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1 can milk
1/4 teaspoon Kitchen Bouquet
½ pkg onion soup mix
1 teaspoon paprika

Mix altogether. Put in baking dish.
Bake 350̊ for 30 minutes or until bubbly.

Add ½ cup sour cream.
Serve over pasta or rice.

Serves 6.

If freezing - double freezer bag and label. Remove from freezer the night before or the morning that it is to eaten and defrost in fridge.

10 Reasons I Love October Conference

10. We get to go to Grandma's.




9. A good night sleep on a comfy bed.





8. Sharing a meal three times a day.




7. My hands can stay busy while I listen, cutting out a quilt.





6. A MooMoo can be worn to church.






5. We get to go to grandma's.





4. Hearing the announcement of five new temples in --Rome, Italy; Calgary, Canada;
Cordoba, Argentina; Philadelphia and in the greater Kansas City, Mo. area.





3. Our wonderful prophet and his counselor.






2. Stepping outside the back door and feeding swans.







1. We get to go to Grandma's.

My Princess - August 27, 2008

Reagan had a Princess Party for her 4th birthday. The little princesses came dressed in their fancy gowns and then Korianne gave them updo's (or at least a 'do') and a little makeover. They learned how to walk and curtsy like a princess. There was a castle bounce house and the girls had a blast! Then like any good princess party they ate chocolate. Korianne sure knows how to throw a party!