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Hi!
My name is Krystina. I'm marriedto the most amazing man in the world! He treats me like a princess. I LOVE to cook and thought it would be fun to share some of our favorite recipes with all of you!
Hope you enjoy as much as we do! Have fun cooking!

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Philly Cheesesteak Skillet

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! Are you all doing something fun tonight?! We are staying in, but I'm planning a SPOOK-tacular supper for us tonight :). I will add that one later this week/next week, but until then....Here is a recipe for a Philly Cheesesteak Skillet! Yummm! :)
 
You will need some green peppers, onion, garlic cloves, roastbeef, provolone cheese, butter and oil
Melt 2 T. butter and 2 T. oil in a skillet. Add peppers, onion, garlic cloves, salt and pepper. Heat up for about 15 min.
Add Roast beef and heat about another 10 min.
 
 
Top with Provolone cheese and Melt on top. And its ready to enjoy!! We love to eat it just plain...but you could also put it on a Tortilla or a sandwich. Delicious!
 
Recipe:
*2 Tablespoons Butter
*2 Tablespoons Oil
*2 Green Peppers
*1 Onion
*3-4 Garlic Cloves
*8 Oz. of Roastbeef
*Slices of Provolone Cheese
*Salt and Pepper
 
1- Heat up butter and oil in skillet. Add onion, garlic cloves, and pepper and heat about 15 min.
2-Add Roastbeef to skillet and heat up another 10-15 minutes.
3-Salt and Pepper
4-Melt Provolone Cheese on top.
5-ENJOY!!
 
Hope everyone has a fun Halloween!!!

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Tator Tot Casserole w/ a Twist

Good Morning!
I've been meaning to add this recipe for a couple weeks now. It combines all that is good into one dish! Deliciousness!! And super easy to make! Just throw everything in the crock pot for 3-4 hours and come home to a yummy supper!
Here's the recipe

Tator Tot Casserole with a Twist:

*1 bag Tator Tots
*1/2 Jar of Bacon Bits (I add more)
*3-5 Chicken Breasts
*3 C. of Cheese (I use the Fiesta blend and add probably more than 3 C. cause we LOVE cheese)
*1 Onion (Optional)
*3/4 C. Milk
*Salt and Pepper

1-Grease crockpot.
2-Layer 1/2 Tator Tots on the bottom
3-Sprinkle 1/4 of the Bacon Bits on top
4-Sprinkle Cheese over the Bacon Bits (However much you would like..I just put a thin layer to cover the tots and bacon bits)
5-Add Chicken breasts and sprinkle with salt and pepper. And add 1/2 of onion
6-Sprinkle chicken with more cheese
7-Add 1/4 of bacon bits
8-Add rest of the tator tots. And sprinkle with rest of onion.
9-Cover with Cheese and rest of bacon bits
10- Pour milk in.
11-Cook on High 3-4 hours
 

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Pasta with Shrimp


GOOD MORING!!
I was looking to try something different...besides just spaghetti with spaghetti sauce all the time! This is an AMAZZZZZING Pasta Dish!! Lots of flavor! And just yummy!
The finished product! yummmm
You will need Spaghettie noodles, Worchestire Sauce, Garlic Powder, Parsley, Basil, Thyme, Processed cheese, Onion and butter
Heating up the onion in the melted butter
 
Add spices
Mix butter mixture with the shrimp in baking dish. Bake 25 minutes
Cheese cubes...I only used half of them.
Add spaghetti and cheese and bake another 5 minutes!
 
Pasta with Shrimp
*1 1/2 C. Butter
*1 C. Onion (I used a whole onion)
*1 Tablespoon Parsley Flakes
*1 Tablespoon Worcestire Sauce
*Salt and Pepper
*1/2 teaspoon Basil
*1/2 teaspoon Thyme
*1/4 teaspoon Garlic Powder
*3 lbs Shrimp
*12 oz. Spaghetti
*8 oz. Processed Cheese, Cubed (I only used 4 oz. of Swiss cheese)
 
1-Preheat oven to 350
2-Melt butter in pan. Add onion and cook 5 min.
3-Stir in Parlsey, Worcestire, Salt, Pepper, Basil, Thyme, and Garlic Powder. Pour into baking dish with shrimp and bake 25 min.
4-Cook spaghetti
5-Add Spaghetti and cheese cubes into baking dish, stir and bake 5 min.
 
Very good dish!!!
 
 
 

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Tortilla Soup!

Hi again!!
Its starting to get chilly outside! You know what that means!!..Time for some yummy soup!! One of my favorite soups is Tortilla Soup...So I have been looking for a good recipe to try and as I was looking through one of my grandma's old cookbooks from a small town in South Dakota I found this one and it is DELISH!!!!
Definitely would recommend that you give it a try!

 
Tortilla Soup:
*1 Can Enchilada Sauce, Medium or Hot
*1 Can Cream of Chicken Soup
*1 Can Fiesta Nacho Cheese Soup
*1 Soup can filled with Milk
*2-3 Chicken breasts, Shredded
 
1-Mix enchilada sauce, cream of chicken soup, fiesta nacho cheese soup, and milk together in saucepan and simmer for 2 hours.
2-Cook the chicken, shred and add to soup...cook additional hour.
Serve with shredded cheese and chips on top!
 
Easy and delicious!
 

Thursday, October 4, 2012

THE Perfect Fall Soup--Chicken Gnocchi Soup

OH MY GOODNESS!!!...This soup is Deeeeelicioussss!!! They serve something similar to this at Olive Garden, but Tyler told me this version is WAYYY better!! :) He LOVED it! Its nice and creamy and warms you up on a cool, fall day! Give it a try!!
 
 
You need Potato Gnocchi. It looks something like this. I got mine in the Pasta section at Walmart for $2.50.
Cut up Onion, Garlic  Cloves, Carrots and Celery (I left out the celery)
Chop up 2-3 chicken breasts (Cooked) I used 2.
8 Chicken Boullion Cubes
Chop 1 1/2 C. Spinach
 
Mix Cornstarch with water
 
 
 
The finished product!! yummy in my tummy!!
 
Chicken Gnocchi Soup:
*1 Onion
*2 Carrots
*4 Celery
*6 Cloves Garlic
*2-3 Tablespoons Oil
*1 C. Chicken Broth
*2-3 Chicken Breasts (cooked)
*7 C. Water
*8 Chicken Boullion Cubes
*1-16oz package Potato Gnocchi
*4 C. 1/2 and 1/2 (I didn't have any on hand so instead I used 4 Teaspoons butter and about 1 C. Milk)
*1 1/2 C. Spinach
*1 Teaspoon Thyme
*1/8 Teaspoon Nutmeg
*1 Tablespoon Sugar
*1/4 C. Water
*5 Tablespoons Cornstarch
*Salt and Pepper
*2 Tablespoons Butter
 
**Chop Onion, garlic, carrots, celery. Pour oil into Large pot. Add vegggies and cook 5-8 min.
**Chop up cooked chicken and add to pot. Pour in chicken broth, 7 C. water, boullion cubes.
**Bring soup to a boil. Add Gnocchi, boil and cook 3-4 min. (Until they float to the top)
**Chop spinach and add to pot. Pour in 1/2 and 1/2, thyme, nutmeg, sugar and butter. Boil
**In small bowl combine 1/4 C. Water with 5 Tablespoons cornstarch. Mix and pour into pot.
**Add Salt and Pepper. Boil and cook! I let it cook for about 2 hours and it got nice and thick and creamy!!


Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Chicken Gyros


Hello Everyone!
 
My favorite food when we go to the Fair is Chicken Gyros!! So I looked for a Homemade recipe and found one! It tastes soooooo good! :)
 
I used 3 chicken breasts...boiled them for 15 min. then chopped them up into little pieces.
 
 
Here's the chopped chicken
Mixed the chicken with garlic, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, olive oil, greek yogurt, oregano, salt and pepper. Refridgerate 1 hour.
For the sauce I mixed greek yogurt, 1 cucumber, garlic, white wine vinegar, lemon juice salt and pepper and drizzled with Olive Oil. Refridgerate 30 min.
 
 
Then I heated up the sauce just to luke warm...You can also leave cold if you would like
Fry up the chicken mixture
And its ready to eat! You can use tortillas or pitas top with cheese, chicken mixture and sauce!! yummmy!
 
Chicken Mixture:
*2 Tablespoons Garlic cloves
*2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice
*2 Teaspoons Red Wine Vinegar
*2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
*2 Tablespoons "heaping" Plain Greek Yogurt
*1 Tablespoon Dill
*1 1/4 lb. Chicken breasts...(For 2 of us I just used 2 chicken breasts)
*Salt & Pepper
*1 Onion (optional)
 
Combin everything together. Whisk until mixed. Refridgerate 1 hour.
 
Tzatziki Sauce:
*1 Cup Greek Yogurt
*1 Cucumber
*1 teaspoon Garlic cloves
*1/4 teaspoon Dill
*1/4 teaspoon Parsley
*1 Tablespoon White Wine Vinegar
*Salt and pepper
*Extra Virgin Olive Oil
*Couple drops of lemon juice
 
Shred Cucmeber. MIx everything together and drizzle with Extra virgin olive oil. Refridgerate 30 minutes.
 
Cook chicken mixture in a skillet till heated up. Then if you would like you can heat up the sauce as well.
Put into pita and ENJOY!!