Peanut Butter Reindeer Cookies

What is Christmas Time without cookies!? I have been wanting to make some cookies from scratch for a while. I thought that the perfect time would be now, Christmas Time!

I love Peanut Butter anything, so I decided to make festive Peanut Butter Reindeer Cookies.

Recipe:

3/4 cup peanut butter

1 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1/2 cup shortening

3 tablespoons milk

1 tablespoon vanilla

1 egg

1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 teaspoon salt

Chocolate-covered mini pretzels

Regular-sized M&Ms

Preheat oven to 375°F.

Combine brown sugar, peanut butter, shortening, milk, and vanilla in large bowl. Beat at medium speed until well blended. Add egg; beat until just blended.

In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt.

Add to creamed mixture at low speed. Mix just until blended.

Form dough into 2-inch balls.

To make reindeer-shaped cookies, pinch the bottom of the ball slightly to form a point, then gently flatten with your hand.

Space cookies about 2 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet and bake for 7 to 8 minutes, until set or just beginning to brown.

Remove from oven and immediately (and gently) press two mini pretzels into the tops of the cookies for the reindeer's antlers.

Press  M&Ms in for the eyes and one M&M for the nose!.

Allow to cool 2 minutes on the baking sheet and then transfer to a wire rack or paper towel to cool completely.

Makes about 25 reindeer cookies.
FYI: The Kids will absolutely love them! I surprised my kids after their dinner!

Angel Chicken

Are you looking for a fancy looking chicken dish?
 Are you also looking for a dish that can be made in a crockpot? Angel Chicken is the dish you are looking for and I made it the other night! It was delicious & the family thought so too!!!

Ingredients:

5 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast

2 Boxes of Mushrooms

1/4 cup of Butter

1/2 of a 8 ounce Onion and Chive Cream Cheese

1 can of Cream of Mushroom

1 packet of dry Italian Dressing

1/2 cup of dry white wine(optional)

Melt butter in a saucepan.

Add in italian dressing packet.

Stir in soup ...

and cream cheese until it combines and melts.

Cut up 1 of the packages of mushrooms.

And add.

Add the wine...if you want.

Place the other package of mushrooms on the bottom of crockpot.

Place washed chicken on top of mushrooms.

Pour sauce on top of chicken.

Cover & Cook on low for 5 hours.

I served it over Angel Hair Pasta and with my Cranberry & Walnut Green-beans!

Kale Chips

My husband and I fell in love with these yesterday when I decided to be creative with the leftover Kale I had from making the famous Zuppa Toscana soup. I love Kale in soup and salads. Now I also love Kale as chips....and so does my husband. We loved them so much that we ate them so fast!

Homemade Kale Chips

Prep: 5 minutes

Cook: 15 minutes

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

1 bunch of fresh kale

2-3 tablespoons olive oil

1/4 teaspoon sea salt

1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 450F.

2. Place kale on parchment paper and then on baking sheet. Evenly toss with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake in preheated oven for 6 minutes; toss gently. Reduce oven temperature to 300F and bake 9 minutes more. Let cool and serve immediately.

Ranch Dijon Chicken Pasta

Ingredients:

4 boneless chicken breasts

1 cup of Lite Ranch dressing

1/3 cup of Dijon mustard

1/2 cup of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

1/3 cup of dry white wine (optional)

Whole wheat thin spaghetti pasta noodles

Parsley

Directions:

Whisk together lite Ranch dressing and mustard. Set aside.

Cut chicken in cubes. Saute chicken in olive oil until brown. Remove chicken from skillet but keep the remaining cooked olive oil in place. Pour wine into skillet and simmer on medium high for one minute. Whisk in Ranch and dijon mustard mixture. Blend well.

Cook noodles as suggested.

Place chicken on a bed of noodles and cover chicken with sauce. Stir together. Sprinkle with parsley.

I originally got this recipe from this blog,that I love. I substituted some ingredients to make it a little better on the waist line!

My Husbands Favorite Salad: Poppy Seed

1 bag of Salad( feeds 4-6)
6 Strawberries
Handful of Cheddar Cheese
Handful of Almonds
Handful of Croutons
Couple shakes of Poppy Seed Dressing

I love to eat it with baked chicken and rice!

My Momma's Spaghetti Recipe

This recipe was given to me by my fabulous Mom while I was in college. My roommates and friends loved it and still request it. My husband stated he never cared for spaghetti until he had this one! He always volunteers my spaghetti when we cook for others, go to Potlucks, or have people over. I decided to make this my first recipe I share with my new camera since it holds a special place in my heart and my close ones stomachs!








 Ingredients: 2 cans of spaghetti sauce, 1 box of spaghetti noodles(serving size 8), 1/2 of a onion, 1 whole bell pepper, 1 package of kielbasa sausage, 1 lb of lean ground beef (93/7), and 1- 1.5 cup of brown sugar!

Cut your pepper, onion, and sausage in small bite size pieces



Brown the meat(because I buy the lean meat there is barely any fat to drain,so I don't do it at all)









Pour the onion, pepper, and sausage into the ground beef. Cook for 10-15 minutes on medium heat and stirring occasionally. Add pasta sauce and brown sugar!



Boil your noodles






I always throw my noodles on the cabinets to make sure they are done...if they stick they are ready like spaghetti:)



Drain the noodles



Use the same pot you used for the noodles and pour half of your meat sauce in that pot
Pour ALL the noodles in the pot



Pour the other half on the noodles





Stir and there you have it....My Momma's Spaghetti!



*I usually serve with Texas Toast and a lovely Salad
*The Spaghetti is always better the 2nd day!

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