Cream Cheese Chicken Crock Pot Meal

Got this recipe from a coworker


Cream Cheese Chicken

3-4 chicken breast
8 oz soften cream cheese
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 packet dry italian dressing seasoning


Place ingredients in a Crock Pot and cook on low for 5 hours or on high for 3, or until chicken is completely cooked. Serve over rice.

Yummy!

Edible Play Dough!

Who says you shouldn't play with your food?

1 C peanut butter
1/3 to 1/2 Cup honey
2 to 3 cups powdered sugar (use more if you used less honey)

Mix the ingredients together and enjoy this fun and yummy snack.

No Sew Tutu

Remember my elementary crafting skills?  Yes, my sewing skills are probably worse.  I can sew on a button and once I made most of a baby quilt, okay pathetic, I will stop there.

Anyway! This project is sewing free and precise measurements are not needed.  It requires one stretchy headband elastic and about five yards of tulu (I had to look up what that was).  Mine was multi color so I use 2 of one and 3 of the other.

Fold the tulu and cut strips that are about 3-4 inches wide. Fold a long strip of tulu in half place it next to the tulu to form a loop at the top.  Pull the rest of it through to secure it onto the elastic.  Don't pull too tight in case you need to adjust the placement of the strips. Surround the entire elastic and when you are finished you have a wild tutu.

Tada!

There are several variations of this on the web, my favorite was on skiptomylou.org
They have pictures for every step.

Winger's Hot Sauce

1 cup brown sugar
4 Tbsp Water
6 Tbsp Frank's hot sauce.

Heat until sugar has dissolved.

We eat it with baked chicken.
To make Winger's Sticky Fingers, bake breaded chicken as directed on package. While still warm coat chicken in sauce. We use tongs and dunk it in to get a good thick coating. Place back on baking sheet and let it dry for a few minutes.  Eat up! Be sure to save some extra sauce for dipping.

Under the Bed Kit

This idea came for a friend's mother on her website apreparedhome.com

It is a small kit to be kept by the bed in case something happens in the middle of the night
It consist of:

•  A container to put stuff in- (Pillowcase, shoe box, plastic bag, whatever)
• Slip on closed toed shoes- you can get cheap one.
• Working gloves
• Flashlight with working batteries
• Whistle

Things I would add:

• bottle of water
• snack- granola bar or the like
• warm blanket (fleece is warm and doesn't take up much room)
• maybe an extra pair of clothes, socks, underwear- this can be part of a 72 hour kit.

Keep the kit in a place you can grab and use in the dark.

Emergency Preparedness- Fire Saftey

This year my family has decided we needed get more prepared for calamities that could happen personally to our family or to our community.  With a tight budget these past few months we have been grateful for both our financial reserves and our food storage.  However, there is room to improve.

Sometimes it can get a bit overwhelming, that is why this year we have decided to do one or two things each month to get further prepared for whatever may happen.  This month we chose:

FIRE SAFETY AND PREPAREDNESS

After clumsily setting the oven on the wrong setting and filling my kitchen with smoke.  I decided the batteries in the smoke detector had to be dead.  Checking the detector I discovered there were no batteries in the device. (So much for working detectors when you move into an apartment)  A fire alarm makes an ugly decoration, now it is actually useful.

This also made me realize we had no fire extinguisher in the house.  Hm, I would much rather extinguish a small fire than run from a big one.

Speaking of evacuating if a fire did happen what would  I want accessible to grab quickly and go- like a flashlight, shoes, or blanket.

We do have an evacuation plan though!  One out of four.
So this month our checklist consisted of:

1. Make an evacuation plan
2. Make Bedside emergency kits for everyone
3. Test all smoke detectors and change batteries
4. Get a fire extinguisher- replace expired ones

Money Moment- ATM Fees

Welcome to Money Moments. This first idea came after someone mentioned they needed to run to an ATM before paying me for babysitting.  I sure hope it was a free one.

I don't believe in wasting money.  Paying a machine to give me my money- no goods, no service- is wasting money.  The average ATM fee is more than $2.00.  The average withdrawal is $60 per a transaction. That's over 3% in fees just to get the money!

Stopping by the bank is worth it to me.  (There are also free ATM's.) A little planning ahead can prevent your money from being wasted and keep more of it in your pocket.

Happy Saving!

Tuna Cassarole

A girl staying with my parents made up this recipe when we were very young.  The best tuna casserole recipe I have found.  Season Salt is what makes this amazing.


Tuna Casserole
2 cans Tuna (drained)
Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip to moisten
1 8oz sour cream
1 can mushroom soup
Mix together and season with seasoned salt

1 lb pkg egg noodles (cooked and drained)
1 lb pkg. Frozen mixed vegetables, any variety (cooked and drained)
Mix with tuna mixture.
Put in casserole dish, top with grated cheese (Monterey jack or mozzarella is best)
Then top with seasoned bread crumbs or crushed barbecued potato chips. Make seasoned bread crumbs by frying 3 to 4 slices of bread, torn into small pieces, in butter and seasoned with seasoned salt and pepper.

Bake at 350 until heated (about 20 min)
Use seasoned salt at table for additional seasoning.

Bread Crumbs

Melt 1 Tbsp butter in pan
Crumble 2-3 slices of bread in pan.  Stir
Add season salt, onion powder, garlic, a little cayenne pepper.  Whatever you want to flavor it with.
Cook until bread crumbs are crisp.