Friday Five

Five Great Things

1.  Hinterland 

Even with the location being moved at the last minute we took the kids and had such a great time.  Mostly wanted to see Old Crow Medicine Show and Yonder Mountain String Band but enjoyed it all especially Brandi Carlile.

2.  Beautiful sunrise 

3.  Motley Crue 

Saw them on their final tour, it has been a musical week for us.

4.  Kids

They've been at grandma and grandpas for a few days, get to see them today!

5. Homemade Potato Bread

So good!  I've made this several times now and am never disappointed.
You can find the recipe at The Goldilocks Kitchen.

Thanks for stopping by!

Baked Cinnamon Breakfast Bites

I found these on Pinterest via Oh My! Sugar High and had to give them a try since we all love donut holes. 
They are so good and very easy to make.
The kids loved rolling them in the cinnamon and sugar.

1 1/3 cups flour
1 cup crisp rice cereal, crushed
2 tablespoons plus 1/2 cup sugar, divided
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup butter-flavored shortening
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup butter, melted

In a large bowl mix the flour, cereal, 2 tablespoons sugar, baking powder and salt.
Cut in shortening until the mixture looks like coarse crumbs.
Stir in the milk just until moistened.
Shape into 1-inch balls.

In a small bowl combine the cinnamon and remaining sugar.
Dip balls in melted butter and then roll into the cinnamon and sugar.

Bake in single layer on cookie sheet at 425 F for 15-18 minutes.

Enjoy!

Original Recipe can be found at Taste of Home

Jeni

Chicken and Cheese Lasagna Roll-Ups

Found this recipe on Pinterest and had to give it a try.  Instead of the feta and parmesan cheese in the original recipe I just used mozzarella since that is what I had in the house, but I think it still turned out good.  Next time I'll try it with some spinach and maybe some other veggies.

3 cups cooked chopped chicken  

1 cup Ricotta cheese

1/2 cup mozzarella (or about that, I didn't measure it)

1/4 cup milk

1/8 teaspoon white pepper

10 lasagna noodles, cooked and drained (original calls for 8 but I had 10 left so used them all)

2 cups Spaghetti sauce

*Put about 1 cup of sauce in bottom of 13x9 inch baking dish

*Combine chicken, cheeses, milk and pepper in bowl

*Put about 2 spoonfuls of mixture onto each noodle

*Roll noodles long way

*Place rolled lasagna noodles into dish on top of sauce

*Top with remaining spaghetti sauce

*Sprinkle some cheese on top if you would like

*Cover

*Bake at 375 degrees F for about 30 minutes

                



Enjoy!

Found on Pinterest
Original Recipe iVillage

Jeni

Feed Me

 Cinnamon Cream Cheese Rolls

Found this recipe on Pinterest

So easy

Cut off crust - will try not cutting it off next time

Smash the bread

Spead on some cream cheese - I would add more next time

Dip in butter

Roll in cinnamon and sugar

Bake

Chili Dog Casserole

Found this on Kraft Foods

Put Chili in the bottom of pan - I used homemade

Wrap hotdogs in tortillas

Add cheese

Bake

Hubby and kids LOVED it, so did I!

Next time I will have to make more because we didn't have any leftovers and hubby probably would have ate more.

Linking up with:
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Jeni

Feed Me

Tried out a few new recipes this week.  Some of them I found on Pinterest.

Cinnamon Almonds from One Charming Party

These remind me of the ones from Nutty Guys.  So very good I'm surprised there are still some in the house.

Just Peachy Chicken from Gooseberry Patch Super-Fast Slow Cooking.
I wasn't sure if I would like this one but it was very tasty.

Zesty Garden Pea Pasta from Super Healthy Kids.
LOVED THIS!!!!  I could eat this once a week.

I also tried the pizza dough from Flavia's Flavors and it was super good.  Much better than the recipe I had been using.

Linking up with WhipperBerry,  I heart Nap Time & Today's Creative Blog.

Jeni

Happy Birthday!

Love is now 4!  How fast time goes!

Having a party next weekend with family so just made a small cake today.

He wanted a train so we did the Brownie Train Cake.

Brownies, swiss cake rolls, oreos, m&m's and some frosting to hold it together.  Super simple and easy for a 2 & 4 year old to help make.

Linking up with Skip to My Lou

Food Friday - Pumpkin Granola

So I found this recipe for Pumpkin Granola the other day on two peas & their pod and I had to try it.  I only had 2 1/2 cups of oats, and I didn't feel like going to the store, so I halved the recipe.  I also didn't have cranberries or pumpkin seeds so I used raisins and almonds instead.  It turned out really good but got a little dark.  Maybe I should have cut the baking time since I halved the recipe?

I mixed it into some vanilla yogurt and it was super yummy.  Plus it hid the burnt taste :) and I think it brought out the pumpkin flavor more.