15 minute Fettucini Alfredo

This is just easy and delicious. It is for a special occasion though. Beware of the fat it contains!

Fettucini Alfredo

Ingredients:

1 cube or stick of butter

2 cloves garlic

1 pound fettucini noodles

1 cup heavy whipping cream

2 cups parmesan cheese

salt and pepper

what to do:

1. Cook fettucini noodles according to package directions. It's usually 12-15 minutes.

2. In a saucepan put the garlic in and cook on medium about 2 minutes. Add butter and cream, turn to medium-low and stir. Once that is bubbling, add parmesan cheese and mix. Add salt and pepper for taste. If your sauce is thick (mine was a little bit) add about 1/3 cup of the boiling pasta water.

3. Put the cheese sauce in a bowl, and add the fresh hot steamy noodles right after you drain them. Mix around. Add parmesan cheese on top and enjoy!

Loaded Baked Potato Soup

This was delicious. I was in the mood for potato soup today, and luckily for me we have TONS of potatoes! So, I went to my kitchen and started cooking.

YUM. Perfect for the cold weather!

Loaded Baked Potato Soup

Ingredients:

Potatoes (diced and peeled if you want. Also, I just eyed how many to use, I think it was about 4 potatoes.

1 yellow onion diced

3 T butter

3 T flour

2 cloves minced garlic

1.5 cup diced ham

2 cups chicken broth

4 cups milk

1 T ground mustard powder

salt and pepper to taste (I used a lot!)

1/4 cup ranch

3/4 cup sour cream

1 cup cheese

What to do:

1. Cook your potatoes. (Dice them first, then throw into boiling water with a lot of salt and cook about 10 minutes. Until fork tender, but not too soft!) Drain

2. In the same pot, put diced onions, garlic, and butter over medium heat and cook until onions are see through and soft.

3. Add the flour, and stir until its a thick bubbly mess :). Then, add the milk, chicken broth, and potatoes. As that is slowly coming to a boil, make sure you keep stirring. Add the ground mustard.

4. Add the cheese (make sure you slowly add it and stir the whole time, or the cheese won't melt into the soup.) Then add the ham, ranch and sour cream. Let come to a low simmer, and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until it has thickened up. Add lots of salt and pepper for taste! (I probably use too much! lol. but, I love salt and pepper)

5. Serve in a bowl and add some sour cream and cheese on top! Enjoy!

Tips to Wanna-be-chefs: If you want to use bacon instead of ham definitely do it! All you would do is cook it before the onions, and add the onions once the bacon is almost cooked! I used ham to make it healthier!

Also, I used fat free sour cream, and ranch, low fat cheese, and one percent milk so it wasn't too fatty!

Easy Crock Pot Chicken Taco Soup

This soup was so good! Amazing flavor, variety, and texture. I don't think it was too unhealthy either! No creamy things were added :)

Crock Pot Chicken Taco Soup

Ingredients:

1 yellow onion, chopped (notice I always chop my onions, it's the only way I eat them!)

2 cloves garlic

1 can chili beans

1 can black beans

1 can corn (no salt added)

6 or so pieces of chicken (mine were tenderloins)

1 can tomato sauce

1 can diced tomatoes (petite cut)

1 small can green chilies

1 cup of chicken broth

about half of a taco seasoning packet (Just for thickening up the soup at the end)

What to do:

1. Turn the crockpot on, and put in onion, garlic,tomato sauce chili and black beans, corn, tomatoes, and chilies.

2. Add chicken and make sure its covered. Then add chicken broth and stir until well blended.

3. Cook. (On high cook about three hours, on low cook about 5)

4. Take chicken out and shred it with two forks, put chicken back in, stir in taco seasoning, and cook another hour.

5. Serve and enjoy!

Note: We topped ours with a little bit of tortilla chips. You could also top with sour cream or cheese!

Fat Free Italian Chicken

This was wonderful. Tonight I had a recipe I found online all planned out. It was going to be a chicken and vegetable stir fry. I got home, and all my brown sugar was HARD AS A ROCK. I couldn't get it to break. So, I thought ok, now what? Well, I came up with this recipe and it was so good! If your craving breaded or fried chicken, I say try this chicken instead! Because of my new healthy eating, I also know how many calories and everything it is, so I'll post it on the bottom!

Fat Free Italian Chicken

Ingredients:

6 boneless chicken tenderloins or breasts thawed

1/2 cup of Fat Free Italian Dressing

1/2 cup bread crumbs

pinch of garlic and herb seasoning

what to do:

1. Preheat oven to 375. Put the Italian Dressing in a bowl, and the bread crumbs in another.

2. Take a piece of chicken and dip it in the Italian dressing. Cover it and let it sit there for a couple minutes. Take out and directly put it into the bread crumbs. Flip over to fully coat. Put into greased pan, and repeat until all chicken is done.

3. Put it in the oven for 25 minutes. (If you are using chicken breasts, it will most likely take 35-40 minutes to fully cook chicken)

4. Serve with some vegetables (I did a spinach salad and some corn) and enjoy! This was such an easy fast dinner, and super juicy and yummy!

Nutritional Info:

for two strips of chicken:

273 calories :)

carbs: 35 g

sodium: 922 mg

cholesterol: 45 mg

Dietary Fiber: 1.8 g

Tips to Wanna-be-Chefs: To tell if chicken is cooked all the way, just take a knife and cut into it. It cannot have ANY pink in it! Also, the juices from the chicken will be clear :) Also, if you have more time, you can marinate the chicken in the italian dressing for 30 minutes before dipping it into the bread crumbs. It will probably even add more flavor! I just didn't have time!

Sad Day.

Due to some health issues and tummy issues...

I need to go on a diet.

Learn to eat...

VEGETABLES.

ew.

So, needless to say, I will be cooking healthier and have to give up my love. THE PIONEER WOMAN. I am so sad. I told Greg we could have her recipes once a month. As a treat.

So, I think this foodblog will now be more of a "healthy food blog"

gross.

but, I think I need the new healthy thing lol

Chicken Pot Pie

Last week, Caroline (my bestest friend) gave me the idea to make chicken pot pies. She said she made it and her husband loved it! She explained how she did it, and I followed suit 3 days later. I screwed it up a little, but it was still good! And, I put the leftover insides in the freezer so after the cruise I will be making these again. I know what I did wrong, so no worries!

Chicken Pot Pies

Ingredients:

Chicken breasts

Corn

Onion

Carrots

Potatoes

Chicken Broth (enough to fill the pot of vegies and chicken to cook in)

pre-made pie crust (I accidently bough crescent rolls, and that's why mine didn't work too well)

cream of chicken soup

Some butter

What to do:

1. Boil the chicken and vegies in some chicken broth. (I put in the chicken first because it was frozen, then added the vegies based on time they need to cook. So, carrots and potatoes next, then corn and sliced onion.)

2. When all cooked, drain. Shred chicken and put vegetables and chicken in a bowl and add cream of chicken soup. Mix well.

3. Get pie crust ready and either put it in a big pie pan, or in individual pans (that's what I did). Melt the butter and brush a little on top of the pie crust. Put the empty pie pan (all it has is a layer of pie crust) in the oven for about 8 minutes or until slightly cooked.

4. Take it out, put filling in, then put top pie crust on. Slice some holes in it, just in case it needs to breath :) Cook for about 20 minutes or until golden brown.

Enjoy!

Tips to Wanna-be-Chefs: You can use any kind of vegetables you want. Make it how you like it. I am not a fan of peas, celery, or green beans, so I used the vegies I wanted to!

Pulled Pork Sandwiches

Man. I am going to be busy this next month. Saturday, I went up to Sandy, to babysit my cousins until Thursday. On Friday, for Greg's birthday, I am taking him to Park City! YAY! Anyways, last night I made pulled pork in the crockpot for my cousins and it was delicious!

Easy Crockpot Pulled Pork Sandwiches

Ingredients:

Pork Roast

1/4 cup brown sugar

2T liquid smoke (any kind will do)

1/4 cup water

salt

pepper

2 cloves of garlic minced

what to do: Put it all in the crockpot. Cook on low all day (about 7 hours). Then take out the roast and shred with 2 forks. Let cook another hour or so. Then serve on buns with your favorite barbeque sauce!

tips to wanna be chefs: if you do not like pork, you could do this with chicken or a roast (beef). Still all the same! And delicious. Also, great for busy mom's!

ENJOY!