Recipe Thursday

****edited to say this goes great with triscuits!

I’m too tired for a real entry today since I was up with Eddie and his fever all of last night and somehow still made it in to work today. (The kids are home with Ed today because it’s Thursday, and Eddie is throwing up now. The Joys.)

In any case, here is one of my all time favorite appetizer recipes (per Tessie's Request)and it’s bound to become one of yours:

Hot Banana Pepper Dip

8-10 FRESH (hot) BANANA PEPPERS, DICED (I use about 6 large ones)
3 8-OZ BRICKS OF CREAM CHEESE, SOFTENED
½ CUP CRUMBLY BLUE CHEESE
1 CUP SHREDDED MOZZARELLA
GARLIC POWDER TO TASTE
BREADCRUMBS

Mix all ingredients except for breadcrumbs and spread in baking pan. Top with breadcrumbs. Bake at 375 for 30-40 minutes until heated through and bubbly.

***It pays to wear gloved when you dice your peppers because the “spice” stays on your fingers and gets in your eyes for days. You can also use your gloved hands to mix the ingredients. In my experience it is really hard to stir cream cheese.


P.S. Does anyone know how I can post videos here--and actually have them work? I've tried using the option here on blogger and while they work in preview, they do not work once I've published. I have 2 cute ones of Cait from the zoo that I'd like to share!!

Recipe Monday

After coming home late from Ed’s Aunt Rita’s 90th birthday party on Saturday, we got a late start yesterday. The kids slept until about 8:30, and Ed let me sleep in until about 10:00. We weren’t even done with breakfast until after 12:30. The kids took an early nap and when they got up we decided to take a walk in the park near by that has several nature trails. We saw deer, chipmunks, several types of birds and a ton of wild turkeys. The kids could have taken it or left it, but it was nice to get out and walk.

Target is right down the street so we stopped for “just because” and because I can always use something from Target, and we ended up buying this furniture, (the book case, coffee table and TV stand) and Eddie’s Jeff Gordon Halloween costume.

When we came home I made this recipe and it was delicious! I can’t wait to eat leftovers for dinner tonight. (Paula’s recipe calls for cream of mushroom and sliced mushrooms which would not fly in my house)

Sara’s Variation of Paula Deen’s Chicken Boudine

1.25 lbs boneless chicken breast (cooked and torn in to pieces)
2 lbs egg noodles (cooked and drained)
1 2.25oz package of almonds (toasted in frying pan for a few minutes)
¼ cup drained pimentos
8oz frozen baby broccoli florets
3 cups cheddar cheese
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can cream of celery soup
¾ cup chicken stock

Toss together chicken, broccoli, almonds and pimentos. Add soup and stock and stir. Fold in 2 cups of the cheese and the noodles. Top with remaining cheese.

Bake in a 350 degree oven about 30 minutes, until bubbly.

(Yes, Ed eats pimentos and almonds…I find it as weird as you do…)

I served it with french rolls and it was SO GOOD!