"On The Money" Meals!

Hey guys. Are ready for some pure comfort food?  This is my mom's recipe and she made sure that I tell you all that. I loved it when she made these growing up. These are so good guys. Here's what you need. Chopped Onion (I used the dried kind because I was in a hurry), Salt, Pepper, Cream Cheese, Crescent dough, Pimientos, and Butter. The only things not pictured here is the chicken and that's because I was cooking it, and some water or chicken broth. Also, I only did a half recipe of this, otherwise you need more cream cheese and crescent roll dough. So this is my chicken when it was cooked and chopped up.  In a bowl, mix together the chicken, chicken broth or water, cream cheese, salt, pepper, pimientos and onion.  Next, get your crescent dough ready. I do these a little different than my mom. I do single or half size by only using one crescent dough triangle per roll-up.  If you want to make larger roll-up...

I redid my Spring "mantle" when I got some new decor. I love this new way I wish I could leave it up all year! (Actually, I love decorating for fall, so that will be the next exciting thing.) I thought today I'd just share a quick post with a few pictures. Tell me what you think! I bought this birdhouse at Michaels for $1 and painted it for a springy distressed look. I bought this planter at Ross for $6.99 and added some blush and cream flowers to it. I made this little crate out of Popsicle sticks. I glued it together and then painted it the same way as I did the bird house. I loved this crate as this is where I added my Easter touches. We don't do Easter bunnies and Easter eggs, but instead focus on the real meaning of Easter-Jesus. Rising from the grave and purchasing our freedom. There can be no greater reason to celebrate.  I thought the small twig wreath reminded me of the Crown of Thorns. The small white flowers resemble the E...

Remember in this post where I shared my simple and quick freezer recipe for Marinated Baked Chicken? Well, we were away this weekend and so I wanted something easy that didn't require a lot of thought when we got back. So I pulled this out and baked it and we had this for supper along with Hasselback Potatoes and Green Beans. Super Easy. We ate 4 of these pieces of chicken, leaving 3 for leftovers. I stuck them in the fridge and the next day I made Chicken Fried Rice.  There are so many versions of this recipe. This recipe is how I make it, which is super easy to change up with different veggies. If I don't have this baked chicken on hand, I simply cut up some raw chicken into bite sized pieces and put it in a bowl. Add 2 TB soy sauce and 1/4 tsp minced garlic. Let it sit and marinate for about 15 minutes, then just toss it in a skillet and saute it.   Next I chop up some veggies. I normally just do these three. I quickly steam about 1 cu...

Ever since Aldi came to town about 1 year ago, I keep finding more and more reasons why I love that store! Today I made sure I was there early to take advantage of the red hot deal of the week. And I ended up buying more stuff than I went in for. :) I originally only went in for the lantern. It was a 12" lantern for $7.99. $7.99!!  It's so pretty and the price! I couldn't get over at how cheap it was! I also found the 3 wick candle for $3.99. It's a "Hello Sunshine" scent and it smells so good. The bone-in chicken thighs were $2.00 off so i got the package for $2.11 or $0.35/pound. I divided those up into two packs of 3 each and two packs of 2 each and froze them. The country style ribs were each marked $2 off, so I decided to get two and throw them in the slow cooker for supper. This was not on my menu but sounded good.  I actually haven't cooked much off my menu so far. One day I locked my keys in the house so I...

I was "needing" a wreath for my back door and wanted a little different wreath. Something fun! I have this wreath on my laundry closet door and so I thought I would do a little different spin on it and make one for my door. This is such an easy wreath to make, you can do this even if you aren't super crafty. I had just bought a new outdoor rug for my back door and I love the color combinations. This was the inspiration for my wreath.  You need your craft paint in the colors you choose, a paint brush, a 9" cardboard cake board, scissors, glue gun, and clothespins. I wish had the lime green in my rug and I didn't have any yellow, so these are the colors I ended up using. I also had this glitter paint that I wanted to use to add a pop of even more fun. Fold your cake board in half and cut the center out of the board, making sure the clothespins cover the remaining ring. Since I was using this outside, I covered...