Texas Pride

New Etsy listing! 1970's Texas FFA Jacket.

Doodle Time

There are not many things I like more than doodling phrases with my tablet.

Chicken EnChilLadas

  I used a fat free Greek yogurt instead of sour cream, and it was simply delicious!!

Here's a quick, but tasty Chicken Enchilada recipe

Soy Candle Sweets

Turns out candle making is pretty simple! I went to Hobby Lobby, bought some Soy wax shavings, melted it down(with a double boiler), and put in some sugar cookie scented oil! The color comes from throwing a crayon of your choice into the melting wax. It's the little candles and things like this, that places charge big bucks on, but don't really need to! Leo the Librarian cat approves.

(also I bought some sharpie, oil based, pens that don't wash off glass, so that's how I decorated the ice cream glasses above!) 

Playing with Food

Swell is my word of the week. It's just so swell!

Because I love Anything French

This recipe for Chicken Cordon Bleu is a little more on the lighter side, and just divine.

Lean Lasagnas

I was craving lasagna, but I've been trying my damnedest to avoid pasta, and bread, so I decided to rework the mini lasagnas I made a while ago!! Here's my recipe:

Preheat oven to 350

               2 cups fat free cottage cheese
               1 pound 94% lean ground turkey
               1 can crushed tomatoes
               1 tablespoon reduced fat butter spread
               1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
               Salt, Pepper, Basil, Oregano to taste
               Banyan Brand Wonton Wrappers (this brand is fat free)

1. Melt the butter in a saucepan then add and bring the can of crushed tomatoes to a boil. Simmer for 20 minutes with whatever amount of spices you would like.
2. Brown the meat, drain the juice, then add your tomato sauce!
3. Simmer meat with sauce for 5 minutes
4. Line a cupcake pan with two wontons for the bottom layer, then add a bit of meat sauce.
5. Top the meat with cottage cheese, then a sprinkle of Parmesan, leaving room for another layer.
6. Add one more wonton wrapper, pressing it down around the edges.
7. Add meat and the cheeses on more time, or as many layers as you think you can fit, and pop these bad boys in the oven for 10-15 minutes!!