November Craft Night

We had a great night making these cute fabric covered cork boards. Super easy, but what a cute way to dress it up!

Mommy Group 11/13/13

Sorry about the long wait. We had a Relief Society activity that took a lot of energy and attention. More to come on that later.

So, back to Mommy Group two weeks ago. 

Oven-Baked Chicken Chimichangas

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2/3 cup salsa
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves, crushed
1 1/2 cups cooked chicken, chopped
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
2 green onions, chopped with some tops (about 1/4 cup)
6 (8 inch) flour tortillas
2 tablespoons margarine, melted

Mix chicken, salsa, cumin, oregano, cheese and onions. 

Place about 1/4 cup of the chicken mixture in the center of each tortilla.
Fold opposite sides over filling.
Roll up from bottom and place seam-side down on a baking sheet.
Brush with melted margarine.
Bake at 400°F for 25 minutes or until golden.
Serve with Sour Cream.

Mommy Group 11/6/13

Italian Chicken Fettucini

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1 lb chicken breasts

8oz cream cheese

2 cans cream of chicken soup

1 pkg dry Italian dressing mix

2 Tbsp garlic powder (yes, I thought it was a lot too, but it turned out great)

Add above to crockpot and cook on low 4 hours. I did mine for about 6 hours, so I added about a can's worth of milk to the mix. My sauce, therefore, may have been slightly thinner than the recipe intended, but it all worked out. 

When cooked, cube or shred chicken. Mine ended up half and half since the chicken gets really soft when cooked so slow. Prepare 1 pkg of noodles according to package instructions. Add to the sauce and chicken. I topped mine off with a couple chunks of tomato and it was delicious. I think I would add more tomatoes next time, but that's more because I would eat tomatoes like apples any day. :)  very very yummy!

Mommy Group 10/30/13

Thanks to all my lovely mommies who helped make this such a cute night!  Ready for our Halloween fun?!

Stuffed Jack'O'Lanterns

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Filling:  Spanish Rice
I have seen these filled with other things, but this is the way I've seen the most, so this is what I did.

Fry 1/2 lb bacon, drain on paper towel and set aside.  Brown 1 lb hamburger and drain.  Add 1.2 small onion chopped and 1 chopped green pepper.  Saute.  Add 2 cups instant rice, 2 cups of water and 2 cans tomato sauce.  When liquid is absorbed and rice cooked, crumble bacon in and mix through.

Make Spanish Rice as above, but omit the peppers and add 3/4 cup corn.  stuff mixture into 6-8 peppers that have had the tops cut off and and seeds removed.  Top with cheese , over and bake at 350 degrees fro 1 hour.  Test peppers to see if soft, then serve.

For Jack'O'Lanterns, cut a face out at the same time as removing seeds.

7 Layer Spider Web

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the dip is really easy.   Simply layer the following:

Refried Beans

Sour Cream

Salsa (or just tomatoes if you don't like the spice)

Cheese

Guacamole

Olives

Green Onions

I then put extra sour cream in a ziploc bag and piped out the spider web.  The Spider and Flies and just cut up olives.  Easy, yet yummy.

Mummy Dogs

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Wrap hotdogs in crescent roll dough.  (I use the canned Pillsbury stuff).  Cook according to roll instructions.

Banana Ghosts

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Cut the bananas in half and add chocolate chip eyes.  I used M&Ms because I didn't have a bag of chips on hand, but I would rather have used the chips because the color bled too quickly as you can see.

Deviled Spider Eggs and Pumpkins

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Hard boil eggs.  Cut in half and remove yolk.  Mash yolks with mayo, mustard, salt, and pepper to taste.  Pipe into eggs (again, I used the ziploc method).  Sprinkle with paprika.

for spiders, I used cut up olives.  For pumpkins, I used food coloring and green onions for the stems.

Cheesy Broomsticks

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Cut String Cheese to the length desired.  splice one end (making sure not to go all the way through).  Carefully insert a pretzel to the other side (again trying not to split it).  Tie up with sting or green onion stems.