Buffalo Mac and Cheese!

Hubby and I LOVE buffalo sauce.  We love wings, buffalo chicken dip....mmmm....

So, when I came across this recipe, I knew it was for us!

Here's what I did -

Cooked one box of Velveeta mac and cheese.

Added two diced chicken breasts (I boiled them the day before, making this an even quicker dish)

Added 1/2 cup of Franks buffalo sauce (next time I will add 1/3, it was pretty hot and gave Jaxson the hiccups for over an hour, I felt terrible for him!)

Put in a baking dish, sprinkle with shredded cheese and some breadcrumbs.

Cook uncovered at 350 for 15 minutes.

YUM!  Hubby requested that we have celery as a side next time.  No problem!  He loved it and has been talking about it all week :)



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I made wings!

Hubby and I love Buffalo Wild Wings.  Do you ever eat there?  Ugh...it is just SO GOOD!

Well, we are trying to save moola and calories lately, so when I came across this recipe in Redbook, I decided to give it a try.  Usually my first attempts fail, but this one was a success!  We loved it!

Here's what you need -

1/2 cup of flour

1/4 cup of breadcrumbs (I had Italian on hand, they worked great)

2 tsp salt

2 tsp cayenne pepper (we didn't have any of this, so I used Cajun seasoning that we had)

2 egg whites

6 Tbsp hot red pepper sauce (I used Franks)

3 large chicken breasts, cut into small chunks (I made about 30 of them)

2 Tbsp canola oil

2 Tbsp butter or margarine

Celery and carrot sticks

In a shallow dish, combine flour, breadcrumbs, cayenne, and salt.

In a separate bowl, whisk egg whites and 1 Tbsp red pepper sauce.

Dip the chicken tenders in egg mixture.  I let mine marinate for about an hour.  I don't know if it makes a huge difference or not.

Put a large skillet on the stove on medium high heat.  Cover the bottom of the pan with canola oil.

Put the flour mixture in a Tupperware.

Add 1/4 of the chicken, put the lid on, and shake it baby!!

Put the coated chicken in the skillet, and cook for 4-5 minutes, turning at least once.

Remove from heat and cover to keep warm.

Cook the next batches this way, adding additional oil as necessary.

Heat your butter and the remaining pepper sauce in a large Tupperware bowl in the oven. 

Add the chicken, put the lid on, and shake-a shake-a shake!!

Serve warm with the dressing of your choice.  Hubby doesn't like blue cheese, so we eat ours with ranch :)

Do you have a fave recipe?  I am looking for new things to cook!!

Michelle's Breakfast Casserole

I love, love, love this recipe, and after everyone raving about it this weekend, and the time that it saved...I just had to share it.

It can be made the night before, which makes it so much easier to have breakfast ready for a house full of guests. You can spend more time with your company, or sleep, if you're like me and has a Daddy that gets up REALLY early every morning...haha!

Here's what you need -
1 roll breakfast sausage
1 lb bacon
1/2 onion
1 green pepper
8 eggs
2 packages of crescent rolls
salsa
1 cup shredded cheese

Brown the sausage, drain and rinse
Cook the bacon and crumble
Spray a 9 x 13 inch pan with pam
Line the pan and the sides with the crescent roll dough
Chop the green pepper and onion into small pieces
Put the bacon, sausage, green pepper and onion in the pan, distributed evenly over the crescent roll crust
Sprinkle cheese over the mixture
Whisk the eggs, and then pour over the mixture
Cook right away, or store in the oven overnight to cook the next morning
Cook for 30 minutes at 350, until the center is solid
Serve with salsa and enjoy!

We ate this for breakfast all three mornings. I had planned on making french toast and waffles this morning, but everyone wanted the breakfast casserole again!

Side Note: Aren't my Christmas plates cute?? I'm just sorry they were paper! I got them at Hobby Lobby, 1/2 off, for $3. Can't beat that!

Pinwheels

Thanks to the wonderfully helpful ladies on the nest, I have an amazing new recipe!

I altered it for our tastes, and love, love these pinwheels!

I made them for my incredibly particular husband, and *gasp* he loves them!

He ate the two that I brought him while he was watching TV, and then, upon discovering that I was putting them in the fridge, says, "Why don't you put those on a plate and bring them in here?" That's when I knew I stumbled across something good. To get another opinion, I took them to work the next day, heated them in the toaster oven, and served them to my recipe guinea pigs - my coworkers. They loved them too! When I got home, there was a very disappointed hubby on the sofa asking for the leftover pinwheels. Oops.

I served these last night at our progressive neighborhood Christmas party. They were a hit! All the wives wanted the recipe.

We are currently cooking another batch to eat while we watch football this afternoon.

Okay, enough talking, here's how you make them -

PINWHEELS

1 8oz Block Cream Cheese

1 Tube Crescent Rolls

1/4 Cup Bacon Bits (I use the yellow Oscar Meyer bag)

2 Tablespoons Finley Diced Onions

Lay out about 2 feet of plastic wrap.

Lay crescent rolls flat, making one large sheet of dough. Press seams together.

Put cream cheese block in a microwave safe bowl. Defrost in the microwave. I used the chicken setting, and defrosted for 1/2 lb. of chicken. Worked great and makes it so much easier to mix and spread.

Stir in onion and bacon bits.

Spread mixture evenly over crescent roll dough.

Roll dough into a log shape, creating a spiral in the cross section.

Wrap in the plastic wrap, and place in the fridge. The colder the log gets, the easier it will be to slice. I made the logs the night before, and sliced and cooked them the next evening right before our party.

Slice the log into 1/2 slices, place on a baking sheet, and cook for about 15 minutes at 350.

Hope you enjoy them!