Homemade Noodles

These are so good and actually pretty easy to make! Sometimes when you hear "homemade" it makes you all paranoid and then there is this block in your brain where it won't let you think or even try to do it! But let me tell you, these really are easy! Only a few ingredients too!
Just make it in the morning and in the evening, they are ready! You could even make them the nite before and will be ready for you at supper the next day! I like to make them the nite before, but this time, it got to late, so I made them right after I got the kids their breakfast...

I love to make these with chicken, mashed potatoes, and corn. I usually cook my chicken in a big pot, then use the chicken stock to cook the noodles. When the noodles are about done, I add the cut up, or torn, chicken. Super delish!

You can also use whole wheat flour to make these. You may not need as much flour if using whole wheat.... I haven't tried to use whole wheat yet, but prob will! :)


3 eggs, slightly beaten


2 cups flour


mix it all up...


I mix it up by hand... It's better that way! ;)


Put dough on slightly floured surface...


And roll out. You can roll it as thin or thick as you like. In all honesty, I can not tell you how thick I roll mine, I just do it! :) After it's rolled, just use a butter knife and slice it. Again, it's up to you on how thick or thin you want them! :)


Lay out on a wax or foil covered pan, cookie sheet. (I ran out of waxed paper, so I had to use foil..)


Bring your chicken broth or water to a boil and place your noodles in the pan

While the noodles are cooking, cut up, tear or shred your chicken


Here's the completed meal! Corn, Mashed potatoes and noodles with chicken!



YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!! :oP




Here's my littlest eating the noodles, he LOVED them!!

*Like I said at the top, you can use whole wheat noodles if you want.
You don't have to cook it in chicken broth, you can just use water if you want... I just cook my chicken, then take out the chicken and then cook the noodles in the broth. Super delish!
You may also need to add a little bit of water... sometimes I add about 1 teaspoon of water, just depends if I add more flour than I thought! I don't always measure... ;)
Let me know what you think!!! :)

It's about Time....

(opps, I somehow hit the publish post before I was ready... Here's the completed one! Just goes to show how tired I am!!!! :) I think I am done now.... e-mail me or post comments if this doens't make any sense!!!! :))

Wow! So much has happened! Crazy busy, then one thing after another.....
SO, I am hoping I can get back on track and keep posting one everyday... ;)

I've got sooo many pictures for recipes that I really need to get posting... It just takes a bit of time... So be patient with me... ;)




These are really good for being made out of wheat flour! My kids LOVED them! Ok, so they aren't the healthiest, but like I said, atleast they are made out of wheat flour, right? ;)


Add the coconut oil

Then the Natural Peanut Butter


Now add the Organic Brown Sugar


Now add the powdered sugar


And now the vanilla, yummy!!!


Mix it up...


This is what it should look like...


Now take your flours and sodas and mix them together...


My oldest mixing the flours and sodas


Add the flour mixture.... Mix it up... I added just a touch, well, about a tablespoon of water to this dough, it wasn't sticking enough....


The dough ready for the chips!


Add the chocolate chips and peanut butter chips and mix up...


All mixed up, cover and put in frig for about 30 minutes


Place on pan.... You could even put them a bit closer because they don't flatten and spread...


I used my Pampered Chef scoop to put the dough down...


So I had 7 cookies on the plate and put it close to my lil man, he grabbed that cookie so fast!! I couldn't even get it back for a pic! It was half way gone!! So, I didn't bother to put another one on there! :)


They still look like they need to cook, and they are supposed too! You want them soft in the middle, soooo good!!!!!!!


Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Balls


Makes 12-18 dough balls

•1/2 cup coconut oil
•3/4 cup natural peanut butter
•1/2 cup organic brown sugar
•3/4 cup organic powdered sugar
•1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
•1 teaspoon baking powder
•1/2 teaspoon baking soda
•1 cup whole wheat flour
•1/2 cup unbleached organic flour
•1/2 cup natural peanut butter chips
•1/2 cup non-dairy chocolate chips

Using a stand mixer, beat coconut oil, peanut butter, sugars and vanilla until fully incorporated.
In a separate bowl, combine baking powder, baking soda, and flours.
Add dry mixture to the mixer bowl a little at a time.
Mix until a dough forms
Add your chips. There’s no need for exact measurements here. I won’t tell.
Combine and chill dough for 30 minutes, if you can wait that long...
But if you want the full Cookie Dough Ball experience though, preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Scoop dough with a mini ice cream scoop (or your fingers) and place balls on a cookie sheet.
Bake for 10-12 minutes. They’ll still be soft and look much like they did going in, but don’t over bake. Let the dough balls rest on the pan for a minute before transferring to a cooling rack.

*You can use dairy free margarine, like Earth Balance, but it has soy in it, so I stay away from soy products... If you are using soy, that's fine, but do some research on soy, esp for boys... anyways...
I added a bit of water to my mix, but you can add more peanut butter or rice milk/almond milk to make it stick together more.
I also didn't have organic powdered sugar, so I used regular. I did however have the organic brown sugar and used that.
I also didn't have dairy free chocolate chips, used regular
Also didn't have natural pb chips...
I didn't measure my chips either, makes it more fun that way! :)
Also, if you are allergic to peanuts, you can use sunflower butter and omit the pb chips... That way you can still enjoy the goodness of this cookie! ;)

Greek Pita Pizzas

Confession time....

Didn't know what you are in for when you click on to read this!!! ;)

It's not bad, really...

Or maybe it is... I dunno, you be the judge!

So this recipe calls for Feta cheese. I've never and I mean N-E-V-E-R had Feta cheese! I am all for sticking with my cheap cheddar and mozzarella. I don't do fancy recipes. I do easy ones!

Ok, so this one is easy, really easy! And REALLY good! I also discovered that I like Feta cheese. Not a ton of it, but a little sprinkled on the top like this recipe calls for!

I did try a little piece by itself to see how it tastes, and it's a bit salty. So I couldn't eat a whole lot of it like I can co-jack! But like I said, sprinkled on top was really good!


Cook you meat and sauce (I had some leftover ground beef all ready cooked in my freezer, so I just chopped off a chuck of it, so one less step to do!)


I couldn't find any pitas, so I used the flatbread (wheat)


Layer the meat/sauce on top of the flat bread


Then layer some cheese on top- pop it in the oven for about 5-10 minutes


Then take it out of the oven and put on chopped tomato, olives and the feta cheese


The kids gobbled it right up!!! It was VERY tasty!!!! :D





Greek Pita Pizzas

6 ounces lean ground beef
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 8 ounce can (no salt added) tomato sauce
1 teaspoon snipped fresh rosemary of 1/4 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
2 6 inch whole wheat or white pita bread rounds
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup shredded fresh spinach
1 small tomato, chopped and seeded
1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
12 pitted Kalamata or ripe olives halved, optional

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a medium skillet, cook beef, onion and garlic until meat is browned, drain off fat. Stir in tomato sauce and rosemary into meat mixture in skillet. Bring to boiling, reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered for 2 minutes.
Carefully split the pita bread rounds in half, place pita halves rough sides up, in a single layer on a large baking sheet or stone. Bake 3 to 4 minutes or until lightly browned.
Top toasted pitas with meat mixture and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Bake 2 to 3 minutes more or until cheese on top is melted. Remove from oven and top with spinach, tomato and feta cheese and if you want, the olives.
Serve immediately!

*It sounds like a alot of taking out of the oven and back in, but it goes really quick! And it's sooo tasty!!!
I didn't have any spinach, so I didn't add that, but will next time! ;)
I also used good 'ole black olives right from the can! I didn't get those fancy ones, but don't let me stop you, by all means, go ahead and try it! You know you want too!!! :)
Again, very tasty, very easy and the kids LOVED it!! That's alright with me! :)

B-B-Q Chicken

I made this chicken to go with the sweet potato fries... Then I used the leftover chicken to make b-b-q quesadillas.

Anyways, it doesn't get much easier than this!

I just put a bit of bbq sauce, a tad bit of water so it wouldn't be so thick. I popped the chicken in the pan on top of the sauce, then added more sauce right from the jar. Spread it all over the chicken and cooked it at 375 for an hour!

I used chicken tenders. They are perfect for the kids and they cook more evenly, atleast I think. Or they cook quicker I should say. ;)


Layer all the chicken in the pan, as you can see, I REALLY packed it in!!!

Pour more sauce on top. As you can see, I drowned my chicken in sauce!!!

All done...

Nice and moist and perfect! YUMMY!!!!

Sweet Potato Fries

These are sooooooooooo good!!!!!!!! My kiddos could NOT get ENOUGH of these!!!!!!!!! I cut up 3 sweet potatoes and may very well need to double the recipe for next time!

My youngest kept asking for more... Not that he can really ask for them, but I guess I should say he kept pointing to the pan!

I fixed some bbq chicken to go with this. Super DELISH!!!! :D

These are sooo easy too! They called from Old Bay seasoning and let me tell you, I am not a fan of Old Bay... Ok, go ahead, throw something at me or say boooo.... Whatever... I know living out here you have to like (if not LOVE) fish and Old Bay, it's just a given... But me, I don't really like either...

BUT, I will redeem myself here, a little bit anyways... ;)

I REALLY and I mean R-E-A-L-L-Y LIKED Old Bay seasoning on these fries! Just the combo of everything really blended really well!


3 washed sweet potaotes (cut out the bad spots)


I thought it would be fun and used my Pampered Chef crinkle cutter to cut them up!!! :)


Place them all in a baggie with the oil and seasonings


Spread out on foil covered pan


Yummy! See the Old Bay on there? It smelled soooo good!!!!!!!!!


All done!



Our meal, bbq chicken and sweet potato fries! :D



Sweet Potato Steak Fries

3 sweet potatoes
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Cut potaotes in wedges, lengthwise.
Place potatoes in a ziploc bag (gallon size), dump in the oil and seasonings. Zip it up and shake to mix it all around. Dump on foil covered pan.
Bake for 20 minutes on one side, turn over and back for another 20-25 minutes or until soft and golden brown.


*I probably had a bit more oil, I also used coconut oil...
I know I had more than a teaspoon of old bay, I just kinda dumped it in, then when I put them on the pan, I sprinkled a bit more over the top! ;)
I use foil over the pan so the clean up is SUPER easy!!!!

ENJOY!!!! :D