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Recipe: Chicken and Dumplings Soup

I've been wanting some warm you to the core soup,

so I searched for recipes in hopes to find a comforting, fullfilling meal.

 My mom made a similar version of this soup when I was little

 so I was excited to make this for my family.

Chicken and Dumplings Soup

Ingredients:

2 - boneless chicken breasts, cubed

2 carrots, peeled and sliced

2 celery stalks, sliced

1 medium yellow onion, chopped

2 - 16 oz. cans chicken broth

2 - 16 oz. cans water

1 can of Cream of Chicken

1 can of Cream of Mushroom

1 tsp. dried thyme

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp ground pepper

Dumplings:

1 1/2 Cup Flour

1/2 tsp. baking powder

6 Tbls. butter, melted

1/2 Cup Milk

1/2 tsp. salt

Directions:

In a large crockpot, add carrots, celery, and onion.

Pour in chicken broth, cream soup and seasonings.

Fill up two soup cans full of water and pour into crockpot.

Add cubed chicken.

Cover crockpot and cook on Low for 6-8 hours.

In small bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.

Melt 6 Tablespoons of butter and mix with 1/2 Cup Milk.

Add to flour mixture and stir until just combined.

Drop dumplings by tablespoon into hot crockpot.

Cover and cook on HIGH for 25 minutes until floating to the top.

Serves 6.

Result: SOOOOO Good!  I loved this so much that I ate on it for three days straight.

I never got tired of it. The flavor was excellent and so comforting.

Had a bad day? This soup will take care of it.

Have the sniffles? This soup will take care of that too.

Recipe: "Not From A Box" Mac N Cheese

Since I have a toddler at home and I have a full time job, I am trying to find ways to incorporate homecooked meals that don't take a lot of time. I am trying more and more to go away from processed box dinners and go towards cooking from scratch at least twice a week. So, I decided to try giving my family a homemade version of the usual box mac n cheese. Here is what I came up with:

"Not From a Box Mac N Cheese"

Ingredients:

1 box Macaroni Noodles (dry)

 Cheese Sauce:

1 stick of butter

1 2/3 C. Milk

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 C. Shredded Cheddar Cheese

1/4 C. Pepperjack Cheese

1 tsp. Ground Dry Mustard

4 Tbsp. Flour

Directions:

Cook Macaroni Noodles as directed on the box.

I used the new Skinner "Quick Cook" Macaroni Style noodles.

 They took I think about 3 minutes to make.

 In a medium sized saucepan, melt the stick of butter over medium heat.

 Once melted, add your flour one tablespoon at a time until fully incorporated.

 Once your flour is cooked through, add your milk, salt, and dry mustard until combined.

Cook for about 5 minutes.

 Add in your shredded cheddar and pepperjack cheeses until melted into sauce. 

Cook for another 5 minutes.

Add salt and pepper to taste.

Pour sauce over macaroni noodles.

 Top with a bit more shredded cheese.

Result: The family thoroughly enjoyed it! This will become a staple in our household.

Tips: If you like it even spicier, I would add a 1/8 tsp. of cayanne pepper. (I'm not that brave)

Enjoy! 

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Review: Entertaining with Mozaik Makes it Easy

This is my most favorite product that I've reviewed yet!  It's called "Mozaik" and I am in love! I love to host parties and have guests over quite often for dinner. I don't always want to use my normal dinnerware so having an affordable option for dishware is right up my ally!

I have never heard of Mozaik before and when I had the opportunity to try it out for the holidays, I was so excited! I received a Service for Eight kit which included 40 pieces of dinnerware (forks, knives, spoons, salad plates and dinner plates). You know the best part about this kind of dinnerware? It looks like expensive china but it's actually reusable plasticware! It's a hostess' dream!

Here are some photos of me using it during my Christmas gathering:

Some of my guests actually commented how real the dinnerware looked. They couldn't tell it was plastic until they actually picked it up and used it. Same goes for the forks, knives and spoons. They looked so fancy that they couldn't tell they were made out of plastic. I loved it so much that I simply washed and reused it again for my New Year's Eve Dinner!

Mozaik is the perfect solution for those occasions when you don’t have enough dinner ware. For under $10, Mozaik’s new Service for Eight kit will help you stop scrambling for extra place settings when your guest list is larger than your china and flatware collection. The 40-piece “party in a box” adds eight place settings (forks, knives and spoons, salad plates and dinner plates) and is great for every holiday gathering from a small cocktail party to a large holiday buffet.


Mozaik offers the ease of using disposables without sacrificing style; simply toss the mess for an easier clean up. You can also opt to reuse Mozaik, just hand wash or place the party ware in the dishwasher on the gentle cycle. The more care they are given the more times you can reuse them.



To prove that your table’s appearance can be stylish and sophisticated when you use plastic, Mozaik expert Jennifer Lucas appeared on WEtv’s Designing Spaces in mid-November to share tips on how to entertain with more style. Visit www.designingspaces.tv to view the segment online.

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Happy Entertaining!


Disclosure:  The Mozaik 40 piece Service for Eight kit, serving utensils, platters, bowls and Mozaik information were provided to me by Mozaik through MyBlogSpark. Opinions are 100% mine.

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