Cranberry Chicken-Freezer Meal

This is really tasty and sooo easy!

Cranberry Chicken –FREEZER MEAL

1- 8 oz. Fat Free French Dressing
1- 8 Oz. can cranberry sauce
1 package – Dried Onion Soup Mix
4 Boneless Chicken Breasts

To freeze: Dump all ingredients into 1 gallon Ziploc freezer bag. Lay flat in freezer.
To cook: Defrost in fridge overnight. Mix all ingredients in a 13 x 9 glass pan. Cover with tin foil. Bake 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Stir and serve over rice or noodles.

Note-I tried cooking this in the crockpot and it still turned out yummy!

French Bread

I love to bake bread and I have several yummy recipes. This is one I made for the first time over the weekend and will definitely make over and over. It takes a little more time and effort to make than most of my recipes but it was worth it. Plus, it makes two huge loaves of bread so I have some in the freezer for more meals (I cut the loaves in half and put them into freezer ziplock bags.) This tastes about the same as those loves of French Bread you pick up fresh at the grocery store. I got the recipe from Real Mom Kitchen-thanks!!!

French Bread

2 ¼ cup warm water

2 Tbsp sugar

2 pkg. active dry yeast (I buy the jar kind so it was 4 1/2 tsp yeast)

1 Tbsp salt

2 Tbsp soft shortening or vegetable oil (I used canola)

6 cups flour

Directions:

In large mixer (I just do it in my kitchen aid with the dough hook), combine water and sugar then sprinkle with yeast. Allow to soften.

Add salt, oil, and half flour; mix well. Add remaining flour and mix. Leave mixer in dough.

Allow to rest 10 min. Stir dough down and allow to rest 10 min. Repeat until dough has been stirred dough 5 times. Turn dough on floured surface. Knead 2 or 3 times. Divide dough in 2.

Roll each dough into 9x13 inch rectangle. Roll from long side and pinch edges. Place on baking sheet with pam or cornmeal. Cover and allow to rise 30 min. With sharp knives cut 3 gashes at angle on top of dough. Bake 400 degrees for 30 min, check at 20 minutes (It took 25 minutes in my oven).

Layout and sketch class (Win it today!!)

Here's a layout I created for a blog post on Feeling Scrappy about using a crimper. (Nope, I haven't had much time to scrap...this was made before Ellie was born! LOL)

And while we are just finishing up Simplify the Season on Feeling Scrappy, I already have Sketchapalooza on my mind. If you haven't taken one of our sketch classes before, you should consider it! You get 20 brand new sketches with samples from the design team and more variations from all of the people in the class. It's a great way to catch up and get a lot of pages completed. It starts Oct. 26th and you can read about it and register here- http://feelingscrappyclasses.blogspot.com/search/label/Classes

Edited to add that you still have a couple of hours to leave a comment on Ella to win a spot for FREE in the class!!! Go now!!
http://www.ellapublishing.com/blog/ella/were-feeling-scrappy

Have a great Friday!!

Sketch challenge

Need some sketchy inspiration? Here's a new one I drew up for Note~able. If you use it, be sure to share! You can post your layout on the Note~able message board under challenges. (Or at least link it up in the comments here so I can see your take on it!) I hope to get to this sketch very soon but I haven't had a chance to scrap for a while. (edited to add layout)

Happy Thursday!

New pictures

Ellie is starting to smile a little...and it just melts my heart! I tried and tried to get a good photo of a smile but this was the best I could get. Use your imagination and you can see a hint of a smile here. LOL :) She just didn't want to smile when I put the camera in front of her.


All three munchkins...

We had a great visit with my parents this weekend. Lots of laughs and good times. Ever have those moments when you just can't stop laughing? When you are laughing so hard that you cry? Well we had a few of those...nothing anyone else would find interesting (you definitely had to be there!) Mom, when you read this, I need to let you know that the kids are still making me take off my glasses to wink. ;)

Shannon awarded me the Over the Top Blog award...thanks! :) Now it's my turn to play along...


This award comes with some rules and a survey I have to fill out.
Rules
1. You Can Only Use One Word!
2. Pass this along to 6 of your favorite bloggers!
3. Alert them that you have given them this award!
4. Have Fun!

The Fun Part
1. Where is your cell phone? kitchen
2. Your hair? ponytail
3. Your mother? home
4. Your father? working
5. Your favorite food? Mexican
6. Your dream last night? none
7. Your favorite drink? coffee
8. Your dream/goal? happiness
9. What room are you in? den
10. Your hobby? Scrapbooking
11. Your fear? accidents
12. Favorite place to eat? Depends
13. Where were you last night? Home
14. Something that you aren’t? Athletic
15. Muffins? pumpkin
16. Wish list item? Clothes
17. Where did you grow up? California
18. Last thing you did? breakfast
19. What are you wearing? Pajamas
20. Your TV? Off
21. Your pets? dog
22. Friends? wonderful
23. Your life? full
24. Your mood? tired
25. Missing someone? Jeremy (out of town for work...I know, I broke the one word rule)
26. Vehicle? Yukon
27. Something you’re not wearing? jewelry
28. Your favorite store? Target
29. Your favorite color? depends
30. When was the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? recently
32. Your best friend? Missed
33. One place that I go to over and over? Walmart
34. One person who emails me regularly? Mom

Recipients-Don't be mad...it just means I love you! :)
1. Emily
2. Adonica
3. Christine
4. Jayne
5. Becky
6. Stacy

Layout and some tips

Here's a layout I created using the September kit that I won from Note~able. I also just posted a tip about journaling spots on the message board. Check them out!

I hope you are having a nice weekend!

Blog Stomp

Paper Popsicles is having a Creepy Crawly Blog Stomp on October 10...hope you'll check it out and join us. http://www.paperpopsicles.blogspot.com/

Layout and sketch

I posted a new sketch challenge on the Noteable forum. http://www.noteablekit.com/ I hope you'll join me in making a layout using it. I had fun using lots of goodies for the little blocks and circles. You could also use small photos.

This layout is for my album with pictures of Elizabeth on the day of her one month birthday. :)



Happy scrapping!

Some fun scrappy news

Shawna, the owner of Note~able Kits (http://www.noteablekit.com/) has asked me to be a part of her first design team! Note~able is a fairly new kit club focusing on titling and journaling products for scrapbook pages. I am excited to be a part of her team and look forward to working with the great kits she puts together.

She is now accepting pre-orders for the October Kit and add-on which you can view on the message board (http://www.noteablekit.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=49)

**PLUS, everything in the store is now on sale! (Except the September Kit.) Here is a link to the store- http://www.noteablekit.com/shop/

I hope you'll check out these great kits and stop in to say hello on the message board! I plan on adding a new challenge very soon to spark your creativity. :)