Today at South Bosque it's Donuts with Dad! This is the first year they have done it so I'm not sure what they do but the girls said they will eat donuts and then Craig gets to go and watch them do some work. I can't wait to hear all about it, of course I asked C to call me after it's done. :o)
The t-shirts I made for Mac's b-day last year paid off for this event! The girls wore their donut t-shirts for the special day. Look how tall the girls are, WOW!!!!
Ok now onto food I've made. Craig went to L.C. a week ago and when he got home I decided to make him his favorite meal. I told him I wasn't sure why I decided to do that since he was in L.C. fishing and I was at home doing the usual and taking care of the girls...but he's been studying hard for his exams and he deserves a special meal. Of course it helps that this meal is also the girls and my favorite as well! In the oven is Chicken Kiev, my mom used to make it for us and it's so delicious!!!! I've tried to make it a little less fat, you normally use real cream cheese and then you fry it until the chicken is cooked. I've changed it to fry it until brown on the outside and then bake it. Here is my recipe:
3 chicken breasts
1/2 stick of butter- soft not melted
1 8 oz of fat free cream cheese (you could use 1/2 fat free too)-room temp
1 TBSP of lemon pepper
1 TBSP Italian herbs
1TBSP minced dried onion
1 1/2 cups bread crumbs
1 cup egg whites
1/2 cup flour
2 cups vegetable oil
Put the chicken in between 2 sheets of wax paper and use a mallet to pound the chicken until it's flattened. Repeat with all 3 breasts.
Mix cream cheese, butter, lemon pepper, herbs, and dried onion in a small bowl. Put a small spoonful of cheese mix into the middle of each chicken breast. Then wrap each side of the chicken up and use toothpicks to secure it closed. Before you dip each chicken go ahead and heat oil in small sauce pan until it's hot enough to fry. Then get 3 shallow bowls and put egg whites in one, flour in another, and breadcrumbs in the last. Dip each chicken breast in the flour then egg then bread crumbs. Carefully using tongs put one chicken breast in hot oil until the outside is brown. Repeat with each chicken breast. After each chicken breast is brown put them in a baking dish and bake at 400 for about 25 minutes. I always cut a slit in each chicken breast to make sure they are fully cooked. I promise you will love these! They are so good!!! Labor of love b/c there are a few steps but so good!!
Craig's other favorite is "boats" which is another name for Twice Baked potatoes. I think he made this name up when he was little, either he did or his sister Lisa did. The girls love them too!! I just heat potatoes like I would to make baked potatoes then cut them down the middle, scoop out the "guts" and just make mashed potatoes. Sometimes I'll add truffle oil, other times I'll add some garlic. Whatever I have at the time. Then my twist on "Kay's boats" I use a ice cream scoop to scoop the potatoes into each potato skin. The girls love this because they say it looks like a "ice cream sundae boat"Then I add a little cheese and pop them into the oven for a few minutes to warm and melt cheese.
Set the table cute and even light the candles!
Normally I make green beans b/c those 3 things are the "perfect meal" for C but they did not have one single fresh green bean that week at HEB! It was weird, no bin for the beans or anything so we did our 2nd fav- asparagus.
Yesterday I had a great busy day of cleaning, cooking, and baking! Love those days. Missy gave me a yummy recipe for A to Z bread. It is so darn good and EASY!!! I will give you all the ingredients but when it comes to the fruits/veggies you pick 2. You can do anything you have at your house. I usually ALWAYS try to put zucchini in it b/c then I can say my kids eat zucchini. Yesterday I used zucchini and a can of pumpkin. The combinations are endless, bananas, apples, apple sauce, pears, carrots, etc...
2 cups of flour (I mix whole wheat and regular flour- I like the taste better)
3 cups of sugar (I know that's a lot I might try splenda sometime!)
1 TSP baking soda
1 TSP baking powder
1 TBSP vanilla
2 TSP cinnamon
1 cup of vegetable oil
1 TSP salt
3 eggs, lightly beaten
2 cups of fruits or veggies - your choice
Mix sugar, oil, and eggs. Stir in your A to Z fruit/veggie choice and vanilla. Combine flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir into liquid ingredients just until moistened. Pour into 2 greased loaf pans or cupcake liners. Bake at 325 for 55-65 minutes for loafs and about 17 minutes for muffins.
If you want to glaze them then you can mix a little skim milk, dash of vanilla, and powdered sugar together and paint them on the bread with a brush. As you can see in the pics below I actually made 24 muffins, and 3 small loaves using this recipe. Which worked out great b/c then the girls took their teacher a loaf! I wrapped them up really cute but of course I didn't get a pic! Rrrrrrrr
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