Chicken Casserole

Looking through my recipes and trying to come up with meal ideas I just realized that I haven't made my favorite Chicken Casserole in forever! With his chilly weather that we have been having lately it would be the perfect meal! It is SO good!

Chicken Casserole

1 can (10 3/4 oz) condensed Cream of Chicken soup
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 T lemon juice
2 C cooked chicken
1 sm onion, chopped
1/4 C green pepper, chopped
1/4 C red pepper, chopped
1 C shredded Monterey Jack, divided
1 C shredded Cheddar, divided
12 oz egg noodles, cooked and drained

Combine soup, mayo, lemon juice.
Add chicken, onion, peppers, 1/2 C Monterey Jack, 1/2 C cheddar.
Mix well.
Add noodles and toss to coat.
Transfer to greased baking dish.
Bake uncovered at 350 for 30-35 minutes.
Sprinkle with remaining cheeses.
Bake 10 minutes longer or until veggies are tender and cheese is melted.

Crayola Triangular Crayons

While my oldest was in preschool the other day I went shopping at Target. While at Target I always have to check out the clearance sections and in the school supplies area I found Crayola Triangular Crayons marked down to .74. I don't know why I had never heard of these before but on the box it says that they "promote proper writing grip" because of the triangular shape. Since it has been a struggle for me to get my children to consistently hold writing utensils correctly I decided to give them a try. I love them! They really "make" your child hold in the correct spots! I only wish I had bought more than one package!

Grape Nut (Nutty Nuggets) Bread

My husband requests Grape Nuts cereal. I do not buy cereal unless it is on sale so instead I bought Roundy's store brand version called Nutty Nuggets. My husband decides after a bowl of them that he does not like Nutty Nuggets. Wonderful - so now I have a nearly full box of Nutty Nuggets and what do I do with them??

While I was going through "The Bread Machine Cookbook" what do I come across but noneother than a recipe for "Grape Nut Bread!"

Not sure if I, or anyone in the family, will like it, I decide to make it. Actually I let my 4 year old make it :) My husband, while he didn't like the Nutty Nuggets plain, LOVED them in the bread! My children both gobbled it right down too!

For a medium loaf, the recipe is:

1 C water
2 T vegetable oil
1 T sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 C Grape Nuts cereal (as stated I used Nutty Nuggets! :) )
2 C bread flour
1 1/2 tsp yeast

Lots of great vitamins and minerals in the cereal!

Dill Bread

I pulled the breadmaker out of the crawlspace and have been on a breadmaking kick lately! My oldest son loves fresh, homemade bread and would probably eat just that if I would let him!

Yesterday I had some cottage cheese in the fridge that I wanted to use up so I found a recipe in "The Bread Machine Cookbook" for Dill Bread which used cottage cheese and it was delicious!!

I would have taken a picture but the whole loaf was eaten up at dinner before I had a chance :)

The breadmaker recipe for a Medium loaf is:

1 C cottage cheese
2 eggs
2 T sugar
1 T dill weed
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
2 1/2 C bread flour
1 1/2 tsp yeast


Throw it all in and let the bread machine do it's thing! So good!!!

Touch of Avalon

Touch of Avalon is offering the first 25 bloggers to write a blog post about their site a $10 Gift Certificate.

They have a lot of great bracelets, necklaces, and other jewelry at very affordable prices.



I love Scrabble tile pendants and they carry these for only $7.00 a piece.




Shipping in the U.S. is a flat rate of $3!

Definitely a site worth checking out!

Happy Fall!

I finally started putting up some Fall decorations, not Halloween yet, just Fall. The Halloween ones we will wait for another couple of weeks.



It is supposed to be 80 degrees here today so it doesn't feel like Fall weather though! I am ready for it to be cooler. I already packed away most of the kid's summer clothes and put the winter ones in their dressers.

Slowly my walls will get decorated!

Since I am all about the Dollar Tree frames right now, I decided to sit down a the table with my children today and create more art to decorate with. I framed my artwork this time instead of theirs :) I haven't hung them yet though.