Homemade Egg Rolls

These delicious Egg rolls were cooked by my amazing sister Laquinta. She is always sharing recipes with me that are a must try. 

To get her homemade egg rolls you need 

shrimp, cabbage & green onion

hamburger meat, cabbage & green onion

She made two different kinds. 

Directions: 

Cook your cabbage but not all the way (You will be letting them finish cooking in the deep fryer)

Place your bag of shrimp in the skillet with some butter and let cook

Cook your hamburger meat and then drain it. 

After you have did these steps you can either place the cabbage in with the shrimp and hamburger or just mix when you get ready to do the wraps. 

If putting the cabbage in the hamburger meat after draining it let cook for about 10 minutes together. 

Place 1 egg in a bowl (you will use to dip or brush the wraps before placing in the deep fryer). 

On to making the wraps!!! 

Place shrimp or hamburger meat with cabbage and green onions in the wrap (don't fill it up to much you want it to wrap without tearing. 

Fill egg roll wraps with ingredients, roll then brush with egg yolk and drop it in the dip fryer & ENJOY! 

Budget Meal: Chicken Chili

This is a great meal for the fall nights. Taking a can of chili and adding to it is a great way to make a simple and inexpensive pot of chili.

For this recipe I used a can of chili, two cans of Kidney beans, one can of rotel, fried onions, chili powder, fajita season, and cayenne red pepper and a pack of chicken. I took the pack of chicken and broiled it and then shred the chicken. Afterwards I placed the shredded chicken into the slow cooker with fajita seasoning and let it cook. I cooked the kidney beans and after that placed everything else in the slower cooker with the chicken and added the chili powder and red pepper. After you let the chili cooked for a while I added the fried onions.  

Salmon Dip

Ingredients 

Worcestershire Sauce (French's) 

Salmon (Chopped)

1 tablespoon fresh diced onions

Shredded cheese

1/3 cup sour cream

1/3 cup cream cheese

1/4 cup mayonnaise

Directions

Lightly season salmon with some garlic and let it sit in Worcestershire Sauce for about 15 minutes then grill Salmon until it's cooked. Combine your cooked Salmon, mayonnaise, sour cream, cream cheese, and onions and mix well. Add Cheese. I placed covered dip in the fridge for one hour to let all the flavors mingle. 

Serve with Wheat Thins (I used Spicy Buffalo) you can also serve on bread, with celery or tortilla chips. 

Baked Honey and Cinnamon Apples

Today I was having a little sweet tooth but didn't want anything heavy, nor did I feel like driving. So I grabbed what I had here at the house and what better way to kick off FALL (which I'm very excited about) Then apples and cinnamon!

Very easy recipe (I'm all about the quick and easy meals).

Ingredients:

Apples
Honey
Cinnamon
Caramel Syrup

Directions:

Chop up your apples, layer with honey, top with cinnamon and place in the oven to bake.
Once you take the apples out of the oven, top with Caramel Sauce and enjoy!

I love to enjoy mine with some milk and COFFEE CUBES!!!!! Delicious!

Simple Barbecue Lunch Sandwich

Ingredients:

2 small chicken breast
Shredded cheese
Barbecue sauce (I use Sweet Baby Ray's)
Chopped Onions
Dijon Mustard
Mayo
2 slices of bread (toasted)

Directions:

Boil your chicken breast. Once the chicken is done cooking shred it and add to the slow cooker with some barbecue sauce. Let the barbecue chicken heat up for about 15 minutes.
In a pan Saute your chopped onions.
When meat is done, place on toasted bread (Bun or Regular wheat bread). Spread Dijon mustard and mayo on bread, top with chicken, sprinkle shredded cheese and add onions on top.

Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Shells

If you love HOT FOODS this is for you!!

I was walking through Kroger's and walked past the box of Jumbo pasta shells immediately I was like hmmm what could I put inside some Jumbo pasta shells and buffalo chicken was the first thing to come to my mind (That's pretty normal) I try and see what all I can make with Buffalo chicken (My favorite).

 Simple, Simple, Simple!!!

Ingredients:

1 box of Jumbo pasta shells
1 bottle of Buffalo wing sauce (I use Moore's)
Shredded cheese (whatever kind you like)
Chicken (I use diced chicken)

Directions:

Boil your jumbo pasta shells (Don't over boil you don't want them to be to moist where they don't hold your food well.

In a skillet heat up your diced chicken (I also season it a little)---"Seasoning" is word I hardly see bloggers use lol get use to it here:) When chicken is cooked add it to a bowl and pour in your buffalo sauce and your cheese, however much you like, I put a lot because I like it HOT!

Once your pasta shells are done and is mixed well with the sauce and cheese take a spoon and place it inside the taco shells, Add leftovers on top, top with lots of cheese or just a little:) and cook in the oven on 350, I believe I cooked it for about 20minutes just enough to get it hot and cheese melted.

ENJOY!!!

Tea Time?

Nothing better then a cup of nice hot tea after a long day and believe me I have those days often. 

A secret, sometimes I enjoy drinking tea and having some fruit because the plate set is just so darn cute!! 

The cute plate sets were on sale at TJ Maxx, I believe I payed less that $25.00 for the whole set (4)

The tea I'm obsessed with is the White Tea, Island Mango and Peach tea by Lipton.

Slow Cooker Cheesy Chicken Taco's

For about a week everyone started talking about chicken taco's. It was like I was meant to make this recipe. What I love about the Chicken Taco recipes are that you can make it our own way, with different ingredients to put your own touch on it and it will still be an amazing dish.

So, I decided to make a slow cooker chicken taco and it's just so delicious I've had it over and over again for about 3 weeks. What makes my slow cooker chicken taco's so great is that I usually just throw everything into the slow cooker it's so much easier lol and plus I do not like to have a bowl, plate or whatever with different things to fix up a taco, way to much to clean afterwards.

Slow Cooker Cheesy Chicken Taco's

Ingredients:

3 chicken breast

1 spoon of sour cream

half a can of rotel

1 package of taco seasoning

1 teaspoon of chili powder

lime juice (HA! I just pour, sorry) 

1 bag of frozen mixed peppers

Salsa

Cheese

Directions:

I prefer to boil my chicken on the stove before hand, it takes half the time then it would to boil in the slow cooker, about hour an half to two hours.

After boiling your chicken shred it and put into the slow cooker and season it with your lime juice, chili powder and taco season and add just a little water and let it cook for about 25-30 minutes

I let my meat get half way done then I put the mixed peppers and rotel in a skillet and heat it up. After cooking set aside.

Next add your sour cream and cheese into the slow cooker and let cook for about 10 minutes.
 And there you have it Slow Cooker Cheesy Taco's with lots of flavor!!!

Review: Seafood Nacho's from Steve's Marina

I went down to Mississippi with my friend a few months ago and with it being my first time visiting there I was excited to try out all the restaurants. My favorite was Steve's Marina, Seafood Nachos. The Nachos had shrimp, crab meat, cheese sauce and jalapenos. The meal was only around $9 and definitely fills you up. My favorite thing about the meal was the cheese sauce it was so rich.

We had an amazing view also while eating, oh and an awesome waiter named Chris!!! 

My wonderful friends that now lives in MS:) 

The best meal I have ever had, literally and I had such a wonderful time, can't wait to visit again! 

If you are in MS anytime soon visit Steve's Marina 213 East Beach Blvd, Long Beach, MS 39560!! 

Honey-Mustard Salmon with Roasted Asparagus

Dinner tonight was Honey-Mustard Salmon with Asparagus and a small side salad. I found the recipe from Women's Health Magazine you can find the recipe here (womenshealthmag.com). I'm so convinced that you can put anything on Salmon and it would taste delicious! This was a quick and easy meal.

GO TRY IT!!!

Strawberry Balsamic Vinaigrette

I tried out the Strawberry Balsamic Vinaigrette for the first time and it was delicious. 

Now with it being my first time and I don't like following direction I just played by taste testing to get the perfect flavor for the Strawberry Balsamic Vinaigrette.

Strawberry Dressing:

Whole Strawberries 4
2 spoons of Strawberry preserves
Balsamic Vinaigrette
Honey
Salt
 Dijon Mustard
mixed it all in a blender to it's smooth and mixed well

Here is the delicious salad that I made with the Dressing....side note!!! Yes I have no kitchen table and eat in the bed often, you may see this blanket a lot lol

The salad was quick and easy. I used Spinach Leaves, Chicken tossed in Balsamic Vinaigrette and cooked, cheese, almonds and I can't have a salad without hard broiled eggs and croutons (that was just my little addition).
This was such a easy and delicious summer recipe!!

Garlic Chicken and Spinach Pizza

Hey!!!

So today was just one of those days that I just wanted to make something that was easy and quick. Pizza is always my number one pick seeing that it's one of my favorite foods. Pizza truly is just one of those foods that you can look in your fridge and find many different toppings to throw on top of pizza crust with some cheese and you have a delicious pizza.

Garlic Chicken and Spinach Pizza

1 can of Pillsbury pizza dough

Ingredients:
Chicken (I heat it up a little before putting it on the pizza)
Diced Red Peppers
Spinach leaves (chopped)
Cheese
garlic salt

Heat up the chicken in a pan before adding to the pizza dough.

Directions:
Place chopped Spinach on pizza crust, top with the rest of the ingredients chicken, diced rep peppers, I add the garlic salt and then top off with cheese.

Green Shake

One of my favorite drinks for the mornings that I am in a rush is the green shake. There are so many ways to mix up a healthy green shake but I usually stay with the same recipe. 

The green shakes are healthy and delicious! I use a single cup blender because it's only me and easy to use and clean up. 

Green Shake

1 whole banana

1/2 cup of frozen Mango

1/2 cup of frozen Peaches

2 handfuls of spinach leaves

and water

Blend it and you have a DELICIOUS yet healthy shake!!!