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Italian Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Hello!

Wednesday, I was in the mood for something different. Brad cooked the night before and it was delicious. I had to live up to his wonderful meal of meatballs, zucchini, eggplant, and pasta!

I decided to create stuffed chicken breasts. I bought some string cheese a little bit ago, so decided to use that to stuff the breast.

Ingredients: (These can be changed to whatever you need!)
3 Chicken Breasts
2 Mozzarella String Cheese
1 Can of Diced Tomatoes
2 cups Mushrooms
3 tbsp Garlic Garlic
3 tbsp Onion Onion
3 tbsp Italian Seasoning
3 tbsp Pepper
3 tbsp Parmesan Garlic
3 tbsp Parmesan cheese
3 tbsp Cilantro
1 cup Ragu Tomato Sauce

I had to defrost the meat, since I never think of it in the morning. Sometimes, the microwave does a great times.. other times it takes like 30 minutes. This was 30 minutes moment. Luckily, Brad got stuck at work late so we weren't waiting around for food. I just want creating my masterpiece while he was still at work!

I put the tomatoes in the bottom of my Pampered Chef baker with a layer of the mushrooms on top. Then I added about 1 1/2 tbsps of all my spices. I think I might have over done it with spices, but Brad said it was good.

Once the meat was defrosted, and since I don't have a meat tenderizer #thingstoputontheregistry, so I used my grandma's rolling pin to beat the chicken down. After I smacked it until it was pretty flat and stretched out.. I dipped it into the remaining spices as a rub on both sides of the chicken.

I rolled the chicken around half of a stick of the cheese. and put it into the baker with the roll on the bottom so it didn't come undone. You could use toothpicks, I just couldn't find them when I was making it so I just hoped for the best.

On top of the chicken, I added the Ragu sauce for some added taste.

Popped it in the oven at 375 for an hour.

Then dinner was ready!

Have you tried any of my recipes? What about the TS Products? Let me know what you think! Also, the PC stoneware bakers are my new go to for bakeware! My friend, Alicia, is a consultant and introduced me. Good for her, bad for me! There goes all my money!

Until next time! Keep cooking!

Fiesta Fajitas!

Hello All! 

I have been meaning to post for a while, but of course, life is in the way! 

A few weeks ago, I made our favorite meal... Fajitas! 

Well, instead of using my normal seasoning, I used Tastefully Simple Feisty Fajita™ Dip Mix. 

It was so tasty! 

I used one packet of the seasoning (there are two per box!) and rubbed it onto the chicken. 

I put them in the skillet with about 1 tsb. of olive oil. Let them cook up for about 15 minutes. 

 

I also made some veggies with it, green peppers and mushrooms!

I added a little of the dip mix in here as well. And cooked these up for about 10 minutes. 

Our dip mixes and seasonings can be used for so much! I enjoy learning new recipes either from the TS website or just my own creations. 

Let me know if you have any new TS recipes! I love sharing and cooking. 

Until next time, keep cooking!! 

Finally out of my daze...

Hello Again!

Thought I forgot about you, didn't you?

Sorry for the prolonged blog post, but I have some EXCITING NEWS!

Engagement:

I'M GETTING MARRIED!

Brad proposed to me at the Brad Paisley concert on May 17, 2014 in front of friends and family during our song, "She's Everything".

I was completely clueless... and I think after a month of floating on air, I'm finally back on Earth. It's still a bit surreal. Brad and I keep looking at each other saying "We're engaged" or "We are getting married!"

The date set is 6.11.2016 and the colors will be Kelly Green and Peacock Blue. Yes, I'm a crazy planner but we have been talking about this for a few months PRIOR to the actual engagement. :)

Mix & Marinate: Tastefully Simple:

 I just had my first party at Alicia's house! It went so well with 4 people, plus those who are ordering online. Thank you to everyone for a successful first party and hopefully many more to come!

Tastefully Simple Recipes

I made a yummy crock pot meal with our Corn, Black Bean Salsa & Onion, Onion spice. I put some chicken, about half the jar of the salsa, 2 tbsp of Onion, Onion, a half of green pepper and cheese in the crock pot for 8 hours. It was a little messy, but an easy meal that was really delicious.

The nice thing about these products are the versatility. The Onion,Onion can be substitute for a real onion. 2 TBSP of the product equals 6 of a fresh onion. This is so awesome because for how infrequently I cook, I can never keep fresh produce! I really like the Corn, Black Bean Salsa, if you are looking for something easy rather than adding cans of corn and black beans and tomatoes, etc., this is perfect. It's already in there and has a different flavor than a regular tomato based salsa.

Please visit https://www.tastefullysimple.com/web/smueller3 to order or book a show. :) If you are looking for samples, please email me at mixwithsteph@gmail.com. I will work with you to figure out the best way to get all of your taste buds delighted!

In the mean time - Keep cooking!

First potato salad of the season!

Last night I made some yummy potato salad...

Since all my friends are watching their waste lines (including me), I decided to do it as 21 day fix style! 

Instead of mayo, I used Greek yogurt. Yes, it does change the taste slightly, but overall I think it's delicious! 

Ingredients:

Red potatoes (5)

Hard boiled eggs (6)

Yellow mustard (1/2 cup)

Greek yogurt (1 1/2 cup) 

Green peppers (2 small) 

Paprika (1 tbsp)

Black pepper (1 tbsp) 

Onion powder (1 tbsp) 

I hope the tailgaters approve!!! 

Until next time, keep cooking! 

Tastefully Simple

I decide today due to the fact that I'm always buying the products and have been talking about doing this for a while... I'm officially becoming a tastefully simple consultant. 

I have the support from Brad, I just need to gather a good network to build a business. Right now, my schedule is a little hectic but I am always up for parties on week nights. 

Tastefully Simple has changed in the past few years, adding less party foods and more real meal dinner options. Not only can you enjoy their classic appetizers and dips but now also enjoy meal planners and freezer meals. 

I'm really excited about this venture and hope I can get the support I need to make it a great part time business. Once I get set up, I'll post more information. 

I also will use this blog as a place to showcase various recipes and teach you how to make them with the Tastefully Simple Products! 

Let me know if you would be interested in being one of my first hosts! I need somewhere to start. 

In the meantime, keep cooking! 

Skillet meals!

Done with the spring semester, so I have a week until the next semester! I am exactly half way done with my masters program! 

Since I have been pretty busy, I have been making skillet meals. I am still following the 21 day fix clean eating and I never seem to get enough veggies during the day! My skillet meals consist of meat, and about three or four types of veggies and sometimes pasta! 

I put all this stuff into the skillet, including uncooked pasta. My new favorite veggie is canned diced tomatoes. Putting the tomatoes in adds a little liquid which helps cook the pasta.

Tonight, I made a turkey sausage, mushroom, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, onion, and green peppers and pasta. I added cilantro, parsley, pepper, and oregano. Brad was a huge help! I love that he enjoys being in the kitchen with me. He learned how to cut peppers from the food channel, so I asked him to cut them and he also cut the sausage. Sausage is definitely nothing something I'm used to cooking or prepping so it was much welcomed. :) 

I cooked it down for about 25 minutes. It turned out so good! It was a little soupy because I added too much water to cook down of with it, but lately I was burning stuff for not using too much. Better safe than sorry!! 

This picture is of a taco version. It has ground beef, corn, tomatoes, onions, peppers with cumin and chili powder. 

Try some for yourself! Let me know how they turn out! So easy and delicious, about 20-30 minutes, just keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn't burn. Ha! 

Keep on cooking. :)