Dishing It Up: Slow Cooker Meals

Fall is officially here as of today, though I don't think the weather in Texas was aware of that!  We had a few cooler lovely days last week, and I am looking forward to many more to come.  Cooler weather foods are my favorites! =)

The Dishing It Up theme for the month of September is slow cooker meals, and my friends over at Thrifty Texas Penny, Pary Moppins, Deals From MS Do, and Dearly Domestic will all be bringing you some of their favorite slow cooker recipes as well!

Here are the slow cookers meals that have been shared so far this month.  If you have one of your own, please link up!

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Dishing It Up: September Theme--Slow Cooker Meals

September is here, school is in full swing, and many fall activities are starting up.  There is nothing better than getting home from a busy day and having a hot meal waiting for you!

The Dishing It Up theme for the month of September is slow cooker meals, and my friends over at Thrifty Texas Penny, Pary Moppins, Deals From MS Do, and Dearly Domestic will all be bringing you some of their favorite slow cooker recipes as well!

I don't have a new recipe to share this week, so I am just going to add a couple of my older recipes to the linky below for you to peruse along with the rest.

I've also been doing quite a lot of browsing on Pinterest lately, and have been quite intrigued by these "toss everything for a meal into a ziploc bag and freeze it and then dump into the crockpot" type meals.  I plan to try some of those out and share with you the results very soon!

Here are the slow cookers meals that have been shared so far this month.  If you have one of your own, please link up!

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Dishing It Up Recipe Hop: Freezer Mashed Potatoes

Its August, and back to school time is here!  School starts on Monday, and I've spent a good bit of time putting stuff in the freezer this week!

The Dishing It Up theme for the month of August is freezer cooking, and my friends over at Thrifty Texas Penny, Pary Moppins, Deals From MS Do, and Dearly Domestic will all be bringing you some of their freezer recipes as well!

PLUS, we will be giving away two $5 Amazon codes this month!   One blogger that links up a recipe will be selected at random to win the first one, and one commenter will be selected at random from one of the recipe links (also selected at random), so after you check out my recipe, leave a comment, and click through the linky to visit the other recipes, and leave them comments, also!  If you have a freezer recipe, link up!

My recipe this week is Freezer Mashed Potatoes.

Last week, I was shopping around at the 99CentsOnly store.  I *really* like that place because they sell produce, BUT it can be a dangerous place to shop, too.  It can get you into the mindset of "oh, it's just a dollar", and those dollars sure can add up quickly!

I go there when I'm int he mood for salad though, because I can usually find some hearts of Romaine and Spinach there.   This time, I was surprised to see 5lb bags of potatoes.  For $0.99, I grabbed one because it's been quite a while since we've had potatoes.

When I got to the register, I noticed that they rang up only $0.60, so I asked her to scan it twice, and I went and grabbed a second bag.

Having potatoes is a little tricky when the rest of your meal is coming from the freezer.   They take so long to bake, so much oil to french fry...Then I remembered that just the other day my oldest was asking to have mashed potatoes.  I used to find great coupon deals on the boxed kind pretty regularly, but haven't seen any in a while, plus also we've been getting away from boxed foods altogether, so we've had a mashed potato famine around here.

They sat in the pantry a few days while I tried to decide what else to do with them, until I finally say, forget it,  I'll just mash them all!  And I did!  Well, my husband helped.  ;)

I put all of them in a big stock pot and boiled them until they were soft.  Then we drained them and mashed them.  I had to separate them into two of my big mixing bowls since there were so many.

We added in some salt and pepper, and some milk and butter.   I didn't measure, I just adjusted and stirred until the consistency looked right.   I left the skins on, but you can peel them if you prefer.

We ate some with our meal that night, and then I spooned the remainder into muffin cups.   Muffin cups make a great serving sized portion of these  (you can fill them halfway for kids, or heaping for husbands!) and then you just have to thaw and serve!

I ended up with 2 shy of 4 dozen after we'd eaten our fill with dinner.

After I froze them, I popped them out of the muffins tins and bagged them in freezer bags.   These will come in super handy during the school year!

Here are the other freezer recipes that have been shared so far this month.  Don't forget to add your own if you have one, and hop around leaving comments on the other recipes to increase your chances of winning!

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Dishing It Up Recipe Hop: Freezer Meals--Pesto

Its August, and back to school time is in full swing.   My husband begins his inservice today (he teaches high school), and the kids start next Monday the 27th.   I've got 10 more days to get prepared for the start of school, and I plan to be putting some serious meals into the freezer during that time!

In fact, the Dishing It Up theme for the month of August is freezer cooking, and my friends over at Thrifty Texas Penny, Pary Moppins, Deals From MS Do, and Dearly Domestic will all be bringing you some of their freezer recipes as well!

PLUS, we will be giving away two $5 Amazon codes this month!   One blogger that links up a recipe will be selected at random to win the first one, and one commenter will be selected at random from one of the recipe links (also selected at random), so after you check out my recipe, leave a comment, and click through the linky to visit the other recipes, and leave them comments, also!  If you have a freezer recipe, link up!

My recipe this week is homemade pesto sauce.   I've never actually made, or even eaten pesto sauce, if you can believe that.  However, pretty much the only thing that actually grew well in my garden in this Texas heat was my basil plant.   In fact, I was trying to keep it confined to a smaller pot to keep its growth in check, but one day my husband decided to move it to a bigger one after we decided that said larger pot's previous inhabitant was done for.   That thing took off, I tell you.  Why it's nearly as tall as I am!  Not that that's sayin' much. ;)

So I began looking for recipes that used basil, and I kept hearing people rave about pesto.  It sounded like a terrific end of summer recipe, and very freezable!  I like that. =)

I had all of the ingredients on hand except for the nuts.  I had seen several recipes online, and no two were alike.   The majority of the recipes called for pine nuts, but said that those were not the most frugal of choices, and gave several ideas for substitutions.

Being the frugal person that I am, I figured that the most inexpensive way to buy what I needed would be in bulk bins, and the only store I know of in my area with bulk bins is Whole Foods.  I had a dentist appointment on Monday, and had to drive right past that place, so I decided to stop in and pick up what I would need on my way home.

When I got there, I had to blink a few times just to make sure I was reading the label correctly.   Pine nuts cost $34.99....per pound?!?!?   Um...NO!   I opted for the sunflower seeds at $2.79/lb, and actually walked out of Whole Foods spending less than $2.  That's gotta be some sort of record, right?

So anyways, back to the pesto....After wasting a whole lot of time on pinterest extensive research, I have come to the conclusion, that everyone makes their pesto differently.  I finally settled on using this recipe as a jumping off point.   I attempted doubling it, but as I'm not really a measurer of things in the kitchen.  I just kind of eye-balled it until things looked right.

My ingredients waiting.

I used about 4 cups of basil, 1/2 cup sunflower seeds, roughly 1 cup parmesan/romano blend  (its what I had in the fridge), a big heaping tablespoon of minced garlic, as I was all out of fresh.   I also added a bit of salt and pepper, and a little bit of lime juice (not only for flavor, but it has the added benefit of keeping it from browning).   I filled up my blender and pulsed it a few times..mostly to make room.  Then I added some olive oil, then some more olive oil....then some more olive oil.    They say to just keep adding until you get it the right consistency that you like.   It still looked pretty thick to me, but hubby said it was supposed to be, and it tasted pretty good, so I stopped with the olive oil, and poured it into some containers.

I froze two of these, and I kept one out in the fridge.  I haven't used it as part of a meal yet, but we had spaghetti last night, and had some of it on toast as opposed to the usual garlic bread, and it was pretty tasty!

Now, if only I could get my girls to eat it!  I made the mistake of putting a small bit on the fingertip of my 3 year old, and then turning my back.   I ended up with a fingerpainted dishwasher.  =/

Here are the other freezer recipes that have been shared so far this month.  Don't forget to add your own if you have one, and hop around leaving comments on the other recipes to increase your chances of winning!

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Dishing It Up Recipe Hop: Freezer Meals--Corn Dog Muffins

Its August, and back to school time is in full swing.   The kids here don't go back until the last week of August, so I plan to spend this month getting as much food into the freezer as I can (plus also entertaining quite a few houseguests!), and I'll be sharing some of that food with you.

In fact, the Dishing It Up theme for the month of August is freezer cooking, and my friends over at Thrifty Texas Penny, Pary Moppins, Deals From MS Do, and Dearly Domestic will all be bringing you some of their freezer recipes as well!

PLUS, we will be giving away two $5 Amazon codes this month!   One blogger that links up a recipe will be selected at random to win the first one, and one commenter will be selected at random from one of the recipe links (also selected at random), so after you check out my recipe, leave a comment, and click through the linky to visit the other recipes, and leave them comments, also!  If you have a freezer recipe, link up!

My recipe this week is Corn Dog Muffins  (click for original post)

Here are the other freezer recipes that have been shared so far this month.  Don't forget to add your own if you have one, and hop around leaving comments on the other recipes to increase your chances of winning!

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Dishing It Up: Freezer Meals--Pizza Pockets

Its August, and back to school time is in full swing.   The kids here don't go back until the last week of August, so I plan to spend this month getting as much food into the freezer as I can (plus also entertaining quite a few houseguests!), and I'll be sharing some of that food with you.

In fact, the Dishing It Up theme for the month of August is freezer cooking, and my friends over at Thrifty Texas Penny, Pary Moppins, Deals From MS Do, and Dearly Domestic will all be bringing you some of their freezer recipes as well!

PLUS, we will be giving away two $5 Amazon codes this month!   One blogger that links up a recipe will be selected at random to win the first one, and one commenter will be selected at random from one of the recipe links (also selected at random), so after you check out my recipe, leave a comment, and click through the linky to visit the other recipes, and leave them comments, also!  If you have a freezer recipe, link up!



My recipe is homemade pizza pockets.

Ingredients:

Pizza Dough  (I used the recipe from my bread machine book, but you can totally get the store bought kind!)
1 jar of pizza sauce
Pretty much whatever you like on a pizza!  I used pepperoni, italian sausage, and cheese.


I followed the bread machine instructions to make the pizza dough.  Once it was done, I rolled it out semi flat  and used a glass to cut circles.

Then, I rolled out the circles even flatter, placed them on a baking sheet, and put the toppings on.  Then I covered them with a second circle of dough, and pressed them closed.

After that, follow the baking instructions for your pizza dough, then eat them, or bag them up and freeze them.

My bread machine dough recipe makes enough for 4 thin crust pizzas, so I make these up the other night when we were already making pizzas for dinner, just to use up the extra dough and sauce/toppings.  I already had the table all floured up and I already had the oven heated up, so it wasn't much extra trouble at all.

My daughter, the one who hates pizza, until we go to make pizza and then all of a sudden she likes pizza until it is baked and she takes a bite, and then she remembers that she doesn't like pizza....well she saw me bagging them up and putting them in the freezer.  She asked "Are those for my lunch box?"  I said "Are you going to eat them?"  She thought about it for a second and said "Um....no!"   LOL

Here are the other freezer recipes that have been shared so far this month.  Don't forget to add your own if you have one, and hop around leaving comments on the other recipes to increase your chances of winning!

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Dishing It Up Recipe Hop: 4 Layer Delight

School is out.  Summer is here, maybe not yet on the calendar, but certainly on the thermometer!  Even though the past few days in North Texas have been gloriously stormy, the Dishing It Up Gals and I are thinking about eating outdoors!   All of our recipes this month will focus on picnics and barbeques!


I'm going to share with you a recipe that my mom has been asked to make for nearly every family get together I can recall.

Photo Credit:  The Girl Who Ate Everything

Four Layer Delight:

Bottom Layer:--1 cup all purpose flour
--1/2 cup pecans, chopped (optional, yet delectable)
--1 stick butter, melted
--2 tbsp sugar

Mix ingredients together and spread in tbe bottom of a 9x13 inch casserole dish. Bake at 350 until lightly brown. Let cool completely.

Second Layer:--1 Cup Cool Whip
--1 8oz pack Cream Cheese
--1 cup powdered sugar
--1 tsp vanilla (optional)

Mix ingredients together and spread over cool crust.

Third Layer:--1 Large or 2 Small boxes of instant chocolate pudding mix. Follow directions on the box for making. Spread over cream cheese mixture.

Fourth Layer:--Spread Cool Whip on top. Cover and refrigerate.

Here are more picnic and barbeque themed recipes for you to peruse.   If you have one of your own, please link it up!

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Dishing It Up Recipe Hop: June Theme--Picnics and Barbeques---Limeade!

School is out.  Summer is here, maybe not yet on the calendar, but certainly on the thermometer!  Even though the past few days in North Texas have been gloriously stormy, the Dishing It Up Gals and I are thinking about eating outdoors!   All of our recipes this month will focus on picnics and barbeques!


I'm going to share with you a quick refreshing drink recipe, that is also very inexpensive to make right now--Limeade!

I have never ever made this before, and honestly never had it at all unless you count the strawberry laden ones I've ordered from Sonic. ;)  However, last week El Rio Grande had limes on sale 15 for $1  (sale going on again this week as well!)  For some unknown reason, I decided to pick up 15 limes while I was there, and then began wondering what on Earth I would do with them.

I decided that I would love to try making homemade limeade, and a quick google search revealed a recipe to me.

The recipe was very, very simple:

2 qt. water
3 limes
2/3 cup of sugar



I doubled the recipe, using a bit less than double the sugar and 6 of my limes, which were on the small side.

I had really no idea what to expect, how sour it would be, or if my family would enjoy it.  I was actually very pleasantly surprised with it.  It had a much milder flavor than I expected--more sweet than sour, but not too sweet, which made it very refreshing, and you felt like you could drink a lot of it.  Some drinks are so sweet or so sour that they make you want to stop drinking after a few sips, but not this one!

My husband loved it, and my oldest daughter wanted to drink it at every single meal.   I think I will be making up some more because she was very sad this morning when I told her there was none left!  My younger daughter liked it too, but she's going through a "everything must be in a sippy cup even though I am perfectly capable of operating a normal cup" phase, and she was frustrated that the lime bits were stopping up her cup spout.


Here are more picnic and barbeque themed recipes for you to peruse.   If you have one of your own, please link it up!

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Dishing It Up Recipe Hop: 5 Ingredients + Win Country Gourmet Mixes

Welcome to the May Dishing It Up Recipe Hop! Dishing It Up is brought to you by Dearly Domestic, Deals From MS Do, Eating With Mimi, Happy Lil Homemaker, Mama Does It All, Pary Moppins, Saving Myself Silly, and Thrifty Texas Penny.

Over the last year, our hop has grown and changed to make it better for you. Each month, we bring you recipes with a different theme and this month we're focused on recipes with 5 Ingredients or Less!

The recipe I'm going to be sharing this week is one that I sort of made up just this week:

Citrus Chicken Pasta  (<----- Click there for the recipe!)

I love this because I was able to toss it together in very little time using items I had on hand.  It is very versatile, too.  Use any type of seasoning, any type of pasta, and whatever vegetables you happen to have on hand.   This is one of those things that I will make again, but it will probably never be the same twice!

Here are more 5 Ingredient Recipe ideas, and if you have one of your own, please share it!  (Giveaway info below the linky).



Earlier this year, we added a website and a Facebook page.

In March, we brought you our first giveaway and here we are at it again! This month's giveaway is sponsored by Mama Mixes. In the spirit of recipes with 5 ingredients or less, one winner will receive a Country Gourmet Home Prize Pack that includes 5 Country Gourmet Home mixes. Each of these mixes will help you to put dinner on the table in a flash by just adding a few ingredients! Take a look at the yummy dinners you could win!

This giveaway starts on May 3 at 12:01 AM EST and ends on May 31 at 11:59 PM EST. There will be new recipes added each week, so be sure to keep up with us throughout the month and to linkup your own recipes as well! a Rafflecopter giveaway

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Dishing It Up Recipe Hop: 5 Ingredients & Win Country Gourmet Mixes

Welcome to the May Dishing It Up Recipe Hop! Dishing It Up is brought to you by Dearly Domestic, Deals From MS Do, Eating With Mimi, Happy Lil Homemaker, Mama Does It All, Pary Moppins, Saving Myself Silly, and Thrifty Texas Penny.

Over the last year, our hop has grown and changed to make it better for you. Each month, we bring you recipes with a different theme and this month we're focused on recipes with 5 Ingredients or Less!

The recipe I'm going to be sharing this week is one that I tried for the first time just a few weeks back and we all just loved it!

Potato Soup  (Bonus:  It freezes really well!)

I used a few more than 5 ingredients in my soup, but I give you the main 5 ingredient recipe in the original post, and then some suggestions for delicious optional add ins!

Here are more 5 Ingredient Recipe ideas, and if you have one of your own, please share it!  (Giveaway info below the linky).



Earlier this year, we added a website and a Facebook page.

In March, we brought you our first giveaway and here we are at it again! This month's giveaway is sponsored by Mama Mixes. In the spirit of recipes with 5 ingredients or less, one winner will receive a Country Gourmet Home Prize Pack that includes 5 Country Gourmet Home mixes. Each of these mixes will help you to put dinner on the table in a flash by just adding a few ingredients! Take a look at the yummy dinners you could win!

This giveaway starts on May 3 at 12:01 AM EST and ends on May 31 at 11:59 PM EST. There will be new recipes added each week, so be sure to keep up with us throughout the month and to linkup your own recipes as well! a Rafflecopter giveaway

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Dishing It Up Recipe Hop: 5 Ingredient Recipes

Welcome to the May Dishing It Up Recipe Swap Giveaway! Dishing It Up is brought to you by Dearly Domestic, Deals From MS Do, Eating With Mimi, Happy Lil Homemaker, Mama Does It All, Pary Moppins, Saving Myself Silly, and Thrifty Texas Penny.

Over the last year, our hop has grown and changed to make it better for you. Each month, we bring you recipes with a different theme and this month we're focused on recipes with 5 Ingredients or Less!

The recipe I'm going to be sharing this week is more of an idea really:  Freezer Fruit Cups  (<---- Click to see original post)

These are cool because you can use any fruits/berries that your family enjoys.  Once they freeze, you pop them out and toss them into a freezer bag, then you just enjoy them as you please!

You can eat them frozen, or let them thaw, and I think they would make quick and easy smoothie starters, just toss a couple in the blender with some juice or yogurt.

Here are more 5 Ingredient Recipe ideas, and if you have one of your own, please share it!  (Giveaway info below the linky).



Earlier this year, we added a website and a Facebook page.

In March, we brought you our first giveaway and here we are at it again! This month's giveaway is sponsored by Mama Mixes. In the spirit of recipes with 5 ingredients or less, one winner will receive a Country Gourmet Home Prize Pack that includes 5 Country Gourmet Home mixes. Each of these mixes will help you to put dinner on the table in a flash by just adding a few ingredients! Take a look at the yummy dinners you could win!

This giveaway starts on May 3 at 12:01 AM EST and ends on May 31 at 11:59 PM EST. There will be new recipes added each week, so be sure to keep up with us throughout the month and to linkup your own recipes as well! a Rafflecopter giveaway

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Dishing It Up Recipe Hop: Casseroles & Win Tupperware!

April is casserole month, and we've got some great recipes already linked up and more to come.    We've also got a Tupperware Prize pack worth $139 up for grabs this month.

I've not had a chance this week (it's been nuts!) to get a new recipe prepared, and I also am not sure if most of you know that the Dishing It Up Recipe Hop has it's own stand-alone blog page now, so instead of posting the rafflecopter and linky here on my page, and for the sake of saving me a little bit of time, I'm just going to direct you over there this week.

Go here to find or add your own casserole recipe, and enter to win Tupperware!

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Dishing It Up Recipe Hop: Casseroles & Win Tupperware!

Welcome to the April Dishing It Up Recipe Hop  & Giveaway!

 Dishing It Up is brought to you by Dearly Domestic, Deals From MS Do, Eating With Mimi, Happy Lil Homemaker, Mama Does It All, Pary Moppins, Saving Myself Silly, and Thrifty Texas Penny. Over the last year, our hop has grown and changed to make it better for you. Each month, we bring you recipes with a different theme and this month we're focusing on casseroles.


The recipe I'm going to share with you this week was an adaption of my grandmother's cabbage roll recipe.  In other words, I was being too lazy to wrap them up, so I just tossed it all into a dish and Voila!  Deliciousness!

You can see the full recipe for my Cabbage Roll Casserole here.

Please visit the other recipes in the linky for more Casserole recipe ideas, and if you have your own casserole recipe, please add it to the linky below!





Now about the giveaway....

Last month, we brought you our first giveaway (40lbs. of Zaycon Chicken!) and here we are again! We are excited to be bringing you another giveaway and this month's giveaway is sponsored by Mama's Tupperware. 

One lucky winner will receive the Crystal Wave 8 pc set shown above! The virtually liquid-tight, steam-vent seal makes the CrystalWave® container line ideal for storing, transporting and reheating meals later. This collection includes CrystalWave® Divided Dish, 4¼-cup/1.1 L Bowl, 6¼-cup/1.5 L Bowl, 8½-cup/2 L Bowl plus three exclusive 2½-cup/600 mL Bowls and an exclusive 3-Qt./3 L Bowl. The set is dishwasher safe and is valued over $130!

 This giveaway starts on April 5 at 12:01 AM EST and ends on April 30 at 11:59 PM EST.

 There will be new recipes added each week, so be sure to keep up with us throughout the month and to linkup your own recipes as well!



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Dishing It Up Recipe Hop: Easter Dishes + Win Tupperware!

Welcome to the April Dishing It Up Recipe Hop  & Giveaway!

 Dishing It Up is brought to you by Dearly Domestic, Deals From MS Do, Eating With Mimi, Happy Lil Homemaker, Mama Does It All, Pary Moppins, Saving Myself Silly, and Thrifty Texas Penny. Over the last year, our hop has grown and changed to make it better for you. Each month, we bring you recipes with a different theme and this month we're focusing on casseroles.

Well, for the rest of the month we will be focusing on casseroles.  This week we are focusing on Easter dishes!

The recipe I'm going to share with you this week can be used as an Easter appetizer, side dish, or even a great way to use up that leftover ham.  Bonus:  It freezes well!

Head over here to see my full recipe for Ham & Broccoli Quiche!

Please visit the other recipes in the linky for more Easter recipe ideas, and if you have your own Easter recipe, please add it to the linky below!




Now about the giveaway....

Last month, we brought you our first giveaway (40lbs. of Zaycon Chicken!) and here we are again! We are excited to be bringing you another giveaway and this month's giveaway is sponsored by Mama's Tupperware. 

One lucky winner will receive the Crystal Wave 8 pc set shown above! The virtually liquid-tight, steam-vent seal makes the CrystalWave® container line ideal for storing, transporting and reheating meals later. This collection includes CrystalWave® Divided Dish, 4¼-cup/1.1 L Bowl, 6¼-cup/1.5 L Bowl, 8½-cup/2 L Bowl plus three exclusive 2½-cup/600 mL Bowls and an exclusive 3-Qt./3 L Bowl. The set is dishwasher safe and is valued over $130!

 This giveaway starts on April 5 at 12:01 AM EST and ends on April 30 at 11:59 PM EST.

 There will be new recipes added each week, so be sure to keep up with us throughout the month and to linkup your own recipes as well!



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Dishing It Up April Giveaway: Win Tupperware!

Welcome to the April Dishing It Up Recipe Hop Giveaway!

 Dishing It Up is brought to you by Dearly Domestic, Deals From MS Do, Eating With Mimi, Happy Lil Homemaker, Mama Does It All, Pary Moppins, Saving Myself Silly, and Thrifty Texas Penny. Over the last year, our hop has grown and changed to make it better for you. Each month, we bring you recipes with a different theme and this month we're focusing on casseroles.

 Earlier this year, we added a website and a Facebook page. Last month, we brought you our first giveaway and here we are again! We are excited to be bringing you another giveaway and this month's giveaway is sponsored by Mama's Tupperware. 

One lucky winner will receive the Crystal Wave 8 pc set shown above! The virtually liquid-tight, steam-vent seal makes the CrystalWave® container line ideal for storing, transporting and reheating meals later. This collection includes CrystalWave® Divided Dish, 4¼-cup/1.1 L Bowl, 6¼-cup/1.5 L Bowl, 8½-cup/2 L Bowl plus three exclusive 2½-cup/600 mL Bowls and an exclusive 3-Qt./3 L Bowl. The set is dishwasher safe and is valued over $130!

 This giveaway starts on April 5 at 12:01 AM EST and ends on April 30 at 11:59 PM EST.

 There will be new recipes added each week, so be sure to keep up with us throughout the month and to linkup your own recipes as well!



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Dishing It Up Recipe Hop: Chicken & Bows + Last Chance To Win 40lbs. Of Chicken

Welcome to the March Dishing It Up Recipe Hop & Giveaway! Dishing It Up is brought to you by Dearly Domestic, Deals From MS Do, Eating With Mimi, Happy Lil Homemaker, Mama Does It All, Pary Moppins, Saving Myself Silly, and Thrifty Texas Penny.

 Over the last year, our hop has grown and we've implemented some changes to make it better for you.  Each month, we bring you recipes with a different theme and this month we're focusing on chicken. Chicken is a very versatile protein to cook with, so we're hoping to have a great variety of recipes linked up!

Earlier this year, we added a website and a Facebook page. This month, we also bring you our first giveaway and hope it's just the first of many! We are so excited to be holding our first giveaway and to be able to feature chicken from Zaycon Foods. One lucky winner will receive a Zaycon Foods account credit to be used on 40 pounds of chicken breasts.  Mama Does It All has had a chance to try these chicken breasts and she thinks they are wonderful!  She received them in order to complete a review and is now a loyal customer. You can read her full review here.

This giveaway starts on March 1 at 12:01 AM EST and ends on March 31 at 11:59 PM EST. There will be new recipes added each week, so be sure to keep up with us throughout the month and to linkup your own recipes as well!

This week the recipe I'll be sharing will be Chicken & Bows (Link is from a previous hop and the original post contains links to lots of pasta recipes, if you're interested!). 

You know how I like to batch cook, so this recipe makes enough for two meals.  One to eat, and one to freeze!  You could even double it, and eat one and freeze three!

Ingredients:
1 16oz package of bow tie pasta (I have used other shapes..no big deal)
2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into strips
1 cup chopped red bell pepper
1/2 cup butter
2 cans cream of chicken soup, undiluted
2 cups frozen peas
1 1/2 cups milk
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper 
2/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions:
1) Cook pasta according to package directions.
2)  Meanwhile, cook chicken and red peppers in butter over medium heat 5-6 minutes or until chicken juices run clear.
3)  Stir in the soup, peas, milk, and seasonings.  Bring to a boil.  Reduce heat and simmer 1-2 minutes until sauce is heated through.
4)  Stir in Parmesan cheese.
5)  Stir in pasta and toss to coat with sauce.

Serve half immediately, and place the rest into a freezer container.  Cover and freeze up to 3 months. 

Use the Rafflecopter form below to enter to win 40lbs of Zaycon Chicken:


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