Taco Stew from The Crock Pot Girls

What's better than a crock pot meal?  Easy prep and delicious food--- yes please!  I was looking at the Crock Pot Girls on facebook and saw they had posted a YouTube video for their Taco Stew.  All I had to do was brown the ground beef and then throw all the ingredients in the pot.  I added some onion chopped into small pieces because I had some leftover from another recipe.  That was the only thing I changed.  I had to cook it on high for 4 hours since I started late.  The only thing left to do once it is done is scoop some into a bowl and add cheese, sour cream, and Fritos.  Mmmm.  Eric even said it kinda tasted like his moms chili.

Here's the Youtube video--they have all the ingredients listed at the end of it.

Kraft Foods: Almond Chicken Dijon Recipe

Ever since my friend, Kristina, and I discovered the Kraft Recipes website we have been fans.  What I love about Kraft Recipes is that they are easy, don't usually involve a whole lot of ingredients, and delicious!  They have videos, showing you step by step instructions for many of the recipes, and a "Healthy Living" section filled with recipes that are more figure friendly.

One such "Healthy Living" recipe that my husband and I love is their Almond Chicken Dijon.  This is SO easy to throw together and stick in the oven.  If you are a fan of dijon mustard, mayo, chicken, and almonds then this recipe is for you!  Basically all you do is spray cooking oil on a 13x9 baking dish, wash chicken, put equal parts dijon/mayo (mixed together) on the chicken, sprinkle with slivered almonds, and transfer to the oven!  The chicken comes out moist and full of flavor!  The crunchy almonds on top just add that extra something.  :)

For the Kraft Foods Almond Chicken Dijon Recipe - CLICK HERE!

I used sliced almonds and it still came out great.  This is before I stuck it in the oven.

After.  Just add some side dishes and you are ready to eat a yummy meal!  (I think my plate needs a little more green though, lol.)

 

Brookie Bites!

Brookie Bites are a dessert lovers dream come true!  I found them first on the Veater Family's blog about Valentine's Day recipes, which directed me to the creator's website - Inside BruCrew Life.  I made them back in February for Valentine's Day, but I think they are perfect for any occasion (just decorate them a little differently!).

So what is a Brookie Bite and how do you make them?!?  Well...get ready for this...a Brookie Bite is a cookie/brownie ball dipped in chocolate!  Check out the recipe on Inside BruCrew Life here!  The images on her blog are AMAZING and will make you want to drop everything and make this delicious treat RIGHT away!

I was afraid the recipe would be too complicated, but it is fairly easy (just a little time consuming!).  While mine did not look as aesthetically pleasing as the originals on Jocelyn's blog, they sure tasted good!

First, I baked chocolate chip cookies and rolled them into balls.  I used the chocolate chip cookie recipe on Inside BruCrew Life, but used 3 tablespoons of vanilla extract instead of the coconut extract (just how she tells you to make them in the Brookie recipe blog).

 

I decided afterwards that maybe I should have put less chocolate chips in the dough (or maybe even leave them chocolate chip less) because it was quite messy rolling them in balls, lol!

 

After the cookie dough balls hardened in the freezer, I smashed brownie around them.  I just used a box mix for the brownies.

After the cookie dough/brownie balls hardened in the freezer I melted chocolate and dipped them in it!  At first I used semi-sweet chocolate chips, but ran out and started dipping them in milk chocolate.  I actually liked the milk chocolate ones more because they were less rich (and this is A LOT of chocolateyness to handle!).

I dipped the balls one at a time, removing them with a spoon.  After putting them back on the pan I placed a sweet tart on top.  I think it would look great with any mix of colored sprinkles or small candies!  Change it up for whatever occasion you want to make them for!

 

  Thank you Jocelyn for making this dessert!  It might just change some lives.  ;)