Buffalo Chicken Salads

Another staple in our house is Buffalo Chicken Salads.  It is low carb and VERY yummy!  Right now, I have this at least 3 times a week for lunch.  I hope you like it as much as we do!

Ingredients

• Shredded Cheddar cheese
• Ranch-style salad dressing
• 4 large skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cut into 1 inch cubes
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 bottle Franks Red Hot Buffalo Sauce
•  2 large carrots peeled and chopped
• 4 celery stalks chopped
• 2 heads romaine lettuce, chopped

Directions

1. Heat a large skillet over medium high heat and melt butter.
2. Add the chicken and cook to brown evenly, about 3 minutes. Reduce heat to medium, and add buffalo sauce. Simmer until chicken is cooked through and sauce is boiled off and sticking very well to the chicken, appx, 10 to 15 minutes.
3. Toss together the lettuce, celery, and carrot in bowl. Add dressing and cheese to your desired taste and top salad with chicken, and serve.

Graduation Day

I cannot believe our Mookie is a high school graduate!  She did such an amazing job on her opening remarks speech, and we were brought to tears listening to her.  It is such a bitter sweet moment to see this stage in her life, and we cannot wait to see what adventures are in store for her in the future at college.  She has received 8 scholarships already, and she is waiting to hear about a few more by mid July.  In the graduation program, she had received the 2nd most out of the entire graduating class ! Just to give you an idea on how big this is, her graduation class had 587 people in it.  She was recognized for being a Texas Scholar, National Honors Society, Vice President of her class, Leadership Academy, and she was voted by her class to give the opening remarks at Graduation.  Mookie finished 24th in her class even after all her extra curricular activities that included 4 years of Cheerleading and Co-Captain on the squad, Church,  Leadership Academy, National Honor Society, Student Council, and I know I am forgetting more. She has been accepted to Tarleton State University, and will start college in August.  We are SO proud

Here are a few pictures from graduation.

Tasty Treats & Eats

I was turned on to this recipe by my neighbor friend, and I have made it so many times in the past month.  It was quickly a hit in my family and with friends, so I figured it was time to share the yummy goodness!

So without further adieu, I give you

BLACK BEAN CORN SALSA

Ingredients

• 1 small bag of frozen sweet yellow corn (non buttered)
• 1 small bag of frozen sweet white corn
• 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, drained and rinsed very well
• 2 to 3 chopped Roma tomatoes, seeded
• 1 bunch finely chopped cilantro
• 1 small sweet yellow onion, finely chopped
• 1 to 2 jalapenos finely chopped, depending on how much heat you want
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 2 teaspoons sugar 
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• salt and pepper to taste
• juice of 4 to 5 limes, possibly more depending on your taste
• 1 to 2 avocados - peeled, pitted, and diced

Directions

1. Stir the yellow and white frozen corn, black beans, tomatoes, cilantro, onion, jalapeno pepper, sugar, cumin, salt and pepper and garlic in a large bowl. Gently mix in the lime juice and avocado. Serve with tortilla chips.

Peach Enchiladas

Thanks to my friend, Shawn, I make this recipe all the time for dessert. It is sooo good and really easy.  It definitely is not low fat or low cal, but it is ok to splurge once in a while.



Ingredients:
2 packages (8-ounce size) refrigerated crescent rolls
1 cup butter
4 firm ripe peaches, peeled and quartered, or 1 bag of frozen unsweetened peaches, thawed
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 can (12-ounce size) Mountain Dew or Sprite

 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Melt butter and add sugar and cinnamon. Mix together and set aside.

Unroll crescent roll dough and separate on the perforations. Place a peach quarter in each triangle. Roll from large end to small. (If desired, after rolling, encase peach with dough by gently stretching and pinching dough together.)

Place rolled dough in a 12x10x2-inch baking pan. Pour or spoon butter mixture over all. Pour Mountain Dew (or Sprite) on top. Bake, uncovered, for 45 minutes. Serve as is or with ice cream. (This recipe can be easily halved.)

Hope you enjoy!