chicken broccoli braid

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2 Cups cooked Chicken

1 Cup chopped Broccoli

1/2 Cup Chopped Red bell pepper 

1 Pressed garlic clove 

4 oz sharp cheddar cheese 

1/2 cup mayo

1 Tbs dill

2tsp onion powder

1/4 tsp salt

dash of pepper

2 packs cresant rolls 

1 egg whites lightly beaten

Combine all the ingredients but cresant rolls and egg whites.lay the mixture in the middle of the cresant rolls
Press all seams together so filling will not leak out. Along outer side of dough, along each of two opposite sides, cut 2 inch strips from end toward center. This will look like fringe along the two longer sides of the dough. Add filling down the center of between the strips. To braid, lift strips of dough, one at a time, across mixture to meet in center, twisting each strip one turn. Continue alternating strips to form a braid. Tuck ends up to seal at end of braid. Brash with egg white.  bake 25-28 minutes or until deep golden brown. Makes 10 servings.

Freezing Rice

I have been very much into Freezer Cooking lately! It is so nice and has saved us a lot of money and me a lot of time. Not to mention it is just so much fun to see how creative I can be :)  Here is something that I discovered a little while ago and thought I would share it...Huge time saver!  FREEZE RICE! Yep you heard me right ( or read me right I guess in this case)  You can make your own steamer bags of rice!  I like to make a  crock pot meals on Sunday or Wednesday mainly and a few top rice.. Like my Chicken Adobo, so good, but don't want to wait for my rice to cook 20-25 min when we get home from church . I mean come on the rest of my dinner is prepared, so why wait :)  Here is what I do...


On a day with spare time pull out your rice maker, or whatever you use to make rice, and make a batch of rice. I like to do a large batch, 6 cup water 3 cup rice.  Once it is done cooking I fluff it up, and fill up a Qt size freezer bag and seal it removing all the air.  Be sure to label it "Rice Heat 4-5 min, High" then when you are ready to use it. just pull it out and plop it right into the microwave frozen and sealed.. the ice crystals will help it steam right up just like the store bought ones, When it is done place in a bowl and fluff it with a fork and there you go 5 min rice ! I hope you find it as useful as I do!

24 hour planner giveaway!I

I love to plan and try my best to stay organized! I recently discovered that if I have my day planned out I am more likely to get more done. I have started making goals for myself in many areas, cleaning goals, weight loss goals, teaching goals, just many different things.  so my friend is having this wonderful giveaway for a planner! Good Luck!http://empoweringmommy.com/2011/03/dotmine-day-planners-24-hour-giveaway-ends-38-at-12-noon-cst.html

pictures by kami

While we were working on the kitchen Kami asked if she could take some pictures... here are a few pictures through the eyes of kami