Easiest, Yummiest Dinner Crepes

I love this recipe because you can make the crepe batter in the morning and let it chill in the fridge until dinner.

I buy a rotisserie chicken from Costco and take all the meat off, then I buy some provolone, tomatoes, and avocados... So yummy. We might need this tonight!

To make crepes:

2 large eggs

1 cup whole milk

6 tablespoons water

1 cup bleached all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon table salt

3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus extra for brushing pan.

1. Mix all ingredients (except melted butter) in food processor or blender (or by hand as noted above) until smooth batter is formed, 3 t0 4 seconds. Transfer batter to covered container; refrigerate at least 2 hours or, if desired, up to 2 days.

2. Gently stir batter if ingredients have separated. You are supposed to use a skillet to make each crepe individually, but they turn out just as yum if you do it on a griddle. I use a griddle, and can do two at a time! You just have to have a 1/4 measuring cup with a flat bottom so you can smooth out the crepe. Then flip when it starts to brown.

3. Place cooked crepe on a plate and do it again, and again. Believe me you will want to make millions of them. :)

Easy Cream Cheese Crockpot Chicken

from The Larson Lingo

I love easy meals. I saw this recipe floating around Pinterest and had to give it a try. I was a little worried it'd taste too cream cheesy but it wasn't at all; it had a good flavor to it. I added a little salt to mine because I like everything with a little extra salt.

- Bag of frozen Chicken Breast Tenderloins (2.5-3lb bag)
- 8 oz block of cream cheese (don't use Fat Free! 1/3 less fat or regular is fine)
- Can of Black Beans, drained & rinsed.
- Can of Corn, drained.
- Can of Rotel

Directions:
Put frozen chicken in the crock pot.
Put Cream cheese on top of the chicken.
Dump in the Black Beans (make sure they are drained & rinsed!!!)
Dump in the drained corn.
Dump in the Rotel,

Cover & cook in your Crock Pot on low for 6-8 hours.
Every 2 hours, I stir the ingredients.
You can shred the chicken when it is done, or just leave it as tenderloins.

I turn the crock pot off & let it sit for about 30-45 minutes.
It is a little soupy, but letting it sit causes it to not be as soupy.

I serve this over rice. The rice soaks up some of the soupy-ness.

It makes a lot, so this is usually 2 dinners & a lunch.
I actually like it better on the 2nd day, when it isn't as soupy.
So, you could make this the day before & then keep it in your fridge overnight.
When we have it on a leftover day, sometimes I combine the rice & the cream cheese chicken mixture and use it for burritos. Add a tortilla, some lettuce, cheese & salsa.
Easy. Good. Healthy.

Woofums

Our friends Jacob and Rachel have this seriously good camping treat they make called woofums. They invented these special poles that you wrap a biscuit around, cook your biscuit over the fire into a little cup, and then fill with pie filling and top with whipped cream. Yum! Well sometimes I want woofums but don't have the special poles to make them, so I invented a way to get something close at home.

I wrapped biscuits over a mini muffin tin and baked them in the oven at 400 for about 10 minutes.

They came out looking like this:

Then I loaded them up with cherry pie filling, whipped cream, and voila! You could also go with apple pie filling, strawberry...the options are endless!

Pineapple Ice Cream

1 can Pineapple chunks (drained)

2 1/4 cups sugar

Juice of 3 lemons or 9 Tbsp lemon juice

1 can evaporated milk

2 quarts WHOLE milk

1/2 pint whipping cream

(of course you also need LOTS of ice and salt to add on top while machine is spinning)

• Puree pineapple chunks (you can puree as much or as little as you like)
• Combine first 3 ingredients and stir
• Add the rest and put into ice cream maker
• Continue according to ice cream maker instructions
• Serve right away to enjoy super soft ice cream or put in freezer to harden up more

(this is the cheap walmart ice cream maker I have. Nothing fancy but it does the trick and is super delicious)

No Rise Pizza Dough

This dough isn't quite as fluffy as the kind you let rise for an hour, but it's pretty good if you're impatient like me. I wanted to bookmark it for future use.

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)

Directions

1. Combine flour, salt, sugar, and yeast in a large bowl. Mix in oil and warm water. Spread out on a large pizza pan. Top as desired.
2. Bake at 375 degrees C (190 degrees C) for 20 to 25 minutes.

Fast Rolls

Delicious smelling dinner rolls in an hour, start to finish? Yeah! These turned out fantastic (and I have had the worst luck with rolls!).

I know we've got another great dinner roll recipe already on this blog, but in case you need another really great one in your lives, you will be so happy with this one!

3 1/2 c. warm water
3/4 c. sugar or 1/2 c. honey
1 c. oil
6 T. yeast (9 packages)
1 T. salt
10 1/2 c. flour
3 eggs

Mix water, sugar, oil, and yeast. Let rest and get all for foamy for 15 minutes. Add salt, flour, and eggs. Mix ingredients thoroughly, then knead till dough shines (around 10-15 minutes).

Shape immediately into dinner rolls. Place on cookie sheet that has been lined with tin foil. Cover with a clean cloth and let rest 10 minutes.

Bake at 400 for 10 minutes.

Strawberry Pie

I can't think of summer without thinking of this dessert!!

For the crust, crush 1 package of graham crackers. Combine with 1/4 c melted butter. Push down flat in the bottom of a 9x13 pan.

For the second layer, whip up 1 pint whipping cream.
In separate bowl, mix:
8 oz. cream cheese, softenened
1 c powdered sugar
Combine with the whipped cream.

For the top layer, slice up 2 pounds of fresh strawberries. Combine with one container of strawberry glaze (the only brand I've ever found at the store is Marie's).

Refrigerate until ready to serve! This tastes especially good on a hot summer day during a big pool party! :)