John 15:13

💡As we grow up we finally begin to realize that it isn't the quantity of friends we have but the quality.💡

📖Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
-John 15:13📖

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Meatballs

Sometimes the simplest twists on classics are even better than the original. This recipe takes all the things you love about Buffalo chicken, rolls it in meatball form, and cooks it all in your slow cooker.

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Meatballs

Ingredients:
1 1/4 pound ground chicken
1 egg
1 cup panko bread crumbs
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon ground pepper
1/2 cup green onions, finely sliced
1 1/2 cups buffalo sauce
1/2 cup blue cheese dressing

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400°F. In a large bowl, combine ground chicken, egg, breadcrumbs, salt, onion powder, pepper, and 1/3 cup of green onions. Mix well, roll into 20 round meatballs, about an inch to an inch and a half in diameter. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

Bake meatballs just until the outsides are firmed up, about 5 minutes.
Transfer meatballs into a 4-quart slow-cooker. Cover with Buffalo sauce. Place lid on slow cooker and cook on low for 2 hours.

Serve meatballs with blue cheese sauce for dipping, and garnished with a sprinkling of the remaining green onions.

Mexican Pizza

I love Taco Bell Mexican Pizza. I don’t know what it is about it…maybe the crunch of the tortillas and the mix of cheese and enchilada sauce? So, I decided to create my own version.

Mexican Pizza

Ingredients:
1 cup refried beans 
2 tomatoes, diced finely
2/3 c. shredded cheese 
2 green onions, sliced
1/3 c. enchilada sauce
4 tortillas 
Cooking spray

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a hot skillet or griddle with cooking spray and 'fry' the tortillas, flipping frequently so they don’t burn. You want them to get nice and crispy. Remove fried tortillas to a plate.
Heat the refried beans so they are warm. Place 2 tortillas on a baking sheet. Spread 1/2 cup of refried beans onto each tortilla. Place remaining tortillas on top of beans.
Pour half of enchilada sauce on top of each tortilla and spread around.
Add half of the chopped tomato on top of the sauce. Add 1/3 cup of cheese on top of each tortilla. Add green onions on top.
Place in oven and cook about 8-10 minutes, or until cheese is melted.

*If you wanted meat you could add some shredded chicken or cooked ground beef.

Frozen Pacifier

Teething child? Hot Summer Day?
Sick child?  This simple trick can help with all of these issues.

Frozen Pacifier 

Materials:
Pacifier 
Ice Cube Tray
Juice, Milk or Water

Directions:
Poor liquid into ice cube tray, place pacifier in slot and freeze. Remove and use as needed.

How To Be Happier

Mini Chicken Pot Pies

These Mini Chicken Pot Pies, while they are not bite sized, boy are they good! One thing I can promise you is that they are super easy to make only 4 ingredients. And, actually it's   hard to say that I even “cooked” them, technically, I assembled them.

Mini Chicken Pot Pies

Ingredients:
1 Box Creamy Herb & Garlic Soup  2 Pkgs Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
1 Bag Frozen Vegetables, thawed
1 Cup of Chicken cut into pieces-
3-inch round cookie cutter or you can use a glass
Cupcake pan

Directions: 
Pre-heat oven to 400° 
Lay the crescent roll flat and cut out 12 rounds. Press them in the cupcake pan along the bottom and up the sides. In a bowl mix the soup, thawed vegetables and cut up chicken. Spoon the filling mix into the cups and be careful not to overfill or it will bubble up while cooking. Cut strips of crescent dough to cover the top of the cups. Bake about 18 minutes until top and sides are golden brown. If the top gets too brown, cover it with foil until the bottom is cooked. Use a knife to peek along the side of the cup to check to see how cooked the sides were. Let cool and then use a knife to loosen and lift out of cups.

Pineapple Sunshine Cake

A light and fluffy pineapple-infused cake, topped with a sweet and creamy whipped cream frosting. This cake is always a crowd pleaser.

Pineapple Sunshine Cake

Ingredients:
Cake:
1 box yellow cake mix
4 eggs
½ cup oil 
1 can crushed pineapple with juice

Frosting:
1 container whipped topping, thawed
1 small box instant vanilla pudding
1 can crushed pineapple with juice

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray.
In a large bowl, combine cake mix, eggs, oil, and 1 can of crushed pineapple with the juice. Mix well.
Pour into prepared baking pan and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Allow to cool completely on a wire rack.
In a medium sized bowl, fold together whipped topping, box of vanilla pudding, and 1 can crushed pineapple with the juice. Spread over the top of cooled cake. Enjoy!

Note: I reserve a small amount of pineapple from the can used for the frosting to sprinkle on at the end. This is optional, though.