Worldless Wednesday - Z Dancing!

I mentioned on Monday that we had planned to go to a free concert last night. Well, we did and it was great!! The kids both had a fabulous time. It was at a Christian bookstore that had a kid's area, which Z was more than entertained at for the hour and a bit that the concert lasted.

He took breaks from playing every few minutes to do a little dancing. He gets his moves from his dad. :oP

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Tasty Tuesday - Rigatoni with Chicken & Spicy Cream Sauce

I'm in love with Philadelphia Cooking Creme. Every recipe I have made with it has turned out wonderfully. It's not a cheap product, unless you are like me and able to find it on sale and stack coupons to get it for FREE - $0.50! I created this recipe last week just using ingredients I had on hand and it turned out amazing.

Rigatoni with Chicken & Spicy Cream Sauce

1 tbsp. vegetable oil

2 chicken breasts, cut into bite size pieces

1/4 tsp. garlic powder

1/3 cup chicken broth

1 tub Original Philly Cooking Creme

1 can diced tomatoes with green chilies

mozzarella cheese

hot cooked pasta (I used rigatoni, you could use whatever you like...)

Cook chicken in a medium pan until done, 5-6 minutes. Add garlic powder and chicken broth, cook for 3 minutes. Add cooking creme and diced tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes or until heated through. Serve over hot cooked pasta. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.

The awesome thing about this recipe is that you can substitute regular diced tomatoes for diced tomatoes with green chilies if that better suits your family's tastes. I thought this would be too spicy for my kids, so I prepared them something else, but my daughter asked for a bite and didn't seem to mind that it was a bit spicy.

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Menu Plan Monday - May 23

Wowee, it's the last full week of May...and the week before we leave on vacation! The theme of this week's plan is: Simple. Got a lot to do and don't feel like messing around too much in the kitchen. So here you have it:

Monday - Spaghetti with Chicken & Sundried Tomato Alfredo, Salad

Tuesday - Going to see Abandon perform a free acoustic show...so, something out.

Wednesday - Saucy Franks, Macaroni, Green Beans

Thursday - Chicken Strips, Stuffing, Corn

Friday - Burgers or Leftovers

Saturday - Headed out of town!

For anyone who is wondering, I used my new food processor last week to make pizza dough and it turned out wonderfully. Made for some delicious grilled pizzas!

You can check out more menu plan ideas over at I'm an Organizing Junkie!

What I'm Printing!

Here is a list of high value and otherwise interesting coupons I'm printing this week!

$1/2 Coca-Cola Products (20oz)

$1/2 Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs

$0.55/1 Vlasic Relish, Peppers or Pickles (Relish on sale at Meijer for $1.19 through 5/29)

$0.50/3 Stonyfield Yogurt (6oz) (on sale at Meijer for $0.60 through 5/22)

$0.50/1 Driscoll's Berries (when you sign up to receive their e-mails)

$0.35/1 Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Grahams

Wordless Wednesday - Mommy's Helper!

To many, this may just look like a boring pile of laundry. To me, it's exciting!! My dear husband taught my 4-year-old to fold towels a few weeks ago, and she has now taken it over as "her job"!

Most days it is sad for me to reflect on how quickly my kids are growing up. But when it comes to them learning life skills (and helping me out!), it makes it so much less sad.

Isn't she beautiful? :)

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Tasty Tuesday - Pizza Pinwheels

I'm so excited that I just have to share...my friends at UPS delivered my Mother's Day gift today! A lot of people might be insulted to receive such a practical gift...but not me! My old food processor died a couple of weeks ago. It was super cheapo and had been slowly falling apart for about a year. Finally it decided that it didn't want to spin the blade anymore, and that was the end of it. I found my new one on Amazon on sale, and it has a dough blade! Can't wait to try it out by making some pizza dough on Thursday.


It even came with a how-to DVD...sounds like some great evening entertainment! =oP

Now onto this week's recipe. Found this one over at AllRecipes, but changed it a bit to suit my family's tastes. (My kids don't like pepperoni...*sigh*)

Pizza Pinwheels

8 servings



1 (8 oz.) can refrigerated crescent roll dough
1 cup shredded italian mix cheese (You could use mozzerella)
24 slices pepperoni (I used mini pepperoni)
1 (14 oz.) can pizza sauce (we probably only used a half a can)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. On a large baking sheet, pinch the 8 crescent roll dough triangles into 4 rectangles. Layer each rectangle with pepperoni and even amounts of cheese. Roll tightly lengthwise and slice each into 4 or more pieces. Use toothpicks that have been soaked in water for 30 minutes to help hold the pinwheels together.

Bake until golden brown, about 12 minutes. Serve with pizza sauce for dipping.

I only put pepperoni in half of them. My daughter thought they were fantastic. I served them with spinach salad to make a complete meal, but they would also make a great afternoon snack!

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Menu Plan Monday - May 16

Hard to believe May is already half over! We leave for our trip at the end of next week! So excited to get away! My meal plans for the next two weeks will be using a lot of things I keep on hand in my pantry and freezer. Too busy these days to do too much bargain hunting and I really don't want to leave my house full of food!

Monday - Pizza, Spinach Salad

Tuesday - Bruschetta Chicken & Pasta (using a Philly Cooking Creme that I got for super cheap awhile back)

Wednesday - Pulled Pork, Beans

Thursday - Pulled Pork Pizza on the Grill

Friday - Burgers, Onion Rings

Saturday - Hubby will be out with friends....I think I'll get takeout....

Sunday - Possibly having Couple's Group here?? I'll probably make Pizza Pinwheels (recipe tomorrow!) and Spinach Salad.

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