HEARTY Chicken Pot Pie

I just realized something silly.  I made this 4 or 5 days before Valentine's Day and cut a heart out of the top for fun.  As I dug up the recipe to share with you guys, I realized what it was called...

Oh, how clever I accidentally was.

Mike can never resist trying Sriracha on everything.  We more affectionately call it Rooster.

On a side note, I started a Twitter account a while ago and keep forgetting to tell you.  If you're into that sort of thing, check it out and follow me!

Click here for printable recipe.

New Friends and Goat Cheese

Several weeks ago, I made a new friend!  Turns out, we both enjoy cooking, so we planned a night to cook dinner for our hubbies.  She even made me a cute new apron!  Thanks, Claire. :)

Dinner was baked chicken with homemade tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese, sweet potatoes with goat cheese (amazing!), and a pretty fruit salad.  Simple yet very filling.

It was sunny. :)

Oh, and I almost forgot!  I made homemade shortcake for our tasty Strawberry Shortcake dessert.  Here's the easy recipe:

Ingredients:

2 c. flour

2 tbsp. sugar

4 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. cream of tartar

1/2 c. butter, softened

1 egg, beaten

2/3 c. milk

Directions:

In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and cream of tartar.  Cut in butter until mixture is the size of peas.  Add the egg and milk; mix well.  Spread into a greased 8-in. square baking pan.  Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes.  Cut into squares and top with strawberries and whipped cream if desired. Yield: 9 servings.

Easter Dinner

The menu:
    Chicken Fried Chicken

    Mashed Potatoes with Country-Style Gravy

    Mom’s Sweet Carrots

    Kiwi, Mango, and Watermelon (brought by Alyssa & Leanne)

Before church, I peeled and cut the carrots, peeled and boiled the potatoes, and prepared the coating for the chicken (see baggie of crumbs).  For the coating, I added crushed saltines, flour, seasoned salt, salt, and pepper.  You can add potato flakes if you don’t live in a place where you can’t find fancy things like that.

So yeah, Mike won so many of these random packets of things for the White Elephant party last December, so I had this gravy and, wow, was it yummy.

 I forgot to take any more pictures, surprise.  Our 2 Canadian friends came over after a very long strange Easter church service, and we had a nice little dinner.

And here we are in our Easter garb:

2009 Flashback: Christmas Dinner

Dishes I made:
Mashed potatoes (small yellow potatoes) with brown gravy
Sautéed green beans
Sweet potatoes (with marshmallows/brown sugar/cinnamon)
Homemade frozen crescent rolls (with butter/jam)
Turkey ham
Carrots (sliced and cooked)

For Dessert:
Peppermint Cake
Vanilla Ice Cream

We invited Leanne Bennett, Alyssa Klassen, and Rachael Miller over for dinner.  The 5 of us ate a giant yummy feast, if I do say so myself. :)

P.S. This was all prepared on my tiny range with one oven rack! Ha.