Chicken (Turkey) Noodle soup

So for thanksgiving Josh and I made our own little turkey. After we had eaten sandwiches and things for a couple days I decided I would make soup. I found this chicken noodle recipe and just changed out the chicken for turkey and it turned out pretty yummy. It was a crock pot recipe so it was way easy!

Josh rating: 4

What you'll need: 

• 1 1/2lb boneless skinless chicken breast (or left over turkey :) )
• 5 medium carrots, peeled and chopped
• 1 medium yellow onion
• 4 celery stalks
• 3 cloves of garlic, minced
• 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 6 cups low sodium chicken broth (3- 15 oz cans)
• 1 c water
• 1/2 tsp dried thyme
• 1/2 tsp rosemary
• 1/4 celery seed
• 2 bay leaves
• salt and pepper
• wide egg noodles

What to do:

1. Add chicken (turkey) carrots, onion, celery and garlic. Drizzle olive oil over top then add in broth, water, thyme, rosemary, celery seed, bay leaves and salt and pepper. cover and cook low heat 6-7 hours.
2. Add egg noodles and cook on high for ten minutes or noodles are tender. 

Peanut Butter Banana Cream Pie

Super easy to make! I didn't do the hot fudge on mine, and my crust kinda fell apart, and it was a little runnier than this picture. Lets just say I was having problems. But it still turned out pretty delicious! I told Josh I wanted to make a pie for Thanksgiving. But knowing he doesn't really like very many kinds of pie I asked him what I should make, and he said banana cream. I generally don't like traditional banana cream pie so that's why I chose this recipe. 

Josh Rating: 4

What you'll need:

• 1 (3.4 oz) package instant vanilla pudding
• 1 (12 oz) can evaporated milk
• 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/8 teaspoon almond extract
• bananas 
• chocolate cookies crust
• hot fudge topping
• whipped topping
• optional peanuts 

How to make it:

1. Beat pudding mix, evaporated milk, peanut butter, and almond extract on medium speed with mixer in large bowl until smooth.
2. Place a single layer of bananas on bottom of crust. Pour pudding mixture over bananas. Place another single layer of bananas over pudding mixture.
3. Drizzle fudge topping over bananas. Spread whipped topping over fudge topping. Sprinkle with peanuts. Chill 2 hours.

Red and Green Quiche Bites

These were super easy to make and turned out pretty yummy too.

Josh Rating: 3.5

 What you'll need

• 1 single pie crust
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon sour cream
• 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
• 2 tablespoons each red and green pepper-chopped fine
• 1 tablespoon green onion
• pinch salt

How to make them

1. Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F. Grease a mini muffin tin.
2. Roll out dough and cut into 2 inch squares
3. combine egg, sour cream, cheese, peppers, onion and salt. Blend well.
4. Spoon a teaspoon of mixture into each dough-lined muffin cup.
5. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until egg puffs and dough is lightly browned at the edges.

Happy Holidays!

I know we're kind of late but Happy thanksgiving! I found lots of yummy thanksgiving recipes to share, so they will be blogged soon!

Now time to decorate for Christmas! We even got some help from Kona :)

We also finally got our couch! Pictures soon to come.