52 lists in 52 weeks// week 33

A few days late...
But this week's list: recipes I need to make!
Here's mine (mostly all found from pinterest).

1. carrot cake donuts

2. sticky bun ring

3. baked zucchini fries

4. coconut cinnamon sugar roasted almonds

5. 30 minute rolls

6. baked gingerbread mini donuts

7. oreo cupcakes

8. pink lemonade bundt cake

9. buttermilk blueberry breakfast cake

10. homemade twix bars

Your turn.
-kel

recipe//apple glazed chicken

I found an awesome recipe online and decided to make my own version of it. Surprisingly, it turned out amazing. Therefore, I'm sharing. Enjoy!

Apple Glazed Chicken:

Ingredients:
-2 cups apple juice
-1/2 tbsp ground cinnamon
-1/3 tbsp nutmeg
- 1/3 tbsp cloves (optional for extra flavor)
-2/3 cup maple syrup
-1 apple, sliced
-2/3 pieces of chicken
-pecans (optional)

Recipe:
1. Bring apple juice to a boil, adding in spices, maple syrup, and apple slices. You may also add pecans now if youre going to use them.
2. Pre-heat oven to 375.
3. Keep at a medium-high heat for about 10 minutes.
4. Put chicken at the bottom of a oven-safe bowl.
5. Once apple juice mixture is finished, add it to the chicken. Make sure chicken is well covered.
6. Bake for 30 minutes, or until chicken is done.

Ready to eat!



Hope you like it as much as we did!
-kellie

Christmas Ugly Sweater Party of 2011

Last night my friends and I celebrated Christmas in the fun 'ole tradition of an Ugly Sweater Christmas Party.

And get this- I actually did most of the cooking and all of the cleaning. If you know me at all- you know that the whole cooking thing isn't entirely something I like nor am good at; however, I actually enjoyed doing it last night. I guess it also helped that I had friends and Steven to help as well.

Some of the stuff I made:




And yes- I made a menu. More so that I could gauge what I needed to make and remember to set out before everyone arrived. However, it did make for some laughs for my friends.
I made: ham, sweet potato casserole (which I need to share, because it's amazing-I got it from my mom), mashed potatoes (made by Steven-from scratch!), rolls, peperoni roll ups, apple cider donut holes (which I got from the babycake maker), rolo pretzel bites, cheese and crackers, spinach dip (made by my wonderful friend Ashley), and tons of other amazing treats.

And of course some amazing photos of the night and my awesome friends:












xoxo kellie

And Merry Christmas Eve Eve (ha)!!!!

Recipe//Green Bean App

Every time Steven and I go to TGIFridays (which isn't that often....) we get the fried green beans (his favorite):


Then I cam across Emma's blog post on how to make her "green bean bites":


So I decided to try my hand at making my own version. Granted, the final project isn't as pretty as either TGIFridays nor Emma's but I think for a first time, they turned out pretty well....

Ingredients:
-green beans (i used a whole bag of frozen)
-salt
-Parmesan cheese
-crescent roll dough


Procedures:
-Put the package (or half) of frozen green beans in a hot of water and bring to a boil. Then simmer. Follow the package instructions, but leave green beans in for 5 minutes, or until beans are ready.

-Drain Green Beans and put them on paper towels to dry.


-As the green beans are drying, lay the crescent roll dough out and take strips of the dough, and roll them in the Parmesan cheese, untilw covered on both sides.

-Once the green beans are dry, roll the dough around each bean separately and place them on a pan.

-Put the beans on the pan in the oven at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes, or until the dough is crispy brown.

The final thing should look like this:


Enjoy!!!

xoxo
kel