Starbucks Imitation Frappe

STARBUCKS IMITATION FRAPPE
2 Tbl Fat Free Vanilla Coffee Creamer, powdered
1/2 Cup Fat Free Milk
8-10 Ice Cubes
2 Tbl Instant Coffee Granules

Put all the ingredients in a blender, and blend til smooth.

I'm LDS, so I didn't put in the coffee granules, and it still tasted great!! So much better than spending $5 on one at Starbucks.  But I don't have that option anyways, cause Rexburg doesn't have one sadly.  You can put different flavors of creamer in there to add flavor, I'm sure hazelnut would be divine :)

Chicken Noodle Soup!

CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP
2 Chicken Breast
1/4-1/2 Cup Onion
1Tbl Butter
Egg Noodles
Frozen Vegetables
4 Cup Water
2 Chicken Bullion Cubes

Saute the onion and chicken and butter together in a pan.  You will be adding everything else into this pan, so be sure it's big enough. Cut the chicken before it goes in the pan, or while it's in there, whichever you prefer.  I'm probably killing my pans by cutting it in there.  But just be sure that it's cooked all the way through!

Add the rest of the ingredients once chicken and onions are done.  Bring to boil, make sure the noodles and veggies are cooked all the way through.  With all of these ingredients, really just do however much you want.  The broth in mine came out kinda thick and creamy (which I totally love anyways) but I'm figuring it's because I added a lot of noodles compared to the broth.  You just experiment, but you can't experiment too long or else your noodles will get soggy.

And that's it.  Just another dump them all together and boil.  We served this with the homemade bread we had made earlier.  It was delicious!  Again, fast and super easy :)  And it was GREAT for the cold, windy day that we've been having here.

Pumpkin Cupcake

PUMPKIN CUPCAKE (This is a double batch.  Cut in half for regular batch.) 2 sticks of butter (softened) 3 cups sugar 6 eggs 2 tsp vanilla 1 1/2 cans pumpkin (the regular sized can)
4 cups flour 1 tsp baking soda 2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 3-4 tsp cinnamon 2 tsp nutmeg 1 to 1 1/2 cups milk 
Cream butter in a mixer.  Add sugar one cup at a time.  Add eggs cream together.  Add Vanilla & Pumpkin.  Blend well.  Add all flour, soda, powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg.  Mix but do not over mix.  Add 1 to 1 1/2 cups of milk.  You do not want it to be too thin or too thick.  Spoon into cupcake wrappers (I use a ice cream scooper).  Bake in a preheated 350 oven for 21-22 minutes. 
We made our own frosting.  It was like 2 cups powdered sugar, 1/2 cube butter, a pour of milk and 2 tsp vanilla.  The key word there is *like*.  We adjusted it immensely during the process cause it needed to be thicker, no wait that's too thick add more milk, a little more butter will make it creamier... you get the picture.  So those are just the key ingredients, adjust as needed.

Bread Machine Bread

BREAD MACHINE BREAD
1 Cup Water
2 Tbl White Sugar
2 1/4 tsp Yeast

1/4 Cup Vegetable Oil
3 Cups Flour
1 tsp Salt

Mix water, sugar and yeast together in the bread machine.  Let yeast dissolve and foam for 10 minutes.  Add oil, flour and salt.  Select Basic or White Bread setting, and press start.

We make this bread at least every Sunday.  Sometimes we make it a second time during the week too.  It doesn't last too long because it's so delicious!  And there's nothing more heavenly than coming home from church and walking up the stairs to the smell of fresh, homemade bread.  My favorite way of eating it is with butter and honey.  When it's just out of the oven, the butter melts and it's so good!  Lauren eats it with balsamic vinegar.

Chicken Teriyaki!

TERIYAKI CHICKEN:



1/2 cup Chicken Broth
4 Tbl Soy Sauce
2 Tbl sugar
2 Tbl oil
2 Tbl minced garlic
1/2 tsp ground ginger
4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves.
Directions:
1.  Mix all marinade ingredients in shallow dish
2. Place chicken in marinade and refrigerate for 1-1/2 hours
3. Preheat broiler
4. Broil chicken 5 inches from heat for about 15 minutes.  Turning and basting with marinade often. (Our chicken pieces were small, so we cooked them for about 5 minutes on each side.)

Serve with rice and vegetables to make it a full, filling meal :)

This is such an easy recipe!  It doesn't require a lot of ingredients thankfully and it still tastes delicious!  The best part is that you merely have to dump everything in there, and then let it sit for the hour and a half.  You hardly do any work!  Great for an effortless meal that looks fancy.

Chicken Wraps

CHICKEN WRAPS
Tortilla
Lettuce
Cheese
Ranch or Sour Cream
Chicken breast (I used frozen)

Start cooking your chicken in a pan.  Simple as just putting it in the pan, no water or oil needed.  While that is cooking, grate some cheese and tear up a leaf of lettuce.

Once chicken is nicely browned on the outside, cut into strips in the pan.  By doing this, you're making sure that the chicken is fully cooked all the way through.  If it isn't (mine wasn't) then you can fix it by putting the raw sides in contact with the hot pan.

Prep the tortilla.  Put cheese and chicken in there and fold Mexican style.  To add a little warmth, crispness and also to melt the cheese some, I put the tortilla in the toaster for a little while at this point.  Once it's warmed to your liking, take it out, add the lettuce and sour cream/ranch and voila!  You have a simple, easy chicken wrap.  Feel free to add other things like salsa, guacamole, tomatoes, or any other vegetable you like.  These are the ones that I had handy and like.