Easy Crockpot Potato Soup

Easy Crockpot Potato Soup

Hello! It's Fall, Y'all!  My favorite thing about Fall is the crisp air, bonfires, pumpkin carving, football games, haunted houses, and the changing of the leaves. In honor of Fall and cooler nights, I figured I would share my crockpot potato soup with you all.  It is one of my favorite recipes and it is so simple to make.

Ingredients:

1    32oz. Bag of frozen southern style hash browns (diced)

 1     42 oz. of chicken broth 

1    can of cream of chicken soup (10oz)

1   pkg. cream cheese ( 8oz, not fat free)

3oz.  Real bacon bits

1 cup cheddar cheese or colby jack cheese

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Put the hash browns, chicken broth, cream of chicken soup, and add half of bacon bits into crockpot. Add a pinch of salt and pepper. Cook on low for 6-8 hours or until potatoes are tender.

An hour before serving, cut the cream cheese into small cubes. Place the cubes into the crockpot.  Make sure you don't use fat free cream cheese because it will not melt.  Mix a few times throughout the hour. Cream cheese should be completely mixed in before serving. Top with cheddar cheese and bacon bits.

Enjoy!

Heather

Halloween Party

Halloween Party

I hope everyone is having a great Labor Day weekend. I figured since Halloween is getting closer, I would share some ideas that I did for my son's birthday party last year. My husband and I love Halloween, so we were pretty excited when my son decided he wanted to have a Halloween birthday party.  The first thing I looked for were invitations. I came across this website that has free invitations: http://www.greetingsisland.com. Very easy to customize and simple to save them. I just downloaded it to an image, so that I could take it to CVS and print it out. I just print them out like I would a picture. I still would rather mail an invitation then send it through email or text, but they do have this option if you would rather do that.  

The next step is the cake. We did a two layer cake.  The top layer we did in chocolate and the second layer in orange. Big thank you to Maria Olinger who made his cake. She did an amazing job. 

Below are some food dishes I made to go along with the theme. The first one was a pineapple cheeseball. I named it "skull cheese ball". 

Below is "spooky bones". Very easy to make. A stick pretzel with miniature marshmallows on each end dipped in white chocolate. 

Next is a dish my Mom made. They are pineapple meatballs or "zombie eyeballs". These are so good and very easy to make. I will have to post a recipe in the future for these. 

Below are some "mummy pizza bites".  I will also post a recipe in the future for this as well. All you need is tortilla wraps,  pizza sauce, cheese, and pepperoni. 

We had "monster toes". I just chopped up apples and stuck a tooth pick in them and melted some Carmel in my little crockpot. It's not Halloween if you don't have Carmel apples. One of my favorite things. 

I also made some punch and called it "witches brew". It's orange sherbet, two 2-liters of Sprite, and two 2-liters of Ginger Ale.

Thanks for checking out my blog. :)

Heather

Bedroom Makeover

When we first decided to redecorate our bedroom, I wasn't 100% sure what I wanted to do or where to even begin. I had looked at so many different ideas on Pinterest. I saw a pin on Pinterest that I fell in love with. I just knew that I wanted to do something similar to that.  It was wooden letters over the bed with a & sign. Trying to decide what colors to do was a whole another ball game. I thought I had my mind set on a coral and gray color but that quickly changed after I went shopping and couldn't find anything I like in those colors. We had made a trip to Bed, Bath, & Beyond and looked at some comforter sets. My husband was actually was the one who picked out our comforter set.  I absolutely love it.

I love looking for deals and doing DIY projects. I got almost everything at Michaels.

I love how the heart looked without paint but I decided to paint it so it wouldn't clash with my walls. I used the Americana Multisurface Satin Paint in waterfront and pewter. I had black picture frames, I painted those in pewter as well.

My favorite item I brought was my sign "What I love most about my home is the family I share it with". The best thing about it was I got it 60% off.  I only paid twelve dollars for it. I love discounts!

I also added some of my son's artwork to complete our bedroom. Even though the cute red fish does not match at all.  I had to have it because it's one my favorites.

The next on my list is to change our light. I'm not a fan of the gold.

Heather

Chicken Puffs

Chicken Puffs 

Ingredients

• Large can of white chunk chicken (I buy Tyson and it's a 12.5oz can) (drained)
• 8 oz Philadelphia Cream Cheese block
• 1/2 Ranch seasoning dip packet 
• Crescent Rolls 

Instructions 

Preheat oven to 375. I will set the cream cheese out five to ten minutes before I start so that it will soften up some. Take your chicken, cream cheese, and 1/2 of the ranch seasoning dip and mix all of that together.  The crescent rolls come eight to a pack. Take each triangle and cut it into thirds. Now you will have twenty-four little triangles.

Take each little triangle and spread out just a little bit and then put the mixture into the triangle and wrap the crescent roll around your cream cheese mixture. They don't have to be perfect either. That's the best thing about it.  Bake for 11 to 13 minutes until golden brown. 

Enjoy!! :)

Heather

Pepperoni Puffs

Pepperoni Puffs

These are super easy to make and they are so good. I usually get asked to make these at my work parties. The ladies at work love them. They are a great appetizers for any event. I've made these for birthday parties, and recently I made them for our football fantasy draft party. Thanks to my sister who gave me this recipe several years ago. 

Ingredients

• 6 oz bag of pepperoni's ( I usually buy Hormel)
• 8 oz Philadelphia Cream Cheese block
• 1/2 Ranch seasoning dip packet 
• Crescent Rolls 

Instructions 

Preheat oven to 375. I will set the cream cheese out five to ten minutes before I start so that it will soften up some. Use cutting scissors and cut the pepperoni's into smaller pieces. After that take your pepperoni's, cream cheese, and 1/2 of the ranch seasoning dip and mix all of that together.  The crescent rolls come eight to a pack. Take each triangle and cut it into thirds. Now you will have twenty-four little triangles. 

Take each little triangle and spread out just a little bit and then put the mixture into the triangle and wrap the crescent roll around your cream cheese mixture. They don't have to be perfect either. That's the best thing about it.  Bake for 11 to 13 minutes until golden brown. 

Check out my other recipe that's almost just like this: Chicken Puffs. 

Enjoy!! :)

Heather

Chocolate Chess Pie

Chocolate Chess pie 

I got this recipe from a friend at work. I must say this pie is so delicious and super easy to make. My husband, Jason and son, Corey absolutely love it so I figured I would share with you all. I hope you all enjoy it as much as we did. Thanks to Melissa for sharing this recipe with me.

Ingredients 

• 1 uncooked frozen regular size pie shell
• 1.5 oz of unsweetened chocolate (I use Baker's brand)
• 1 stick of butter
• 3/4 cup of sugar
•  3/4 cup of brown sugar
• 3 tbsp flour, 
• 3 tbsp milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions 

 Melt butter and chocolate together. Mix all the other ingredients together and then add melted mixture. Mix well. Pour mixture into unbaked pie shell. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes or until pie is cracked on top and doesn't jiggle when shook.


Enjoy!! :)

Heather 

About me...

Hello, My name is Heather. What I love most about my home is the family I share it with. I'm happily married to my best friend, Jason. I am a Mom to a smart young man, Corey.  These two always know how to make me laugh and smile. Our life is far from perfect but I feel blessed because I have them by my side. 

We adopted a fur-baby back on New Years Eve in 2014. His name is Jax and we call him our little raptor. He definitely keeps us on our toes. He is such a smart dog and we were so happy to adopt him and make him apart of our family

I love decorating and doing DIY projects. I can't wait to share my projects and some recipes with you all. Thanks for checking out my blog. :) 

Heather