This is the crockpot version of one of my favorite recipes. I got this recipe from a church dinner. Serve with mashed potatoes and rolls. Continue reading “Daddy Can’t-Wait Casserole: Crockpot Version”
Tag: Meal Planning
Markdown Meals: Chicken Salad on Croissants
I don’t like to go grocery shopping but I always look for deals when I do.
I happened to pass by the deli section and found these rotisserie chickens marked down to $2.01! I’m not sure what they normally sell for but I grabbed two of them. One Traditional and one Lemon Pepper. I had also snagged a package of mini croissants on the markdown cart for less than $3.00.
Today I used the traditional chicken to make Super Easy Chicken Salad croissants. I served these with some cherry tomatoes on the side for a quick lunch.
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Special Holiday Meals: Amelia Earhart Day
Amelia Earhart Day is the day we honor one of the greatest aviators! Click here to learn more about this holiday. It is celebrated on July 24th.
According to many sources, her flight dinners had to be quick, nourishing, and easy to eat. She also really liked tomato juice as a beverage to sustain her.
Amelia Earhart Day Menu
Tomato Soup –could have been taken in a cup and sipped with a straw
Grilled Cheese, Veggie Tray
Chocolate Squares, Raisins
**After dinner, go stargazing with a cup of hot cocoa in hand and imagine what it must have been like in the cockpit of the plane with Amelia.
Special Holiday Meals: National Ice Cream Day
National Ice Cream Day is the perfect day to pull out that old ice cream maker and make a batch of homemade ice cream! Click here to learn more about this holiday. It is celebrated on July 13th.
This might also be a nice day to plan an ‘Ice Cream Social’, where your friends and family can have an ice cream-making competition. Have everyone bring their favorite ice cream toppings, and everyone can make a different flavor too! We had this every year before school started when my older kids were little, and it was SO MUCH FUN!! We also had their birthday parties together at this time… knocking out a few ‘birds’ at a time!
Here are our favorite recipes for celebrating National Ice Cream Day:
Hot Fudge Sundae Cake – so good with fresh homemade ice cream!
Fruit Cobbler with Ice Cream
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Special Holiday Meals: Pecan Pie Day
Pecan Pie Day is the day we can eat Pecan Pie for no special reason! Click here to learn more about this holiday. It is celebrated on July 12th.
Here are some of our favorite pecan pie recipes:
We have a couple of side dishes that we use pecans in too:
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