Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

A few weeks ago we decided to have spaghetti for dinner....I have been talking about trying to make my own sauce, so I thought yes today I want to give it a try. So, I started looking around to see if I could find a recipe that we both would enjoy. I came across one that sounded pretty good. I followed step by step recipe but then after having it we decided to change up and add some things. The second time around came out prefect! I was very pleased with this sauce and it had good flavor. I think I will continue to make this sauce and maybe add more things as we go along. 

This is the recipe the first time around:

Ingredients:

• 2 tsp olive oil
• 1/2 small onion, chopped
• 2 green onions, chopped
• 2 tsp crushed garlic
• 1-28 oz can peeled & diced tomatoes
• 4 tsps dried basil
• 4 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp white sugar

This is the recipe the 2nd go around (This is the we added and took stuff away from):

Ingredients:

• 2 tsp olive oil
• 1/2 small onion, chopped
• 2 green onions, chopped
• 2 tsp crushed garlic
• 1-14.5 oz can Tomato Sauce
• 1 tsp dried basil
• 2 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp Italian Seasoning
• 1/2 tsp Paprika
• 1 tsp Garlic Powder
• 1 tsp white sugar

Directions:

1. In large sauce pan heat olive oil over medium heat. 
2. Saute onions, green onions and garlic. 
3. When onions are clear, stir in the tomato sauce and all the seasonings. 
4. Bring to boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes. 

This was from the first try at the sauce. It was okay and I just didn't like all the chunky tomatoes in the sauce.

 This was the 2nd try and it turned out great! Looking forward to making this again soon. 

30 Days to Being Thankful {Day 26} - Cooking

Day 26: I'm thankful for food. Shane and I have both een enjoying cooking more since being in our new house. We have been trying lots of new things lately and they have all turned out great!

Taco Soup

I love taco soup but I haven't made it in FOREVER because I wasn't too happy with how I used to make it. So, I decided to hop on...yes Pinterest and see if I could find a good recipe. And yes I did! I made this last week and was so happy how good it turned out. This recipe has gone in our cook book to keep! We had a ton leftover so I froze them and we will have again Tuesday for Mexican night. :)

All the ingredients

Mix everything together

 Enjoy! Yummy!

Ingredients:

• 1 Ib ground beef
• 1 onion, chopped (I forgot to put onion in it)
• 1 16 ounce can chili beans, drained
• 1 15 ounce can  kidney beans, not drained
• 1 15 ounce can whole corn, drained
• 1 8 ounce can tomato sauce
• 2 cups water
• 1 28 ounce can diced tomatoes 
• 1 4 ounce can green chilies, chopped
• Taco Seasoning (I make my own) 

Directions:

1. Brown beef and drain as needed.
2. Place browned beef and all other ingredients in crock pot. 
3. Cook on low for 8 hours
4. We put Frito's and cheese on top of ours.

Crock Pot Beer Chicken

This is yet another recipe I got off Pinterest...I told you I loved this site and it's so handy being on my phone now. ;)

Shane and I are always looking for new dinner's to make an sometimes it's just hard to come up with stuff. So, pinterest has really been helping a lot, not just with meals but with baking stuff as well. We both are getting more into baking and loving all the new stuff we are trying. 

This new meal is called Crock Pot Beer Chicken. It turned out to be really good. I'm loving using the crock pot more these days! 

Ingredients:

• 2 Ibs chicken breast (I just used 2 from the store)
• 1 bottle of beer (I used Corona) 
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tbsp dried oregano
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1/2 tsp red pepper (I added this myself the recipe didn't call for it)

 Directions:

1. Mix beer and spices together in crock pot 
2. Place chicken in (I flipped the chicken a little to get all the ingredients on it)
3. Cook on high for 4-5 hours or low for 6-8 hours (I cooked on low while we were at work and it turned out very good)

Breakfast Biscuits

This is another recipe I found on pinterest! Last weekend Shane and I decided to give them a try for breakfast Sunday morning. They were pretty easy to make and they we pretty yummy! We decided that next time we make these we will make gravy to put on top of them. 

Instead of buying canned biscuits...Shane made homemade ones. They turned out really good! 

Everything you will need.

Ingredients:

• Buttermilk Biscuits (We made homemade ones)
• 6 eggs
• Bacon 
• Frozen Hash Browns 
• Shredded Cheese

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees
2. Cook eggs, bacon and hash browns
3. Stretch out the biscuits to about 2 1/2 to 3 inches
4. Add eggs, bacon, hash browns & cheese
5. Grab the sides and pull them together to pinch them close to make a ball.
6. Place pinched side down on greased cookie sheet
7. Beat 1 egg and tablespoon of water
8. Brush top of biscuits with egg to give it brown to it
9. Bake for 8-10 mins

Pizza & Movie Night

About a month or so ago Shane and I decided to make every Thursday Pizza and Movie night. We sometimes order pizza out or make it at home. The past couple weeks Shane has been making his own pizza dough and making us homemade pizza. It has been really good and every week it gets better! This week so far was by far the best pizza yet! 

We didn't get to watch a movie tonight because Netflix was acting up, so we decided to watch some of our recorded shows, CSI and Vampire Dairies. Next week we will try for the movie again! 

Here are some pictures of our yummy pizza!! We ate the whole thing! It was pepperoni and bacon. 

I think I'm going to try and start posting about pizza/movie each week so everyone can see our yummy pizza we get or make and what movie we decide to watch! Stay tuned for next week.

Weekly Dinners 11/6 - 11/12

As I mentioned in a previous post, I was going to start posting weekly about dinner meals we have throughout the week. Here is my first one. This week was kinda boring but oh well it's a start. 

Sunday 11/6 - Shrimp & Baked Potato

Monday 11/7 - I had a craving for Subway

Tuesday 11/8 - I just had a quick small fry from McDonald's. I had to do a favor for a friend so didn't have time to cook. When I got home I wasn't hungry anymore. LOL

Wednesday 11/9 - We had a big lunch so neither of us was hungry for dinner.

Thursday 11/10 - We had Shane's dad and sister over for dinner.

We had Spaghetti, Salad & Bread Sticks.

Friday 11/11 -  Went to Happy Hour at Johnny's and had a slice a of pizza for dinner

Saturday 11/12 - We went to a friends house for Happy Hour so we just grab Subway on the way.

10 Days 10 Things - Day Two

Days 2  is all about my favorite foods! 

1. Hot Wings....This is one my of my weaknesses. I LOVE hot wings and could just eat them all the time. There are a few favorite restaurants that I just love to eat wing at, I would prolly have to say Hooters is my favorite place.

2. Pizza...I love me some good pizza! We have a little pizza place down the street from us that we do love. We don't eat there a whole lot but it's some delicious pizza.

3. Tacos...Mexican tacos I love! Mexican is my favorite food and I could eat it everyday and never get sick of it. Margarita's is my all time favorite restaurant to eat at. We had them cater our wedding, yes that's how much I love that place.

4. Shrimp...All I used to eat before was popcorn shrimp. I used to think all other shrimp was gross. Well when I meet Shane that all changed...He made shrimp boil one night for dinner and I just loved it! So now I like all kinds of different shrimp. Shrimp Boil I will say is my favorite right now.

5. Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich...Love these!! That's all I need to say

6. White Chili...I love chili when it starts getting cold outside. I will make this about once a week in the winter time. I never heard of White Chili till I meet Shane. I thought it was weird at first but now that I make it a lot I love it!

7. Tootsie Rolls...I know this isn't a food, but I do love me some Tootsie rolls. I forgot how much I really did like them until I bought some over the weekend and I have almost ate the whole bag. Eeek that's bad but oh well they are yummy!

8. Pickles...I love me some pickles. I have to eat at least 2 at a time. HaHa!

9.Breakfast...I love breakfast foods. We eat breakfast a lot for dinner. Some weekends I will wake up and make a full breakfast bacon, eggs, hash browns, toast. Yum love breakfast foods!

10. Ribs...I guess I should say only Shane's Ribs.LOL. Once my hubby started smoking ribs all the time and get really good at it I learned to like them. During the warm season he likes to smoke meat as much as he can. Right now his are the only ones that I can stand to eat and they are delicious!

Well now I can say I'm hungry for everything on this list! LOL

I Feel Fall Coming.....

I'm so glad the heat has decided to leave us and bring on this cooler weather. I'm loving it!! The windows opened in the evening, walks at night and the smell of crisp fresh air. Awe Fall Time. Kira and I have definitely been enjoying walks more that we can stand to be outside. It's been wonderful walking every night after work and not sweating and just enjoying this cool weather.With fall finally coming I'm ready to get our house smelling like it....Last weekend at the store I got some pumpkin spice candles and I can't wait to get more fall scents this weekend to put up in the house. I love the smell of fall. I'm also thinking of decorating more this year but we will see if I make that happen. Fall may now be my favorite season, I love it!!!

The candles I got from the store. Pumpkin Spice they smell delicious!

Kira loves when the windows are opened....She just lays on the couch and looks out the window. She has tried to claw her way out once b/c she wanted something. Little Brat. HaHa!

The back door is her spot as well but she usually lays on the floor looking like a frog. :)

And of course you can't have nice weather without the husband doing a little grilling. 

The chicken is all ready to go one.

Our dinner tonight....Chicken Legs, Corn, Noodles & Garlic Bread

I hope everyone has been enjoying this nice weather as much as I am! I'm looking forward to this weekend as well with nice weather. I will be outside as much as I can.....and you can beat I will be taking pictures of whatever I can find. ;)

Yumminess!

***As you can see visiting my blog I have re-done my page! Hope you like****

As more practice to my photography life I will be taking pictures of whatever I can get my hands one. All the practice I can get is the best! I'm really loving my camera more and more each day! I just love playing around and taking pictures of whatever is right there.

So tonight I'm going to share some of our dinners from this week! Yummy Yummy.......

For Labor Day we decided to grill out. So we picked up some starts from the store and enjoyed a nice cook out in the wonderful Holiday weather!

Monday September 5, 2011

The steaks are ready to go on!

Yummy steak are cooking away.....

And it's dinner time. Steaks, Red Potatoes, Corn & Roll

Wednesday September 7, 2011

The Shrimp are ready to be cooked.

Shrimp & Red Potatoes

These are 2 of my favorite meals! Super Delicious!