Garlic Gourmet Chicken Breast

Garlic Gourmet Chicken Breast
Submitted by Debbie Carson (MD)

Ingredients
4 tsp. Garlic Garlic™
1 tsp. Seasoned Salt
1 cup sour cream
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2 cups crushed herb-seasoned stuffing
3 Tbsp. melted butter

Directions
Combine first 4 ingredients. Add chicken to sour cream mixture; coat each piece well. Cover; refrigerate overnight or up to 24 hours. Remove chicken from sour cream mixture; roll in stuffing. Place in ungreased baking dish; drizzle with butter. Bake at 425° for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Makes 4 servings.

http://www.tastefullysimple.com/tryourrecipes/recipes.aspx?rid=3277&src=s

Pillowcases for Craft Hope to benefit terminally ill children

I came across Craft Hope over at Craft Gossip. Craft Hope's current project is ConKerr Cancer. September is Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month. The project includes making pillowcases for terminally ill children. If you're interested you still have a little bit of time. The deadline is for the project is September 15th.

Here are the pillowcases I made today. There are a few Ladies in my church that have also made some and we are going to mail them off together.



The pattern they have listed is pretty easy to follow. It just requires basic sewing skills, so go ahead and make a few!

Baby Bling Shoes

I've had these canvas shoes for quiet some time now. I bought them in a wholesale set with lots of Children's clothes. The brand is Jaffa By Oink Baby. Oink Baby makes some super cute clothes. When I first got the lot I was able to sell a lot on ebay later on I was having a hard time moving them. So, since I've been hanging onto them for so long I decided I would add some bling to them and see if they will sell it my Etsy shop. I haven't listed any yet. Trying to decide on how much to list them for. Tell me what you think. I found several embellished with Swarovski and they were like $80-$90. Whoa! I'm thinking around $20? I have some dark blue ones also, but wasn't sure if I could sell those to a baby girl. Any ideas of embellishing baby boy shoes?

Sausage Manicotti

I found the recipe on All Recipes and have used it lots! I'm not a Ricotta cheese fan, so I like the fact that it uses cream cheese instead.

I pretty much follow the recipe but add more Mozzarella cheese, use the whole box of Manicotti and more sauce.

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground sausage
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 1 (16 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce
• 12 manicotti shells

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add manicotti shells and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
3. In a skillet over medium heat, brown the sausage; drain and keep hot. In a large bowl combine cream cheese, 1 3/4 cup of the mozzarella cheese and sausage.
4. Stuff noodles with cheese and sausage mixture; place in baking dish. Pour sauce over top of noodles and sprinkle with extra cheese. Bake for 25 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly.

This is what the cooked sausage, cream cheese and Mozzarella look like before stuffing your noodles. I use about 2 cups of Mozzarella in the cheese mixture and then top the manicotti with another cup. I could eat this stuff by itself. Sounds gross, but it is tasty! Like I mentioned earlier, I also cook the whole box of manicotti. Just don't stuff the noodles too full or you won't have enough for all of them.


Suggestion: After the noodles are done cooking, spray your pan with cooking spray and put the noodles in it to cool a bit. Very important to spray your pan so your manicotti doesn't stick. As you can see some of my noodles come apart, but that is no biggie. I use my fingers to stuff the noodles. It's much easier then trying to use a spoon. I forgot to take a picture but you then add your sauce. The recipe calls for 16 oz, but I use a whole jar. They are usually about 26-28 ounces. I then top the sauce with a cup of Mozzarella cheese.


Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes then enjoy!

Fall/Autumn Fabric Rag Wreath

I posted a tutorial on how to do this the other day. They are easy to make but just time consuming.


This one is hanging on my front door.


I've sold this one and had lots of people wanting me to make the Halloween wreath in my tutorial also, so I need to get to work.

I also posted one of the Halloween wreaths in my Etsy store.

Organizing Fabric

Ok, for all you organizers out there, I need some help!

I have LOTS of fabric and I'm not sure what to do with it all.


I have 2 of these 3 shelved bins stuffed full of fabric. I also have lots of fabric that is just sitting around waiting for a spot somewhere.

Anyone have some suggestions to help me organize a bit better. Should I just buy another one of these bins or does someone have a clever way to store fabric?

Any suggestions would be great and I'm a visual person, so links to a picture of how you store your fabric would be great!

Just by glancing around on other blogs I've found these:
http://blog.petitdebutant.com/2008/10/organize-your-fabric-stash.html
http://thedomesticdiva.wordpress.com/2007/06/30/sewing-room-organization-challenge-part-i-fabric/
http://houseonhillroad.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/05/my_little_space.html
http://www.judymartin.com/Sewing-Room-Judy.cfm
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2968013530055697428wSQxzc
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1109747537043438530BZwMtF

I'm sure there are dozens more, but I'm done for the night.

A Tastefully Simple Dinner!

Tonight for dinner we had Smoky Bacon Pork Chops, Oven Roasted Balsamic & Basil Potatoes, and a salad with Vidalia Onion Dressing.

You can view our new Fall-Winter e-catalog or just check out my website.

The Smoky Bacon Grill Sauce was a Spring-Summer item, so it's availability isn't guaranteed.


For the Balsamic and Basil Oven Roasted Potatoes, I diced up some potatoes and onions. Probably 4 small ones. I also added some onion as well. I then added a little Garlic Pepper Seasoning (which is also a Spring-Summer item, and I'm very sad to see it go) some Seasoned Salt, and Balsamic & Basil Dipping Oil. I very rarely measure ingredients unless I'm following a recipe. Even then I usually just add ingredients until I think it looks right.


These are the yummy potatoes and onions after they baked @ 400 degrees for 30-40 minutes, stirring a few times while they cooked.


For the pork chops, I sprinkled on Garlic Pepper Seasoning and Seasoned salt. I then rubbed it into the meat. I also drizzled a little bit of olive oil onto the pork chops so they wouldn't stick to the grill. After the pork chops were almost finished cooking I brushed on some Smoky Bacon Grill Sauce. I have found that if I add the sauce to a small bowl then apply to the meat I don't use as much. I may sell the stuff, but I still like to let my $ go as far as it can. :)


These were the yummy pork chops after I took them off the grill.


I also had a simple salad with lettuce, carrots, onion, croutons and Vidalia Onion Dressing.