Rotel Chicken Spaghetti

One of my favorite things to do on Pinterest is find new recipes. I am always pinning all kinds of deliciousness during my late night pin-a-thons, but even more fun than pinning these gems is actually trying them. 

Rotel Chicken Spaghetti

  First of all, let me just tell you it was very hard to take a good picture of this. But I promise it is so so yummy! Just one of those foods that just doesn't photograph well! >I apologize<

I served it with a side salad and dinner rolls... and we had lots of leftovers >aka tonight's dinner as well!< 

Ingredients

3 large boneless chicken breasts

1 can (10 3/4 oz) Cream of Chicken Soup
1 can (10 oz) Rotel Diced Tomatoes with Green Chilies
1 clove garlic, minced  

1/2 tsp. onion powder
1 tablespoon butter
1 – 8 oz Velveeta cheese, cubed
8 oz spaghetti, cooked and drained 

Directions

 Cut up chicken into small, bite size pieces.In a large skillet melt butter. Then add the cubed chicken, minced garlic & onion powder. Cook over medium-high heat until chicken is done (no longer pink!) Stir in soup, cheese and Rotel tomatoes. Reduce heat to low, and cook until the cheese melts, stirring constantly. Stir in the spaghetti noodles and pour into a lightly greased 2 quart casserole dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes

Bon Appétit!

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Pinteresting Things- Fall Edition!

In the spirit of the upcoming season, Fall >my favorite<, I have been on the hunt for some terrific Fall pins. And Pinterest has not disappointed!

Via bhg

This, quite possibly, is the most beautifully decorated pumpkin I have ever laid eyes on. I love everything about it, but mostly its simplicity. It's not over the top but it still looks gorgeous. I am in love with it. Who knew a person could be so obsessive over a pumpkin?

via bhg

I love the idea of displaying your pumpkins on candlesticks. And you can customize your precious punkins to suit your style. A definite winner!

via Home is Where My Story Begins

Okay, this one is just plain awesome!! Though they may look like festive Fall pillows, they were originally... PLACEMATS! Crazy right?! You just tear open the seam, stuff it, and hand sew the section you opened back up. Maybe I am just easily impressed... but my mind was blown. Cute throw pillows on the cheap! Winner!

via Pam Brandon, Disney Parks Food Writer

You cannot talk about Fall favorites and not include soup because... well, because you simply can't have one without the other. Fall and soup are like peanut butter & jelly. They just go together. This particular recipe comes from Disneyland's Carnation Café. I am really excited to try this one!

via Cooking Classy

This Caramel Cheesecake Apple Dip looks absolutely divine. The perfect dessert to sweeten up those taste buds after a warm, hearty meal. Another great pin!

I am looking so so forward to the most fabulous season of all.

Who Reads Your Blog?

So, have you ever heard of StatCounter ?

No?!

Well, hop on the bandwagon already! 

It's absolutely terrific! Especially if you are all 'nosey' like me and curious about who reads your blog. I get so excited when I see IP addresses from several different countries popping by my blog! 

StatCounter breaks down where they are from ( city & state if they live in the U.S.) what they viewed on your page and how long they lingered. So you get a great idea of what your readers like best!

It also tells you what they downloaded from your blog....and any keywords a reader typed in that redirected them to your blog.... and what your blog ranked in the search results!

See!

Okay, if you are as blind as I am I highly doubt you can read that without clicking on it to enlarge it lol. 

Oh, and thanks Bing.com for redirecting Mr. or Ms. May 3rd to my blog with that search entry. I am truly flattered. HAHA!

Anyways, I absolutely love this site and it's FREE!

Party Planning!

My oldest son's birthday is coming up.... >in like 3 months ;) < and the party planning has begun! 'Round here we don't do ordinary store bought party decorations... oh no, I get my craft on. 

The hardest part this year was deciding on the theme... Oh the many themes there are to choose from. It was difficult. So I went straight to the birthday boy himself and asked him which he would like best. I was afraid he would pick some impossible, totally 'out there' theme... but he didn't and he knew exactly what he wanted, which makes my job much easier.

Before getting his input... I had a few themes in mind that I really like:

The Three Little Bears

Via lilsugar

 

I love love love this adorable theme... and with it being my son's 3rd birthday, I thought the number play would be fitting.

Outer Space

Via lilsugar

 My son is obsessed with anything and everything to do with space. He has been known to inform me on several different occasions that he wants... or rather needs a rocket ship.... I mean that's completely reasonable, right?! 

Vintage Train Station

Via Kara's Party Ideas

  How adorable is that set up? Noah loves trains... like every other little boy! I liked the idea of having the dining room set up like an old train station... how fun?! And the train set for food displays? Genuis!

Cookies & Milk

Via Kara's Party Ideas

  I seriously wanted to just pull every detail of this party out of my computer! What child (or adult for that matter) doesn't love milk & cookies?! This one is bound to be a hit.

But as much as I obsessed over each of these themes, my ultimate goal is to make my son happy.... Even if my top choice differs from his. Which is...

Blues Clues

Via Kara's Party Ideas

One of his favorite shows.

Challenge accepted!

I plan to use our dining room as a recreation of the opening scene of the show... the house, the sky, the tree, the mailbox, hanging clouds, and clues (paw prints) everywhere!

I have many more ideas... and as not-so-thrilled as I was in the beginning over the theme choice I am now excited! And I know he will love it. 

Can't wait to see that reaction!

  

My Sons :)

On Saturday, I got out the camera and decided to snap some pics of my boys... My gorgeous, growing boys!

I could stare at their sweet faces all day... and as a stay-at-home Mom, I have that privilege!

My world, captured!

Candy Bouquet Gift Basket

For my Dad's birthday this year, I decided to do a gift basket filled with some of his favorite candy and snacks. I had so much fun putting it together!

All you need:

1. Gift basket or any other crafty thing you can find to fill up with candy

2. Styrofoam cube

3. Hot glue gun

4. Glue dots

5. Craft sticks or dow rods of various sizes

6. Tissue Paper

And of course....

I picked up all of my Dad's favorites! I also added a little something extra....

I found a tutorial on how to fold money into polo shirts here! 

You simply hot glue your snackity snacks onto the crafts sticks... I did run across some items that I wasn't comfortable with using hot glue on, and that's where the glue dots came in to play. And they held!

Now the fun part... well at least it was my favorite part... arranging the goodies! I think the picture is pretty self explanatory... ya just stick the sticks down into the styrofoam! Easy, peasy!

Can ya spot the little polo shirt? Isn't he just adorable?!

Voila!

Hope ya'll had a great weekend!

 

Where I'm linking up:
Sumo's Sweet Stuff
Skip To My Lou
Craft-O-Maniac
Watch Out, Martha!
Trendy Treehouse