Baked Potato Soup

This is yummy, however it does require attention, so you don't scald or burn the soup.

4 Baking potatoes
6 cups of milk
1t of salt
1 c of sour cream
6 bacon slices cooked and crumbled
2/3 c of flour
1 c shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1/2t pepper
3/4 c chopped green onions

preheat oven to 400 degrees

pierce potatoes with fork, bake for an hour, peel and coarsly mash

lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cup, level with a knife, place flour in large cooking pot, gradually add milk, stir and whisk until blended. cook over m heat until thick and bubbly, add mashed potatoes, salt and pepper and 3/4 c of cheese, stir until cheese melts, remove from heat, stir in sour cream and half c of green onions, cook over low heat 10 mins, don't boil,
sprinkle each serving with cheese, green onion adn bacon

8 servings, 6pts a serving on ww

I am wondering how frozen shredded hashbrowns would be instead of baking and mashing the potatoes?

Egg & Cheese Waffle Sandwich

haven't tried this yet, but looked so easy and yummy for school day breakfast

cooking spray
2 frozen low-fat round waffles (4 inch)
1 large egg, beaten
1 slice low-fat American cheese

Preheat oven to 400°F. Generously coat baking sheet with cooking spray.

Place waffles on prepared baking sheet; spoon egg over top to fill in cavities.

Bake until egg is set and waffles are crisp, about 10 to 12 minutes.

Top one waffle with cheese and cover with remaining waffle; press together and let stand 1 minute for cheese to melt.

Serving size: 1 sandwich.

chicken and noddle soup

Its that time of year were I pull out the soup, this one warms our hearts in my house. I know it looks long but once you know what your doing its so easy to make.


3 chicken breast
3 celery, chopped
1 lg. onion, chopped
2 bay leafs
2 chicken bouillon cubes
about a tablespoon of each
salt,pepper,garlic powder
1 (103/4)oz. can of cream of celery soup

Noodles:
2 cups all - purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup ice water

Season your chicken breast, I like to broil my chicken but cook it in the soup water if you want, I just think it makes it dry.
In a large pot add 4 quarts of water,celery,onion,bay leafs,bouillon cubes, and seasonings. Bring to a simmer.( If you add the chicken into the soup cook tell no longer pink inside). Cut up your broiled chicken, add it to the pot. In the meanwhile make your noddles.

Noddles: Mix flour with the salt add ice water. Using your fingers and moving the flour incorporate abut 3/4 cup of ice water, knead dough and form into ball. Dust a good amount of flour onto a clean work surface. Roll out dough (it well be firm), working from center to 1/8 thickness. Let dough relax for several min.

Add celery soup to the pot simmer gently.

Cut dough into 1in pieces.Drop in making sure not to drop on each other. Cook tell dough is no longer doughy. Serve

Pumpkin Parfait

So we have this fantastic grocery store in NY, called Wegman's, they have a lot of unique things, and they are always making up some cool seasonal parfaits in their bakery. I usually buy one and figure out whats in it and duplicate it. The girls love having them for an afternoon snack. This is the pumpkin one for fall. And I love making them because you can just kind of used whatever you have on hand.

crushed gingersnap cookies
pumpkin cake crumbs
whip cream topping
pumpkin filling

layer all the above in a glass dish or glass cup and serve chilled

*pumpkin filling
large can of pumpkin, a pinch or 2 of pumpkin pie spice, 2 pudding packages and the milk the pudding directions call for, mix all up with a hand beater, or electric mixer. This makes enough for about 8 parfaits or so.

I used up my gingersnap cookies, so I have used vanilla wafers, graham crackers, whatever cookies you have on hand usually work.

for the pumpkin cake crumbs, I bought pumpkin donut holes and used my pampered chef food chopper to turn them into crumbs, but angel food cake, spice cake anything like that would work.

for the pumpkin filling, I used the pudding boxes I had at home, I used a small box of vanilla and a small box of butterscotch. It was yummy, might use 2 boxes of butterscotch the next time.

chicken succotash

This is my go to dinner when things are to busy around the house.

servers 4 , prep 5min , cooks in no time lol


2 Tablespoons butter
1 bunch scallions, white and green
parts thinly sliced separately
salt and pepper
1 10 ounce box frozen corn
1 cup frozen lima beans
1 cup of heavy cream
21/2 cups of shredded chicken
1 tomato, chopped


Prepare your chicken how ever you like it, then when cooked shred it.
In a large skillet, melt the butter over a medium heat. Add the scallions whites, season with salt and pepper and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the corn, lima beans and cream and bring to a boil. Stir in the chicken and cook, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is thickened, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in the tomato and scallion greens just before serving.

3-Meat Baked Beans

I got this recipe from southern living...so not the healthiest. This recipe does not call for a crock pot, but I don't see why you could not put all the ingredients in the crock pot and cook on low. And for those who didn't plan ahead, cook at 350 for a half hour.

1/2lb of polish sausage sliced
1/2lb of ground beef browned
3T chopped onions
5 slices of crumbled bacon
1/4c of brown sugar
1/3 c of ketchup
2T of molasses
1 & 1/2 t worcestershire sauce
1 & 1/2 t mustard
2 large cans of bakes beans

combine all in baking dish or crock pot, mix well and cook whichever way you prefer

*I like to use Bush's Baked Beans with onions, then I don't worry about adding any more, and I use precooked bacon, saves me a lot of time and mess

makes 6-8 servings, for 8pts on ww.

Crock pot Lasagna

Crockpot Lasagna:

this recipe actually came from Christen Sanders, but since Jen just asked for it, I thought I would start of the blog with this one.

1lb of hamburger
1 green pepper and 1 onion
jar of spaghetti sauce
1/4 cup of parmasean cheese
lasagna noodles
italian seasoning
1/2 bag of mozerrella cheese
handful of cheddar cheese
1 cup of water

brown hamburger with pepper, onion and seasonings, add sauce, water and cheeses, mix well

spoon 1 c of mixture in bottom of crockpot, break noodles and layer over sauce, repeat for 2 layers, top with a little more cheese

cook on low 4 hours

*my personal notes; I make this the same week I make spaghetti, so I will make my own spaghetti sauce and hold some back for this recipe.
If interested, it creates 8 servings for 4 pts on weight watchers if using fat free cheese.

please feel free to add comments after making it, if you have any problems, or other suggestions!

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