Stuffed Peppers

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I recently paid a visit to our local farm Fulton Farm.  They had HUGE green pepper for only .65.  So I got several, then proceeded to hunt for a Hungry Girl recipe to make with them.  I ran across this stuffed pepper recipe.

Prep Review:

As I look over the recipe I am just now noticing that I forgot the mushrooms.  I honestly LOVED the filling as is.....possible will give them a try next time though.  ;)

Since my peppers were so HUGE I cut them in half from top to bottom and filled both sides.  This worked well.

Again, since I apparently can't follow directions, I bought the fat free sliced cheese that Hungry Girl usually uses.  So, if that is what you have, it will be fine.

Taste review:

3 out of 4 family members loved the filling.....the 4th wouldn't try it....grrrr....

Cooked peppers are hard to cut and I honestly I prefer raw green peppers.  I look forward to trying the filling for burgers.  I think it will make the best fall apart burgers!  Yum!  :)

Hope you enjoy!  Let us know if you try this one!

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Cheesy BBQ Chicken Rollups

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I don't want to let the cat out of the bag in the first line, but I have to say, the kids gave this one 10 thumbs up.  (I'm pretty sure that's a pretty impressive child rating)  lol!  :)

This recipe is low on ingredients and high on taste!  It easily makes my Top 5 tested recipes to date (if not higher).  

I feel like I should tell you more, but seriously that's it.  You just have to try it.  I know you won't be disappointed.  :)

Hope you enjoy!  Let us know if you try it!  :)

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Hawaiian Crockpot Chicken

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I love a good Crockpot recipe.  I have tried many and I'm very picky on which ones I'm willing to try a 2nd time and eventually add to the regular meal rotation.  Crockpot recipes tend to look like mush and sadly sometimes even look like it.  I am a sucker for pineapple so this recipe caught my attention.  

Prep Review:

There is quite a bit of chopping involved in this one, which is okay just keep it in mind.  Other than that nothing real special about prep.  

Taste Review:

I chose to do a red, yellow, green, and orange peppers to give it good color.  Zoey (our 3 year old) ate the red pepper before I had a chance to use it so it did not make it into this dish.  Mr. Daddy Hill thought the pepper flavor was a little overpowering and suggested using red and yellow peppers only since they tend to be sweeter.  Also reduce the pepper a little and add a little more pineapple.  I, personally, thought it worked out fine, so try what sounds good to you and go from there.  ;)

Hope you enjoy!  Let us know if you give it a try!  :)

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Fast and Easy Cheesy Broccoli Pasta

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This recipe is about as easy as they come.  You don't have to trade in flavor for simplicity either.   We actually tried this one years ago while I was staying home with a new baby and at least had good intentions about trying to cook.  :)  We liked it back then so I went ahead and through it in the meal line up.  It is great for a quick after work throw together meal.

Prep Review:
3 Ingredients!  That's it folks!  Easy, you can do it!  :) If you have been thinking about trying one of these recipes, but weren't sure the whole food swap/healthy eating was for you, this is the recipe to try. 

 I have trouble getting my broccoli the size she recommends.  I just buy a couple bags to make it as close as possible, but don't split hairs over it. I will also note that Mr. Daddy Hill discovered that Kroger carries Light Swiss Laughing Cow cheese wedges, so he picked that up to save a few calories.  

Taste Review:
This went over well with the kids.  They do like veges, so kids that have a thing against green veges probably won't applaud when they are served this meal, but it is really tasty.  

Hope you enjoy!  Let us know if you give it a try!  :)

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Amazing Growing Oatmeal

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I like oatmeal, but I am terrible at making it!  I know, how can you mess up oatmeal?  No idea, but I do it nearly every time.  Even instant is hit or miss, but I would prefer to buy the big containers of oatmeal and make it from that.  WAY more cost effective.  

I Love the concept of growing oatmeal.  Like Hungry Girls says, one serving just isn't enough.  So this is her solution.  She explains that she doubles the liquid and the cooking time (with old fashion oats) to make them plump up more.  Well, I like the idea, but since I can't make "normal" oatmeal I followed the recipe pictured above.  

Prep Review:

Only change I made to the ingredients was I doubled the vanilla and left out the creamer because I didn't have any.  Very easy to put together.  Obviously, takes longer than in the microwave, but well worth it. Seemed to have worked out well.  PLEASE NOTE: this is only one (big) serving, so plan accordingly.

Taste Review:
I was VERY impressed with this.  I feared it would taste water downed or blah, but the almond and vanilla were amazing!  I actually forgot the blueberries. It was just fine without them, but they would just add to the yummy taste medley if you have them handy.

Hope you enjoy!  Let us know if you give this one a try.  :)
  

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Dehydrated Kale *Guest Blogger!*

We just recently ordered a Dehydrator online from Target.  This is something that I (MrDaddyHill) have been wanting for a long time and we finally decided to get one!  I mainly wanted one to make jerky, but I figured I would try other things too!  In my traversing of the interwebs, I came across a Kale Chips review on YouTube.  I thought it would be a cool thing to try so I would check it out if the price was right when we were at the grocery...  Well, I was surprised to see the sign say 1.29 in front of the kale, and it was a bunch of leaves the size of my head!  So we put them in the cart and low and behold they were half off when we went through the line!  I could only hope they tasted good once made...

The main thing about preparing them is to rinse them thoroughly before cutting.  I shook them vigorously over the sink after their rinse.  Once you feel they are dry you will then need to cute the stem out of the leaves, I started out using a knife and folding the leaf in half to cut, but I then found it was easier to pull chip size pieces (think huge chips) off of the stems then putting them into a bowl.  The next step is to again dry them as well as you can before seasoning...  I did this by putting them on kitchen towels laid out in one layer then gently pressing them until I felt they were dry.  To season them I spritzed them with Pam (I would have prefered olive oil spray but Pam worked in a pinch) then sprinkled Kosher salt on them liberally making sure every leaf had salt.  They are now prepped!

The entire batch filled all four trays of my dehydrator, lay them out in a single layer filling the entire tray minus the middle.  Mine is the "cheapo" dehydrator so it only has an on off option.  I turned it on then let them stay in there for 3 hours.  Your kale chips are ready to taste!

Our thoughts?  They are great!  Not potato chips, but something tasty to eat!  Experiment with the flavorings, I want to try some with cyan pepper and maybe some lemon pepper...  I think these are a great option to have as a quick snack without the guilt!  MrsMommyHill wanted to point out that the initial "taste" might make you think they aren't good, but keep eating them and you will like them more!  We did find that the chips without any seasoning were not as good as those with.  Stay tuned for more guest spots as I dehydrate our way to a healthier us!

-MrDaddyHill

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Pepperoni Pizza Wrap

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This recipe was so easy and so last minute that I almost forgot to tell you about it.

Prep Review:

Like I said, this was a super last minute, throw it together, kind of meal; so we just used what we had on hand.  We left out the stewed tomatoes and spinach.  I'm not sure I have much interest in adding them to be honest though. 

For the seasoning we used Krazy Mix Up Salt. We bought ours at Kroger in the spice section.  We just did a few shakes on each roll up and that worked nicely.  It was just a time saver really.  Nothing against the recipe. 

In the name of saving time we also didn't food process the string cheese.  It worked in a pinch but in the future we will put it in the food processor, so that the whole string cheese doesn't try to slide out with each bite. 

I have no idea if the pepperoni we used was "turkey".  It was something I bought from Dollar Tree, so who knows.  lol  It was enough for 4 wraps for $1, so that's a winner in my book.  They were small and the calorie count was not terrible.  We did 6 per wrap. I did take the time to pat the grease off and chop them.  

Taste Review:

We enjoyed the wraps and so did the kids.  I'm not sure how our opinion would change by adding the tomato and spinach, but I'm sure it would still be good plus more filling.  :) 

Hope you enjoy!  Let us know if you give it a try.  :)

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