Bacon Wrapped Chicken

Thank you to Artsy Fartsy Mama for this recipe. Yup, when I saw her picture, I knew that I couldn't pass up this one. It worked out perfectly because I also had all the ingredients. When I got home to prepare it, I was a little sad, because I thought that I had more bacon than what I did so I had to make do. The cheese came out a little and I had to use toothpicks to keep it together. If you use 6-7 pieces of bacon per chicken then you won't have the issue I had and you will be able to full wrap the chicken up.

Ingredients:

2 boneless skinless chicken breasts; pounded out

12-14 pieces of bacon

cream cheese

shredded cheese

brown sugar

*I added some chili powder, cayenne pepper, garlic, salt and pepper

What To Do:

• Preheat oven to 400F
• Lay out your chicken and cover with some plastic wrap
• Pound out your chicken with your meat tenderizer & then season with some kosher salt & pepper
• Lay out 4 pieces of bacon vertically and then 2-3 pieces horizontally
•  Lay your chicken in the center of the bacon
• **My addition, In a small bowl mix cream cheese with chili powder, cayenne pepper, garlic, salt and pepper
• Spread cream cheese (plain or seasoned) on top of the chicken
• Then add a little bit of shredded cheese
• Roll the chicken up a little and fold up the horizontal pieces of bacon to cover the chicken
• Next fold up the vertical pieces and secure with a toothpick if needed
• On a baking pan covered with foil, lay your chicken seam side down
• Sprinkle a little bit of brown sugar on top and then bake for 50-55 minutes

**We will be eating this again, but next time I am thinking about using Pepper jack cheese and then mixing in some jalapenos or green chilies into the cream cheese as well. 

Cinnamon Roll Waffles

I think that my sweet tooth lately has been cinnamon rolls.(No, I am not pregnant again haha) Plus they are easy to just throw in the oven and make. 

Well once I saw this idea on Pinterest and then made them for breakfast this past weekend, this is by far the way to go on making cinnamon rolls!!! And hey, we get to use our flip waffle maker. (Best gift we registered for for our wedding) The only thing you have to be careful of, is how fast they go. I usually eat 2 cinnamon rolls. Well after this, I can easily eat 3 :/ ...I'm in trouble.

Kyle and I like our waffles a little on the crispy side so the pictures of ours are a little dark.

Easy peasy...Spray waffle maker with nonstick cooking spray, place 3 rolls (or however many you would like) onto the center, close your waffle maker and flip. It will beep when it's ready :)

This definitely beats having to wait for the oven to preheat and then cooking them for like 10 minutes.

Baked Bean Casserole

As I was looking for some new side ideas, I came across this baked bean casserole that seemed perfect...and it was :)

I ended up making this as a side for our hamburgers when the neighbors came over this past weekend since it takes awhile in the oven. With all the ingredients, you actually could use this for sloppy joes or even throw it on top of your hot dogs. 

Not knowing until I started making it that it was going to be a lot, we now have leftovers for our next meal.

Ingredients:

1 lb. ground beef

1 small onion, chopped

1 bell pepper, seeded and chopped

2 (15 oz.) cans pork and beans

1/2 cup barbecue sauce

1/2 cup ketchup

2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce

1 Tbsp. soy sauce

4 Tbsp. brown sugar

6-8 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled

What To Do:

• Preheat oven to 350 F and spray your baking dish with nonstick cooking spray
• Brown ground beef, onion and bell pepper
• Add pork and beans along with everything else, but the bacon
• Stir well and cook for a couple of minutes
• Pour into your baking dish
• Top with the crumbled bacon and cover with foil
• Bake for 45 minutes
• Remove foil and then bake for another 10 minutes
• Let beans stand for 5 minutes before serving

Cinnamon & Sugar Crescent Rolls (Cinnamon Rolls)

Looking for a quick and easy breakfast or dessert....these are just a simple version of cinnamon rolls.

My mom and I cooked these this past weekend for breakfast and they were so good. We just kept eating them because they were addicting. There was just something different about them that made them so good. I love crescent rolls and the flakiness of them :)

Of course we doubled the icing mix so that we had more 

Ingredients:

1 can of flaky crescent rolls

butter

cinnamon sugar

1 1/3 cup powdered sugar

2 Tbsp. milk

What To Do:

• Preheat oven to 375 F
• Spray cooking spray onto cookie sheet
• Lay out crescent rolls
• Spread some butter on each one
• Sprinkle with as much cinnamon sugar as you would like
• Roll the crescent rolls up
• Bake for 11-13 minutes
• While they are baking, mix the powdered sugar and milk together to make the icing
• Once the rolls are ready, pull out of oven and pour icing over them
• ENJOY!!