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Every recipe that I have found for Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce never uses the whole can so here are some ideas on how to use up the rest. Colorado Burritos Ingredients 2 lb stew meat 10oz Enchilada Sauce 3 tbs Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce (ground up) Directions -Put all ingredients into a crock pot and cook on low for 6-8 hours or high 3-4 hours NOTES: If sauce is too thin add Corn Starch and hour before serving to thicken it up Spicy Chicken Tacos Ingredients 1 cup Lawry's Santa Fe Chili Marinade 4 chicken breasts 3 tbs Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce (ground up) 1 tbs Taco Seasoning Directions -Put all ingredients into a crock pot and cook on low for 6-8 hours or high 3-4 hours -Shred Chicken before serving Spicy Hummus Ingredients Plain Hummus Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce (ground up) Directions -Place a spoonful of Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce (ground up) on top of hummus and enjoy NOTES: check out link here http://thea...

Happy 2013!!! Been super busy and haven't had a chance to update the blog in a while but being that it is a new year and everyone is trying to eat healthy I found a new favorite snack and wanted to share it with all of you. Super simple - 2 ingredients . . . but sooooo yummy!!! Spicy Chipotle Hummus Ingredients: Plain Hummus Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce Directions: 1)Throw the whole can of Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce in a blender and grind up until smooth like a salsa 2) Put a spoonful into your hummus 3) ENJOY!!! Notes: -You only need a few spoonful's of the pepper put the extra in a container and keep in fridge to add a kick to other sauces - dips - Mexican food - etc - Since I'm the only one in our house that eats the hummus I throw a few spoonful's into the whole container and add more as needed but you can do this in single serve portions too -Usually I eat hummus with pita chips but in the attempt to eat less carbs I've been using c...

For Christmas Eve this year we had Eddie's mom, brothers, and grandparents come over to our house to celebrate. Eddie's family loves their sweets so we started off the night with a few sweet treats and appetizers, followed by a lot of fried food, and finished off with more sweets . . . It isn't the holidays with out a bunch of junk food right? lol   Here is a few recipes from our Very Fried and Sweet Christmas that we would like to share with you   Appetizers : Smoked Salmon Dip and Chocolate Pretzel Bites Main Course : Spicy Chicken Poppers   Smoked Salmon Dip (Ina Garden - Food Network) Ingredients                               8oz Cream Cheese                  1/2 cup Sour Cream       ...

Our Baked Mac and Cheese has got to be one of the more popular dishes  - not only is it the most requested dish in our household but its also the most viewed here on our blog. For those reasons I wanted to share with you one of our variations that is an awesome way to use up left over ham (especially when your tired of ham sandwiches during the holidays) Ham Mac and Cheese Ingredients: -3 cups of Chopped Ham -1 box of Mac and Cheese -1/3 cup pasta water -splash of milk -12oz Shredded Cheese -Bread Crumbs Directions: 1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees 2) Boil Water and cook Macaroni for 7 minutes 3) While pasta is cooking heat Ham in a frying pan to crisp up the outsides 4) Before draining pasta place 1/3 cup of the pasta water to the side then drain the rest of the water from the Macaroni 5) Place Macaroni back into pot add powdered cheese (found in box), 1/3 cup pasta water, splash of milk and mix 6) Add Ham and a little over half of the cheese an...

The other day we had eddies mom and brother over and he wanted to do something different for dessert. I was watching Food Network earlier in the day (surprise surprise) and on one of the shows they made ice cream sandwiches . . . I had never made my own ice cream sandwiches before soooooo I did :)   Double Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwiches Ingredients: Betty Crocker Double Chocolate Chuck Cookie Mix 1/2 to 1 cup White Chocolate Chips 1/4 Cup Oil 2 Tbsp. Water 1 Egg Vanilla Ice Peppermint Bark - chopped (optional) Directions: 1) Add White Chocolate Chips to the Double Chocolate Chunk Cookie then make according to package directions 2) While Cookies are cooling take Ice Cream out of freezer to defrost (about 30 minutes) 3) Add one scoop of ice cream to half of the cookies and top with the other half 4) Roll in chopped peppermint bark to cover the ice cream 5) Place in freezer for at least 1 hour to set up NOTE: -You can roll the sandwiches in...

Recently I've become obsessed with the trees changing colors ... must be a California thing because we definitely don't see this in the bay

I know its a little late but Happy Turkey Day!! This year for Thanksgiving me and Eddie went to Eddie's moms house and while we didn't make any of the main dishes we did bring along a little something or actually 3 little somethings: Bacon Cranberry Spinach Salad, Thanksgiving Punch, and Pumpkin Bars Bacon Cranberry Spinach Salad Ingredients: 1 bag of spinach 5 slices of pre-cooked bacon - crumbled 1/2 cup dried cranberries 1/2 cup walnut pieces 1/2 cup feta cheese 1/2 cup croutons  Directions: Place Spinach at bottom of serving bowl and layer additional ingredients on top Thanksgiving Punch Ingredients: 4 Cups Apple Cider 2 Cups Cranberry Juice 1 Cup Dark Rum Directions: Mix Everything together and Serve over Ice Pumpkin Bars Ingredients: 1 Package Betty Crocker Pumpkin Bar Mix 1 Stick of Butter - Melted 1 Egg 1 Container of Cream Cheese Frosting Directions: 1) Pre-Heat oven to 3...