Cilantro Lime Pesto Chicken Quesadilla

  This recipe was inspired by a find on Pinterest! I found a Cilantro Lime Pesto recipe at What's Cookin, Chicago?. This recipe was for a Cilantro Lime Chicken taco (Same concept just did my a bit differently).




I first made the Pesto from the above site. The only change I made was using a Chipotle Olive Oil. I then put the pesto along with some raw but frozen chicken breast into a Ziploc bag and let it defrost over the next day or so.
After a few days I thinned out the pesto with some chicken broth and put all the contents of the bag into the crock pot and let it cook on low for 5 hours.
When it was done I put the contents of the crockpot into my stand-up mixer with the paddle attachment on speed 2 for a few minutes.

Then just go a head and make into Quesadillas or Tacos with all your favorite fillings and toppings!

Pasta Pie

I  made a pasta pie the other day and instead of rewriting the recipe this is where I got it from: Pasta Pie recipe.

Here are a few pictures of the process:

I stood the pan on it side when putting the noodles in.

Putting the meat sauce in the noodles! (I used ground turkey instead of beef)

The end result!

It kind of fell apart on me when cutting into :(

But it still tasted amazing and was a great new way to make pasta!

Pot Roast

There is nothing better then coming home to dinner in a Slow cooker! I especially love coming home to pot roast because of how awesome the house smells! I'm sure Madison is going crazy at home all day with the smell!

With that said! Here is what you will need:

• 8 potatoes cut into fourths (I usually use red but the yellow where just as good)
• 1 bag of baby carrots
• A small roast
• French onion soup mix
• 1 cup of water
• 4 cloves of garlic crushed
• tablespoon of Olive Oil

Here is what you will do
Cut deep 2-3 deep slits into the roast and get as much of the garlic that you can into them. Sear the roast on each side in a pan with the Olive oil.
In a Slow Cooker put potatoes and carrots in bottom of pot. On top of that add the roast and sprinkle the onion soup mix over it. Add 1 cup of water to the pot, cover and set it to low for 8 hours. One warning DO NOT OPEN THE LID until its done.
Enjoy the smells all day and have a delicious hearty meal!