Yummy PIzza Cups.

I take these pictures on Friday mornings when I'm busy putting off work:

{I believe this showcases my most attractive qualities}

But for realz, these Pizza Cups were bomb.

Last week, I was going to make Pizza Biscuits, but decided to do a combo of those and Easy Peasy Cheesy Beefy Biscuit Cups, thus the Pizza Cup was born.

{I have many friends who are fantastic photographers.  Maybe one day they'll teach me the ways.}

You Will Need:

10 ct Refrigerated Biscuits
6 Large Pepperonis (or 12 small) - cut up into small pieces
6 slices Bacon - cooked and cut up into small pieces
Pizza Sauce ( I used Boboli - or you could make your own)
1 cup Mozarella Cheese

This is super easy, folks.  Grease a muffin pan and smooosh a Biscuit into each cup, covering all sides of the cup.  Pile Sauce, Pepperoni, and Bacon in each cup and top with some Mozarella!

Bake those bad boys according to your Biscuit package and be done with it.

Apricot Glazed Chicken w/ Cheesy Bacon Biscuits + FAIL.

I made Easy Peasy Beef Stroganoff and all was going well until...

...I used the wrong side of the pepper and put about 1/4 cup in the dish before I realized what I was doing.  What makes this even worse is that I already made this mistake just days before.  I am a self-proclaimed pepper lover, but the excess made the dish totally inedible to me.  Big Steven, however, chowed down because he can eat just about anything, which is great for my self-esteem.  He did be sure to write a big 'NO' in permanent marker on the large pepper side for future reference.  What a doll.  I managed to refill my pepper shaker to avoid any future issues.

Now to the good stuff:

Apricot Glazed Chicken

1.5 lbs Chicken Breast
1 jar Apricot Preserves (12 oz)
1/4 cup Water (cold)
2 tbsp Flour
S&P to taste
Poultry Seasoning to taste
EVOO

Drizzle a pan with EVOO and heat to Medium Heat.

Season your chicken with S&P and Poultry Seasoning.  Add to the heated pan and cook for about 5 minutes on each side.  Remove Chicken from the pan and transfer to a new pan (or rinse the old one) to avoid that yucky greasy chicken taste. 

Pour Apricot Preserves over Chicken and keep on Medium Heat.  Mix together the Flour and Water and slowly pour into Apricot and Chicken, wisking the whole time to avoid lumps.  This creates a sort of Apricot Gravy.

Reduce heat to Low and simmer for about 15-20 minutes.

Cheesy Bacon Biscuits

stole the idea from Rachel Ray, my bff;

The difference between my Cheesy Bacon Biscuits and Rachel's is that she used Jiffy boxed powder and I used refrigerated biscuit dough.

1 can Refrigerated Biscuit Dough (10 biscuits)

1-1.5 cups Shredded Cheese (your choice)

8 slices of bacon; cooked and chopped

Mix your Shredded Cheese with your cooked and chopped Bacon and fold into each Refrigerated Biscuit.  Cook according to package and VOILA!

Easy and delicious.  These were the star of the show!

Easy Peasy Inside Out Chicken Pot Pie

My 'Cheater Chicken Pot Pie' on my menu turned into the 'Easy Peasy Inside Out Chicken Pot Pie.'  Why?  Because it's easy and I used biscuits instead of a pie crust :)

I lost err misplaced my charger for my camera; hopefully I just left it at the lake somewhere.  Just when I was starting to get the hang of taking pictures of food, too!  So, my non-smart phone gives me pictures like the one above.  Lo siento, friends.

You Will Need:

4 cans Chicken Breast (like Swanson brand in the tuna isle)
1 can Cream of Chicken
1 can Cream of Celery
1 bag Frozen Mixed Veggies
1 can 10 ct Refrigerated Biscuits
S & P to taste

Preheat your oven to 400.

I drained my canned Chicken Breast and added Pepper to that first because I love the Pepper.  Then combine Soups and Veggies and mix all up.  Transfer mixture to a baking dish (I used 9x13) and top with uncooked Biscuits.

Add 5 minutes to the cook time on the can for the Biscuits; my can said 11-13 minutes, so I baked it for 18 minutes.  This will ensure that the Biscuits are cooked all the way through.

EASY PEASY!

Easy Peasy Cheesy-Beefy Biscuit Cups

Don't judge a book by it's cover!

Now, these didn't turn out as cute as I wanted them to because I didn't 'smoosh' the biscuits around the muffin tin enough, but they still turned out delicious!  Even my niece loved them (she had 2!) and she is quite a picky gal.  These are super easy, super kid friendly, and super yummy.  Helloooooo crowd pleaser!



nevermind the spill over!

 You will need:

1 lb ground beef
16 refrigerated biscuits
2 cups cheese
1 jar spaghetti sauce

Preheat the oven to 375.

Brown the beef, drain.  Stir in Spaghetti Sauce.

Generously spray muffin tins - get the sides good so these come out as cups like intended.  'Smooooosh' the biscuits into the tins.  Fill 2 tbsp of meat mixture in cups and bake for 15-17 minutes.  When they come out, sprinkle cheese all over and let it melt!

I served these with macaroni because mac n cheese is a no-fail with most kids.  I gave the option to have salad or peaches.  Here is Mrs. Picky herself:

Yes, that was way too much mac n cheese, so she traded half of it in for another Cheesy-Beefy Biscuit Cups.

Mama Kelly - these are soooo easy and both babies loved them!

I found a basic recipe for this on Allrecipes.com (one of my all time fav sites) and you can switch it up so much - add veggies, swap meat, go meatless - easy peasy!

Easy Peasy Crock-Pot Chicken & Dumplings

I haven't figured out how to make delicious food aesthetically appealing yet...

 Props to Mommy's Cooking Adventures for the recipe.

You will need:
Chicken Breast (or your favorite part of the chicken)
2 Tbsp Butter
1 Sweet Onion (of course, I opted out)
2 Cans of Cream of Chicken
1/2 Cup of Water
1 Large Can of Biscuits (8 or 10)
Salt & Pepper to taste

First, add the Butter, Cream of Chicken, and Onion to the Crock Pot and stir until mixed.  Add Chicken (cut up into equal sized peices to ensure proper cooking) and add the water to cover the chicken.  Set Crock Pot on HIGH and cook for 6 hours.  30-45 minutes before serving, cut unprepared biscuits in half, roll them and add them to the Crock Pot.

This was so delicious and so simple!  I will definitely make this again.

down home sausage gravy and biscuits.

this is a PERFECT warm weather fix.  there's nothing better than biscuits and gravy.

recipe:
1 pkg Jimmy Dean sausage crumbles
1 tbsp butter
1/2 c milk
1 c flour
1/3 c water
1 pkg of your favorite biscuits

first, brown sausage with butter in a frying pan on medium heat.  add milk.  in a separate bowl, mix the flour and water together.  when flour hits heat, it tends to become lumpy, so this helps to make it a smooth texture to start with.  when milk comes to a boil, slowly add flour mixture stirring constantly.  remove from heat when desired consistency is reached.  the more heat, the thicker the gravy will be.

it's THAT easy.  see?  you can do it, too!

personal favorite substitution:  replace the sausage with budding beef (cut up into small pieces) and you have my mama's delicious chipped beef and gravy.



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