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Pampered Chef Three Cheese Garden Pizza

I think this is the last of the Pampered Chef recipes posts! But I can’t resist passing on fun new tasty recipes when I find them! I just wish I’d taken a photo or two of them to share with yall.
Again, we’re not huge onion fans at our house, so I’d probably remove those. Hubby’s getting better about eating more vegetarian, but I think he’d be happier if we put ground beef on his half of the pizza.

Ingredients
1 pkg refrigerated pizza crust (used Pillsbury)
1 tbsp vegetable oil
2 garlic cloves, pressed
1 c shredded cheddar cheese
1 c shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 c grated fresh Parmesan cheese
1 tsp Italian seasoning
1 small onion, sliced into rings
2 plum tomatoes, sliced
1 medium zucchini, sliced
1 c sliced mushrooms

Directions
Preheat oven to 400. Unroll dough onto bottom of lightly greased Large Bar Pan. Gently stretch dough to evenly cover the bottom on the pan. Place oil in small prep bowl. Press garlic into oil; brush envly over dough using basting brush. Bake crust for 7 minutes. Remove from oven.

Meanwhile, place grated cheeses in medium sized bowl. Add Italian seasoning; toss lightly and set aside. Using Mandoline, slice onion & tomatoes using v-shaped blade; slice zucchini with crinkle cut blade. Slice mushrooms with knife.

Sprinkle half of the cheese mixture evenly over the crust; top evenly with onion, zucchini, tomatoes and mushrooms. Sprinkle with remaining cheese mixture. Bake 15-18 minutes or until crust is golden brown; remove from the oven. Cut into squares using pizza cutter. Helps to have small spatula to remove from pan. Yield per the recipe: 6 main dish or 12 appetizer servings.

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More Pampered Chef Recipes

Maria, the pampered chef consultant emailed us her recipes from the party Saturday. I’ll split these up into two posts.
I’m looking forward to making the artichoke dip for our next party (have yall noticed I’m really into artichoke dips recently?!).

I’m not a huge onion fan, so I’d probably reduce the amount of onion in the salsa. But it was really cool how she mixed & cut it all up with the Pampered Chef Salad Chopper (I might have to borrow it from Marie to make this!).

Elegant Artichoke Cups
Ingredients
1 tbsp vegetable oil
24 square wonton wrappers
1 can artichoke hearts, drained & coarsely chopped
1/2 medium red bell pepper
1/2 c shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 c grated fresh parmesan cheese
1 lemon
2 tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley
1/4 c mayonnaise
1 garlic clove, pressed
Add’l grated fresh parmesan cheese

Directions
Preheat oven to 350. Place vegetable oil in small bowl. Place wonton wrappers on cutting board. Lightly brush one side of each wonton with oil using basting brush. Press one wonton wrapper into each cup of the mini muffin pan (which I will soon have!). Repeat with remaining wonton wrappers. Bake 6 mintues or just until edges are light golden brown.
Meanwhile, coarsely chop artichokes and place in medium sized bowl. Remove the seeds from the bell pepper & dice finely. Zest lemon to measure 1/2 tsp zest. Finely chop parsley (she did it using the pizza cutter!). Add bell pepper, grated cheese, zest, parsley, mayonnaise, and pressed garlic to bowl. Mix well with spoonula.
Fill each wonton cup with about 1 tbsp of artichoke mixture; sprinkle with add’l Parmesan cheese. Bake 8 minutes or until edges of wontons are golden brown & cheese begins to melt.
Remove wontons from pan & serve immediately. Makes approximately 24 appetizers.

Mango Salad
Ingredients
3 large tomatoes
1 small red onion
3 green onions
1 jalapeno pepper (take the seeds off, or keep if you like really spicy)
1 mango
juice of 1 lime
1/2 c cilantro leaves
3 tbsp olive oil

Directions
Cut all ingredients into smaller pieces and chop using the salad chopper until you reach desired consistancy. Serve with tortilla chips.

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Pampered Chef & Fruit Tarts

Elissa had a Pampered Chef party on Saturday afternoon. I’m familar with their products & yummy food because my mom has some items and had hosted a party back when I was living at home. It made me feel all grown up to go to one ya know?!

Anyways, Elissa’s house is amazing and perfect party location. She was a great hostess & had made yummy treats including the famous Buffalo Chicken Dip (aka Crack Dip). The PC lady, Maria, also made with us Mango salsa, Vegetable Cheese Pizza, & an awesome Artichoke Dip. I’ll add those receipes to this post once she emails them to us.

Elissa posted the recipe to these oh so cute & delicious cookies on her blog (she’s one of those great cooks that doesn’t measure), but I also wanted to share here. I just wish I’d taken a photo of them.

Ingredients

Sugar Cookie Dough
Lemon Curd
Raspberry Jam
Various fruit (she used diced strawberries & blueberries)

Directions

Make & bake the sugar cookies as usual. Top with a thin layer of lemon curd. Spread a thin layer of raspberry jam on top. Top off the cookies with fruit. Serve immediately. Her notes: these can’t be made ahead of time because the cookies get soggy.
I bought this mini muffin pan & the measure-all cup. I can’t wait to make mini cupcakes & muffins. We also made the artichoke dip in this same pan. My mom has the measure all cup~ its great for measuring mayo, sour cream, etc.

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I won a Sophie!

So I enter blog giveaways all day long for Lilly stuff, cute bags, cloth diapers, toys, jewelry, you name it, I’ve entered for it! Until today, I’d never won anything!But I just got an email from http://www.babesabouttown.com/ letting me know that I won the Sophie the Giraffe giveaway. While y’all know we don’t yet have children & aren’t even pregnant, I’m so excited! I love winning things and I’ve heard amazing things about this cute teething toy. guess it’ll go into the future baby closet for a little while!
I’ll let yall know when I’ve rec’d it! 🙂
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Stiletto Award


My great friend from college “Annie” gave me this award earlier this week. Sorry that I’m just getting around to posting about it. I love awards & this is a fun one! I don’t rock stilettos often, but they do make your legs look good & you kind of have to walk slow & sexy in them!

First, let’s understand the Stiletto… some words that describe it…
Classy – Strong -Exotic – Demure – Extreme – Ultra – Sexy – Bold – Funky

“Walking in extremely high heels is not something that the average woman (or man) will need to do in their everyday life. However, there are times when this skill may be required.” I want to salute the women who balance life, family, and relationships with style and class! Those women who share their experiences with us…who encourage us, inspire us, teach us, make us laugh and basically keep us going! You know who they are! While you read this blog, your family is looking at you wondering what the heck you are laughing about so hard…or why the tissue is necessary for internet browsing. It’s the one that the kids are excited about because a new post means a new craft project or family outing. The one that inspires you to be a better mom, friend, person in general. The one that reminds you that we are all “in this life together” and you’re not the only one going through the hard stuff. The one that you secretly wish your blog was like…

“Heels this high are not meant for clubbing or walking long distances in. They are mainly used for getting from the living room to the bedroom, from the car to the restaurant, or for a short stroll along the catwalk.”

If you’ve received this award, someone out there thinks you deserve it! Be proud! Display the badge with honor! You earned it…after all it means that you brought something special to at least one other person, and really, isn’t that what life’s all about?

THE RULES!
This blog award is meant to be shared, to be given out, to be bestowed upon any and ALL women who exemplify what the stiletto represents. If you’ve received this award, here’s what you do:

1. Display your Stiletto Badge of Honor on your sidebar! Wear it with pride…

2. BRAG ABOUT IT! -write a post about your award. Include the link to this page so everyone will understand what it’s all about!

3. SAY THANKS!

4. SHARE THE LOVE!

5. DO WHAT YOU DO! Keep inspiring and encouraging and sharing your life! We love it and we thank you!

I give this award to:

“Annie” B gave it out to four ladies~ I’ll try to stick to that:
Katherine b/c even though she swears she’s not girly, she can rock the heels!
Megan b/c she’s awesome & had such a rough week.
Steph b/c she’s always trying the newest trend (& making it look good). She’d be great in stilettos 🙂
Sally b/c she’s classy & sexy & bold~ she blogged about skpye-sex & traditional southern weddings in one fabulous blog!