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Mac N Cheese

I needed a homemade side to bring to a potluck for the Chi O alum group dinner tonight. I volunteered to make homemade mac n cheese but truthfully I usually only make Kraft’s from a box. I’m hoping this is a good as Stephanie’s picture makes it seem!
Baked Mac N Cheese (from Stephanie Cooks)
Ingredients:
2 cups of dry elbows or small shells
2 tablespoons of butter
2 tablespoons of flour
1 cup of milk
2 cups of cheese
bread crumbs
Directions:
1- Turn oven on to 350.
2- Bring the water to a boil, cook pasta, drain and set aside.
3- In a large saucepan, melt the butter. Once melted, stir in the flour and stir until it forms a thick paste.
4- Slowly pour in the milk, stirring constantly, until the flour is smooth in the milk.
5- Add the cheese, stir until smooth.
6- Add pasta, mix until pasta and cheese are well combined.
7- Pour into a greased baking dish. Top with a sprinkle of bread crumbs. Bake for 20 minutes uncovered.

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Crockpot Chicken Stuffing

My friend Brooke at work made this last weekend and said she knew we would love it too. It’s in the crockpot now! So I’ll update later with pictures and yumminess info! UPDATE: It was awesome! We ate it after 7 hours, but I think 6 was probably enough to make it delicious. We’ll definitely make it again and maybe add more cranberries next time.

Ingredients
4 chicken breast

1 can of cream of chicken/cream of celery or cream of mushroom soup (I used cream of mushroom)
1/3 cup of milk
1 package of stove top
1 2/3 cup of water
1/2 to 3/4 cup of dried cranberries
Directions
Place chicken breast on the bottom of crockpot. Mix creamed soup with milk and pour on top of chicken breast. Mix stove top with seasoning package, water and cranberries and pour on top of chicken and soup. Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.
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weekend

My parent’s came into town this weekend. We have a tradition of going to the NCSU/WF game with one of my good friends from college and her parents. I made blueberry scones for breakfast, whipped together a parm/ranch veggie dip (using a herb pack given to me by a friend, ranch dressing & sour cream), and a layered Mexican dip (except that I used HT’s refried black beans and omitted the olives & onions b/c I didnt have them on hand). All three got rave reviews! We also had beer, mojitos, bloody marys, Bojangles chicken, slaw & beans, and birthday cake (yay for Brett turning 30!). Even though it rained a little bit, we didn’t mind and we were prepared this time with raincoats & ponchos.
To make it an even better weekend, NCSU won! I’m such a huge NCSU football fan and am thus so excited that they won the game Saturday night. I’d resigned myself to them losing, but it’s so much more fun when they win! My dad laughed and said they only have to win out to go to a bowl. Not sure that’ll happen, but I’ll be wearing red the next two Saturdays to support the pack. 🙂

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Mom’s White Bean Chicken Chili

So I saw Jenni’s post about chicken chili and it sounded so good that I emailed it to a friend about me making it for our small group on Monday night. She reminded me that my mom makes a killer white bean chicken chili too and asked for that recipe. She remembered it included beer which we both thought was fun! So to remind myself of the recipe and to share it with the world here goes. BTW I think I’m going to combine Jenni & Mom’s recipes for Monday. Hope they turn out well. I’ll share pictures later. Oh and I’m going to try out the Oatmeal/PB cookies a few posts down Monday too!
Ingredients
1+lb of cubed chicken
48oz Great Northern beans
16 oz salsa of your choice
2 c of chicken broth (up to 2 cans ok)
1 can beer
2 tsp cumin
2 tsp garlic powder
4 oz (small) can of green chilis
15oz can sweet corn, drained
1 c monteray jack cheese
Directions
Combine all ingredients. I plan on crockpotting them all day. Use about 2/3 of cheese in mix and top your bowls with the rest.
I’m planning on also adding oregano, cayenne pepper, & flour like Jenni did and also adding a bit of sour cream on top with the cheese.

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voted

I voted early tonight! The parking lot was packed and the line was way out the door, but it was worth standing out in the cold for 15 minutes. Since I’ll be getting back into town late Monday night, voting tonight will make next Tuesday a little less hectic. But while I was waiting and then as I was filling in the little ovals I was thinking how cool it was that one we live in a country where we can vote and two that we live in a country where voting is so low key and normal (I know there are countries where people are killed/harassed etc while trying to vote). It really wasn’t that long ago that women weren’t allowed the right to vote and I hope that we as Americans (especially women) remember not to take that for granted.