Breakfast is ready!!

Just about every day, I eat the same thing for breakfast (and sometimes for a late night snack... I like it, don't judge me! : )).  Why?  Because it's yummy... it's easy... and it's healthy! : )

 All you need is a bowl, a spoon, some plain yogurt (all natural is great, if you have it! I'm a bit overdue on my Trader Joe's run..), some raisins, and some oats.

Pour the yogurt into a bowl (I'm pretty sure I could have left this step out...) 

Add some oats.  You can add as much as you want... I like mine kinda thick.  

Add some raisins.  Again, add as much as you want! 

And breakfast is ready!  A yogurt mix, some coffee (cause my momma raised me that way), and a juice (which is a WHOLE other post... but I'll get there soon enough)!!  Breakfast doesn't get much better than that! OK, it does, but let me try to fool myself! : ) 

On a completely unrelated note, wittle bit got a hair cut! 

An American Favorite - APPLE PIE!!

This is SO yummy and SO easy! Delicious with vanilla ice cream - but duh, it's apple pie! : )

You can either use store bought crust or make your own. Last night I just used store bought because I needed a new pastry blender, and didn't have time to go get one. It's delicious with store bought crust... but I prefer to make my own (just because it makes it more homemade). I have a good (and simple) crust recipe that I can add later.
Pie filling:
1 stick butter (1/2 cup)
3 Tbs. all purpose flour
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
7 Granny Smith Apples

- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Peel, core, and slice 7 Granny Smith Apples. Place apples in large bowl.
- Melt 1/2 cup of butter in saucepan on oven. Add 3 Tbs. flour to form a paste.
- Mix white sugar, brown sugar, and water. Add sugar & water mixture to the saucepan.
- Bring saucepan mixture to boil. Lower temp. and allow mixture to simmer.
- Pour mixture over apples & stir.
- Place bottom crust in pie pan. Pour apples into pie crust. Place top crust over apples in either lattice form or just layed over.
- If just layed over apples:
Cut slits in top. Trim excess off sides. Bunch top and bottom crusts
together.
- Bake in preheated oven (425) for 15 minutes. Cover crust with foil, reduce temp. to 350 and bake for 35 more minutes.

Swiss Chicken Casserole

I have to share my ABSOLUTELY favorite chicken recipe!  I'm not the biggest fan of chicken, but add a slice of swiss cheese and some stuffing, and I am LOVE it!

Swiss Chicken Casserole
Ingredients:
6 skinless, boneless chicken breast
6 slices of swiss cheese
1 (10.75 oz) can of cream of chicken soup
1 (10.75 oz) can of cheddar cheese soup
1/4 cup of milk
1 (6 oz) box of Stovetop Stuffing for Chicken
1/2 cup of melted butter
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
Soak the box of stuffing in 1/2 cup of melted butter
Lightly grease a 9x13 baking dish
Arrange chicken breast in the baking dish, so they aren't overlapping.
Place one slice of swiss cheese on each breast (I kind of wrap it around the slice of chicken as much as I have to)
In a medium bowl, combine cream of chicken, cheddar cheese soup, and milk.
Pour soup mixture over the chicken breasts.
Top with stuffing and melted butter.
Cover with foil and bake for 50 minutes (or until chicken is no longer pink and juices run clear)

And, Enjoy! : )