Chicken, Cream Cheese, and Caramelized Onion Turnovers with a Massaged Kale Salad.

This is the face I make to get her to smile.

She is starting to follow my phone everywhere and even reaches for it when I'm on it! Uh oh. Looks like someone needs her own so she doesn't mess with Mommy's lol!!

For dinner the other night I made this delicious meal that James loved and I think Zara will love when she gets older!

First I chopped up the breasts on a rotisserie chicken and put them into a bowl.

Then I added half a block of softened cream cheese. I used the 1/3 less fat kind. I mean these are already fattening enough!

Then half an onion I chopped and caramelized for 30 minutes in olive oil.

Added a pinch of salt and pepper.

1 tbls of softened butter.

1 tsp of seasoning salt.

Then I unrolled 1 can of jumbo sized crescents. Took 2 to make a rectangle.

Presses down the center to make a seal.

Mixed together the chicken mixture.

Took 1/4 of the mixture and blobbed it in the center of the dough.

Topped with some shredded sharp cheddar cheese.

Grab the corners and wrap them around to make a ball and set on a baking sheet with a sil mat down sealed side down.

Sprinkled the tops with paprika.

It was hard for me not to lick my fingers with that filling.

For the salad I took a bag of pre chopped kale and put it in a large bowl, squeezed half a lemon over it.

The other half went in a bowl for the dressing.

Then 1/4 a cup of olive oil.

A pinch of kosher salt.

Then massaged for 3 minutes till the leaves softened and wilted. Makes it delicious!!!

For the rest of the dressing I put in a tbls of honey. Salt and pepper.

And whisked in 1/4 a cup of olive oil till emulsified. 

Bakes the turnovers at 350° for 25 minutes till golden brown on top.

I then plated with the salad and topped them with toasted Pepitas!

Yumm!!!

Verde Chicken Quinoa Chili

Sorry I'm so behind on my posts, with James' party and all these errands I've been running I haven't had a spare chance to write down my recipes. Here are some pictures of my pretty girl and sexy husband!

We were eating nachos with all my leftovers for the taco bar!

This was my breakfast after the party since I didn't get any the night of!

For lunch I used part of my leftovers but you can easily make this with a rotisserie chicken, some chopped up chicken leftover from dinner, or even cook up a couple breasts and shred them before you add it to the chili.

First I put a tbls of olive oil in a sauce pan on medium heat.

Chop up and add half a small onion.

Add a tbls of chopped green chilies from a can.

Sauté for a few minutes till softened then add 2 cloves of garlic grated in.

Add a teaspoon of cumin.

Stir and toast in the oil then pour in 2 cups of chicken broth and 1 cup of water.

1 cup of Verde enchilada sauce from a can.

1 can of white beans not drained.

1 cup of rinsed quinoa.

1/2 a tsp of oregano.

And about a cup or cup and 1/2 of shredded chicken, this is my Mexican shredded chicken so it has a little bit of salsa in with it. You could add a couple tbls of salsa to mimic this.

Bring to a boil then reduce to simmer for 15 minutes till the quinoa is soft and broken. Taste and season with salt.

Put in a serving bowl and squirt in some lime juice, cubed up avocado, diced tomato, pinch of shredded cheddar, and a sprig of cilantro! 

Soooo yummy and healthy! You must make this one!! It's under 400 calories too!

My Husbands 30th Birthday Party!

I have been planning my husband's birthday party for a couple weeks now. It was the big 3 0 and I thought he probably won't get anymore parties because Zara will be getting a bunch! Since he was born in '84 I went with an 80s theme. I've been collecting 80s memorabilia and candy to make a cute table. I looked up stuff on Pinterest and hid the stuff in my closet so James wouldn't see. 

First I set up the table with a black table cloth, and put a bunch of candy from the 80s, sunglasses that say I <3 80s and a bunch of Garbage Pail Kids Trading Cards.

I bought mini ghostbuster pins, mini rubix cubes and these 80s movie cereal box themed coasters.

To fill in the spaces I used cut up neon pieces of paper.

I got this mini painting of Viggo from Ghostbusters.

And this Gremlins figurine. 

Here is the cookie cake I ordered.

I asked for 80s theme and I think for a guy they did the wrong stuff. A skate? Really? I should have been more specific.

I made this rubix cube on a cardboard box with cut up pieces of paper and electrical tape.

A little crooked but I LOVED how it came out!

For the sign I took paint and splattered it across a black poster board and cut out 80s and happy birthday James in pink. Next time I would do the splatter paint first and then add the cut outs because the letters got paint on them and just would look cooler the other way.

I think it came out pretty righteous!

I hung slinkys from the chandelier and hung 80s posters I ordered online.

And put black-light lightbulbs in the chandelier to make the neon colors pop!

I made 2 balloon towers and strung star wars streamers and balloons across the wall. And blew up a boom box balloon with 2 I love 80s balloons behind the sign.

This idea was too cute not to do! I took black plates and made a CD label to put in the center so it looks like a record.

I bought records and melted them down into bowls for the chips!

For the taco bar I made Chipotle Lime Marinated Pulled Pork, Mexican Shredded Chicken, and Fajita Beef!

Refried Beans from Scratch fried in Bacon fat, and the best Mexican Rice I've ever tasted!For the Sundae Bar I took a bunch of jelly jars and filled them with delicious candies and toppings.

I made a Caramelized Pineapple Sauce, Strawberry Sauce, Chocolate Sauce, and Caramel Sauce. 

And CHOCOLATE COVERED Bacon!!!

This was Zara's outfit but I only got the one blurry photo of it. She was so cute but had a complete meltdown during the party. I had never seen her act like that before. I had to take her to her room to calm down but when we would come back down she would start again. It was awful! 

This was just how I put the party together. I'm going to do a post of how I made the food next.