• 1 can (15 Oz.) Black Beans, Rinsed And Drained
• 1 can (14.5 Oz.) Diced Tomatoes
• 1 package (10 Oz.) Frozen Corn
• ½ cups Onion, Chopped
• ½ cups Red Pepper, Diced
• 1 can (10 Oz) Enchilada Sauce
• 1 can (10 3/4 Oz) Can Condensed Cream Of Chicken Soup
• 1-½ cup Milk
• 2 whole Chicken Breasts
• 1 cup Pepper Jack Cheese, Shredded

In a 3 1/2 to 5-quart slow cooker, combine drained beans, tomatoes, corn, onion, and bell pepper. Place 2 chicken breasts on top of the mixture.

In a large bowl, whisk together the enchilada sauce and soup. Gradually whisk in milk until smooth. Pour sauce mixture over ingredients in cooker. Cover; cook on low heat for 6 to 8 hours or on high for 3 to 4 hours.

Remove chicken and cut or shred into bite-sized pieces. Add chicken back into the soup. Top with pepper jack cheese and serve. The soup can also be topped with avocado, sour cream, or crushed tortilla chips.

Note: if the soup is too thick for you, just add a little more milk after it’s all cooked.

Tonight we celebrated my mom's birthday! What a special person she is!

She is our winner this week!

Such an easy and fun activity!

Today we made Christmas trees to go on our kitchen table. Jackson had alot of fun decorating his.

This week for lunch we're going to try Pizzadillas one day. Jackson loves to help cook and I got this recipe from nickjr.com so it should be an easy, fun, kid-friendly recipe to try.

This was amazing. Everyone has to try this...definitely a comfort food. It also is good to freeze and save for another wintery day.

LAURA! #16 wrote:

October 7, 2009 8:28 PM said...

oooooooooooh these match my light plate switches in my living room. That's reason enough, haha! super cute!!

Please email me with your info and I'll make sure the owner gets these to you! YAY! Congrats!

A new favorite store on Etsy for me is The Salty Peanut. I love her products! Bobbi has been so generous with this week's giveaway.


A little note from Bobbi:

Hello!  My name is Bobbi Knar and I just opened my Etsy Shop.  I got married almost a month ago.  Part of my wedding consisted of providing a favor to each guest - a set of 4 hand made tile coasters.  That equaled out to over 800 coasters!  I loved doing it and my guests were absolutely thrilled.  After the wedding, SEVERAL friends and family wanted to know if they could purchase sets for Christmas presents, housewarming gifts, birthdays, etc.  It was an easy decision to go with Etsy in creating a web-shop as I was already very familiar with the site.  I am a power-seller on EBAY, so it was very easy to get my shop set up. 

I can make any type of coaster you want.  I love doing custom orders and working with the customer to create something fabulous!  Be sure to check out my Etsy Shop atwww.thesaltypeanut.etsy.com for a complete description of the tile coasters.  My husband and I also have a blog at www.thesaltypeanut.com. 

I plan on branching off and also creating custom note cards, thank you cards and invitations.  I recently created 200 thank you cards for a friend that matched her wedding colors and theme.  Within the next few weeks I plan on making up a handful of demo cards and getting them on the site.  I currently have a deal right now:  A set of 4 tile coasters plus 12 matching monogrammed note cards for $20.00.  This would make an awesome holiday gift for anyone :)

Now for the giveaway....It is for a set of these adorable coasters. Click here 

#18: Shannon!!!

She wrote:  September 30, 2009 8:15 AM said...

So cute! Ava would look adorable in this shirt!
Ava is a 2T.

Shannon, Aimee will be in touch with you. I'll send her your email address right now :) Can't wait to see it on Miss Ava!

This recipe I got from my friend, Shanna. We are having it tomorrow night and thought I'd use it for my "Scrumptious Sunday" entry.

This week's "Win It Wednesday" is for a Complete Blog Makeover by dotcomkari.

Joe cooked the best dinner tonight. We had homemade (not Tyson) Chicken Fajitas! Woah, were they delish! Here is the recipe in case ya'll want to try.....yummo! Here are some pictures too of my plate :)

2 cooked boneless, skinless, chicken breasts
1 can Rotel tomatoes (not drained)
1 bell pepper, diced
1 onion (Vidalia is best), diced
1 tsp. minced garlic
1 tomato, diced
cooking spray or 1 tsp. of olive oil
corn tortillas
sour cream (low-fat or fat-free)- optional
shredded cheddar cheese - optional

Coat the skillet in cooking spray or 1 teaspoon of olive oil. On medium heat, add the diced bell pepper and onion to the skillet.

Sauté until the peppers have softened enough to be cut easily with a spatula. If the skillet becomes too dry, a few teaspoons of water may be added to prevent sticking.

Add the minced Garlic, diced tomato, and can of Rotel. While the above ingredients are cooking, shred and add cooked chicken to the skillet.

Cook until the juice from the Rotel has thickened. Set aside the cooked fajita filling in a covered bowl.

Heat the corn tortillas. Place fajita filling in the middle of your warm tortillas and serve. Top with sour cream and shredded cheese, if desired.

This recipe is very easy to modify to your personal preferences. You can add or decrease ingredients as you like. Rice also makes an excellent addition to this meal.

This week we're having these yummy enchiladas. Posting the recipe here so you can enjoy them as well.

1 lg. can enchilada sauce
3-4 chicken breasts
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 sm. can sliced black olives
2 dozen corn tortillas
1 chopped onion
1 pkg. sharp Cheddar cheese, grated

Cook chicken and shred. Mix soup, olives and onions. Cut tortillas in wedges. Layer crock pot with sauce, tortillas, soup mix, chicken and cheese all the way to top, ending with cheese on top. Cook on low temperature all day in crock pot.

What a day. I do not remember a 4th of July being so crazy. With random monsoon rains, and tornado sirens, and wondering if the fireworks were going to happen or not, to normally family chaos on what our plan is, it turned out great, thanks to Joe! He suggested at 9:00pm that we pack everyone up into the car (Knox already was asleep for the night) and go see if they were having fireworks still due to the rain. As soon as we pulled up, the fireworks started. We had a great view from our car and great memories were made...even with the windshield wipers going strong. :) Here are a few pictures from our day.

Easy Meatloaf (Having this Wednesday night)

Every Saturday I'm going to post a question and you are to respond (if you want) in the comment section.

On Thursdays, I'm going to blog about a way I was thrifty that day. We're trying to save as much as we can and every little bit helps. So, today, I was thrifty by going to the library instead of going to the zoo, or Science Center or somewhere exciting like that. Who said the library can't be exciting? Especially taking two kids (this is new for me remember) :) Jackson got some great books and he is so excited to read them.


(this isnt our library but it looked too fun not to post)