Chicken Pot Pie with Phyllo Crust

This was delicious!  The first homemade chicken pot pie I had made was Pioneer Woman's and we loved it!  But it is full of fat! 

I loved using fresh vegetables- I added carrots- and just a bit of heavy cream.  The taste and spices were delicious!  My little guy loved it too!

I'll be making this one again!

Fish Tacos with Chipotle Cream

My husband loves salmon...and dislikes other white fish.
I love white fish...and dislike salmon.

So, whenever I can find a recipe that we both like- we eat it quite a bit.  Our staple fish taco recipe is from a friend from college- not sure where she got it from- but we LOVE it!

http://wearinggackeysapron.blogspot.com/2009/03/outside-of-chicken-box.html

Thought we'd give Ellie's a try since it is very similar, just with a different sauce.  I only used one chipotle pepper and it was a bit too spicy for us- but I liked the marinade she used on the fish.

In the future, I will be doing my original fish taco sauce with her fish marinade!  Think it will go nicely together.

Spicy Peanut Dipping Sauce ~ page 55

I made Ina's Lemon Chicken....which is a great recipe, but I remembered that I wasn't real crazy about Ina's Peanut sauce, so I made Ellie's. I thought it was much better, it was healthy, and not so thick and gloppy as Ina's. I would make this again! Maybe I'll try Ellie's chicken recipe that she has it paired up with next time I do it. --Carissa

Spiced Red Wine Poached Pears ~ page 293

These were YUMMY! I will definitely be making these again. Here they are cooking on the stove, I made them a day ahead of when I needed them and they heated back up very nicely! I I meant to take a pic of the finished product but just didn't have the time cuz we gobbled them up too fast. In the end they were such a pretty red color. Ellie says to put in 2 whole cloves and one strip of orange peel...that seemed a bit weak to me, so I doubled both of those. Yum! You should try this for a yummy fat free dessert! --Carissa

Green Pea Soup page ~ 84

This soup was very pretty...I'm not sure if I would make it again though. I thought it was a little too thin, I would have liked it better if it was thicker. The taste was not bad, mainly tasted like peas, which is expected since that is all it is really made up of. It was definitely very healthy. I might freeze the leftovers and use it as babyfood for my 5 month old. :) --Carissa

Crispy Chicken Fingers with Honey Mustard Sauce

These were Yummy!  Healthy!  and Easy! 

We will be making these again soon- I used chicken breasts cut into strips and crushed corn flakes (which Brayden LOVED helping me crush).

 Brayden helped me make Honey Mustard dipping sauce...delicious!

Fettuccine with Creamy Red Pepper Sauce ~ page 150

We really liked this!! I added thinly sliced grilled chicken on top to make it heartier. The only change I made was to use a little twist pasta instead of fettuccine. It is a little more kid friendly. I had my parents over for dinner and asked their opinion, Pops suggested cayenne pepper, which we tried and it really made the roasted red pepper flavors pop! Then my mom suggested maybe a veggie diced up in it. I think next time I will add some diced and sauteed zucchini mixed in the pasta sauce. I really think that would be good. I just ate the leftovers for lunch today ...yum! The flavors are even better today. I might even try it with shrimp next time.