February 26

I know I've shared this recipe before - but I think it was on my other blog (that I shut down a few years ago) so if you're still following me this is a repeat - but it's SO good that it's worth the additional blog ;)

I originally got this recipe from Weight Watchers - I can't remember where - and I'm sure when done "properly" it's a lower fat pizza - but I'll leave that up to you to figure out ;)

Turkey BBQ Pizza:

So you can either start with a store bought pizza crust (like I did) or make your own (THIS recipe is fantastic!) and then put any type of BBQ Sauce that you like on the crust - I LOVE Sweet Baby Ray's (even if it has High Fructose Corn Syrup in it - boo...)  I think I usually use about 1/2 cup - but do as much as you'd like

Spread the sauce over all of the dough - if you like a clean crust than make sure you leave room for that - I don't care much, so I put it ALL OVER ;) 

Take one package of Turkey lunch meat and slice it up - I just use scissors and cut it all at once - super fast!  layer it over the bbq sauce. 

Take 1/2 of a purple onion and chop it up - you can do this as course or as fine as you'd like - and you can use more or less of the onion - totally up to your tastes - layer the onion over the turkey

I then give it another layer of BBQ Sauce - again do as much as you like - if you like a saucier pizza - than do more - if not do less.  Obviously you can tell that I just squirted it out of the bottle onto the pizza

Then put some shredded swiss cheese on top - again do as much as you'd like, this is where the extra fat comes into play - so do as little or as much as you'd like. 

I then bake in the oven at 350-400' for 25-35 minutes - I usually like the cheese a little more brown than this turned out today - but we were HUNGRY after church!  I also bake it on my Pampered Chef Round Stone so the crust is nice and crispy! 

Slice and serve HOT! 

Let me know if you try this pizza - it's one of our favorites!! 

Feb 5

So here are the promised pictures from my amazing weekend in MN - seriously I had SO MUCH FUN!

I love my girl's nights with these ladies - they refresh my soul :)

And here are a few pictures from my Pampered Chef Conference:
Currently I'm trying to earn a FREE trip to Nashville - So here is my incentive picture!

These ladies were all awarded during the conference - I want to say they were in the top 20 in sales for 2011

Of course today is The Superbowl - so Brian and I made some yummy foods he took to a Superbowl party.   These are the baked Zucchini Sticks with Marinara sauce - home made of course ;)  They are SUPER easy to make and super delicious - and weight watcher friendly - yay :)

First off I get the sauce going - simmering on the stove using my AMAZING Pampered Chef Executive Cookware. 

Then I cut up the zucchini with a super secret new PC product coming March 1st! 

 Then dip the zucchini into an egg mixture, then a bread crumb coating using PC's Coating Tray and tool 

 Then you cook them up on a PC stone

SO DELICIOUS!! Yum!

The recipe is found HERE

What is your favorite Superbowl Recipe?

February 4

Just got back from MN where I attended Pampered Chef's SPRING LAUNCH - where they "launch" all the new products that are coming March 1st :) I'm SO SO SO excited about them, but I can't say a peep!! lol Keep your eyes peeled for the new products!!


I had such an amazing time with my MN friends - they are so uplifting to my soul - I think they know me better than most people, and I've never had an "awkward" moment in any conversation with them :) I love that! 


Pictures to come soon! 



You might remember a few days ago I posted about my friend who had lost a baby. Because of all the complications and not having health insurance in Peru (for many different reasons) they are struggling financially. Here is a note from a close friend of the family that was posted on Facebook:


Friends and Family, this is Victor. Thank you for all the love and support. As of now Jose and Kathryn are not going to be responding to any phone calls, text messages, emails, or FB messages. 

Many people are asking how can they help or show/extend their love. And a good way is through giving financially. Right now the Lopez family needs about $8,000. That covers Kat's surgery (C-Section), the surgeries Caleb Elijah had, doctor fees and hospital expenses, as well as the final plans for Caleb Elijah's burial. 

You can give tax exempt free through www.powerhousecc.com/giving/ OR you can private message ME (Victor Cetina) and ask me for their account information to deposit it directly at your local bank. You can find me on face book through --> Vic Cetina or my email viccetina@gmail.com.... 

If you have any questions, please email me directly or private message me. Jose and Kat are in need to private time right now, and I was asked to head all this up. Thank you for understanding, and for your love and support. 

-Vic Cetina 




If you would like to give in any way (even $5) you can contact Vic or give directly at this link: http://chix0rgirl.chipin.com/jose-and-kat-lopez  


I know Kat & Jose would GREATLY appreciate it - and hopefully they will be able to come back to the states and be with family and friends. 

January 18

Nothing much exciting happening around here today :)


I did order some new business cards from www.inkgarden.com for my Pampered Chef business - they are SUPER cute. I was able to design them myself - I think I'm going to love them :)  


InkGarden is having a sale right now - 100 FREE business cards - Use codes100FREE for one sided cards and 100FREE2 for two sided cards. These business cards are free, you just have to pay a shipping fee of $4.99. 


Even if you don't need "business" cards per-say you could always get some personal cards - just so you have your information handy, OR you could get Mommy cards that say something like "I'm Jack's Mommy" etc... OR you could create some really CHEAP valentines like these ones: 

Have fun - be creative :) 

January 2

Printers.....they are so helpful when they are working, and you'll lose a head of hair over them when they aren't! Today was a losing hair sort of day. I was trying to print out a few sheets of address labels for my Pampered Chef business - and it would print just fine on a piece of paper - but as soon as I put the labels into the paper feed it would change the settings. ARG!!!!! I FINALLY after about 3 hours of messing with it got them to print - they weren't perfect, they weren't centered, and well...they bug me - but the information was on the label and I was able to finish the project I was working on.


oh technology....


{back to packing packing packing!}

Squeeek.....

Squeeeekkkk.........(looks around the door) is anyone still here?  Like I said in the beginning - I knew I wouldn't blog every day - but I really didn't think it would be MONTHS before you heard from me - sorry about that!

I was feeling quite domestic today and I thought I would share a delicious recipe with you - because, well, it's amazing :)

This recipe comes from The Pampered Chef's new "Cookbook For A Cause volume 2" that came out on September 1st.  It's chalked full of recipes from TLC's Stars and it benefits Feeding America!  For each cookbook sold The Pampered Chef will donate $1 to Feeding America to help provide eight meals to those in need.  The cookbook only costs $3 - so it's a super cheap way to help those in need - AND get some yummy recipes!! To purchase you can visit THIS website.



The Recipe I made was Randy's Blueberry-Lemon Scones (he's the star from Say Yes to the Dress)

Ingredients:
2 cups unbleadched all-purpose flour
1 TBSP baking powder
5-6 TBSP sugar
1 lemon's zest
1/2 tsp salt
5 TBSP COLD unsalted butter
1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries - unthawed
1 cup heavy cream (plus a little extra)
Raw Sugar

1. Pre-Heat oven to 425'
 (this isn't in the recipe - but right now I cut up the butter into little chunks and stick it in the freezer until I'm going to use it - for tender, flaky scones the butter should be VERY cold when cutting it into the dry ingredients)


2. In a large mixing bowl, stir in: flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and lemon zest


3. With your fingertips, mix in 5 TBSP cold unsalted butter cut into 1/4-inch cubes.  Mix together until consistency of course meal with a few slightly larger butter lumps.





4. Stir in fresh or frozen blueberries and heavy cream






5. on a floured surface, form into ball and pat into an 8-inch circle, about 3/4 of an inch thick


6. Brush top and sides with heavy cream, and then sprinkle generously with raw sugar




7. Cut into 8 triangles (like you would slice a pie)


8. Spray baking sheet lightly with cooking spray and wipe of excess with a paper towel (I used my baking stone - so no extra oil there!)





9. Bake on cookie sheet at 425' for 12-15 minutes (the stone takes a little longer more like 17 minutes) until lightly golden


10. Resist eating them immediately. Let them rest about 10 minutes to firm up. ENJOY!!

 

 And just for the fun of it (and I didn't want to waste the rest of my heavy cream) I made butter for the first time since kindergarten! LOL it was fun, and it's delicious! ;) I sorta kinda not really used THIS  recipe/directions  - now if I could only buy raw milk in Iowa I would make my own ALL the time....Iowa needs to fix that!
 

Hopefully it won't be months before you hear from me again! Let me know how you enjoy these scones!!

GIVEAWAY!!

Here is the first of many (I hope!) giveaways!

Unless you don't know me - you know that I am a Pamered Chef Consultant - and that I LOVE LOVE LOVE my job! I get to sell some amazing kitchenware, and basically party for a living! (shhh...don't tell my husband!) So as a little shameless plug for my business I'm going to be giving away some fabulous Pampered Chef items!

Items shown above will be given away: 2 Help Whip Cancer shopping bags (you can't buy these anymore!), 1 easy opener, 2 (different) Season's best cookbooks and 1 Raspberry Habanaro Sauce (SO YUMMY!) 

DIRECTIONS TO ENTER: One entry for each of the following

1. Follow this blog  (Click either of the links to the left!)  - leave a comment saying that you did so

2. Go and like my Facebook Pampered Chef Site (as soon as I get 250 "likes" I'll be giving away our brand new food processor!!) - leave a comment saying that you did so

3. Invite your friends to like my Facebook Pampered Chef site (link above) 

4. Say something about this on YOUR blog or Facebook wall - come back and leave me a comment with the link so I can go look at it! 

5. Leave another comment below - compliments are always nice ;) LOL JUST KIDDING! (but not about the leaving a comment part)

6. Have a friend do all of the above - and then have your friend come back here and leave a comment with your name in it (You get an entry and your friend gets an entry!) 

EACH COMMENT MUST BE MADE SEPARATE FOR THE ENTRY TO COUNT. 

Contest ends Next Monday April 11th at NOON - many will enter only ONE will win ;) 

Now go and Share people! LOL!