Simple Chicken Cordon Bleu Sandwiches

 Chicken Cordon Bleu is one of my favorite dishes......but making it from scratch makes me tired just thinking about it :)  So I did the next best thing and turned them into sandwiches for my family.

 Here is what I did:

*I flatted out some chicken breasts and then grilled them up using our favorite seasonings (garlic salt, pepper, season all, grill seasoning)
*after the chicken is cooked, let it rest while you get your buns ready
*on a jelly roll pan, I open up each set of buns and place both sides on the sheet.  I then place a slice of provolone cheese on 1 of the pairs of buns (you could use any cheese you like but this is our favorite).  I then place them under the broiler......make sure to watch them carefully because they go fast.  This is to melt the cheese and toast the buns.
*I also warm up some lunch meat ham in a pan on the stove top and once that is ready you can build your sandwiches. Since I flattened out the chicken breasts before hand, I was able to cut them in half which was a perfect size for our buns.
*We loved Dijon mustard on our sandwiches but honey mustard is a good choice as well.

Enjoy!!

For all of us women

Halloween Silhouette Pennant Banner

What do you get when you have silhouettes of

a pumpkin and key, 

 a witch and a candle stick,

 an owl, spider web and some bats??

 A fun Halloween Banner!

 Now I just need to ask my Hot Hubby to get my heavy box of Halloween decorations out of the shed so I can decorate my mantel.  Although it does look nice hanging on our tree.

 eek, I am so excited for October!

How did I make it??

I cut out 6x6 squares of neutral duck canvas (I bought mine at Joann's with a coupon)
Black Fabric paint (also found this at Joann's with a coupon)
Black bias tape
print out what ever Halloween silhouettes you like to the size of your fabric pennants. (I just googled Halloween silhouettes and found all of these) then I traced the image onto the fabric with a pencil, then painted them.  Let them dry according to the paint instructions.  Once they are dry you can sew them to your bias tape.  I sewed fun knitting twine to the top for added fun.

Ramen Noodle Burritos

Ramen Noodles.......you know you make them.  

You might even eat them too.

Ok, it's personal confession time for me.  I make them for my kids and I even make them for myself once in a while. Especially now that I am on light bed rest.  

The one thing I HATE the most about them is how messy and sticky they can be when your kids are dropping them all over the floor or they were sticking to their clothes eating them.  My solution to that was to wrap them up in a tortilla that had been warmed up with some cheese, just to contain the mess.  And you know something, they taste even better this way and I do not have to pick them up off the floor (or leave them for a day and then vacuum them up later).  Serve them up with a side of cottage cheese or some veggies and your not so healthy lunch or dinner will not make you feel as guilty.   

**to make them all you do is cook them for the 3 minutes, drain out all of the water, add seasoning mix and your ready to add to a tortilla!!

Apple Tulle Wreath for Fall

 This is my new door wreath for FALL!  And I love it ! 

 Even more, how simple and inexpensive it was to make.

 Here is what you need:

• a 9" embroidery hoop (thrift store for $0.50)
• red tulle (found mine at Joann's and used a coupon)
• 7/8" brown ribbon
• small piece of green felt
• green embroidery floss and sewing needle for leaf
• hot glue gun to adhere leaf

Just wrap the tulle around the hoop going all around it then cut out a leaf shape from the felt.  Tie the brown ribbon to the hoop first then hot glue the leaf to the wreath.  I then took a needle and green floss to add the fun detail to the leaf.

Are you still thinking about what to make for that new teacher.....make them one of these to hang up in the classroom.  It's an apple that will never spoil!!

I made my OCTOBER WREATH the same way last year.

Click above to take you to it.

My New Fall Fashion Accessory

OK, hang in there with me.  I am trying to have a good attitude about this subject. 

I am sporting a new fashion accessory for the next few months.

It's called a compression stocking......no no no a thigh high compression stocking. joy.  Good bye flip flops for the rest of the warmer weather I shall miss you.

(I wish these were my legs)

Why??? you ask.

All because of this:

Yep, I was admitted into the hospital last week for a "weird" leg cramp that would never go away.  After reading in my handy dandy pregnancy book (yes I still refer to it even after 2 kids) and it said that if a simple list of things did not relieve the leg cramp you could have a Blood Clot.........ahhhhh not what I wanted to read but so glad I did.  So I called my doctor that night, he told me to go to the ER and they did an ultra sound on my leg and found the clot.

So this changes a lot of things for the next few months.  Like not just a pair of socks but injections of a blood thinner into my stomach twice a day for the next 6 months and not to mention a more complicated delivery.  And because I am almost 7 months pregnant I am dealing with a little bit more then just a clot :)

So with the suggestion of my amazing doctor I am trying to eliminate as much stress (yeah right i'm a mom) in my life at the moment.

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Sooooooo, if any of you were interested in either of these Candy Corn Banners in my shop

you better hurry on over cause I only have ONE left of each for the 2011 season.

go on, you know you want one :)

 I am wishing all of you a less stressful weekend!!! 

Thanks for listening, really, thanks.
I'll keep posting projects....you are not getting rid of me that easy!!

Halloween Clothes Pins

I needed a fun accessory to go with my

New Halloween Advent Banner.

 So I took a .97 cent bag of 50 clothes pins from Walmart, spray painted them in some fun colors, tied different ribbon to them and then added these fun scrapbook embellishments to them. (found them at Micheal's).

 Not only are they cute, they are very functional for my Halloween Advent Banner and I plan on using some of them to hang up some past Halloween photos of my kids for decorations this Halloween. 

 If you are interested in my Halloween Advent Pennant Banner, click here for more details.

Ohh I am getting excited for October!!!

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