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Helpers in the Kitchen

Each night a different one of my children helps me make dinner. I have done this for awhile but have finally figured out the way to make it easier on myself. i get everything prepared ahead of time in little bowls just like they do on the Food Network. This way the kids just mix the ingredients in an easy way without having to measure stuff and the clean up is so much easier. I just tell them how much everything is as we are putting it together. Well tonight I made something super easy but it has the restaurant style look to it from a Pillsbury Cookbook (one of those small ones that are always by the register that my husband and I have a ton of because we pick them up all the time when we are out and about). I think my husband will be shocked, at least I hope he is...

Chicken-Stuffed Shells with Two Sauces

 Ingredients:
18 uncooked jumbo pasta shells
3/4 cup lightly packed chopped fresh basil leaves
3 cups diced cooked chicken breast (about 1 lb)
1 cup cmall-curd cottage cheese
1 egg
2 cups tomato pasta sauce
1 container (10 oz) refrigeratede Alfredo sauce
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions:
1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 13x9 inch glass baking dish with cooking spray. Cook and drain pasta shells as directed on package.
2. In medium bowl, mix 1/2 cup of the basil leaves, the chicken, cottage cheese and egg. Spoon about 1 heaping tablespoon mixture into each cooked pasta shell.
3. Pour pasta sauce into baking dish; spread to evenly coat bottom of dish. Place filled shells over sauce, filled sides up. Drizzle alfredo sauce over sells. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Cover tightly with foil.
4. Bake 35-45 minutes or until sauce is bubbly and shells are hot. Sprinkle with remaining basil.

Here are some photos of my cute little 2 year old helping me and there is more about a cute story with him helping me are on my family website here...


The kids are in the back decorating the sand box with swim toys and a tumble weed for a christmas tree. What in the world. I guess they are creative.

As i am painting the kitchen today i went back to the way paul likes it. Xander says he likes it the other way. I said so do I. He suggested that we paint some how I like them and some how Dad likes them in a pattern. Too funny!
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