BBQ Chicken Quesidallias At #2.

Good Tuesday everyone! Sorry for being such a slacker these past few days. I would have posted yesterday, but, I was down all day with food poisoning after eating at McDonalds. I won't be eating there anytime soon! I am glad to say I am feeling 100% fine now, thanks be to God. One bonus to being sick is getting out of school. But, being well is still much better.

These quesidallias at #2 are so amazingly delicious. The bbq sauce mixed with the meat adds to the flavor in a way that brings this quesidallia out in a whole new way. Everyone here couldn't get enough. Quesidallias at a whole new level.

Barbecued Chicken Quesadillas

Ingredients:
1 tablespoon butter, softened
2 flour tortillas (8 inches)
3/4 cup shredded cheddar-Monterey Jack cheese
1 cup chopped cooked chicken breast (I used canned chicken breasts from Sams, the chicken you would normally use for chicken sandwiches)
1/3 cup barbecue sauce

DIRECTIONS:
Spread butter over one side of each tortilla. Place tortilla, buttered side down, on griddle. Sprinkle one side of each tortilla with 3 tablespoons cheese. Combine chicken and barbecue sauce; spoon over cheese. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Fold over and cook over low heat for 1-2 minutes on each side or until cheese is melted. Cut into wedges. Yield: 2 servings.

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I don't think winter could get much prettier, the view up the lift was beautiful. Enjoy the snowboard pictures.

Have a great week and I'll see you with the fantastic #1 appetizer!

Sausage Stuffed Jalapenos And Snowboarding.

Happy New Year & Good Saturday everyone! Hope you are enjoying these last days of the holidays. My break off school has been lots of fun and I am not ready for it to start on Monday. Yesterday, my Mom took my brothers and I snowboarding. We haven't gone snowboarding for a month due to road conditions and weather, so we were itching really bad to get out. It was a perfect and sunny day and we all had a blast! *Pictures below*

Onto some food. These peppers at #3 are so delicious you can't only eat one. The sausage mixture inside the peppers gives it an amazing flavor. We have these every New Years Eve and they have become a family favorite here. They get spicy but most of us love spicy here. Another recipe with a kick!

Sausage-Stuffed Jalapenos

Ingredients:
1 pound bulk pork sausage
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1 cup (4 ounces) shredded Parmesan cheese
22 large jalapeno pepper, halved lengthwise and seeded
Ranch salad dressing, optional

DIRECTIONS:
In a large skillet, cook the sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. In a small mixing bowl, combine the cream cheese and Parmesan cheese; fold in sausage. Spoon about 1 tablespoonful into each jalapeno half. Place in two ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dishes. Bake, uncovered, at 425° for 15-20 minutes or until filling is lightly browned and bubbly. Serve with ranch dressing if desired. Yield: 44 appetizers.

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Steven and Joe. They are better at the whole jumping thing. They don't have a fear of braking something or getting humiliated.

After snowboarding the next best thing is sleeping...hands down.

Have a great weekend and I'll see you with #2 next!

Chocolate Chunk Cookies & Snowboarding....

Hello everyone & happy Saturday! Hope you and your family had a great Thanksgiving and ate lots of yummy food. I'm sure most of you guys had Pumpkin Pie during this week/weekend, but believe it or not, I don't like Pumpkin Pie. I know, it sounds really weird - but, for as long as I can remember I've never been really able to eat it.

Here are some delicious cookies that I got from my 10 year old reader, Miss Alex. What really was interesting to me about this recipe was that you use butter flavored shortening. My Dad described these accurately...."just a good ol' Chocolate Chip Cookie".

"Chocolate Chip Cookies"

½ cup unrefined sugar (you could use regular sugar, this just gives it a great texture)
½ cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup butter flavored shortening
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 ½ cups unbleached flour
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
½ cup chopped nuts (optional)
1 package milk chocolate chunks or chips
DIRECTIONS:
Cream eggs, butter, shortening and sugars. Add vanilla and dry ingredients. Stir in chocolate chips. Bake at 375 for 8 – 10 minutes or until golden brown.

My Mom took my brothers, my sister, and I snowboarding yesterday, which was also the first day they were open for the season. It was so good to be out snowboarding after not having done it for almost 8 months. I love going fast down a hill with the wind blowing your hair and in your face. Here are some pictures!