Weed your Garden with a Screwdriver! (The Easy Way!)

What You'll Need:

Weeds
Long Flat Head Screwdriver

How To:

1- Plunge the screwdriver into the dirt about 3-4 inches deep at a 30-45 degree angle aiming towards the group of weeds you're looking to pull up

2- Wiggle the screwdriver in an up and down motion until your dirt starts to pull up in a clump

3- Pull out the screwdriver

4- Grab the dirt surrounding the group of weeds you're looking to pull up and twist up, bringing the weeds up with you. Doing this will pull up the loosened weeds along with the root! Shake the excess dirt off the weeds and toss them into your yard waste bin!

Mini Chicken Pot Pies

Mini Chicken Pot Pies

Yields: 16 pies
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 14-17 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 Cans Jumbo Flaky Biscuits (the kind that make 8 biscuits each)
• 1 Large Chicken Breast
• 1 1/2 Cups Frozen Mixed Vegetables
• 1 Can Cream of Celery Soup
• 1/3 Can Chicken Stock
• Shredded Cheddar Cheese
• 1/2 Tbs Butter
• Garlic, Salt, Pepper (to taste)
• Non-Stick Cooking Spray

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Cut Chicken breast into small cubes. Cook thoroughly in a pan with butter and garlic.
3. Heat soup and chicken stock in a saucepan until blended into a gravy consistency.
4. Mix chicken, vegetables and soup/stock "gravy" together in a bowl.
5. Flatten biscuits and form into cupcake tins
6. Spoon filling into each cup, fill to the top and even out.
7. Top with cheddar cheese
8. Bake in preheated oven for 14-17 min

Enjoy!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes
Yields: 24 Cupcakes

Ingredients

• Chocolate Cake Mix
• 1 Cup Butter, softened
• 1 Cup Creamy Peanut Butter
• 2 Cups Powdered Sugar
• Peanut Butter Chips (to taste)

Directions

Prepare chocolate cake mix per box instructions, adding peanut butter chips to the batter. Fill your cupcake tins and bake accordingly.

Frosting

Beat butter and peanut butter together with a mixer. Gradually mix in the sugar. Beat for at least 3 minutes or until fluffy. (You can add additional butter, peanut butter, powdered sugar, or even milk if the frosting is not to your liking.)

Kielbasa and Cabbage Skillet

Kielbasa and Cabbage Skillet
Serves 4-6
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 13-14 minutes

Ingredients

• Olive Oil
• 2 pounds polska kielbasa, cut into pieces
• 1 head cabbage, chopped
• 1 large onion cut into pieces
• Garlic
• Sugar
• Salt
• Pepper
• Old Bay Seasoning
• Mustard

Directions
Spray or coat a large nonstick pan with olive oil and set at medium-high heat. Add kielbasa slices. Cook for about 3-4 minutes. Remove from pan and set aside

In the same pan (do not rinse or drain)  add the cabbage and onion. Season to taste with garlic (about 1 1/2 tbs), sugar (just a pinch), old bay seasoning, salt, and pepper (a few shakes each). Stir to combine and cook for  10 minutes. Add a squirt or two of mustard (any flavor) and add the sausage back to the pan and cook for another 2 minutes to heat through.

This dish is great served over wide egg noodles or mashed potatoes. My honey likes it by itself too!

Strawberries everywhere!

We're getting back into being healthy and what a perfect way to do it than with some fresh summer fruit. Mmmm. Home grown are so much tastier! We've put them in smoothies, and cereal, and munched on some for snacks. Her first smoothie was fresh strawberries, ice, and greek yogurt. That's it. And she said it was super tasty! I made one (not pictured) with strawberries, kiwi, banana ice and lime flavored sparkling water. Mine was kind of a slushy rather than smoothie but mmmm it was good too! Just tonight for a snack while I work I had some corn flakes and a little bit of dark chocolate granola with sliced strawberries on top. (No milk, yuck! Also why there was no yogurt or milk in my "smoothie") I even measured the cereal by suggested serving size. So proud! Anyway... Hope this post was inspirational! All you gotta do is try something!