Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Greek Artichoke & Chicken Flatbread

A favorite recipe over here is this Greek Artichoke & Chicken Flatbread (or as we like to lovingly call it - Greek Pizza). It's a recipe I won at a Pampered Chef Party a friend of mine was hosting, and wow was it so worth it. Normally I try to stay away from all those self-promoting business parties the other Army wives do, but it was winter and I needed some adult time. As a side note though, those Pampered Chef products are actually really nice. And sometimes I wish I could afford them. But my Walmart pots and pans will have to do for now.
 
 
Here's the recipe if you want to try it :)
 
Ingredients:
refrigerated thin crust pizza
marinated artichoke hearts, drained & chopped
fresh parsley, chopped
cooked chicken, chopped
mozzarella cheese
feta cheese
lemon zest
minced garlic
dash of olive oil
salt & pepper to taste
 
 

To prepare:
 
1. Cook the pizza crust as directed by the package, pulling it out of the oven about 5 minutes before it's done.
 
2. While your dough is cooking, combine the rest of the ingredients in a large mixing bowl, saving some of your parsley, feta, and mozzarella cheese for later.
 
3. After you've pulled your pizza crust out of the oven, sprinkle the mozzarella cheese generously across the crust. Top it off with your chicken and artichoke mixture, spreading it as evenly as possible. Return to oven and cook for an additional 5 minutes.
 
4. After 5 minutes, pull out your flatbread to cool and cut as desired. Before serving, garnish with parsley and feta cheese.
 

Sometimes I have leftover chicken and artichoke mix. I like to add in some spinach and refrigerate it, using it in a pita bread for a tasty sandwich. It will keep for a few days at least - I've never had it sitting in my fridge for very long though. Or you can always just make another pizza :)

So good.
I think I'm making more tonight!

 

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Ruffled Roses

For my birthday this year I ended up getting my own darning foot for my sewing machine. It has been so much fun practicing with it and making quilting designs!


This is my first quilt I used it on. I ended up taking out the stitches after the first go-around on the machine. It was awful. The second time though I got it to work so much better.


If you look close enough at some spots you can still see some of my beginner mistakes! So of course I'm not going to show you the close ups of those areas :)


I will be giving this one away to a friend up here who is expecting her first little girl. They have three older boys already so I thought this rose patterned fabric would be a great addition to their home. Of course I had to add the ruffles to it as well - those boys need to get used to some frill in their life :)

If you're looking for some help on how to make ruffles I'd highly recommend using this tutorial. It's the one that I liked referencing the most when I was making my ruffle binding.

More projects to come! I can't wait to use my darning foot again.