Lightened Up Chicken Spaghetti

November 5, 2018 Amanda Plott

I think Chicken Spaghetti is a classic that almost all of us enjoy at one point or another in our childhood. While my mom claims to have made it a few times when I was a kid, I mostly remember trying it for the first time at my grandma’s house. Even though my grandma was the cook of the family, I’m still not sure if it was her or one of my aunts that made the chicken spaghetti.

If you are one of the unlucky few that never had chicken spaghetti, well you’re in for a treat today. Chicken Spaghetti is… pretty much what it sounds like. Chicken + spaghetti noodles. It’s not like classic spaghetti though. There’s no tomato spaghetti sauce involved here. Oh, no. No, no, no…

Skinny 'Homer Simpson' Donuts

November 3, 2018 Amanda Plott

What can I say? I’m inspired by a lot of things in life. Growing up through the 90’s meant a lot of watching The Simpsons. And anytime you watch the show, there’s like a scene with Homer eating a donut. The Simpson donuts are a classic vanilla donut with pink frosting. So, I took one of my old favorite recipes and reworked it into this riff on Skinny 'Homer Simpson' Donuts!

Needless to say, the house smelled heavenly this morning. It’s been a good bit of time since I baked any donuts. So my little girl was tickled pink when she got her heart-shaped donut fix this morning. Even though I don’t think that she fully appreciated that they were ‘Simpson’ donuts…

Skinny Strawberry Pop-Tart Cobbler

November 1, 2018 Amanda Plott

Sometimes… you get a wild idea and you just have to go with it. This Skinny Strawberry Pop-Tart Cobbler was definitely one such idea. I had come across a fun idea for a strawberry pop-tart pie, but.. to be completely honest with you, homemade pie crust scares me. So, I started to think back to this summer when I made a few delicious and easy cobblers. Then BOOM lightening struck and the world made sense.

…Why not make the strawberry pop-tart into a cobbler instead?

If you’ve ever had a pop-tart before, then you know you’re in for a big treat here. The strawberry ‘filling’ part of this cobbler is meant to taste just like the strawberry ‘filling’ that you’d find in a pop-tart…

Pumpkin Alfredo Lasagna

October 26, 2018 Amanda Plott

This post has been compensated by Premio. As always, all opinions are mine alone.

I’ve got three little words. …Pumpkin. Alfredo. Lasagna. Okay, maybe they’re BIG words. The point is though, they go great together. I’ve had this thought in my head for a while now, so when I got my hands on Premio Sweet Italian Chicken Sausage I knew exactly what I was going to do with it!

This pumpkin Alfredo lasagna is not your average lasagna. It’s layer upon layer of noodle, pumpkin puree, cheese, spices, Alfredo, spinach more cheese, and YES Premio Sweet Italian Chicken Sausage…

Farmers' Market Cornbread

October 20, 2018 Amanda Plott

While it’s chilly here in Texas, you better believe that I’m taking FULL advantage of it. Which is why tonight I’m making a special sort of soup tonight and this awesome Farmers’ Market Cornbread to go along with it!

I based this cornbread off of my Baked Hush Puppies, which made use of a very clever and quick hack for making cornbread things. It’s basically mixing a self-rising cornmeal, creamed corn, and just few other things together to make a one bowl easy-peasy cornbread…

Dark Chocolate 'Crazy Cake'

October 18, 2018 Amanda Plott

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #MakeItMazola #simpleswap #CollectiveBias

Oh. My. Gosh. This Dark Chocolate 'Crazy Cake' is delicious, y’all! The first time I heard about ‘wacky cake’, I was more than a little skeptical. How can you make a good cake with no butter, eggs, or milk?! Well, as it turns out, there’s a couple of secrets to this cake that make it perfectly fluffy and delicious! In fact, it’s one of my favorite cakes. One of these simple swaps is using Mazola® Corn Oil in place of another oil or butter. I’ve been cooking and baking a lot more lately with corn oil. A clinical study showed Mazola Corn Oil reduces cholesterol 2x more than extra virgin olive oil. To learn more about this claim, see MAZOLA.com.

I wasn’t done there though. I also swapped out some of the sugar for a natural sweetener, and the cocoa powder for a dark chocolate cocoa powder. The end result was this tasty and easy cake that’s made all in ONE dish. Yep. No bowls to clean. No beaters to clean…