Puppy Chow is a treat that reminds me of two people. The first I've known for more than 20 years. She would always make puppy chow for church and youth functions, usually because we always requested it. The second was my first and last college roommate. We once trekked to the grocery store in more than a foot of snow, and by trekked I mean, on foot - there were no way our cars were getting out of the parking lot, for ingredients to make puppy chow and ugly dip. It was AWESOME!!!
Did you know that you could use cake mix to make AMAZING tasting puppy chow?! I didn't, until I found Pinterest.
I decided to make some Cake Batter Puppy Chow for tomorrow's staff meeting. And of course, I had to make sure it was good enough for them and...I might actually like it more than regular puppy chow.
Here's what I used:
1 box of rice chex cereal
1 box of yellow cake mix
3/4 c powdered sugar
3/4 bottle of sprinkles
9 cubes of white almond bark
2 tsp vegetable shortening
paper grocery sack
What I did:
Dumped the whole box of cereal in the paper sack. Poured cake mix and powdered sugar in bowl. Used a whisk to mix the two together. Then added sprinkles and mixed again. Placed the almond bark in a microwave safe container and then melted in microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring after each interval. About half way through the melting process, I stirred in the shortening - this will thin out the chocolate mixture, making it easy to coat the cereal. After chocolate was completely melted and shortening was well incorporated, I dumped it on top of the cereal and gave the bag a good shaking. If the cereal isn't well coated, use a rubber scrapper to stir the cereal and chocolate until well coated. Once it was well coated, I poured in the cake mix-ture, closed bag and gave it another good shake. After the cereal was coated with the cake mix-ture, I dumped it all out on wax paper I had laid out on the table to dry before putting in an air-tight storage container.
I may regret ever trying this recipe...it is really, really good!
I've seen several versions of this recipe on Pinterest, but the one I used for a base came from Six Sisters' Stuff. Click here for the link to their recipe.
Happy cooking!
New Family Favorite
I found this recipe on no other than Pinterest and never thought it would have gotten the reviews from my family that it did. I was totally blown away...I mean, Paul was the first one to say how good it was and went back for seconds (which he doesn't do very often). AND...this recipe is so ridiculously easy.
Here's what you need:
4 chicken breasts
1 pkt of Italian dressing seasoning
1 - 8oz block of cream cheese (softened)
2 cans of cream of chicken soup
milk
1 box of rotini or penne pasta
Here's what I did:
The night before, I cooked the four chicken breasts on the stove in a covered skillet. After they were fully cooked, I threw them in my mixer and let it do the shredding (another helpful trick I learned from the many hours of research I've done on Pinterest). I then let the shredded chicken cool and before going to bed, covered it and put it in the fridge to hang out overnight.
**Update (12/2/12) - I used the beater attachment on my KitchenAid Mixer. When using this trick to shred chicken, it's a good idea to place a towel over the mixer to keep the chicken in the mixing bowl.
**Update (12/2/12) - I used the beater attachment on my KitchenAid Mixer. When using this trick to shred chicken, it's a good idea to place a towel over the mixer to keep the chicken in the mixing bowl.
The next morning, I set out the cream cheese to soften while I got ready for church. Before leaving for church, I got out the crock pot and dumped in all ingredients except for the milk and turned it to low and let it do it's thing while we were at church (recipe said cook on low for 4 hours). When we got home from church, I put on a pot of water to cook the pasta. While the pasta is cooking, stir the Italian chicken mixture...this is where you might need to add some milk to the mixture to thin it out a bit. After the pasta is cooked, drain and then dump in a large bowl (I mean, LARGE, you're going to need a large one for all the pasta and chicken mixture) and add the chicken mixture and stir everything together. OR you can do what I made my family do...mix it together on their own plates!
I didn't have any pictures of this delicious meal, but my family loved it especially with salad and homemade garlic bread.
I want to credit someone for this recipe, but the pin I found with this recipe doesn't actually link you to the recipe you see here...so, whoever you are, thanks for a great and easy recipe that is Karrick family approved!!!
Happy cooking!
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