Creamy Chicken Tortellini Soup

It's been a while since I have even added to this blog! I love trying new recipes, so I figured I would start to share some of the good ones on here=) Enjoy!

Tried this one tonight, and YUM!! If you don't want to added kick just leave out the red pepper flakes. 

Creamy Chicken Tortellini Soup

1.5-2C. Chicken Broth

1/2 pkg (9oz) Chicken filled tortellini 

1 (10.5 ounce) can cream of chicken soup

1 C. Milk

1/4-1/2 pkg. frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained

1/4 tsp. Thyme

1/8 tsp. Black Pepper

small diced onion

1/2 tsp. minced garlic

1/4 tsp. Salt

1 Tbsp. Butter 

1/4 tsp red pepper flakes (opt.) 

Bring Chicken broth to a boil. 

Add tortellini to chicken broth, and boil for 7-8 min or until tortellini is ready

In a sauce pan:

saute Diced onion in 1 Tbsp. of butter

add minced garlic, salt, red pepper flakes, black pepper, and thyme. 

After tortellini is ready (in chicken broth) add the ingredients in the saucepan, milk, cream of chicken soup, and spinach. Bring to a simmer and continue cooking for 6-8 min.

Serve hot. 

Out of the mouth of children!!

Received this email from my Grandpa and had to share...enjoy!!

I was testing the children

in my Sunday school class

to see if they understood the concept
of getting to heaven.

I asked them, "If I sold my house and my car,

had a big garage sale

and gave all my money

to the church,

Would that get me into Heaven?"

"NO!" the children answered.

"If I cleaned the church every day,

mowed the yard,

and kept everything neat and tidy,
would that get me into Heaven?"

Again, the answer was, "NO!"

By now I was starting to smile.

Hey, this was fun!

"Well, then, if I was kind to animals

and gave candy

to all the children,

and loved my husband,

would that get me into Heaven?"

I asked them again.
Again, they all answered, "NO!"
I was just bursting with pride for them.
"Well," I continued,

"then how can I get into Heaven?"

A five-year-old boy shouted out,

"YOU GOTTA BE DEAD."

Lol!

*The best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant -- and let the air out of the tires.-Dorothy Parker

*Experts say you should never hit your children in anger. When is a good time? When you're feeling festive?-Roseanne

*If pregnancy were a book they would cut the last two chapters.-Nora Ephron

*There never was a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Haha!!

Gotta love when kids are learning to spell!

Easy, tender and super yummy roast!

1 Boneless chuck roast (3 lbs)
2 cans (10-3/4 oz each) condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
1/3 cup beef broth
1 envelope onion soup mix

Add pinch of garlic salt

*Cut roast in half, place in slow cooker. Add all ingredients over roast. Cover and cook for 8-9 hours on low.

Add quartered potatoes, carrots, onion (whatever you would like to add to meal) into crock pot.

We have all been there!

MMMmmm!! Who loves new recipes?

I tried these out of one of my new cook books. SOOOO yummy!! And super easy!

Chocolate Chip Cheese Bars

1 large tube of refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough.

2 pkgs. (8 oz) cream cheese, softened

1 Cup of sugar

2 eggs

Cut cookie dough in half. For crust...press 1/2 the cookie dough into bottom of greased cake pan (9x13).

In a large bowl...mix cream cheese,sugar and egg until smooth. Spread over crust in pan.

Take the rest of the refrigerated cookie dough and break it up (crumble) over top.

Bake at 350 for 35-40 min. Tastes great after being cooled and refrigerated.

Make sure to refrigerate leftovers.