Food

Biscuit Chicken Pot Pie

This recipe is super easy and delicious. It can be made vegetarian or vegan by using a vegetable-based condensed soup, soy milk, and by using lentils instead of chicken.

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Ingredients:
1 16oz bag frozen mixed vegetables, thawed
4 chicken breasts (about 1 pound), cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
2 cans (10 3/4 oz) Campbell’s condensed cream of chicken soup
1 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper

Biscuit Ingredients:
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup canola oil
3/4 cup milk

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 425* and grease a 9×13 glass dish with cooking spray.
2. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl, until thoroughly mixed. Pour into glass dish.
3. For the biscuits, stir together the flours, baking powder, and salt. Combine oil and milk in a measuring cup. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry, stirring just until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
4. Drop the biscuit dough by spoonfuls onto the pot pie.
5. Bake for 25 minutes, or until biscuits are golden brown. Serve warm and enjoy!

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Funny picture of the day:

Jimmy and I went to Cabela’s in West Virginia over the weekend. Basically, Cabela’s is a store that sells outdoors equipment and clothing for sports like hunting and fishing. The store has hundreds of taxidermied  animals all over the store, including a whole section of taxidermied deer.

We saw deer in every position: standing, jumping, laying, sitting, etc.

I think this position was my favorite though…IMG_4674A deer scratching its head. Really?! That made me laugh so hard.

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Liebster + Recent Eats

Carli nominated me for the Liebster Award, a survey that helps bloggers get to one another better. Here are the rules (some of which I am deciding to break…):

1. Write 11 random facts about yourself.
2. Answer the 11 questions posed by the person who nominated you.
3. Create 11 new questions.
4. Nominate 11 bloggers and mention them in the post.
5. Thank the blogger who nominated you and tell the bloggers you nominated.

Thanks for the nomination, Carli!

11 Random Facts About Me
1. I’m a morning person.
2. I don’t know how to do french braids.
3. Cornbread is one of my favorite foods.
4. I have never eaten pepperoni or potato salad. Not sure why?!
5. I had to have surgery to reconstruct my nose after a car accident in 2009.
6. I read my Bible and write in my journal every day.
7. If I wasn’t a journalism major, I would probably be doing something in the medical field.
8. I love wearing Crocs. Yeah…
9. I love baking more than cooking.
10. I wasn’t born in Pittsburgh.
11. I love to go ice skating.

11 Questions From Carli:
1. What’s the best piece of advice someone has ever given you? I don’t know!
2. What is your favorite dessert? Carrot cake. 
3. In your opinion, what’s the best way to spend a Sunday afternoon? With my family + boy, doing something fun like going bowling or ice skating. 
4. Name one quality you admire in other people. Independence.
5. What’s your biggest fear? Flying. 
6. Do you have any hidden talents? I can lick my elbow..
7. What is your favorite vacation spot? The Outer Banks in North Carolina or St. Petersburg, Florida. 
8. Would you rather live in the calm countryside, or a hustling bustling city? Countryside, for sure!
9. What is your favorite way to de-stress? Picking at the skin around my nails. Gross, right?
10. What was your first job (if you’ve had one)? Working in a pizza shop.
11. What is one lesson you learned the hard way? Always, always, ALWAYS wear your seat belt (See #5 in the first set of questions).

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I feel like I haven’t posted any food pictures on my blog in ages. Crazy.

Here are some recent eats:

pbjPeanut butter and jelly! Some of you may know that I’m a little bit obsessed with pb&j (This post may prove that).

IMG_4637A bag of big brussels sprouts. One of my favorite vegetables. I love them sauteed with olive oil and salt + pepper.

pastaPasta and meatballs. I think my family has some form of pasta at least once a week. Yum! I think my favorite pasta is either angel hair spaghetti or gnocchi.

IMG_4664Soy latte with brown sugar & cinnamon syrup. This was my first coffee drink (aside from “regular coffee”) in months.

IMG_4677Red velvet crinkle cookie from Panera Bread.

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Bible verse of the day: And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for the Mighty One has done great things for me— holy is his name.” Luke 1:46-47