Chicken Pot Pie Soup

This Chicken Pot Pie Soup is a fun spin on a classic comfort food recipe! It is loaded with everything you love about the original and even has pie crust pieces on top!

I can’t even handle the cold temperatures we have been having so far this year. A few days ago, it said -17 degrees F. Yes NEGATIVE 17. It is too cold to even step outside. All we want to do is bunker down in blankets and watch movies or reruns of our favorite shows.

When it gets cold, especially THIS cold, there is nothing I love more than a bowl of soup or one of my favorite comfort foods. This Chicken Pot Pie Soup combines soup with a classic and the end result was delicious. My personal favorite part was the pie crust pieces.

This was a winner all around the dinner table. If you are looking for a new dinner that will quickly soar to a new favorite, give this one a try! It is DELICIOUS!

This Chicken Pot Pie Soup is a fun spin on a classic comfort food recipe! It is loaded with everything you love about the original and even has pie crust pieces on top!

Author: Nikki

Recipe type: Dinner

Ingredients

• Pie Crust, homemade or store bought
• ¼ cup butter
• ½ cup onion, chopped
• 1 cup carrots, sliced into bite size pieces
• ⅓ cup flour
• 2 cups water
• 3 cups chicken broth
• ½ teaspooons poultry seasoning
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 chicken bouillon cubes, crumbled
• 2 cups rotisserie chicken, chopped into bite size pieces
• 1 cup frozen peas
• Pie Crust

Instructions

1. Cut Pie crust into bite size pieces. Bake according to directions until pieces are golden brown in color. Remove from oven and let cool.
2. In a large pan melt butter and add onion and carrots. Cook on high for about 4 minutes, then add the flour. Cook for another minute and then add water and chicken broth. Stir until smooth. Add poultry seasoning, salt, bouillon, and chicken. Bring to a boil. Stir in peas and cook 1 more minute. Serve and garnish with pie crust pieces.

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Asiago Cheese Dip

This Asiago Cheese Dip is loaded with cheesy goodness! The flavor is amazing and it is so simple to make! Great for parties and get togethers!

Dips are my husband’s love language. I’m just kidding…. but really, my man LOVES dips and the creamier and cheesier the better. His favorite dip of all time is still my Buffalo Chicken Dip. He makes me bring it wherever we go :)
Today’s dip is super delicious. I have an obsession with Asiago cheese. The flavor of the cheese is one of my favorites. I use it in so many things, on so many salads and to top off a lot of my meals. I always have a stash of this cheese on hand. This is such an easy appetizer to throw together and is a show stopper!
This dip super creamy and cheesy and would be PERFECT for your next get party or gathering!

This Asiago Cheese Dip is loaded with cheesy goodness! The flavor is amazing and it is so simple to make! Great for parties and get togethers!

Author: Nikki

Recipe type: Appetizer

Ingredients

• 16 ounces cream cheese, softened
• ⅓ cup half and half
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1¼ cup shredded Asiago cheese, divided
• 1 cup cooked and chopped bacon, divided

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a medium mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, half and half, garlic powder and garlic salt. Mix well. Stir in 1 cup Asiago cheese and ¾ cup bacon.
3. Pour into an 8 inch cast iron skillet or and 8x8 baking dish.
4. Sprinkle remaining cheese and bacon on top and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees F.
5. Serve with toasted baguettes.

Notes

Half and Half is found in the dairy section of the grocery store next to the milk and heavy whipping cream. It is a mixture of half cream half milk.

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Best Easy Baked Beans

This is my Grandma’s Best Easy Baked Beans recipe and it is a winner! It is so easy and the flavor is fantastic. This makes a great side dish option for a wide variety of meals.

Can you believe Thanksgiving is NEXT WEEK?! What in the world?! Where has this year gone?!

With family get togethers around the corner for the holidays, I have been brainstorming what side dishes to make. These Easy and Delicious Baked Beans have been in my family since I can remember. They are jam packed with flavor and are SO easy to whip up!

My grandma has been making these for most all family get togethers for years, even before I was ever born. The combo of brown sugar, ketchup and BACON make for a perfect tasting bite. You know its a good family recipe if it stands the test of time.

If you are look for a side dish that is perfect for feeding the masses and that tastes wonderful, give these a try! They truly are such a fantastic side dish.

This is my Grandma's Best Easy Baked Beans recipe and it is a winner! It is so easy and the flavor is fantastic. This makes a great side dish option for a wide variety of meals.

Author: Nikki

Recipe type: Side Dish

Ingredients

• 1 cup cooked and crumbled bacon
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup ketchup
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1½ cups brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons dry mustard
• 4 teaspoons cider vinegar
• 2 (16 ounce) cans baked beans
• 2 (16 ounce) cans kidney beans, drained and rinsed
• 2 (16 ounce) cans butterbeans, drained and rinsed

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a very large mixing bowl, add all ingredients and mix well.
3. Spray an 9x13 inch baking dish with cooking spray.
4. Pour the bean mixture into the baking dish and bake for 40 minutes.

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KIT KAT Halloween Brownies

These KIT KAT Halloween Brownies are fudgy and loaded with KIT KAT Candy Bars. They are super cute and festive for the holiday and simple to make!

Today, I am teaming up with The Hershey Company to bring you these adorable Halloween-themed brownies. KIT KAT Bars are one of my favorite candies. I love how simplistic they are and yet they are completely delicious. The crisp wafer paired with the smooth and silky chocolate is a perfect combination of ingredients.



The KIT KAT Candy Bars were the perfect addition to my favorite brownie recipe that I have here on the blog. The Malted Buttercream frosting is a wonderful paring and adds a great and unique flavor to the rich brownies.




To complete the festive dessert, I topped it with additional chopped Kit Kat bar and some cute Halloween sprinkles. I used eye balls but you can use whatever kind you want.



These KIT KAT Halloween Brownies would make a phenomenal addition to your Halloween this year! These were a hit with my whole family! My kids loved how fun they looked and how even more exciting they were to eat!

These KIT KAT Halloween Brownies are fudgy and loaded with KIT KAT Candy Bars. They are super cute and festive for the holiday and simple to make!

Author: Nikki

Recipe type: Dessert

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1½ teaspoon vanilla
• ½ cup cocoa
• 1⅓ cups flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 6 regular (1.55 ounce) KIT KAT Bars, chopped

Malt Frosting

• ½ cup butter, softened
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• ¼ cup malted milk powder
• 4 Tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Orange Food Coloring

Toppings

• 2 regular (1.55 ounce) KIT KAT Bars, chopped
• Assorted Halloween sprinkles

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan and set aside.
3. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs and vanilla and mix until well combined. Add cocoa, flour and salt and stir until well mixed. Stir in chopped KIT KAT candy bars.
4. Pour into prepared baking pan and bake at for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
5. Let cool completely.

Once brownies are cool, make frosting:

1. In a large bowl, cream butter. Add powdered sugar, malted milk powder, milk, vanilla and orange food coloring. Beat until smooth and creamy. Add more milk or powdered sugar depending on the consistency you prefer.
2. Top with chopped KIT KAT Bars and assorted Halloween sprinkles.

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Cookies and Cream Frosting

This Cookies and Cream Frosting is divine! It is packed cookies and is a perfect frosting for cakes, cookies, brownies, etc! It will become a new favorite!

Cookies and Cream combination is one of my favorite desserts…. and My husband’s too. His favorite treat… wait for it… is a stack of Oreo cookies and milk. You would think with all the many desserts on my blog he would go for one of them (believe me, he does love his fair share) but at the end of he day, he loves to sit down to his cookies and milk. He has done it as long as I have known him and probably long before that. It must run strong in his family because apparently his brother does the same thing haha!

I have done a fair amount of cookies and cream recipes on the blog, but thought it was high time I shared this frosting recipe. I have been using it for a good while now and thought it needed its one place on my blog.

 As cookie and cream lovers, we both LOVE this frosting. It is SO good. The cookies and cream combination is strong and is perfect topped on cakes, cookies, brownies, you name it! This frosting quickly became one of both our favorites and I am sure you will feel the same way :)

If you are looking for an exciting new frosting, give this one a try… It is incredible! 

This Cookies and Cream Frosting is divine! It is packed cookies and is a perfect frosting for cakes, cookies, brownies, etc! It will become a new favorite!

Author: Nikki

Recipe type: Dessert

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• ½ cup heavy cream
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 8 Oreos, finely crushed in a food processor

Instructions

1. Combine butter, cream, powdered sugar, salt, and vanilla in a medium bowl. Mix until smooth and creamy. Add Oreos and mix again.

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