MILLION dollar spaghetti tastes like a MILLION bucks!

OOOOOOOMG!
RIDICULOUS!
WOW!
I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS RECIPE!

Really this is more lasagna than pasta. BUT that may be because my bitty girl insisted on "bows" instead of spaghetti noodles. Either way, YUMMMMMMMY! This is creamy, ooey, gooey, goodness at it's best.

I actually took pictures of some of the steps. Honestly mostly because I was skeptical. I thought there was NO WAY this was going to turn out.
Boy was I wrong! I couldn't have been more wrong!

First my changes.
Avery insisted on bow tie pasta instead of thin spaghetti noodles. She didn't even eat it, she has a double ear infection and is pretty puny, but either way I am going for regular spaghetti noodles next time.
I used ground turkey instead of beef. It calls for 1.5lbs. I used 1 lb because I didn't know what to do with the other half of the second package.
My sweet, amazing, loving, PICKY hubby doesn't like onions. So being the awesome wife I am, I omitted the onions this time. I love onions and would have loved them in this I am sure.
I think some of the measurements are a little wonky. I used a half of a green bell pepper instead of a teaspoon. I mean what good would a teaspoon of green pepper be?
I used 2 8oz cans of tomato sauce, and I got the basil oregano whatever else seasoned kind. I DEFINITELY think it needed this much sauce.
I added shredded mozzarella cheese to the top.
Next time I would add red pepper flakes on/in for a little spice.

You could probably omit the onions and peppers and use any canned spaghetti sauce if you want.
I think I would love to try this with spaghetti squash.
You could use ground beef, buffalo, turkey, or chicken. I was just about to go to bed and thought I would tell my mom about this recipe. Then I realized she usually uses ground italian sausage in her spaghetti. That may be the answer to my spicy issue! I CAN'T WAIT TO MAKE THIS AGAIN!

Plate is empty. Like licked clean.
This one is hubby approved too.

Green chile potato chowder, just like any old chowder

I really really really really wanted this to be amazing. It was good. It was creamy. It had a hint of green chile which I love. It was yummy, don't get me wrong. But it wasn't anything spectacular. It was a pretty good potato chowder. I will probably add roasted green chiles to other chowder recipes from now on, but I am not sure that this will be the RECIPE I use. I will probably use the cauliflower potato chowder I reviewed a little while ago.

This smelled amazing. I got so excited while it was cooking.
It looked a little weird until the end. 

My changes to this recipe are fairly simple.

I would add more bacon. Maybe even mix some through right before serving.
I added more cheese than it called for.
I would add more green chiles too.
I ADORE green chiles. Like really could eat them on almost anything. BUT here, I fell like it made the soup taste like plain ole potato chowder. I think it drowned out some of the green chile flavor.

Overall, good chowder. I don't think the green chiles were highlighted as much as I anticipated. I would make it again, but it's probably not on my must do again soon list.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

One of my BEST finds yet! This is awesome Honey Mustard Pretzel Chicken!

The RECIPE is fairly simple. I did a few things different, but you learn as you go right?

My bitty girl LOVES to help me cook. I almost can't be in the kitchen without her. She is also a really picky eater. So my new strategy is; anything she helps me cook, she has to at least try! Guess what? She liked the chicken! I picked it for her. She loves honey mustard. She loves chicken. She loves pretzels. No brainer. Nope, she still fought it. "I like all those things just not together!" Well now she knows!

So for my "changes". My food processor wasn't working. I found out once the hubby got home that it was operator error :), but in the mean time, I had Avery take a wooden spoon and crush my unmeasured pretzels in a baggie lined with a baggie.
The honey mustard was VERY olive oil tasting. It might be my olive oil. In the recipe it gives you measurements and then tells you to add mustard and honey until the taster was right. I added lots. We just whisked it and it worked perfectly fine. I say, save the dishes and just do that!
Now I have a ton of honey mustard, but that is ok, we will eat it.
I didn't salt and pepper the dressing. I salt and peppered the plain chicken breasts.

I decided to serve my chicken with a salad. Spinach, roma tomato, celery, avocado. Yummy. Would have been good with cucumber too but I didn't have any.

Ok now for the chicken. It was moist. It had great flavor. This is probably one of my favorite chicken dishes ever. I can't find fault in anything about it. It was pretty much perfect!