Chicken and Squash Soup

Perfect for Fall!

Another recipe from pinterest that turned out absolutely delicious only this one is healthy.  ;)

Ingredients:

1 squash (the recipe called for butternut, I used acorn)
Chicken (I used thawed chicken thighs)
4 cups chicken broth
1 cup onion
2 cloves garlic
1 can kidney beans
1 can diced tomatos
1/2 cup uncooked quinoa
parsley
bay leaves
salt and pepper to taste

- Steam the squash:  Cut it in half and place it in a glass dish cut side down with a cup of water.  Cover tightly with foil and bake in the oven at 350 for 1 hour.  When done mash one side of the squash and cut the other half into chunks for the soup.
- Pour the chicken broth into a pan.  Place the chicken in the broth and cover.  Cook on Medium-High heat for 15 minutes or until cooked through.  Pour chicken and broth into bowl for later use.
- Put a little drizzle of oil in the pan and cook the onion and garlic until soft.
- Add the broth, the mashed squash, the tomatoes, and the quinoa.  Cook over medium heat for 15 min.
- Add the chicken, the chunks of squash, the kidney beans and cook for 5-8 min.  Add the parsley and bay leaves.
- Salt and pepper to taste.  Serve hot.

This kept really well for a week and then it was gone.  Enjoy!

Shannon

Nutella No Bake Cheesecake

Nutella No Bake Cheesecake

Hold the phone!  This may be my new favorite dessert of all time!  Yes I got it off of pinterest but unlike many other recipes this one was good Jeff and I finished the whole thing in almost two days.  (The blog where this came from is called mybakingaddiction.com.)  And it took less then 10 min to make.  SWEET!

Step 1:  Make an oreo crust by crushing 12 cookies and mixing in 3 T butter.  Press this crust into your serving dishes.  (The recipe suggested using pretty individual cups but I just made one big thing in pyrex.)

Step 2: With a hand mixer beat together 8 oz. of cream cheese (because I ended up eating the whole dang thing I wish I had used low fat) and 2/3 cup nutella until there are no streaks.  Mix in 1 teaspoon vanilla.

Step 3: Fold in 8 oz of cool whip until well mixed and spread on top of crust.

Step 4: Cover with plastic wrap and chill for 2 hours.

Seriously so good.  I think I will make this for myself on my next birthday.  :)

Shannon