Chocolate Peanut Butter Meltaways

by Sweet Tea & Taters on September 25, 2012

This past weekend I made one of my most favorite chocolate candies ever. 

Chocolate Peanut Butter Meltaways

Of course, I couldn’t eat them because chocolate and my pregnancy do not get along these days so I took these candies to a get-together we went to on Sunday night.  I had no problem QUICKLY unloading the candies on a bunch of single seminary guys that haven’t had a home cooked meal since they left home last month.  They devoured those meltaways like starving, ravenous wolves and with their mouths stuffed, they muddled, “THANK YOU!”

Meltaways are similar to the ever famous buckeyes I make every Christmas but with the addition of crispy rice cereal, the extra crunch is delightful!  Make them for your next party, teacher or doctor gift, or family party- just do yourself a favor and don’t make them to keep at home or you will find that all 40 candies are gone within a matter of hours and you are the only person home.  WHOOPS!  

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Chicken Pesto Lasagna Roll-Ups

by Sweet Tea & Taters on September 12, 2012

Ahhhhh…. I woke up this morning, walked outside onto the patio and was delighted to experience some cooler temperatures.  I went inside, grabbed a sweatshirt and my tennis shoes, and took the dog for a nice brisk walk.  Fall is all around us and I love it!

I haven’t done a whole lot of cooking this week, but I did manage to cook up some really delicious chicken pesto lasagna roll-ups last night.  Y’all know I love lasagna and I really like trying different variations of lasagna.  These roll-ups are very easy to throw together and take a lot less time to fix than the traditional pan of lasagna, especially if you use store bought (or pre-prepared) marinara and pesto sauces as well as pre-cooked chicken.

I have been plagued with pregnancy heartburn and tomatoes in any form send me into orbit these days.  This recipe was appealing to me because the lasagna rolls do not contain any red sauce but rather, you serve the rolls on a bed of marinara so you can control how much sauce you have (or, don’t have).

The original recipe serves 2-3 people so if you have a larger family or you like to take the opportunity to freeze food for later, I would recommend DOUBLING the recipe.

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Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

September 6, 2012

Well, hello, hello… Gees Louis, I’ve been a horrible blogger as of late.  Pregnancy has done crazy things to my taste buds so I have really been lacking creativity.  BUT, here I am again, attempting to get back on the horse. Nothing motivates me to blog more than fall.  I love ALL foods that have [...]

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Chicken Empanadas

August 1, 2012

Chicken week continues!  Today is “what to do with leftover chicken” day.  Yesterday I talked about roasting a chicken and chances are you will have some chicken leftover.  If not, maybe you have some chicken breasts in the fridge that you need to cook up soon.  Either way, leftover chicken is actually a blessing in [...]

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Lemon & Garlic Roasted Chicken & Vegetables

July 31, 2012

It’s Chicken Week here on Sweet Tea & Taters! I get asked all the time, “what should I do with chicken?”  This week I will give you some of my most favorite, quick and easy chicken recipes!  Let’s start with a basic roasted chicken.  You might be thinking, “why would I roast a WHOLE chicken?! [...]

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S’more Ice Cream Pie

July 26, 2012

My husband and I were recently in Chicago visiting family and friends.  While we were there, we celebrated my husbands 30th birthday by going out to eat to this great restaurant called Wildfire.  It’s a delicious steakhouse but the steak wasn’t what I left remembering that night.  No, no.  What I remember about that meal [...]

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Macaroni Salad

July 23, 2012

Happy Monday!  Don’t you just love summer time?  Long hours of daylight to play outside, swim, eat snow cones, having cookouts with friends and enjoy the warm weather!  This past weekend we were invited to a party and I was asked to bring a salad.  Since it’s summer I decided to throw together a macaroni [...]

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Fettuccine with Tomato-Cream Sauce

July 20, 2012

Last night I made a creamy, dreamy pasta dish.  The sauce was rich, flavorful, and very filling but I did NOT use cream!  That’s right!  I found this recipe in Cooking Light Magazine and at first I was skeptical of a recipe that promises a “creamy sauce” without the use of heavy cream but I [...]

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Strawberry Granita

July 19, 2012

Hey Y’all!  My sincerest apologies for being out of the blogging world for almost two months now!  I feel just awful that Sweet Tea & Taters has been gone but I have good reason… Yep, my husband and I are so excited to announce that we have a little tater tot coming sometime around January [...]

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“Knock You Naked” Brownies

May 31, 2012

Hey Y’all!  I’ve been gone for a while because I haven’t been feeling great.  Sorry to keep you all waiting but I’m back today with a real HUM-DINGER! “Knock You Naked” Brownies.  Ok, a few notes on this recipe. 1.  I didn’t come up with the name.  That’s The Pioneer Woman’s doing. 2.  If it [...]

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