Chicken Salsa Verde Bake

Mike and I tried a new recipe last night that we thought was really good so I thought I would share. It is a Rachael Ray recipe. It is a little spicy so it may not be too good for little ones.

2 Tbsp vegetable oil
2 1/4 lbs skinless, boneless chicken breasts
2 16 oz jars salsa verde
1 15oz can kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1 onion, finely chopped
1 cup sour cream
3 cups crushed tortilla chips
1 8 oz bag shredded Mexican-style cheese

1. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add chicken and cook, turning once, until cooked through, 10-12 mins. Let stand until cook, then shred the meat into a large bowl. Stir in kidney beans, salsa, onion and sour cream.

2. Preheat oven to 375. Grease 9x13 in baking dish, scatter 1 cup tortilla chips on bottom and top with half of the chicken mixture and half of the cheese. Repeat the layers and cover with remaining 1 cup tortilla chips. Bake until the cheese is bubbly, about 30 minutes.

Can also be made with 3 cups of sautéed veggies, such as bell peppers, zucchini, corn and mushrooms, instead of chicken if you would like.

Servings: 6
Prep time: 25 minutes
Bake time: 30 minutes

Try it and let me know what you think!!

Weekend project

Mike and I are getting ready for Halloween next week. We spent Saturday getting Tyler's costume together. This is what his chair looks like...

We think it turned out pretty cute although not quite as cute as the race car a couple years ago!!

Tyler's home

Well we FINALLY made it home from the hospital Tuesday night!! Sunday afternoon/evening Tyler started having a lot of seizures so they kept us there an extra day to do an EEG and get the seizures under control. The dr said the seizures were probably caused by the stress of the pneumonia and the antibiotics that he was on. The seizures did come under control and are back to normal now. Tyler was SOOO happy to come home- so was I!!! He was so smiley and happy and laughing as soon as the dr said we could go home and was laughing quite a bit in the car on the way home. It was really cute!

Tyler update

Hi all, I thought I would write a little note so all my friends out there that don't know would know and could help with prayers... Tyler is in the hospital with pneumonia. He has been there for almost a week now. He is getting better slowly, but not as fast as I would like. I stay there with him most of the day. I get out for a couple hours in the morning to shower and get lunch and again in the evening for dinner. Mike's family, and friends that we have here in our ward have been GREAT to help out so Tyler is not there alone.

He is doing better today! He was out of bed and in his wheelchair and they even let me take him outside for a little while to get some fresh air-when we weren't around the smokers anyway! They will do a swallow study tomorrow to make sure it is safe for him to eat by mouth and then we will see what road we take to recovery, the one we are on or the one with a g-tube for feeding. Keep him in your prayers!! And I will keep you posted.

We finally started our Yard work!!!

So Mike and I finally decided to do something about the tree in our front yard!

Here is what it looked like before we started...

This is what our front yard looked like after Mike climbed up the tree and cut down all the branches. It was very messy but well worth it!!
This is Mike, standing on a ladder, putting every last branch in his truck. He only wanted to make one trip to the dump and he was determined that that is how it was going to be.
This is the truck as Mike got ready to head to the dump. There was a lot of tree in that truck!! Mike's sister called a little while after he left and said that she was a couple cars behind him and it was quite funny looking seeing the "tree" roll down the road. Luckily Mike made it the dump before they closed and they were not full for the day so he was able to dump.
This is how the front yard looks now. I think you would agree that it looks A LOT better. Now we just need to work on getting the huge bushes out of there and replaced with something nice.

It is nice to have this new tree because we can sit on the couch and look out the front window and actually see the sky and the road instead of that big, out of control, tree. This morning we do have some confused birds though. I think they will adjust to the new tree in no time!
Remember if you are ever in town, give us a call we would love to have you stop by and visit!!