Creamy Avocado Chicken Salad | Cheeky Kitchen.com

Aubree found this recipe on Pinterest and I LOVE it! It is so good. It would even be great on toast but I just had the toast on the side because I love me some avocado. I actually doubled the recipe and had some the next day.


Ingredients:
1 cup chicken breast, cooked and shredded
¼ cup corn (I just threw in some frozen corn)
¼ cup black beans, rinsed and drained
¼ cup green onions, chopped
¼ cup tomatoes, diced
¼ cup cilantro, chopped
¼ cup corn chips, crushed
2 tablespoons white vinegar
4 tablespoons mayonnaise
Salt to taste
2-4 avocados, sliced in half with pits discarded
Directions:
In a medium bowl, toss the chicken breast, corn, black beans, green onions, tomatoes, cilantro, and corn chips together. Add the vinegar and mayonnaise to mixture and toss to coat. Salt to taste. Spoon salad into halved avocados. Serve immediately with a spoon and fork. Enjoy!

Upcycle necklace

This isn't the best picture but it turns out the only one I took was with my phone.

It all started when we moved my mom into an assisted living center. I found this cute yellow tatted bookmark in her closet and I just didn't know what to do with it. After some deliberation I found I had some grey wool felt leftover from another project. So I used a little piece of cardstock to make a shape that would work with the bookmark. Then used that cardstock as a pattern to cut out a piece of of the wool. I pinned the bookmark to the wool and then tacked it down with a needle and yellow thread. Then using my scrapbooking stuff, I pounded a couple of eyelets into each end of the wool. Finally I attched an old chain to each side and then using a glue gun I attached a grey shoe clip (also found at the bottom of my mom's closet). Considering what I started with I thought it was a clever use for a bunch of unwanted items.

Denim Bag

OK, I love this bag way more than I thought I would. I found a size 0 mini skirt at the DI for $3. And it looked practically brand new. Of course, the world I live in... there really isn't anyone, besides a toddler, that wears a size 0. So why wouldn't it look new? Anyway I stitched up the bottom of the skirt and made a box pleat in the bottom so it would have better shape. I cut the waist band off another pair of jeans, that were destined for a quilt, for the strap, then put an old tie through the belt loops and pinned one of my "Tie Blooms" to the pocket. Easy, cute, & done!

My Favorite Chocolate Chips Cookies

This is a really great chocolate chip cookies recipe. It has gotten 2 "thumbs up" from the kids and grandkids. To quote Taylor "Dats a weally good cookie grandma." I asked her if she needed another one and her response, "Ummm, yeths." She has the cutest lisp. Aubree came home from Weber with this recipe, she got it from someone in her ward. I have made a few minor tweeks to it just to get it to work right in my oven. It makes a large batch, all the better for sharing. They also freeze really well. I don't know how long they would last in the freezer mine are usually gone in a week or two. Enjoy!

1 cup shortening, 1 cup butter, 1 cup brown sugar, 2 cups sugar, 4 eggs. Cream these ingredients together. Then gradually add the following: 4 tsp. vanilla, 3 tsp. salt, 2 tsp. baking soda, 5 1/2 cups flour. Once this is mixed really well, stir in: 1 bag Semi-sweet chocolate chips, 1 bag milk chocolate chips (I LOVE Guittard chocolate chips they are the best) Bake at 375 for 8-10 mins.

Beautiful Blooms!

Here are some "flowers" I made using old ties. I think they would be darling on hats, headbands, bags, jackets and pretty much anything else you could think of. Let me know what you think. If anyone is interested in how to do them, I would be glad to post a tutorial.

Cutest Suitcase Ever!

This is my latest find! I got this idea off a blog I found. But I have no idea where to find that blog now. I would love to give them credit but the way I blog hop I don't think I will ever find it. I bought this old suitcase at the D.I. for $2. It was a very beat up blue with a stained interior. I cleaned up the interior with my magic cleaner from from The Clean Spot. Then moved on to the outside. I taped off the latches and the metal under the handle and then went to work with my favorite tool. Spray Paint! This is after the first coat. I used a gray primer spray paint that said it was for automobiles. There isn't as much gray paint out there as you might think. I put on about 3 coats then let it set and dry overnight. Next I used this stencil adhesive on the back of the stencil. This is really great stuff. You just dab it on and let it set for 10 minutes and then it is ready to apply.This is my cute stencil stuck to the outside corner of the suitcase. This adhesive sticks down really well but if you decide it is not in the right spot it is really easy to reposition. I then pounced black stencil paint (which is just thicker that regular acrylic paint) on top of the stencil. Make sure all of your edges are tacked down so paint doesn't go underneath the stencil.

The finished stencil. Ta-Dah! My cute finished gray suitcase. I wish I had thought to take a picture of it before I started just so you could see the difference. I love, love, love it.

new recipe

I told my daughters & daughters-in-law that I would start posting some of my new favorite recipes. So this is my first one.. Here ya go.
Croissant Bread Pudding
6 large croissants, cubed
1 large baking apple, peeled, cored & thinly sliced
6 eggs
1/2 cup plus 3 TBLS sugar, divided
2 cups half & half
1 orange (you will use about 2 tsp of zest & 1/4 cup of juice)
1/2 cup chopped pecan pieces
3/4 cup butterscotch ice cream topping
1/4 tsp rum extract
1/2 cup golden raisins, optional
In a 2 qt prepared casserole dish toss together your croissant cubes & apple slices. In a separte bowl beat eggs & 1/2 cup sugar. In a microwave safe cup or bowl heat your 1/2 & 1/2 on high for about 2 minutes. Slowly add your heated 1/2 & 1/2 to the egg mixture, whisking until blended. Pour egg mixture over croissants and apples, make sure all the croissants are coated. In a small bowl mix together your pecans, remaining sugar & orange zest then sprinkle over your croissant and egg mixture in the casserole dish. Bake @ 350 for about 35 mins. Should be golden brown and set in the center. For the sauce, mix ice cream topping, orange juice & rum extract. Microwave on high for about 1 minute. Add raisins to the sauce if preferred. The recipe says to serve warm but I love it cold. Try it and see what you think.