10 days of favorite cookies

dollar tree favor

Most of the items to make these favors were purchased

 at the Dollar Tree Store

{craft paper wrap, gift card holders, tape}

Candy bars were on sale at Walgreens

I gave them out at a recent birthday party and

also think they would make cute little hostess gifts

buffalo chicken and potato casserole

Buffalo Chicken and Potato Casserole

Makes 6 servings

photo credit: publix.com

Ingredients

8 medium potatoes (1 ½ lbs)

½ cup Buffalo wing sauce

½ cup real bacon bits

2 lbs boneless/skinless chicken breasts

1 ½ cup shredded Mexican-blend cheese

½ cup celery sliced

½ cup green onions sliced

½ cup blue cheese or ranch dressing

Crumbly blue cheese (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 450°F

Cut potatoes into ½” cubes

Toss potatoes with ¼ cup wing sauce

Transfer mixture to greased 13 x 9 inch baking dish

Roast potatoes 20-25 minutes or until cooked through, stirring once halfway through bake time.

Reduce oven to 400°F

Cut chicken breasts into ½” cubes and combine with remaining ¼ cup wing sauce

Place the raw chicken on top of the potatoes and cook for 20 minutes or until the chicken is done

Combine remaining ingredients and spread over potatoes/chicken

Bake 5-10 more minutes until melted and bubbly

Let stand 5 minutes to cool

Serve with extra blue cheese dressing, hot sauce, and crumbly blue cheese

{adapted from this Publix Aprons Recipe}

porch sit

If all goes as planned  . . .

this morning  

we will be enjoying our morning coffee on this porch.

We look forward to a relaxing few months after . . .

a summer of moving from a house we loved for 30+ years

and

a fall of sadness and farewells

I will enjoy a cup of coffee right here

while reading your blogs in the mornings

and then in the late afternoons 

perhaps a cocktail 

and soon - hoping a few

friends and family will join us for a visit 

in sunny Venice, Florida . . .

the guest suite is ready