Slow Cooker Pesto Ranch Chicken

If you have five minutes to throw something into the crockpot and have a delicious meal ready for your family, then make this recipe!  I love the flavor of pesto!  I fell in love with it when I made homemade pesto and this chicken recipe here.  Me and my little boy couldn't get enough of this chicken and it peeled apart and was packed with delicious pesto ranch flavor.  The flavor combination was amazing!  You know you love a recipe when you already want to make it again.  And it really helps that it was so easy!

Rating: 5 stars  Difficulty of Recipe: 1 star

Slow Cooker Pesto Ranch Chicken

• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 6 ounce jar pesto (I used basil pesto)
• 1 package ranch dressing seasoning mix
• 1/2 cup chicken broth

1.  Spray slow cooker with cooking spray and place chicken breasts in the bottom.

2.  Sprinkle ranch packet over the chicken breasts, pour pesto over the top, and lastly pour the chicken broth over the top.

3.  Cook on low for 4-6 hours.  Easy huh? :)  
Recipe adapted from Picky Palate 

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Reese's Peanut Butter Cup S'mores

I got to tag along with my neighbors last weekend for an amazing camping trip.  There is a place in Utah where you go on a hike to the 'hot pots' and you get to sit and relax in the nice mother nature hot tub.  :)  The best part of a camping trip is sitting by the campfire and roasting hot dogs and making s'mores.  I like the chocolate on my s'more nice and melty.  So when you take the first bite the chocolate oozes out and the marshmallow is perfectly cooked and it makes a huge mess that is impossible to clean up.   Doesn't that sound amazing?

Well a few years back I discovered that you can put a Reese's peanut butter cup on your s'more and it is life changing!  These s'mores bars are so awesome they can be made right in your kitchen and you will get the same amazing gooey taste of a delicious s'more!

Rating: 5 stars  Difficulty of Recipe: 2 stars

Reese's Peanut Butter Cup S'mores

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/4 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
•  1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 17 regular size peanut butter cups
• 1 1/2 cup marshmallow fluff

1.  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Line a 8x8 pan with parchment paper and spray it with cooking spray.  

2.  In a large bowl, or mixer, beat butter, sugar and brown sugar until fluffy.  Beat in the egg and vanilla until combined.  

3.  With the mixer on low, stir in the flour, baking powder, salt and graham cracker crumbs until combined.

4.  Spread 2/3 of the dough into the bottom of the prepared baking pan.  Press the peanut butter cups gently into the dough.  Spread the marshmallow fluff on top.

5.  Press the remaining dough onto a non stick surface into an 8x8 square.  Lay it on top of the marshmallow fluff and press lightly.

6.  Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the edges brown.  Allow them to cool for at least 2 hours to set.  Remove from pan and cut into squares. 

Recipe Adapted from  Mels Sweet Life

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Honey Glazed Salmon with Browned Butter Lime Sauce

I love salmon but hardly make it because I know that my boys won't eat it.  So I usually order it every time that we go out to eat.  But I have been wanting to eat salmon for a long time so I decided to make it for myself for lunch.  This was the BEST salmon I think that I have had.  It tasted like I was at a 5 star restaurant eating this.  And I love that it was pan seared and had a crust to it and it was so tender and melted in my mouth!  And holy cow.  Have you tried brown butter?  It is like crack!  I have made brown butter frosting before but this brown butter lime sauce to top the salmon was perfection!  

I wanted to make my little boy try this when he got home from school.  Because unlike the picky one, he will at least try everything!  I had him try a bite and he said, Mom, this chicken is AMAZING!!  I think I will make 'chicken' more often!! ;)

Rating: 5 stars  Difficulty of Recipe: 2 stars

Honey Glazed Salmon with Browned Butter Lime Sauce

• 4 (6 oz) salmon fillets
• 8 tsp flour, divided
• 8 tsp honey, divided
• 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• zest of 2 limes

Browned Butter Lime Sauce

• 6 Tablespoons Butter
• 3 Tbsp fresh lime juice
• 1 tsp honey
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper

1.  Place the salmon fillets onto a cutting board and put 1 tsp flour on each side and evenly spreading the flour over the salmon.  Evenly drizzle 1 tsp honey onto each side of the salmon.

2.  Drizzle 1 tbsp olive oil into a saucepan and heat to medium.  Since you don't want to overcrowd the pan, you may want to use two pans and use the other 1 tbsp of olive oil, or do two batches.

3.  Carefully place the salmon into the pan and cook 3-5 minutes on each side browning each side of the salmon.

4.  While salmon is cooking, to make the sauce heat the butter into a small saucepan.  Swirl the butter occasionally until it has turned a light brown color and is fragrant.  Remove from heat and whisk the garlic, honey, salt and pepper into the sauce.  

5.  Pour the browned butter sauce over the salmon and sprinkle with your lime zest and enjoy!

Recipe Adapted from Cooking Classy

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