Chicken Salad

2 or 3 chicken breast, boneless/skinless

mayonaise or miracle whip, I always use a light variety

pickle relish

Boil chicken breasts until done, 20 minutes or so.

When cool enough to handle, break chicken into a few large pieces and place in a food processor or blender with a grinding blade. Grind the chicken.

In a meduim size bowl,  place ground chicken, enough mayo to bind it together and relish to taste. Stir to combine all ingredients.

Serve as a sandwich or alone with crackers on the side.

Caleb and Jonah really like this. They actually enjoy it as a sandwich between meals, 

or to take in a sack lunch to school. 

Boys...they can eat all the time!

A quick trip...

This last week, Doug, Jonah and I headed to Destin, Florida for a little R & R. We had some great beach time and some fun nights out for dinner. Our favorite was the night we went to the small community of Seaside for pizza. The restaurant is so charming with seating outside and a great view of the water. We had been there 2 years ago with the whole family so we thought it would be worth the 20 mile drive to get there....and it was! Here's what we ate...

Margarita pizza and Prosciutto Di Parma. It was soooo good.

This little community is so sweet. Kids everywhere, people riding bicycles, beautiful houses to rent and a feeling of stepping back in time. 

Some day we would like to stay there...and eat this pizza everyday!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Sundae

I saw this idea on Plain Chicken, a blog I have been getting to know. Check it out for some fun, easy recipes. This isn't so much a recipe as a way to make a special dessert, with very simple ingredients.  Here's what you"ll need:

Refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough

small oven proof glass bowls or ramekins

vanilla ice cream

chocolate or caramel syrup, optional

I got this big tub at Sam's, but you could use the tubes from your regular store.

First I used my small cookie dough scoop ( like a mini ice cream scoop) to scoop 2 heaping scoops of cookie dough into bowls. I think one regular ice cream scoop would be about right too. But really, can you go wrong with too much cookie dough? I think not...

 

Next I used a small drinking glass to press the cookie dough down in the bowls.

Bake in a preheated 350* oven for 10- 15 minutes or until almost done, you want them to be just a little underdone, soft and gooey. Mine turned out soft on the inside and a little crispy on the outside...perfect!

While cookie is still warm (pop 'em in the microwave for a few seconds if you make them in advance), top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

This is how I ate mine.....unadorned!

This one's for my hubby....big scoop of ice cream and caramel!

Drew requested chocolate syrup and seconds!

Great thing about the pre-made cookie dough is you can make just what you need....even though the boys thought they "needed" more than I made! 
You could totally use your own homemade cookie dough, but with all the cooking I'm doing this summer, the pre-made stuff is a lifesaver!