Southwest Stuffed Peppers

Last week we experimented with a new stuffed pepper recipe.  The bell peppers at the store put us in the mood for stuffed peppers but we didn't want traditional ones so we came up with a new recipe!

*Bare with me - since we were experimenting we didn't keep track of how much of most things we were using.  In the end, I suppose it really depends on how many peppers you are making and their size!  We had extra rice mixture which went perfect with a grilled chicken breast in a lunch to bring to work!


Ingredients:

Bell peppers, any color
Seasoned, cooked chicken breasts - shredded
Taco seasoning
 Cooked, white rice
Black beans
Salsa
Corn
Onion - diced
Tomato sauce
One egg
Queso Fresco

Step One:  Cook your chicken breasts and shred them.  Season them with your favorite taco seasoning.
Step Two:  Hollow out your peppers and save the tops (the ring around the stem) - they will be diced and mixed in with the "stuffing!"
  Step Three:  In a bowl, mix the cooked rice, black beans (drained), salsa, corn, diced onion and diced pepper tops.  Use one raw egg to help make the mixture stick together.
Step Four:  Fill the peppers with the rice mixture
Step Five: Layer the seasoned, shredded chicken in a baking dish (we used our 8x8 Pyrex.)

Step Six:  Place the stuffed peppers over the chicken and cover them with tomato sauce.
Step Seven:  Cover the pan with tin foil and bake for about one hour at 350 degrees.

Step Eight:  Serve with queso fresco crumbled over the top and a side of sour cream and/or salsa if you wish!

This dish turned out awesome!  It was exactly the taste that we were going for.  You can really tailor this recipe/idea to your tastes.  Instead of chicken you could use ground beef or steak and I am confident it would be equally delicious.  Diced tomatoes would probably be a good addition to this as well.  The possibilities are endless :)


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Easy Kid's Craft Display

Does your refrigerator look like this? 

If you have a little one in school it just might! Amelia goes to school two mornings a week for an hour and a half for a pre-k speech class. Part of their morning is doing a craft or two that relates to the sounds they are working on. I put all of her projects on our refrigerator and she is so proud of them. She shows them to us and tells us "coooooo" which is "school." 

We started to run out of room for her masterpieces so I started brainstorming. I had seen online somewhere (no idea where, of course) how someone used an old picture frame, removed the glass, hung picture wire across the frame and clipped a craft or two to the wire and displayed them in the frame. I thought that was a neat idea but I put my own twist on it. 

Neat, huh? All I needed to complete this was picture wire (I bought 50 feet because that was all they had but clearly we only used a fraction of that), command hooks of some sort and clips. I chose binder clips. 

We hung two lengths of picture wire, with loops made at each end, between three hooks.

I love the result! Now it is easier to enjoy her art projects and the bare wall in the kitchen has some decoration on it! Most importantly, the refrigerator is much less cluttered which makes the kitchen feel less cluttered! 

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What are some other fun ways to display kid's artwork and crafts?