Creamy Chicken Taquitos

These homemade chicken taquitos are to die for! And they’re fairly healthy, too! Overall, they take about 30 minutes to make and your family will most likely love them as much as mine does. I made them for lunch one day during the week and my husband requested them for dinner the next day! He’s a fairly picky eater so if you have a hubby like mine, he just might put these on the “make again” list.

Ingredients:

2-chicken breasts

1-8 ounce cream cheese

1/4 cup chopped cilantro

2-Tbsp lime juice

4 oz. enchilada sauce (green/red)

Seasonings:

Cumin, Chili powder, Onion powder, Garlic powder, Red pepper flakes

2 cups shredded Pepperjack cheese

12 flour tortillas

Directions:

1. Melt the cream cheese just a bit then put in mixing bowl. Add the chopped cilantro, lime juice and seasonings

2. Get your chicken on to boil! Put in sauce pan over high heat with water for about 20 minutes. When done, shred with a fork or two then set aside.

3. In the mixing bowl, add the enchilada sauce of your choosing, the cheese and, lastly, the chicken. Should look like a weird blob, but trust me it’s delicious!

4. Lay some parchment paper on a cookie sheet to save some clean-up time. Begin to roll the chicken mixture into the tortillas. Make sure the seam side is down. Lightly spray with cooking spray and sprinkle with fine salt. Cook at 425 degrees for about 13 minutes. The edges will be a dark brown. Enjoy!!

Can also be frozen for future meals!

Usually makes about 12 taquitos

Did you try this recipe?? Comment your experiences below!

Totally Awesome Burp Cloth Tutorial

Hey yall! So I’ve been making these burp cloths for a few months now and people have been asking for them so I thought I’d do my first ever little tutorial! They’re nothing fancy, but who wants anything nice to clean up spit with?! Anyways, they’re cute, they do the job and CHEAP! Burp cloths vary in price depending on brand and quality, but the average price I’ve found is about $10 for 5. With this tutorial, you can make at least 12 for about $6. I’m always looking for ways to get quality products for an affordable price and these cloths make that possible!

I get my fabric mostly from Walmart, but any place like Joann’s or Hobby Lobby that has cotton fabric will work just fine. You can try different materials, but I’ve found that cotton absorbs better than most and that absorbency increases after each wash. You’ll only need one yard of a front fabric and one yard of back fabric. So head out and find the cutest design you can find!!

I purchased one yard of a teal polka-dot (cotton) fabric from Walmart as well as a simple white (cotton) piece. It came to a total of $6.

Lay out one of your pieces (doesn’t matter which) on a flat surface with the good side faced TOWARD you. You want the “bad” side of the fabric on the outside when you sew.

Next, lay the other fabric on top and make sure to line up the edges. You don’t want to waste fabric! Get out as many wrinkles as you can.

With a tape measure and pencil, label 8 inches across and 16 inches high. Feel free to make your cloths bigger or smaller, but I feel like 8 x 16 is a good standard size. Keep those edges straight! You will only have to do this for your first piece. It will serve as a guide for the others should you choose to make more.

Then start cutting! Try to get lines as straight as you can. Don’t worry if you make a mistake because you won’t be able to see this in the end product.

You should have a rectangular piece like this! Good job! You can use some pins to keep fabric in place, but I usually just adjust it as I go. Totally up to you and your comfort level. Let’s head to the sewing machine!

Always start sewing on a LONG side. Go about 1/4 inch in and go to town! Don’t forget when you start to go forward a few stitches be sure to then do a short reverse stitch to seal the thread.

When you get to a corner, make sure the needle is up and lift the presser foot. Then rotate the material and keep going! Sew until you get to the last short side.

Before finishing up the last short side, pull off the fabric completely from the machine and trim the thread from the cloth. I like to cut the corners because I think it makes the corners look better and less bulky.

Reach your hand inside the opening and flip the cloth right side out.

Make sure you push all the corners out with a finger.

Fold in the part that is not yet sewn. Then just sew it shut. (This is why you want to end on the shorter side)

All done!! Congratulations you have a totally awesome, very standard, durable burp cloth 🙂

P.S. if you want to make more, you would simply use the first cut as a guide and place it over the rest of the fabric and cut around it. Best of luck! Thanks for reading!

Did you try this project??

Leave your comments below.

Drawing the bath I’ll never get to take

Being a mom is hard. I love it, but it’s hard. I’ve always been a busy person. I like to do multiple things at once. I like having a clean house. When our baby arrived, I suddenly found that I was no longer able to spend 3 hours a day cleaning. Or even able do a load of dishes every day! Instead I was changing diapers, cleaning spit up off baby’s face, changing clothes that baby had spit up on, feeding baby or calming a crying baby. I read comments of people saying “don’t worry about having a messy house,” but I refused to accept that! I thought I could do it all and when I couldn’t, I got discouraged. How was I so busy all day and nothing got done??

From the second I found out I was pregnant, I loved my child. When they put her on my chest right after she was born, I loved her even more. I instantly became a mother. It was crazy how much I cared for that little girl. And every day, that loves grows stronger.

My role as a mother is to take care of my baby. That means I wake up 5 times a night to cuddle and feed her. I hold her when she wants to be held. I entertain her throughout the day. I take her everywhere I go. I protect her. It’s amazing. I love every second of it! Yes, every second. Sometimes I get frustrated, sometimes I think, “why don’t you just SLEEP?!” But then I get up, see that sad face and my heart melts. Sure I’m still tired, but I realize that it doesn’t matter because my baby needs me. Being a mother means putting someone else’s needs before your own. It means that my house might not always be clean, but I have to do my best.

Amelia has been going through a phase where she won’t let me out of her sight. She screams as soon as I put her down or leave the room. It’s exhausting! But as much as it tires me, I’m so grateful I get to be home with her. I’m grateful to my husband that he works so I can be with our little girl. And so this week I’ve been carrying her around the house in a babywrap I made. She seems to love it. She gets to snuggle and mama never leaves her sight! I’ve found that I can do dishes, fold laundry and vacuum all while she’s being held by me. It’s amazing!

But today was different. I was folding some clothes with Amelia strapped to my chest because she was crying. I took a moment to look down and she was just staring at me. Just staring! But I could see the love in her big, blue eyes and my heart just fluttered. All of the exhaustion from the night before, all the dishes waiting for me in the sink just faded away because I knew my baby was happy. There can be days when she just screams, but then there are moments that make it all worth it. Even now, writing this post  I am walking around with a baby strapped to my chest because I know as soon as I sit, she will know it and wake up. But it’s worth it! My back is aching, but she’s sleeping so soundly.

There are nights when my husband gets home and I hand him the baby because I just need a minute to myself. I go get a warm bath ready. And just as I’m about to get in, I hear the baby cry. And I smile. I just smile because even though it was a rough day, I know my husband is trying his best to give me 10 minutes of peace. So I give up on my bath and give the baby one instead to calm her down. That’s what happens though! Getting the laundry all ready to be washed but then you can’t do it because baby needs to be fed. Or needing to go to the store, but you can’t because the baby is fussy. Thinking, “I just need 5 minutes to clean!” But you can’t because your baby refuses to be put down. That is being a mom.

I’ve come to cherish every moment with my daughter. When she won’t let me sit, leave the room, or take a nap, I cherish the moments because I know it won’t last forever. Being a mom is hard. But it is so rewarding and I know that my life is now hers! Everything my husband and I do is for her and for each other.

In honor of International Women’s Day,  I found this passage in Proverbs that I think is fitting.

Proverbs 31:10-31

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.                           The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

 

There is no greater calling than that of a mother. I’m grateful to all mothers who love their children even through the rough times. I’m grateful to my daughter. For showing me love by wanting me close to her, for laughing right when I think I can’t bear any more. My husband and I love her so much. She makes our life perfect. We live to make her happy and do all we can to keep her safe. That is what being a mother is about. And it truly is my favorite thing. So kiss your babies, mamas. When you think you can’t handle anymore, cuddle them and kiss them because they need you. And being so small won’t last forever.