Baked Brie

Ingredients:

Wheel of Brie

2 packages of crescent rolls

Pesto (can also use honey, jam, raspberry chipotle)

Heat oven to 400

Get a pack of crescent rolls

Tear them apart into individual ones

Make a sunburst with them

Keep placing them in a circle

Smush ends together to seal bottom

Cut brie in half sideways (so not so thick)

Place cheese in middle of crescent rolls

Spread pesto on top of brie

Pull crescent rolls up over on top of brie

Pinch together any holes

Put in oven for 20 - 25 min.

***Please note, if use low fat brie - it does not melt (which is what we used in above photos)

Chicken Chili Fiesta

This is a SUPER easy recipe that is great for cold days.  The greatest part about it is that most of the ingredients are stuff you keep around the house!

Chicken Chili Fiesta

Ingredients:

1 onion chopped

1 -16 oz can chili beans

1 -15 oz can black beans

1 -15 oz can whole kernel corn, drained

1 -8 oz can tomato sauce

1 -12 oz can/bottle of beer

2 -10 oz cans rotel

1 pkg. taco seasoning

3 whole, skinless boneless chicken breasts

Optional:

shredded cheese

sour cream

tortilla chips

avocado

jalapeno

Place the onion, chili beans, black beans, corn, tomato sauce, beer, and rotel in a slow cooker.  Add taco seasoning and stir to blend.  Lay chicken on top of mixture and press down until they are just covered  by the other ingredients.  Set slow cooker for low heat, cover and cook for 5 hours.
Remove chicken from the soup, and allow to cool long enough to be handled.  Shred the chicken.  Stir the shredded chicken back into the soup, and continue cooking for 1 - 2 more hours.  Serve topped with cheese, sour cream, etc. if desired.