Maxine's Tater tot Casserole

Growing up, our church put out a cookbook every couple years.
Maxine, an elderly lady in the church made some AMAZING dishes, One that was most common and loved at all the potlucks was "Maxine's Noodles". 

But today I am going to give you this yummy Tater tot Casserole recipe, I'll have to dig up the noodle recipe and post that as well!

                                                      Brown the hamburger

                                   All of the ingredient's you will need aside from hamburger

                                                                   Boil the noodles

                                                     Place hamburger in bottom of pan

                                                                   Cover with noodles

                                                                   Sprinkle with Cheese

                                                                     Cover with tater tots

                                                        Pour soup & water mixture over

   And...of course I was so hungry by the time I got done I forget to get a picture of it finished in the pan....

 
Ingredients:
1 lb hamburger (I think I'm going to use 2 lbs next time) 
(I also added onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper, dill and Lawry season salt to the hamburger)
1 box of fettuccine noodles
4-6 oz of shredded cheese (any kind will do, I used colby jack)
1/2 a large bag of tater tots
3 cans cream of chicken soup + 3 cans water

Directions:
Brown hamburger and place in the bottom of a 9x13 pan
Boil noodles as directed on the box (I drained slightly before finished)Cover hamburger with noodles
Sprinkle with cheese
Cover with tater tots
Pour soup and water over everything
Bake at 350 for 45 minutes or so
And that's it! super easy and yummy recipe

Now because it's just my husband and I, a 9x13 pan is WAY to much, so I split everything and froze the other pan, I would recommend thawing out in the fridge overnight and cooking at the same temperature and time

Stylebook

Ok…so I have a serious obsession with organization, I love everything about it and the way I feel when everything has a perfect spot!

Well I read about this amazing app in a magazine and decided I had to try it out.

It’s called Stylebook and cost $3-$5 I do believe, I know most people hate paying for apps but after reading the reviews I decided it was definitely worth it!

After downloading the app I went to exploring, you can upload pictures of your clothes, organize them in your “closet” under categories such as tops, bottoms, shoes, dresses, ect.

Then, you can create “looks” by putting a top, bottom, and shoes together.

And then…you can put them into our “calendar”! seriously most amazing thing EVER

I plan out my months worth of outfits, when I wake up check the calendar to see what I’m wearing that day, grab the outfit and I’m good to go! No more deciding what I’m going to have to wear that day and trying on multiple outfits.

Toolbox Redo

      

Toolbox Redo:

I picked both of these toolboxes up from a local swap shop on Facebook for $8! Major score in my book ;).

I’m going to start with what I did on the left and move into the right one.

For the left tool box it was in pretty good condition and I wanted to keep it as authentic as possible so I took a blue scrubbing pad like what you use for washing dishes, I scrubbed the whole thing to get all of the dirt and grime off and used 2 coats of a spray clear coat, BAM done! That was all I had to do! Quick and easy and so cute!

The box on the right was not in the greatest shape so I took both of the long ends off and replaced them with new boards, so clearly I couldn’t leave it originalL, I started out by using fine grit sand paper with a hand sander and went over the whole thing to smooth it out so it matched the new boards.  then  using a can of spray paint in the same color s as what’s on it now I put on a few coats but the wood was so absorbent it kept soaking it up, so I switched to a can of paint and brushed it on, worked like a charm! After putting two coats of paint I clear coated it and was done!

I was horrible and did not take any pictures of the process…I’m going to have to work on that! I matched up the new board for the right one and cut it down to size and nailed it into the ends.

For any question’s or input feel free to leave a comment!

Thanks

Chloe

A belated Christmas post...better late than never:)

                                                                 Grandma's tree

                                                                      Our tree

                                                                   Grandma's dog

                                                                 Other Grandma's tree

                                                                         My Baby

                                                                  My parents dog

All about Christmas!

This post is a little late…Oops! But I couldn’t help but post.

Clearly I have a love of Christmas, or at least Christmas trees! I’m sorry the 3^rd picture is not the greatest quality, the first two pictures are both of my grandmother’s. and of course I had to throw in the pictures of the doggies ;). The first one is my grandma’s beagle, second is my parents golden retriever jealous that I was giving the tree attention and not her! And the third picture is of my little baby sporting the adorable antlers we got from pet smart!

I will have to post some pictures of the process of decorating this year!

My husband and I just relocated from Iowa to Florida and sadly all of my decorations are still in Iowa…hopefully I will get to bring home a few when we go back for thanksgiving!  Otherwise  I will be doing  major shopping spree for new decorations ;).