Mexican Cornbread Casserole

One day while searching pinterest I decided to search for cornbread casseroles. I found and ton and pinned them all. I really like corn bread, probably more than I like just regular biscuits.  This recipe was the first on my list to make.  

1 box corn muffin mix

1 egg

1/3 cup milk

1/2 lb ground beef

10 oz. can rotel original diced tomatoes & green chilies, drained

1/2 tsp ground cumin

1 c shredded cheese (I used nacho & taco)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Spray baking dish with non stick spray.  In a bowl, stir together corn bread mix, egg, and milk.  Spread onto bottom of baking dish. 

Brown and drain ground beef.  Stir in tomatoes and cumin.

Spread ground beef mix over corn bread in dish.  Top with cheese. Bake at 375 for 15-20 minutes or until cornbread is done. 

InstaFriday 10

Since I overloaded you with pictures from the last 6 months last week, this week only has a few pictures.  Please follow me on instagram. My name is growingto4.

My parents moved out of the house they've lived in for the last 20 years.  

Throwback Thursday photo of me and my grandpa.

Found this guy while moving the pool after all the water leaked out. 

We bought a hammock.  Best money ever spent. Wishing we would of got the bigger one though but I'm watching the sales for it to go on clearance.

We've had massive amounts of rain lately and the yard is full of these tiny baby toads.  

Using his Mickey rug as a blanket. He even talks to the mickey on it. He's silly. 

Kid's Pirate Party

Marley turned 6 at the end of March and Mason turned 2 at the beginning of April.  With us moving and my parents also moved I decided to wait until June to have their birthday party.  Marley decided she wanted a penguin party, then it was hello kitty, then something else, and then I finally talked her into having a pirate party.  We only invited family this year so the party was a bit low key compared to previous years, but we all had fun and the whole family got to see our new house too.  

I got all the party supplies at Party City and Meijers.  I put the table cloth on the counter and wrote what everything was with arrows. Thought it was sort of like a treasure map?  I made cannon meatball sandwiches, ranch bean dip, fruit kabob swords, deviled egg pasta salad, veggie pizza, and goldfish and chips.  

I got the cupcake toppers on clearance for 50 cents, what a bargain! I made strawberry cupcakes with butter cream frosting, and white cake with s'mores frosting. I used crumbled graham crackers to make the X on the cake. 

We played ladder ball, catch and the kids swam. It was a great party and the kids got lots of great outside toys like chalk, bubbles, and pool toys.  

I can't believe my babies are so big already. =(  Time to start planning next years party. =)

BBQ Cola Crock Pot Chicken

Now that it's summer I've been looking for some good crock pot recipes so I don't have to turn on the oven, thus turning on the air conditioning. It's a vicious cycle.  This recipe was super quick to throw together and was apparantly quick to be eaten too because I didn't even get a chance to get a picture. OOPS! 

Chicken

1 bottle of bbq sauce

1 onion, cut into quarters

12 ounces of coke

Place chicken and onion in bottom of crock pot. Pour bbq sauce and coke over top. 

Cover and cook on high for 6-8 hours. 

We just ate our chicken pieces whole, but you could also shred them and serve them on buns.