HG: Sweet n Sticky Sesame Chicken

One of my all time favorite foods is sesame chicken from the Chinese take-out place down the road (well, really just any sesame chicken, but I digress). I know its horrible for you, but I just can't help myself. So when Hungry Girl made a sesame chicken recipe, I was all for it. I've been wanting to make this for a while, but only got around to it he other night.

This recipe actually reminded me more of honey/orange chicken than sesame chicken, but it was still very good. My mom and I did make some alterations to the recipe. We omitted the sesame oil, and added a bit of Splenda brown sugar to add a bit more sweetness. I don't think that this will completely take the place of take-out, but it is a recipe that I will make again.

Homemade Cheese-Its

I found this recipe on Pinterest the other day, and decided that it was definitely something that I needed to try.

These came out so good! Some of them ended up a bit thick (because rolling out warm dough is a pain), but they still taste just as good.

These were ridiculously easy to make - just a few ingredients - and they taste exactly like store-bought. I did make some small changes to the recipe. I used salted butter, since I didn't have unsalted, and used half the salt. They ended up a bit salty, but I like salty so it's ok. ;)