Peanut Butter Chocolate Smoothie

I found this on Pinterest and had to make it, as I was having a serious peanut butter craving. Let me say, that this is so simple but SO DELICIOUS. I didn't use honey, and I don't think it needs it. It was a little more liquidy than I prefer (I like milkshake consistency), so the next time I made it, I used about a third of the milk. I also ran out of yogurt, and it was just as tasty. So here's my slimmed down version of the original:

INGREDIENTS:

• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 heaping tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1-1/2 tablespoons of natural creamy peanut butter (you can use more or less to taste)
• 1 very ripe banana, sliced, and frozen (I always keep a bunch of cut up frozen bananas in the freezer)

INSTRUCTIONS:

Put ingredients in blender in order given, and blend til smooth. 

Original Recipe: Sally's Baking Addiction

Buffalo Chicken Dip

Image courtesy of Food Marriage 

My mother-in-law Pam gave me the original recipe, after I scarfed down about a pound of this at a New Years party we went to. I now make this for all my book club gatherings, as this is a special request from my fellow Bookaholics member Celeste. The original recipe calls for 8 oz of cream cheese, but I think 4 oz. is plenty. The original also calls for cooking 2 large chicken breasts and shredding them, but I always seem to make this at the last minute, so I use canned chicken. There isn't anything remotely healthy in this, sorry.  

INGREDIENTS:

• 16 oz. chicken breast (either cook and shred two chicken breasts, or be lazy and use canned white meat chicken, low or no sodium)
• 6 tablespoons Franks Hot Sauce
• 4 oz. cream cheese
• 1/2 cup ranch dressing
• 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Put chicken and hot sauce in medium skillet, heat til warm.

Add cream cheese and dressing and heat until blended.

Add 1/4 cup cheddar cheese and stir.

Place in crockpot and put it on the Keep Warm setting.

Sprinkle remaining cheese on top.

Serve warm with tortilla chips.