(EASY) Thanksgiving leftovers

My husband and I aren’t huge fans of turkey, in fact I don’t think we would ever eat it in the house unless it was Thanksgiving, or it came in lunch meat form but this year we hosted Thanksgiving and how can you host and not serve turkey? This year we had 2 different kinds of turkey. My wonderful FIL brought a deep fried turkey and my mom made this amazing turkey soaked in gravy sauce. We all stuffed our faces, but you wouldn’t be able to tell by how much was left over!

As I sat in the living room that night wondering how I could “get rid” of this turkey I decided to try a few things. We may not like turkey in this house but we sure as all heck love Mexican food. So I whipped up some turkey enchiladas..YUM YUM YUM…SOOOOOOO good and so easy. Here’s what I used and what I did.

Deep Fried Turkey—shredded

Chipotle Taco Seasoning (packets by the regular taco seasoning)

Shredded cheese (we used Mexican style, but you could use cheddar)

Flour tortillas

1 large can of enchilada sauce (I used mild-red)

I tossed the turkey in a pan and mixed in ¾ cup of water and the seasoning packet…mixed around until it was absorbed up and then filled each shell (I think I got 12), added a little cheese and laid in the 13x9 baking pan (spray these because the shells will stick). I then poured the whole can of sauce all over, making sure every part is covered. Sprinkled with cheese and baked at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes…VOILA! Super yummy and super easy!

I still had a lot of the turkey in gravy and most certainly couldn’t make enchiladas with that so I decided to make home made pot pies. It should be said that while sitting at work that day trying to figure out how to make individual pies I decided that was too much work so I made this in a pie pan and had one giant pot pie, but I’m sure this recipe would work with individuals as well. See the recipe below; again, super easy!

1 pkg prepared pie crust (you will need both inside)

Cut up turkey

1 bag of mixed vegetables (I also boiled up some potatoes and cubed them and added, but it’s not necessary)

1 cube of cheddar cheese (cubed)

2 cans of turkey gravy (unless you have extra from Turkey day)

I rolled out the dough and placed in bottom of the pie plate. Mixed all the ingredients together and poured in. Then put the other pie crust after it’s been rolled out on top. Use a butter wash (melted butter) and brush it over the top and bake for 30 minutes or until top is light brown….SOOOOOOO good!

Hopefully these will help you use up those turkey leftovers! Happy eating!

Playing Dress Up

One thing I love about little kids is that you can dress them in the cutest things and they really don’t have a say, well until they turn 2 ½ and want you to take off their khaki cargo pants and put on FLUFFY pants (aka fleece pants)! I did hope for a girl to dress up in cutesy little things, but boys can be fun too! I know my husband begs to differ but I love cute cute clothes for my little guys.





Enter Etsy….last year I ordered the cutest little turkey tie shirt for Logan to wear on Thanksgiving, don’t mind that he came down with the stomach flu on the way to the Thanksgiving festivities and we had to change him out of it in record time..it was still cute. Ha and I can’t wait for Ian to be big enough to have it fit him.

Cute shirt huh?

This year I’ve found some super cute ideas for both boys….I can’t decide..



Love love love this one...



Simple initial in the traditional Christmas colors? Courtesy of Braylabees

Love this one--so boyish!

And lastly...another Braylabees that I almost can guarantee my son would LOVE!

Did any of these catch your eye? A fellow blogger is hosting a giveaway this week for a $25.00 store credit at Braylabee’s Etsy store! Go enter to snag your kids some super cute clothes! I know I’m going to!

Can you tell I’m so excited for Christmas this year..I love having two little guys to celebrate with especially since Logan is old enough now to have such a good time and open presents. Ian just sits there smiling..but he’s too cute for me to care what he does..hahaha

See I told ya! Too cute for words!

Most Wonderful Time of the Year with Tiny Prints

Christmas time is my favorite time of the year. Actually, once September hits I can officially say it is my favorite time of year. I love sweaters, the smell of pumpkin and yummy baked good and crafting holiday things. Oh, and how can I forget SHOPPING….I live for the day after Thanksgiving shopping (except for the year I was 9 months pregnant with my son). I thought I could do it, but I was soo soo wrong..ha

About this time every year I start to think about Christmas cards. Yea, that’s right THINK about them; that’s about all I do. I always come up with some elaborate super cute idea and then rush to get them done only to panic because I don’t have enough time and then end up heading to Walmart with the best picture I could find (yes, one year it had our dogs wearing Santa hats) and print what I need just to get them out that same day. There may have been one year out of the last 5 that I have got them out the day after Thanksgiving as I always plan to do. But not this year. I vow to get a family picture done and the kids pictures and get my card together and out no later than December 5^th. I am so excited to this year because I have decided to go with Tiny Prints to create these cards. They have A TON to choose from. I mean I may  or may not have had a small heart attack when I saw there were 23 pages of Christmas cards I could choose from. My favorites folder was filled up after the first 2 pages how will I ever choose!!!

Here are a few that are in the running in the DiVito household this year. And by few I mean like 10..hahah It may just take me till December 5^th to choose one, but I know whatever one I chose will be perfect!

This is my choice for a fun colored, different style Christmas card. Reminds me of Erin Condren, minus the price tag.

I know people love the BLUE Christmas look so this is my choice for a card with that style. Fun,

 huh?

                                                                  This is FUN and different!

                                                                   Simple, yet super cute!

Elegant, but cute nonethless!

This is one of my favorites. Super cute in the traditional Christmas Colors!

Just flat out love this..how cute is this (fake) couple..ha

See what I mean? How can I choose! Maybe you will be better at it than I will. Head on over to TINY PRINTS and pick your favorite design and wow all your friends and family this Christmas. I have personally ordered cards from them before, and I can assure you that you won't be dissappointed.  If you want to try it out you can
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                                                                  Have fun shopping!