Chorizo Pie

I like cooking with Chorizo.  It adds a nice amount of spice and a good robust flavor to dishes.  During a stroll around Pinterest I found a recipe for a Chorizo and Chicken Pie that I adjusted.  The original recipe can be found on Eat Like a Girl.

My other half raved about this dish and said it is one of the best meals I've ever made!  This one is definitely going in the rotation!

I chose to make these in individual casserole dishes, but I'm sure it would taste just as great in any dish! I had plans to take a picture of the final dish after we ate, but wasn't able to..."somebody" ate my extra 3rd dish, which I planned to photograph (and have for lunch tomorrow).  You will just have to imagine it with yummy, fluffy, flaky pastry on top!

Chorizo Pie
Preheat oven to 350°F

Ingredients:
2 Tbsp olive oil
8 oz Chorizo
3 large garlic cloves - finely chopped
12 oz diced tomatoes
2 tsp Paprika
salt and pepper to taste
1 sheet of puff pastry
1 egg, beaten

Remove the casing from the Chorizo and roughly chop up.  Heat the oil in a pan then add the Chorizo.

I absolutely love the smell of Chorizo cooking! 

Once it starts browning and the oils start releasing add the garlic.  Cook over medium heat 3-5 minutes.

Add the tomatoes and paprika.  Bring to a boil then reduce the heat and simmer for 10-15 minutes.  While that is simmering, oil your dishes and cut pastry to fit as a lid to your dish size.

When the pie filling is ready divide it evenly among your dishes.  Cover with the pastry.  Pinch the pastry lid to ensure the pie filling doesn't boil out in the oven.  Brush the tops with egg and bake for 20-30 minutes.

When the pastry is crisp and brown they are ready! Let cool a few minutes before serving.  Enjoy!

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Saving Dryer Sheets

I've heard and read so many different uses for dryer sheets, besides the obvious! Recently I decided to save some from laundry day and use them as dusting cloths!  It was AMAZING!  I couldn't believe it!  What a great way to reuse something that would have gone into the trash!  I really like using them to dust fabric things like lampshades, our roman shades etc.

Now that I like reusing the dryer sheets I save them, but I didn't have a good way to keep them until I was ready to use them.  I had to come up with something.  At first I thought of using an old Clorox wipes container, but then I thought the top would tear them when I pulled them out.  Then it hit me...a tissue box!

Unfortunately I only had a large box empty, a smaller box would be better for our home.  Since there are only 2 of us I don't use too many dryer sheets before I need them for dusting, but I imagine a home with more loads of laundry might need the large box!

Peanut decided to help me with this little project.  He checked to make sure the tissue box was empty and ready to be re-purposed!

Now I gather all the dryer sheets on laundry day and stick them in my box until dusting day!

Simple. Free. Reusing.