Vacation Pics- Chicken Wing Dip Recipe

ohhh my goodness i don't wanna do anything anymore. i am just tired. both of my wrists hurt for various reasons. it's like vacation kicked my ass, or maybe the week following? i don't know. im just gonna post a bunch of pretty pictures today about my adventure in north carolina. i also made chicken wing dip, not that it takes a very attractive picture or anything, but it's tasty, and super easy (like 5 ingredients).

so anyway, let's start with the pictures so i can pretend i am back on a beach away from everything for a few minutes.

okay, the last four were out of order because they didn't want to upload properly, but yeah. we traveled most of the barrier islands through the week, from north in corolla (the currituck lighthouse), all the way to hatteras (cape hatteras lighthouse). we watched the sunrise, the sunset, visited the beach at night to see the crabs (and lit them up with green laser pointers so they looked radioactive) and to look at the stars. the sound of the ocean is so nice and calming. even with route 12 and the local traffic, it overtakes everything and makes it all better.

i wish i had brought my tripod with me, and figured out my camera enough to get some good pictures of the stars. i have to experiment more. one night (mid week during the meteor shower) the sky was so clear, the milky way was pretty visible with it's stellar purple glow. that is something you can't see here in upstate new york.

anyway. i promised some chicken wing dip, so here is the reicpe! (here is the original from allrecipes, as well).


Chicken Wing Dip

2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2-8oz packages of neufchatel cheese (light cream cheese)
3/4c Frank's Red Hot
1 cup light sour cream*
1/2 packet of ranch dip seasoning*
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

preheat your oven to 350 F.
 
start by cooking your chicken. i chopped mine into small pieces before frying in a pan with a olive oil spray, but you can cook and then chop, bake, however you'd like. as long as you end with fully cooked chicken, chopped into small pieces.

*for the sour cream/ranch dip mix, i combined them separately first by using the entire packet of ranch seasoning in a 16oz container of  sour cream to make ranch dip. you can also use ranch dressing, but i am weird and don't trust any ranch to not have mayo after working in my restaurant, where it is made with mayo. mayo is the devil. end of story. ANYWAY....

combine your cream cheese, hot sauce, "ranch dip" and cheddar cheese and mix well. add the chicken and stir to coat. pour that into a 13x9" pan and bake for about 30 minutes. if you'd like, you can sprinkle some additional cheese on top during the last five minutes. serve warm with tortilla chips!!

i made this for the midnight sale we had monday night, for the new madden game. a few people ate, but we also didn't really have a huge turnout. most people just came in the next morning. it has been a busy week.

i am going to quit here though. i am still tired, and have to go back to work later to get keys to pass off to the next person. i had to borrow people from other stores, and they all live over an hour away, so there would be no way to get the keys back and to the next person. yay for responsibilities. well, have a good rest of the week/weekend. thanks for reading!