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Instant Pot Pesto Chicken Recipe

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November 1, 2021 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe, Social Media

Instant Pot Pesto Chicken Recipe – a tasty and easy dinner recipe for the entire family.

Instant Pot Pesto Chicken

I have five children. When it comes to week night dinners, two things are very important to me. First that my family loves the recipes and it fits the taste buds and dietary needs of all. Second, it is important to me that my time is used efficiently. During the dinner hour I am chauffeuring children, aiding in homework and balancing three babies. I need a quick, easy, and tasty meal. That is one reason I love this Instant Pot Pesto Chicken Recipe. Enjoy.

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Ingredients:

3-4 medium boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/2 C. pesto
1/2 C. mozzarella cheese, shredded
1-2 tomatoes
1 C. chicken broth
salt & pepper to taste

Directions:

Place the chicken breasts in the bottom of the Instant Pot and salt & pepper them.
Pour the chicken broth over the chicken.
Spread the pesto over the top of the chicken breasts.
Seal the lid shut and press the manual button and set the timer for 9 minutes. Allow it to vent naturally.
Once the Instant Pot has vented naturally, remove the cooked chicken breasts and place in a baking dish.
Cover the chicken with the shredded mozzarella cheese and place a tomato slice on top of each chicken breast.
Turn the broiler on low and place the chicken under the broiler.
Allow the cheese to melt and the tomato slices to warm.
Remove from the oven, let cool a few minutes and serve.

Instant Pot Pesto Chicken

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3–4 medium boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/2 pesto
1/2 C. mozzarella cheese, shredded
1–2 tomatoes
1 C. chicken broth
salt & pepper to taste

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Place the chicken breasts in the bottom of the Instant Pot and salt & pepper them.
Pour the chicken broth over the chicken.
Spread the pesto over the top of the chicken breasts.
Seal the lid shut and press the manual button and set the timer for 9 minutes. Allow it to vent naturally.
Once the Instant Pot has vented naturally, remove the cooked chicken breasts and place in a baking dish.
Cover the chicken with the shredded mozzarella cheese and place a tomato slice on top of each chicken breast.
Turn the broiler on low and place the chicken under the broiler.
Allow the cheese to melt and the tomato slices to warm.
Remove from the oven, let cool a few minutes and serve.

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Christmas Eve Traditions

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October 31, 2021 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Christmas, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media

While it’s possible to fill Christmas traditions for the family in an entire season, these ideas focus on “The Night Before Christmas.” Follow these Christmas Eve Traditions to create family memories for years and even generations. What are you doing December 24th?

Christmas Eve Traditions

As our family has grown, traveling for family Christmas is occurring less frequently. It’s always nice to have extended family gathered around the Christmas tree, but the truth is, we pretty much take up the entire circumference. With a complete family, I have found it important to carry on, and begin new, Christmas Traditions.

Our first Christmas tradition has been Elf on the Shelf. Our family began this tradition in 2013 and we have continued it every Christmas season since. Since Christmas Eve is usually a slow paced day, I decided to roll other family traditions into this day. This included reading Christmas books before bed, making a Birthday Cake for Jesus, going to look at holiday lights, finishing our advent calendar and wearing matching Christmas Pajamas.

While many of these Christmas Eve traditions are ones that a lot of families do, also take a look at some of these unique family traditions that might be a bit out of the box. Perhaps you will try something new and it will stick for years (and generations) to come.

What To Do Christmas Eve

With places closed, there are many things to do Christmas Eve. Focus Christmas Eve on family. Stay home and follow these creative ideas including visiting Christmas lights, family game night, a Christmas movie-a-thon, baking, Christmas crafts, activities and more.

Host a Family Game Night

Have a Family Game Night (or day.) Play reindeer games, just like Rudolph and his friends. A holiday Christmas Minute to Win it Game Night would be fun, or split into two teams for a Christmas Name that Tune family game night.

You can also use this Christmas song list to go caroling. You can find your favorite Christmas carol on this list.

These 19 Christmas Party Games can be played with a large group or a small group. Whatever the party size, we think they will involve a lot of laughs! Comes with our Name that Tune Christmas printable and Christmas charade cards.

Christmas Party Games List Printable PDF

Christmas Eve Baking

One baking idea for Christmas Eve is Cookie Making. Bake your favorite cookies from our Cookie Exchange Ideas or create a Cookie Decorating Station for the kids like this idea from Taryn Whiteaker. Don’t forget the hot chocolate!

Don’t forget the meaning for the season. Take a look at our Jesus Birthday Cake Ideas. Christmas Eve is a perfect day to bake Jesus a cake. You could even leave a piece of cake for Santa Claus.

Don’t make today challenging. Make a Ginger Bread House. You can purchase a Ginger Bread House Kit or make an easy graham cracker ginger bread kit. Pull out some of that unwanted Halloween candy (since you won’t be tempted to eat it.) Alice and Lois share the best glue is actually hot glue. They also share a graham crackers gingerbread house template. All the more reason to keep it for a pretty display.

Christmas Eve is a great time to make Reindeer Food. It’s always nice to feed Santa cookies but did you know you can add this Magic Reindeer Food Recipe (from I Heart Naptime) to the yard. The reindeer will find it and stop off at your house with presents from the North Pole.

If you fear the rude green creatures that steal your gifts, you can also make this edible Grinch Dust Recipe from Premeditated Leftovers.

Christmas Eve Crafts & Activities

Curl up in a blanket, turn on a fire and watch the snow fall while enjoying a Christmas Movie-a-thon. Use this Countdown to Christmas Movie challenge with a merry binge-a-thon. Someone pop the popcorn.

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This is a fun Christmas Eve activity for kids. Have them draw Santa Claus portrait from this Roll a Santa Dice Game. You could leave this drawing out for Santa tonight with his cookies. Have your child add a note of thanks, like “thank you for visiting my house” or “thank you for the presents” or both! You can turn it into a Christmas card for Santa!

Go Look at Christmas Lights. In our Printable Scavenger Hunts for Kids, we included this Christmas Lights Scavenger Hunt from Happiness is Homemade. Snowflakes, candy canes, frosty, a nativity, light set to music…. see how many you can find.

Christmas Eve Gift Ideas

Have a Scavenger Hunt. Download this Elf on the Shelf Scavenger Hunt Printable PDF (you can use with or without a Scout Elves doll.) This Christmas scavenger hunt includes 22 rhyming clues you can omit or personalize to your home. Doing this as a Christmas Eve Tradition, have clues lead to a Christmas Eve gift box.

Do your kids always ask to open Christmas presents? Just one?! They can! One Christmas Eve gift idea you can continue every year – a Christmas Eve Box. We especially love this one from Dating Divas because it includes free printables for labeling your gift ideas. Christmas gift ideas include movies, snacks, a book and more – all in one family present box.

One item to included in your Christmas Eve gift box are Matching Christmas Pajamas for the Family. I would suggest buying these early, as sizes go quick the later in the season you shop. Some of my favorite places to buy matching pajamas are Target, Walmart, and Kohls, Often kids can only wear them one year, so try to keep your purchase low cost. You can see one year we had “pairs” of matching Christmas pjs.

Things of other’s this holiday season. Bring the neighbors a bottle of wine with this free White Christmas Wine Gift Tag. Another idea is to make the neighbors Reindeer Rudolph Bottle Craft using beer or IBC root beer.

Share the Gospel with the Legend of the Candy Cane or this M&M Christmas poem. Share with neighbors and friends. This is a fun way to share the new testament Christmas story while gifting a sweet treat.

Christmas Eve Family Traditions

If you have a north pole friend, take a look at these Elf on the Shelf Goodbye Ideas. These are cute last night Christmas Eve Elf on the Shelf ideas for your child. See more of our Elf on the Shelf Ideas.

Learn how to make Santa Foot Prints with baking soda and flip flops from Smart School House. It will bring a huge smile to your face to have the kids discover these on Christmas morning.

Christmas brunch is always a breakfast casserole. It’s hard to go all out with a fun Christmas tablescape because we are so occupied with opening presents. On Christmas eve, have a beautiful Christmas brunch spread with this Snowman Breakfast idea from Hoosier Homemade

Julie at Happy Home Fairy has an adorable Christmas Eve Activity bucket list printable. A few of these ideas you might do a bit earlier in the season, but some are perfect for the night before Christmas.

Decorate Christmas Cookies
Have a Christmas Dance Party
Sip Hot Cocoa by the Fire
Read The Night Before Christmas
Donate Books and Toys
Cut Out Paper Snowflakes

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25+ Christmas Traditions to Start Right Now!

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October 31, 2021 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Christmas, Crafts, DIY, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media

25+ Christmas Traditions to Start Right Now

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Recently we moved from Florida (my home state of 30+ years) to the Washington, DC area. This put us away from extended family in in a while new world of focusing on our core family. My girls are in the early stages of elementary school and are beginning to understand the real meaning of Christmas. Santa, and additionally the Elf on the Shelf, have gone out the window (yes, he no longer comes down the chimney) and my focus is now on finding activities during the Christmas season that reflect not only family, but reason for the season – The Birth of Christ. One of the ways we have gotten back to the basics is through our family Advent Calendar.

Family Traditions

Before you get started, make sure to take a look at these year around Family Traditions To Start Now! Pin to Pinterest.

Christmas Traditions

Also take a look at our Christmas Eve Traditions. Pin to Pinterest.

Below are some exciting Christmas Traditions to start right now with your family – I can name a few I am doing including the Jesse Tree, food bank donations and 25 days of books!

Wrap 24 Books (they don’t need to be new.) Each night, cuddle up with hot cocoa and a special story. Take a look at these 50 of the Best Christmas Books for Children. Pick up from the Library or buy to use year after year! | Katherine Marie Photography

Have a Christmas Scavenger Hunt. Download these 22 Scavenger Hunt Riddles & Clues. You can use with or without a Scout Elf on the Shelf doll.

Have a North Pole Visitor to report to Santa naughty and nice behavior. These Elf on the Shelf Ideas will make Elf easy for the elf moving committee.

Speaking of Elf on the Shelf, with or without an Elf doll, have a daily DIY Advent calendar for kids. You child will understand the Story of Christmas and the birth of Christ with these Easy to Read Advent Calendar Bible Verses for Kids – 24 days of printables for your child.

Create a Christmas fun Jar Christmas Bucket List for the month of December.

Host a Christmas campout, just maybe not on Christmas Eve | The Dating Divas

Watch the kids grow with this Tree Skirt Hand-print Tradition. | Source Unknown (we suggest White Tree Skirts)

If you are feeling like it’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood, don’t forget to pay it forward with the UPS, FedEx and USPS workers with this RAK Delivery Christmas Sign!

Host a Christmas Name that Tune Game for your Family (or Family & Friends) Game Night. (Name that Tune is also found in our 19 Christmas Party Games set.

Go with matching sleepwear like this set from Hannah Andersson

For the holidays or any other time, check out these Family Approved Minute to Win It Game Ideas.

Incorporate these 19 Christmas Party Games – for the office, for friends, for families. This set includes Christmas games with instructions and a supply list as well as Christmas Name that Tune and Christmas Charades cards.

Create a Christmas Bucket List and fulfill it each day of December | While He Was Napping

Teaching kids about the true St. Nick and his generosity and love for those in need | Skip to My Lou & The Crafting Chicks

Have a family movie night, don’t forget the Grinch Popcorn | Two Sisters Crafting

Host a Gingerbread House Party for Kids or Adults | Design Improvised

Create a Night Before Christmas Box (this one has a free printable) | Oh My Creative

Take the shirt or pants of someone who is gone and make a heart ornament. Such a sweet way to give tribute to grandparents or parents who have passed. | Skip to My Lou

Call Santa! This one has a cute message | Frugal Coupon Living

Send Christmas Cards – Our Favorite places include Shutterfly, Tiny Prints, Minted, and we love this Envelope Addressing Stencil.

Every night on December leading to Christmas read a scripture by candle light | The 36th Avenue

Also create a Jesse Tree with these printable scripture ornaments | I Should Be Mopping the Floor

Save these 50 Best Christmas Books for Children. Borrow them from the library, share with friends, or create your own library to use year after year through the grandchildren!

Host a Cookie Exchange | Frugal Coupon Living

Cookies and Milk for Santa are always fun, but so is Reindeer Food for Rudolph and his friends | Carrie Elle

Host a Food Drive. This can be done with a church or community group or we like this family idea – Elf with a note that says, “Let’s take these to the food bank!” | I Did It Finally

Get a new photo ornament every year! We get ours from Tiny Prints and Shutterfly.

Host a Charity Party with friends and family | Frog Prince Paperie

Don’t forget to host a Family Game Night – my kids love these!

Make 12 Days of Christmas Boxes | Katherine Marie

Pick up this Christmas Countdown Printable to fill your bucket list | Create Craft Love

Save a slice of the tree trunk and apply finish to remember your baby’s first holiday season. This is also great as an annual Christmas Ornament | The Photographer’s Wife

Make your own Advent Calendar and use every year! See our Non-Candy Advent Calendar Fillers!

Instead of an Easter Egg Hunt, go on an Candy Cane Hunt | Me and My Inklings

Make a Christmas Traditions Book and keep record of Christmas activities each year | Snickerdoole Creations

Have a conversation. Engage your family with these Christmas Conversation Cards | Tidbits

Put Christmas Carols on the radio and drive around looking at lights. Pack some hot chocolate and cookies and this Christmas Lights Scavenger Hunt | While He Was Napping