Our First Family Movie Night with Journey 2 and BBQ Chicken Potato Skins #CouchCritics

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I still can not believe that we’ve never had a family movie night. Come to think of it, we never sat down and just watched a movie without being on a computer or doing work. We agreed to just sit down and watch a movie, no outside distractions.
I do have a story to share about my mini adventure of getting the movie. I looked up the nearest location of Blockbuster Express and the plan was to quickly go get the movie and then to the grocery store. We really wanted to see the new Journey 2: The Mysterious Island movie. I went to the first locations…no movie. I called a friend to look up more locations for the kiosk. I went to the next location… no movie!! So I went home to look up the availability. I realized that you can find the movie by location online and reserve it ONLINE! Oh DUH, Lyuba! So I found out that the closest location to me that had the movie in stock was 20 minutes away! I guess everyone wanted to see this movie.

 

So the lesson of the story is, reserve your movies = save gas and time!!
We agreed to have our family movie night after hubby got home from work on Saturday. So, in the morning, I went to WalMart to pick up the stuff to make snacks to go along with our movie night. Of course it was pouring and my umbrella broke. But, nothing was stopping me from making our family night perfect! (check out my whole journey of making our movie night happen HERE)
I decided to make BBQ Chicken Potato Skins for us. I had another great idea to make some Pirogi with the potato mash that would be leftover from the skins. This great and filling spread was all under $15!!

While I was cooking our dinner, the boys decided to play some Wii.

All ready to watch the movie!!

He is all ready too! Who needs all those fancy foods when there are graham cracker bunnies??!!

It’s a fun and colorful movie that the entire family would enjoy. I liked the story line and how it followed the original character. We liked the first Journey movie too. My little guy really like all the colorful creatures.  The island and creatures would be fun for kids of any age. The movie is definitely geared towards children and young adults.

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BBQ Chicken Potato Skins

 

Ingredients

3 large baking potatoes
2 tbs vegetable oil
1 lb chicken tenders
1 cup of your favorite BBQ sauce
salt, pepper,
1 1/2 cup shredded Monterrey Jack cheese
chives and tomatoes for topping

Directions:
1. Rinse the potatoes, sprinkle with salt and cover in foil. Bake for about an hour. Take off the foil and bake for another 15-20 minutes.2. In a medium pan, heat up the oil and add the tenders. Add the BBQ sauce and cook until the tenders are done. Take the chicken out on the pan, save the sauce. Using two forks pull apart all the chicken. Add the sauce from the pan to the chicken. Mix well, set aside.

3. Cool the potatoes, cut in half. Cool until easy to handle. Carefully scoop out the center of the bake potato but leave about 1/4 inch think.

4. Add some cheese to the potato skins. Divide the pulled chicken among the skins. Sprinkle more cheese over the top.4. Bake the stuffed skins for 10-15 minutes. Top it off with some chopped chives and tomatoes.

Pirogi 

Ingredients:

Potatoes that were scooped out of baked potatoes 1 1/2 tbs butter
3 tbs milk
2 tbs sour cream
1/4 cup chopped chives~Add some butter, milk, sour cream and chives to the potatoes that you scooped out of the baked potatoes. Mix well. CLICK HERE to see the directions on making Pirojki.

* I am linking this recipe to   THESE GREAT PARTIES, in my party tab. Why don’t you visit the wonderful hosts and link some of your own projects!?#couchcritics

For more information on making your movie night great visit Blockbuster Express Twitter and Facebook!Lyuba___________
*This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias. #CBias All the photographs and opinions are my own.

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Comments

  1. Good job, great idea for a fun family evening!

  2. My son really wants to see this movie – your little feast looks good! Thanks for sharing.

  3. Kate Eschbach says:

    Those potato skins look delicious!  I’m going to have to try those!  Thank you for sharing the recipe with us.

  4. These are great,I love all your recipes I wish you were my neighbour :) pinning these too :)

  5. Djean0417 says:

    Your recipes always look (and taste) wonderful! Thanks for posting all of them here for us! I’m usually a little intimidated  about preparing new foods but your blog makes everything look so easy! 

  6. WillCookForSmiles says:

     I try to break it down as easy as I can! It’s the most fun to try new recipes…and trust me I have flops too (I just don’t post them :) ! Love you!

  7. WillCookForSmiles says:

     Awww, thank you!! Anytime :)

  8. WillCookForSmiles says:

     Thank you!

  9. WillCookForSmiles says:

     Thanks!

  10. Cathy @ My 1929 Charmer says:

    OMG, the potato skins sounds so incredibly delicious.  What a great idea to have your first family movie night. You always come us with the  best sounding recipes that I always want to try.  Thanks for sharing your creative inspiration with Sunday’s Best!

  11. WillCookForSmiles says:

     Awww, Cathy, you are so sweet!! Thank you!

  12. Both of these dishes sound great! I’ll definitely be whipping them up soon. 

  13. Oh my these look yummy! Totally pinning these to make one day. Thanks for sharing at our Pinteresting Party.

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  15. Very nice,
    please link it up with me today at Wow Us Wednesday. Following you on linky followers:)

  16. applevalleygirl says:

    They look so delicious! My Family would love these! Pinned it! Have a lovely week!Angie xo

  17. Heather@French Press says:

    we LOVE family movie nights, but we don’t do it nearly enough!

    what a great spread

  18. What a fun evening Lyuba, your food looks awesome and looks like you’al were having a great time together, making memories.   Hope you are having a great week and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
    Come Back Soon!
    Miz Helen

  19. Anything with that wet t-shirt can’t be bad. lol Yummy recipes too!  :P

  20. Kristina R says:

    Both of these look yummy but the potato skins sound too tasty.  I would love it if you would share on Tout It Tuesday! http://www.claimingourspace.com/2012/06/tout-it-tuesday-10.html

  21. OMYGOSH…girl….these sound wonderful. I can’t wait to try them.
    over from Miz Helen’s. :)

  22. Are you old enough to remember when potato skins were all the rage? I think the skin is the best part and stuffed with the chicken it’s a complete meal. I hope you are sharing this today on foodie friday. I will pin it too.

  23. Beverly McCullough says:

    These look so good! And your party looks so fun.  :) Thanks for linking up – I featured you today! http://www.flamingotoes.com/2012/06/crush-of-the-week-think-pink-features-54/

  24. Charlene@A Pinch of Joy says:

    What an adventure to make movie night happen!  And homemade pierogies too!  You’re a superstar! 

      Thanks so much for sharing on Busy
    Monday at A Pinch of Joy.  Hope to see
    you again soon! 

  25. This is a very nice chicken dish.  Would you be happy to link it in to my
    Chicken Edition of Food on Friday?  This
    is the  
     link
    .   I found this via Melt in Your Mouth Monday.

  26. Love this post!! Just featured it as the “Daily Nosh” on virtualwinebar.com.  I paired it with Lambert Bridge 2009 Zinfandel ~ Cheers!

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